List of moths of Nigeria
There are about 1400 known moth species of Nigeria. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
This is a list of moth species which have been recorded from Nigeria.
Anomoeotidae[edit]
- Staphylinochrous pygmaea Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Staphylinochrous whytei Butler, 1894
Arctiidae[edit]
- Acantharctia metaleuca Hampson, 1901
- Acantharctia mundata (Walker, 1865)
- Acantharctia nivea Aurivillius, 1900
- Acanthofrontia anacantha Hampson, 1914
- Afraloa bifurca (Walker, 1855)
- Afrasura dubitabilis Durante, 2009
- Afrasura emma Durante, 2009
- Afrasura hieroglyphica (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869)
- Afrasura numida (Holland, 1893)
- Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864)
- Afrasura rivulosa (Walker, 1854)
- Afroarctia sjostedti (Aurivillius, 1900)
- Afrospilarctia flavida (Bartel, 1903)
- Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855)
- Aloa moloneyi (Druce, 1887)
- Alpenus affiniola (Strand, 1919)
- Alpenus intacta (Hampson, 1916)
- Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)
- Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
- Alpenus microsticta (Hampson, 1920)
- Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
- Alpenus thomasi Watson, 1988
- Amata borguensis (Hampson, 1901)
- Amata interniplaga (Mabille, 1890)
- Amata lagosensis (Hampson, 1907)
- Amata tritonia (Hampson, 1911)
- Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901)
- Amerila castanea (Hampson, 1911)
- Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887)
- Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901)
- Amerila metasarca (Hampson, 1911)
- Amerila nigroapicalis (Aurivillius, 1900)
- Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)
- Amerila pannosa (Grünberg, 1908)
- Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793)
- Amerila roseomarginata (Rothschild, 1910)
- Amerila rothi (Rothschild, 1910)
- Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780)
- Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880
- Amphicallia pactolicus (Butler, 1888)
- Amsacta bicoloria (Gaede, 1916)
- Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933
- Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855
- Anapisa lamborni (Rothschild, 1913)
- Anapisa monotica (Holland, 1893)
- Archilema cinderella (Kiriakoff, 1958)
- Archilema subumbrata (Holland, 1893)
- Archilema uelleburgensis (Strand, 1912)
- Archilema vilis Birket-Smith, 1965
- Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)
- Archithosia duplicata Birket-Smith, 1965
- Archithosia flavifrontella (Strand, 1912)
- Archithosia makomensis (Strand, 1912)
- Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847)
- Argina leonina (Walker, 1865)
- Balacra batesi Druce, 1910
- Balacra daphaena (Hampson, 1898)
- Balacra ehrmanni (Holland, 1893)
- Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856
- Balacra herona (Druce, 1887)
- Balacra humphreyi Rothschild, 1912
- Balacra preussi (Aurivillius, 1904)
- Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892
- Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893
- Binna penicillata Walker, 1865
- Binna scita (Walker, 1865)
- Caripodia albescens (Hampson, 1907)
- Caryatis hersilia Druce, 1887
- Caryatis phileta (Drury, 1782)
- Caryatis syntomina Butler, 1878
- Cragia distigmata (Hampson, 1901)
- Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
- Creatonotos punctivitta (Walker, 1854)
- Crocosia phaeocraspis Hampson, 1914
- Cyana flammeostrigata Karisch, 2003
- Cyana rubritermina (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Disparctia vittata (Druce, 1898)
- Eilema albidula (Walker, 1864)
- Eilema leia (Hampson, 1901)
- Eilema mesosticta Hampson, 1911
- Eilema minutissima Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)
- Epitoxis borguensis Hampson, 1901
- Estigmene rothi Rothschild, 1910
- Estigmene unilinea Rothschild, 1910
- Euchromia guineensis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)
- Logunovium nigricosta (Holland, 1893)
- Logunovium scortillum Wallengren, 1875
- Meganaclia sippia (Plötz, 1880)
- Melisa diptera (Walker, 1854)
- Metarctia didyma Kiriakoff, 1957
- Metarctia flavivena Hampson, 1901
- Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893
- Metarctia johanna (Kiriakoff, 1979)
- Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
- Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893)
- Nanna ceratopygia Birket-Smith, 1965
- Nanna diplisticta (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Nanna eningae (Plötz, 1880)
- Neuroxena fulleri (Druce, 1883)
- Neuroxena funereus (Rothschild, 1933)
- Neuroxena medioflavus (Rothschild, 1935)
- Neuroxena obscurascens (Strand, 1909)
- Nyctemera acraeina Druce, 1882
- Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)
- Nyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904)
- Nyctemera restrictum (Butler, 1894)
- Nyctemera xanthura (Plötz, 1880)
- Ovenna guineacola (Strand, 1912)
- Ovenna simplex Birket-Smith, 1965
- Ovenna subgriseola (Strand, 1912)
- Ovenna vicaria (Walker, 1854)
- Paralpenus flavizonata (Hampson, 1911)
- Phryganopsis asperatella (Walker, 1864)
- Phryganopsis cinerella (Wallengren, 1860)
- Poliosia nigrifrons Hampson, 1900
- Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856)
- Pusiola aureola Birket-Smith, 1965
- Pusiola celida (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Pusiola minutissima (Kiriakoff, 1958)
- Radiarctia lutescens (Walker, 1854)
- Rhipidarctia conradti (Oberthür, 1911)
- Rhipidarctia invaria (Walker, 1856)
- Rhipidarctia postrosea (Rothschild, 1913)
- Siccia conformis Hampson, 1914
- Spilosoma aurantiaca (Holland, 1893)
- Spilosoma batesi (Rothschild, 1910)
- Spilosoma buryi (Rothschild, 1910)
- Spilosoma castelli Rothschild, 1933
- Spilosoma crossi (Rothschild, 1910)
- Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855
- Spilosoma holoxantha (Hampson, 1907)
- Spilosoma immaculata Bartel, 1903
- Spilosoma karschi Bartel, 1903
- Spilosoma metaleuca (Hampson, 1905)
- Spilosoma occidens (Rothschild, 1910)
- Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898)
- Spilosoma sinefascia (Hampson, 1916)
- Spilosoma togoensis Bartel, 1903
- Stenarctia griseipennis Hampson, 1911
- Stenarctia rothi Rothschild, 1933
- Teracotona buryi Rothschild, 1910
- Tesma nigrapex (Strand, 1912)
- Trichaeta schultzei Aurivillius, 1905
- Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Yelva obscura Birket-Smith, 1965
- Zobida trinitas (Strand, 1912)
Bombycidae[edit]
- Ocinara ficicola (Westwood & Ormerod, 1889)
Brahmaeidae[edit]
- Dactyloceras swanzii (Butler, 1871)
Choreutidae[edit]
- Brenthia octogemmifera Walsingham, 1897
- Choreutis inspirata Meyrick, 1916
Cosmopterigidae[edit]
- Gisilia sclerodes (Meyrick, 1909)
Cossidae[edit]
- Azygophleps albovittata Bethune-Baker, 1908
- Azygophleps inclusa (Walker, 1856)
- Azygophleps melanonephele Hampson, 1910
- Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874
- Phragmataecia fuscifusa Hampson, 1910
- Phragmataecia sericeata Hampson, 1910
- Phragmataecia pelostema (Hering, 1923)
- Xyleutes biatra (Hampson, 1910)
- Xyleutes polioplaga (Hampson, 1910)
Crambidae[edit]
- Adelpherupa flavescens Hampson, 1919
- Aethaloessa floridalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Ancylolomia chrysargyria Hampson, 1919
- Ancylolomia holochrea Hampson, 1919
- Ancylolomia irrorata Hampson, 1919
- Ancylolomia ophiralis Hampson, 1919
- Bissetia poliella (Hampson, 1919)
- Bocchoris labarinthalis Hampson, 1912
- Cadarena sinuata (Fabricius, 1781)
- Calamotropha diodonta (Hampson, 1919)
- Charltona actinialis Hampson, 1919
- Charltona albimixtalis Hampson, 1919
- Charltona interstitalis Hampson, 1919
- Chilo costifusalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Chilo mesoplagalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Chilo perfusalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Chilo psammathis (Hampson, 1919)
- Cirrhochrista grabczewskyi E. Hering, 1903
- Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833)
- Coniesta ignefusalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Conotalis aurantifascia (Hampson, 1895)
- Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875)
- Crambus mesombrellus Hampson, 1919
- Desmia incomposita (Bethune-Baker, 1909)
- Dichocrocis xanthoplagalis Hampson, 1912
- Diploptalis metallescens Hampson, 1919
- Filodes normalis Hampson, 1912
- Haimbachia proalbivenalis (Błeszyński, 1961)
- Heliothela ophideresana (Walker, 1863)
- Hyalea africalis Hampson, 1912
- Lamprosema acyperalis (Hampson, 1912)
- Mesolia albimaculalis Hampson, 1919
- Mesolia microdontalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Metasia arida Hampson, 1913
- Metasia perirrorata Hampson, 1913
- Mimudea ignitalis (Hampson, 1913)
- Mimudea xanthographa (Hampson, 1913)
- Nosophora trogobasalis (Hampson, 1912)
- Obtusipalpis brunneata Hampson, 1919
- Omiodes indicata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Ostrinia erythrialis (Hampson, 1913)
- Paratraea plumbipicta Hampson, 1919
- Parerupa bipunctalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Parerupa distictalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Patissa fulvicepsalis Hampson, 1919
- Patissa monostidzalis Hampson, 1919
- Phostria tetrastictalis (Hampson, 1912)
- Pilocrocis cuprealis Hampson, 1912
- Prionapteryx rubricalis Hampson, 1919
- Prionotalis peracutella Hampson, 1919
- Prochoristis calamochroa (Hampson, 1919)
- Pseudocatharylla argenticilia (Hampson, 1919)
- Pseudocatharylla peralbellus (Hampson, 1919)
- Pseudonoorda distigmalis (Hampson, 1913)
- Pycnarmon sexpunctalis (Hampson, 1912)
- Pyrausta melanocera Hampson, 1913
- Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Sufetula nigrescens Hampson, 1912
- Sufetula sufetuloides (Hampson, 1919)
- Ulopeza conigeralis Zeller, 1852
- Ulopeza nigricostata Hampson, 1912
Drepanidae[edit]
- Callidrepana amaura (Warren, 1901)
- Callidrepana macnultyi Watson, 1965
- Callidrepana serena Watson, 1965
- Epicampoptera pallida (Tams, 1925)
- Epicampoptera strandi Bryk, 1913
- Gonoreta contracta (Warren, 1897)
- Gonoreta cymba Watson, 1965
- Gonoreta gonioptera (Hampson, 1914)
- Gonoreta opacifinis Watson, 1965
- Isospidia angustipennis (Warren, 1904)
- Negera confusa Walker, 1855
- Negera disspinosa Watson, 1965
- Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874)
- Spidia excentrica Strand, 1912
- Spidia fenestrata Butler, 1878
- Spidia inangulata Watson, 1965
- Spidia subviridis (Warren, 1899)
- Uranometra oculata (Holland, 1893)
Eupterotidae[edit]
- Acrojana salmonea Rothschild, 1932
- Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893
- Jana aurivilliusi Rothschild, 1917
- Phiala cunina Cramer, 1780
- Stenoglene bipartita (Rothschild, 1917)
- Stenoglene citrinus (Druce, 1886)
- Stenoglene roseus (Druce, 1886)
- Vianga magnifica (Rothschild, 1917)
Gelechiidae[edit]
- Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844)
- Ptilothyris purpurea Walsingham, 1897
- Theatrocopia roseoviridis Walsingham, 1897
Geometridae[edit]
- Acrostatheusis apicitincta Prout, 1915
- Agathia elenaria Swinhoe, 1904
- Agathia multiscripta Warren, 1898
- Agathia pauper Warren, 1904
- Aletis helcita (Linnaeus, 1763)
- Aletis vicina Gaede, 1917
- Androzeugma tenuis (Warren, 1898)
- Anoectomychus pudens (Swinhoe, 1904)
- Antharmostes marginata (Warren, 1897)
- Antharmostes mesoleuca Warren, 1899
- Antitrygodes dysmorpha Prout, 1915
- Apatadelpha biocellaria (Walker, 1863)
- Aplochlora invisibilis Warren, 1897
- Archichlora devoluta (Walker, 1861)
- Archichlora marcescens Warren, 1904
- Archichlora marginata (Warren, 1902)
- Archichlora pulveriplaga (Warren, 1898)
- Archichlora viridimacula Warren, 1898
- Azyx consocia (Warren, 1899)
- Bathycolpodes acoelopa Prout, 1912
- Bathycolpodes excavata (Warren, 1898)
- Bathycolpodes subfuscata (Warren, 1902)
- Bathycolpodes vegeta Prout, 1912
- Biston abruptaria (Walker, 1869)
- Biston antecreta (Prout, 1938)
- Biston subocularia (Mabille, 1893)
- Cabera glabra (Warren, 1904)
- Cartaletis forbesi (Druce, 1884)
- Chiasmia albivia (Prout, 1915)
- Chiasmia conturbata (Warren, 1898)
- Chiasmia fulvisparsa (Warren, 1897)
- Chiasmia impar (Warren, 1897)
- Chiasmia majestica (Warren, 1901)
- Chiasmia nana (Warren, 1898)
- Chiasmia normata (Walker, 1861)
- Chiasmia ostentosaria (Möschler, 1887)
- Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858)
- Chiasmia trirecurvata (Saalmüller, 1891)
- Chiasmia umbrata (Warren, 1897)
- Chloroclystis consobrina (Warren, 1901)
- Chloroctenis similis Warren, 1899
- Chlorodrepana rothi Warren, 1899
- Chorodnodes rothi Warren, 1897
- Chrysocraspeda hilaris (Warren, 1898)
- Chrysocraspeda rosina Warren, 1898
- Chrysocraspeda rubripennis (Warren, 1898)
- Cleora cnephaea Prout, 1915
- Cleora derogaria (Snellen, 1872)
- Cleora inelegans (Warren, 1905)
- Coenina aurivena Butler, 1898
- Colocleora divisaria (Walker, 1860)
- Colocleora expansa (Warren, 1899)
- Colocleora smithi (Warren, 1904)
- Colocleora spuria (Prout, 1915)
- Comibaena esmeralda (Warren, 1898)
- Comibaena flavitaenia (Warren, 1898)
- Comibaena longipennis (Warren, 1904)
- Comostolopsis rubristicta (Warren, 1899)
- Ctenoberta dubia (Warren, 1899)
- Cyclophora dewitzi (Prout, 1920)
- Cyclophora hirtifemur (Prout, 1932)
- Cyclophora leonaria (Walker, 1861)
- Cyclophora misella (Prout, 1932)
- Cyclophora poeciloptera (Prout, 1920)
- Dithecodes ornithospila (Prout, 1911)
- Ectropis nigripunctata Warren, 1897
- Ectropis subapicata (Warren, 1904)
- Eois grataria (Walker, 1861)
- Epigynopteryx nigricola (Warren, 1897)
- Epigynopteryx straminea (Warren, 1897)
- Eucrostes disparata Walker, 1861
- Euproutia aggravaria (Guenée, 1858)
- Euproutia vernicoma (Prout, 1913)
- Exeliopsis ansorgei (Warren, 1905)
- Gelasmodes fasciata (Warren, 1899)
- Geodena auridisca (Warren, 1904)
- Geodena marginalis Walker, 1856
- Geodena quadrigutta Walker, 1856
- Geodena suffusa Swinhoe, 1904
- Geodena surrendra Swinhoe, 1904
- Geodena venata Prout, 1915
- Gymnoscelis tenera Warren, 1901
- Heterocrita bidentata (Bethune-Baker, 1913)
- Heterorachis carpenteri Prout, 1915
- Heterostegane flavata (Warren, 1905)
- Hyalornis docta (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
- Hylemeridia majuscula Prout, 1915
- Hypocoela subfulva Warren, 1897
- Hypocoela turpisaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
- Hypomecis intrusilinea (Prout, 1915)
- Idaea pulveraria (Snellen, 1872)
- Idaea rufimixta (Warren, 1901)
- Idaea submaculata (Warren, 1898)
- Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1858)
- Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858)
- Lathochlora inornata Warren, 1900
- Lophorrhachia palliata (Warren, 1898)
- Lophorrhachia rubricorpus (Warren, 1898)
- Luxiaria ansorgei (Warren, 1903)
- Luxiaria curvivena (Warren, 1899)
- Melinoessa amplissimata (Walker, 1863)
- Melinoessa aureola Prout, 1934
- Melinoessa palumbata (Warren, 1894)
- Melinoessa perlimbata (Guenée, 1857)
- Melinoessa stellata (Butler, 1878)
- Melinoessa stramineata (Walker, 1869)
- Mesocolpia marmorata (Warren, 1899)
- Miantochora incolorata Warren, 1899
- Miantochora rufaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
- Mixocera albimargo Warren, 1901
- Narthecusa tenuiorata Walker, 1862
- Neostega flaviguttata Warren, 1903
- Omphacodes minima Prout, 1913
- Omphalucha brunnea (Warren, 1899)
- Omphax rubriceps (Warren, 1904)
- Paraptychodes costimaculata Prout, 1913
- Perithalera oblongata (Warren, 1898)
- Phaiogramma faustinata (Millière, 1868)
- Pitthea continua Walker, 1854
- Pitthea famula Drury, 1773
- Plegapteryx anomalus Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
- Plegapteryx sphingata (Warren, 1895)
- Prasinocyma congrua (Walker, 1869)
- Prasinocyma gemmatimargo Prout, 1915
- Prasinocyma pulchraria Swinhoe, 1904
- Pycnostega fumosa (Warren, 1897)
- Pycnostega obscura Warren, 1905
- Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878)
- Racotis zebrina Warren, 1899
- Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Rhodophthitus myriostictus Prout, 1915
- Scopula aphercta Prout, 1932
- Scopula elegans (Prout, 1915)
- Scopula euphemia Prout, 1920
- Scopula flavissima (Warren, 1898)
- Scopula habilis (Warren, 1899)
- Scopula haemaleata (Warren, 1898)
- Scopula inscriptata (Walker, 1863)
- Scopula jejuna Prout, 1932
- Scopula lactaria (Walker, 1861)
- Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833)
- Scopula ossicolor (Warren, 1897)
- Scopula plionocentra Prout, 1920
- Scopula proterocelis Prout, 1920
- Scopula pyraliata (Warren, 1898)
- Scopula serena Prout, 1920
- Scopula subperlaria (Warren, 1897)
- Scopula supina Prout, 1920
- Scopula transsecta (Warren, 1898)
- Somatina irregularis (Warren, 1898)
- Somatina probleptica Prout, 1917
- Sphingomima heterodoxa Warren, 1899
- Terina charmione (Fabricius, 1793)
- Terina doleris (Plötz, 1880)
- Thalassodes opaca Warren, 1898
- Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857
- Thalassodes unicolor Warren, 1902
- Traminda obversata (Walker, 1861)
- Unnamed Ennominae genus ansorgeata (Warren, 1903)
- Unnamed Ennominae genus rufigrisea (Warren, 1900)
- Vaena eacleoides Walker, 1869
- Victoria perornata Warren, 1898
- Xanthisthisa brunnea (Warren, 1899)
- Xanthorhoe euthytoma Prout, 1926
- Xenimpia conformis (Warren, 1898)
- Xenimpia informis (Swinhoe, 1904)
- Xenochroma palimpais Prout, 1934
- Xenostega tincta Warren, 1899
- Xenostega tyana Swinhoe, 1904
- Zamarada acosmeta Prout, 1921
- Zamarada acrochra Prout, 1928
- Zamarada adumbrata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada aerata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada aglae Oberthür, 1912
- Zamarada anacantha D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada antimima D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada auratisquama Warren, 1897
- Zamarada bastelbergeri Gaede, 1915
- Zamarada bicuspida D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada catori Bethune-Baker, 1913
- Zamarada chrysothyra Hampson, 1909
- Zamarada corroborata Herbulot, 1954
- Zamarada crystallophana Mabille, 1900
- Zamarada cucharita D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada dentigera Warren, 1909
- Zamarada dialitha D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada dilucida Warren, 1909
- Zamarada dolorosa D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada episema D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada euerces Prout, 1928
- Zamarada euphrosyne Oberthür, 1912
- Zamarada excavata Bethune-Baker, 1913
- Zamarada flavicosta Warren, 1897
- Zamarada fumosa Gaede, 1915
- Zamarada griseola D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada hero D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada ignicosta Prout, 1912
- Zamarada ilaria Swinhoe, 1904
- Zamarada intacta Herbulot, 1979
- Zamarada ixiaria Swinhoe, 1904
- Zamarada labifera Prout, 1915
- Zamarada latimargo Warren, 1897
- Zamarada lepta D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada longidens D. S. Fletcher, 1963
- Zamarada melanopyga Herbulot, 1954
- Zamarada melasma D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912
- Zamarada mimesis D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897
- Zamarada opala Carcasson, 1964
- Zamarada paxilla D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada perlepidata (Walker, 1863)
- Zamarada phoenopasta D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada phrontisaria Swinhoe, 1904
- Zamarada pinheyi D. S. Fletcher, 1956
- Zamarada polyctemon Prout, 1932
- Zamarada protrusa Warren, 1897
- Zamarada reflexaria (Walker, 1863)
- Zamarada regularis D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada sagitta D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada schalida D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada sicula D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada sinecalcarata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada subincolaris Gaede, 1915
- Zamarada subinterrupta Gaede, 1915
- Zamarada suda D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada terpsichore Oberthür, 1912
- Zamarada tortura D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada triangularis Gaede, 1915
- Zamarada undimarginata Warren, 1897
- Zamarada urania Oberthür, 1912
- Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897
- Zamarada xyele D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zeuctoboarmia pectinata (Warren, 1897)
- Zeuctoboarmia sabinei (Prout, 1915)
Gracillariidae[edit]
- Acrocercops bifasciata (Walsingham, 1891)
- Acrocercops fuscapica Bland, 1980
- Acrocercops pectinivalva Bland, 1980
- Acrocercops rhothiastis Meyrick, 1921
- Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)
- Caloptilia fera Triberti, 1989
- Caloptilia insolita Triberti, 1989
- Caloptilia isotoma (Meyrick, 1914)
- Caloptilia leptophanes (Meyrick, 1928)
- Caloptilia maynei Ghesquière, 1940
- Caloptilia pentaplaca (Meyrick, 1911)
- Caloptilia prosticta (Meyrick, 1909)
- Caloptilia pseudoaurita Triberti, 1989
- Corythoxestis aletreuta (Meyrick, 1936)
- Ectropina sclerochitoni Vári, 1961
- Ectropina suttoni (Bland, 1980)
- Lamprolectica apicistrigata (Walsingham, 1891)
- Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856
- Phyllonorycter caudasimplex Bland, 1980
- Spulerina quadrifasciata Bland, 1980
- Stomphastis adesa Triberti, 1988
- Stomphastis conflua (Meyrick, 1914)
- Stomphastis thraustica (Meyrick, 1908)
Himantopteridae[edit]
- Pedoptila catori Bethune-Baker, 1911
Lasiocampidae[edit]
- Cheligium lineatum (Aurivillius, 1893)
- Chrysopsyche albicilia Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Chrysopsyche imparilis Aurivillius, 1905
- Chrysopsyche mirifica (Butler, 1878)
- Cleopatrina bilinea (Walker, 1855)
- Euphorea ondulosa (Conte, 1909)
- Euwallengrenia reducta (Walker, 1855)
- Filiola occidentale (Strand, 1912)
- Gastroplakaeis idakum Bethune-Baker, 1913
- Gelo anastella Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
- Gonometa christyi Sharpe, 1902
- Grellada imitans (Aurivillius, 1893)
- Hariola haigi (Tams, 1935)
- Hypotrabala castanea Holland, 1893
- Leipoxais dives Aurivillius, 1915
- Leipoxais humfreyi Aurivillius, 1915
- Leipoxais marginepunctata Holland, 1893
- Leipoxais peraffinis Holland, 1893
- Mallocampa audea (Druce, 1887)
- Mimopacha cinerascens (Holland, 1893)
- Mimopacha gerstaeckerii (Dewitz, 1881)
- Mimopacha tripunctata (Aurivillius, 1905)
- Morongea cruenta Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
- Morongea mastodont Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
- Odontocheilopteryx maculata Aurivillius, 1905
- Opisthodontia afroio Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
- Opisthodontia axividia Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
- Opisthodontia pygmy Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
- Pachymeta contraria (Walker, 1855)
- Pachymetana lamborni (Aurivillius, 1915)
- Pachyna subfascia (Walker, 1855)
- Pachytrina elygara Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
- Pachytrina gliharta Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
- Pachytrina regeria Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
- Pallastica lateritia (Hering, 1928)
- Pallastica mesoleuca (Strand, 1911)
- Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905
- Pseudometa choba (Druce, 1899)
- Pseudometa patagiata Aurivillius, 1905
- Pseudometa tenebra (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Sena punctulata (Aurivillius, 1914)
- Streblote splendens (Druce, 1887)
- Theophasida cardinalli (Tams, 1926)
- Trabala burchardii (Dewitz, 1881)
- Trabala lambourni Bethune-Baker, 1911
Limacodidae[edit]
- Altha ansorgei Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Altha rubrifusalis Hampson, 1910
- Baria elsa (Druce, 1887)
- Casphalia citrimaculata Aurivillius, 1905
- Chrysopoloma citrina Druce, 1886
- Gavara lamborni (Bethune-Baker, 1915)
- Hadraphe aprica Karsch, 1899
- Latoia colini Mabille, 1881
- Latoia loxotoma (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Latoia urda (Druce, 1887)
- Macroplectra fuscifusa Hampson, 1910
- Macroplectra obliquilinea Hampson, 1910
- Micraphe lateritia Karsch, 1896
- Miresa strigivena Hampson, 1910
- Narosa albescens West, 1940
- Narosana agbaja Bethune-Baker, 1915
- Parasa carnapi Karsch, 1899
- Parasa catori Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Parasa dentina Hering, 1932
- Parasa prussi Karsch, 1896
- Parasa serratilinea Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Rhypteira sordida Holland, 1893
- Stroteroides albitibiata West, 1940
- Thosea catori Bethune-Baker, 1908
- Trachyptena agbaja (Bethune-Baker, 1915)
- Trachyptena rufa Bethune-Baker, 1911
Lymantriidae[edit]
- Aclonophlebia flaveola Hering, 1926
- Batella acronictoides (Collenette, 1937)
- Batella muscosa (Holland, 1893)
- Bracharoa mixta (Snellen, 1872)
- Conigephyra flava (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Conigephyra unipunctata (Möschler, 1887)
- Cropera nigripes (Hampson, 1910)
- Crorema mentiens Walker, 1855
- Crorema setinoides (Holland, 1893)
- Dasychira catori Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Dasychira coeruleifascia (Holland, 1893)
- Dasychira cromptoni Swinhoe, 1903
- Dasychira euproctina (Aurivillius, 1904)
- Dasychira griseinubes Hampson, 1910
- Dasychira hodoepora Collenette, 1960
- Dasychira horrida Swinhoe, 1903
- Dasychira ilesha Collenette, 1931
- Dasychira magnifica Hampson, 1910
- Dasychira melochlora Hering, 1926
- Dasychira obliqua (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Dasychira postalba (Swinhoe, 1906)
- Dasychira pulchra Swinhoe, 1906
- Dasychira remota Druce, 1887
- Dasychira strigidentata Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Dasychira umbricolora Hampson, 1910
- Dasychirana crenulata Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Dasychirana unilineata Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Eudasychira anisozyga (Collenette, 1960)
- Eudasychira dina (Hering, 1926)
- Eudasychira georgiana (Fawcett, 1900)
- Eudasychira isozyga (Collenette, 1960)
- Eudasychira macnultyi (Collenette, 1957)
- Eudasychira quinquepunctata Möschler, 1887
- Euproctis aethiopica (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
- Euproctis alba Swinhoe, 1903
- Euproctis ceramozona Collenette, 1931
- Euproctis onii Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Euproctis pygmaea (Walker, 1855)
- Euproctis quadrifascia Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Euproctis tabida (Hering, 1926)
- Euproctis utilis Swinhoe, 1903
- Euproctoides acrisia Plötz, 1880
- Hemerophanes enos (Druce, 1896)
- Heteronygmia manicata (Aurivillius, 1892)
- Hyaloperina nudiuscula Aurivillius, 1904
- Knappetra fasciata (Walker, 1855)
- Lacipa argyroleuca Hampson, 1910
- Lacipa quadripunctata Dewitz, 1881
- Laelia aegra Hering, 1926
- Laelia aethiopica Bethune-Baker, 1908
- Laelia batoides Plötz, 1880
- Laelia fulvicosta Hampson, 1910
- Laelia pheosia (Hampson, 1910)
- Laelia rocana (Swinhoe, 1906)
- Laelia straminea Hampson, 1910
- Leucoma gracillima Holland, 1893
- Leucoma luteipes (Walker, 1855)
- Leucoma ogovensis (Holland, 1893)
- Leucoma parva (Plötz, 1880)
- Leucoma vata Swinhoe, 1903
- Lomadonta saturata Swinhoe, 1904
- Marbla affinis (Hering, 1926)
- Marbla divisa (Walker, 1855)
- Marblepsis flabellaria (Fabricius, 1787)
- Marblepsis nyses (Druce, 1887)
- Naroma signifera Walker, 1856
- Neomardara africana (Holland, 1893)
- Olapa tavetensis (Holland, 1892)
- Opoboa chrysoparala Collenette, 1932
- Opoboa schuetzei Tessmann, 1921
- Otroeda cafra (Drury, 1780)
- Otroeda nerina (Drury, 1780)
- Otroeda vesperina Walker, 1854
- Paraproctis osiris Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Pseudonotodonta virescens (Möschler, 1887)
- Rhypopteryx sordida Aurivillius, 1879
- Stracena flavipectus (Swinhoe, 1903)
- Stracena fuscivena Swinhoe, 1903
- Stracena tottea (Swinhoe, 1903)
- Terphothrix callima (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Metarbelidae[edit]
- Lebedodes bassa (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
- Lebedodes nigeriae Bethune-Baker, 1915
- Melisomimas metallica Hampson, 1914
- Metarbela bifasciata Gaede, 1929
- Metarbela funebris Gaede, 1929
- Moyencharia joeli Lehmann, 2013
- Moyencharia ochreicosta (Gaede, 1929)
- Stenagra multipunctata Hampson, 1920
Micronoctuidae[edit]
- Micronola yemeni Fibiger, 2011
Noctuidae[edit]
- Abrostola confusa Dufay, 1958
- Aburina phoenocrosmena Hampson, 1926
- Aburina tetragramma Hampson, 1926
- Acanthodelta janata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Achaea albicilia (Walker, 1858)
- Achaea albifimbria (Walker, 1869)
- Achaea boris (Geyer, 1837)
- Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
- Achaea catocaloides Guenée, 1852
- Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)
- Achaea ezea (Cramer, 1779)
- Achaea faber Holland, 1894
- Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)
- Achaea indicabilis Walker, 1858
- Achaea intercisa Walker, 1865
- Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
- Achaea mormoides Walker, 1858
- Achaea obvia Hampson, 1913
- Achaea thermopera Hampson, 1913
- Achaea xanthodera (Holland, 1894)
- Acontia antica Walker, 1862
- Acontia citrelinea Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Acontia ectorrida (Hampson, 1916)
- Acontia fastrei Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
- Acontia gratiosa Wallengren, 1856
- Acontia hemiselenias (Hampson, 1918)
- Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
- Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)
- Acontia nigrimacula Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
- Acontia sphaerophora (Hampson, 1914)
- Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
- Acontia vaualbum (Hampson, 1914)
- Acontia veroxanthia Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
- Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
- Acrapex aenigma (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Adisura affinis Rothschild, 1921
- Aegocera anthina Jordan, 1926
- Aegocera humphreyi (Hampson, 1911)
- Aegocera obliqua Mabille, 1893
- Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
- Aegocera tigrina (Druce, 1882)
- Aethodes angustipennis Hampson, 1918
- Agoma trimenii (Felder, 1874)
- Agrotis bisignoides Poole, 1989
- Agrotis melamesa Hampson, 1913
- Amazonides rufescens (Hampson, 1913)
- Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
- Androlymnia torsivena (Hampson, 1902)
- Anigraea siccata (Hampson, 1905)
- Anoba microphaea Hampson, 1926
- Anomis endochlora Hampson, 1926
- Anomis microdonta Hampson, 1926
- Anomis pyrocausta Hampson, 1926
- Apaegocera argyrogramma Hampson, 1905
- Araeopteron canescens (Walker, 1865)
- Aspidifrontia berioi Hacker & Hausmann, 2010
- Aspidifrontia hemileuca (Hampson, 1909)
- Aspidifrontia pulverea Hampson, 1913
- Aspidifrontia villiersi (Laporte, 1972)
- Athetis magniplagia (Hampson, 1918)
- Attatha metaleuca Hampson, 1913
- Audea endophaea Hampson, 1913
- Audea humeralis Hampson, 1902
- Audea kathrina Kühne, 2005
- Audea melaleuca Walker, 1865
- Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
- Autoba brachygonia (Hampson, 1910)
- Avatha ethiopica (Hampson, 1913)
- Avitta insignifica Hampson, 1926
- Avitta ionomesa Hampson, 1926
- Baniana disticta Hampson, 1926
- Bocula ichthyuropis Hampson, 1926
- Bocula sticticraspis Hampson, 1926
- Brevipecten confluens Hampson, 1926
- Brevipecten politzari Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
- Calesia fulviceps Hampson, 1926
- Caligatus angasii Wing, 1850
- Callophisma flavicornis Hampson, 1913
- Callopistria complicata (Holland, 1894)
- Callopistria cyanopera (Hampson, 1911)
- Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)
- Callopistria nana (Hampson, 1911)
- Callopistria nephrosticta (Hampson, 1908)
- Callopistria nigeriensis (Hampson, 1918)
- Callopistria occidens (Hampson, 1908)
- Callopistria thermochroa (Hampson, 1911)
- Callyna holophaea Hampson, 1911
- Capnodes albicostata Poole, 1989
- Caryonopera triangularis (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Catada rex Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Catephia cryptodisca Hampson, 1926
- Catephia holophaea Hampson, 1926
- Catephia microcelis Hampson, 1926
- Cerocala albicornis Berio, 1966
- Cerocala caelata Karsch, 1896
- Chalciope pusilla (Holland, 1894)
- Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Chasmina vestae (Guenée, 1852)
- Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
- Claterna gracillodina Hampson, 1926
- Colbusa euclidica Walker, 1865
- Colbusa restricta Hampson, 1918
- Corgatha porphyrea Hampson, 1910
- Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
- Cretonia platyphaeella Walker, 1866
- Crypsotidia maculifera (Staudinger, 1898)
- Crypsotidia mesosema Hampson, 1913
- Crypsotidia parva Rothschild, 1921
- Ctenoplusia dorfmeisteri (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Ctenusa pallida (Hampson, 1902)
- Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
- Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
- Cyligramma magus (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
- Cyligramma simplex Grünberg, 1910
- Deinopa lilacina Hampson, 1926
- Diparopsis watersi (Rothschild, 1901)
- Drepanopses rufipicta Hampson, 1926
- Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)
- Dysgonia humilis Holland, 1894
- Dysgonia palpalis (Walker, 1865)
- Dysgonia perexcurvata (Hampson, 1918)
- Dysgonia pudica (Möschler, 1887)
- Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
- Dysgonia trogosema (Hampson, 1913)
- Egnasia microtype Hampson, 1926
- Egnasia scotopasta Hampson, 1926
- Egnasia trogocraspia Hampson, 1926
- Enispa albipuncta Hampson, 1910
- Enispa atriceps Hampson, 1910
- Enispa lycaugesia Hampson, 1910
- Enmonodiops ochrodiscata Hampson, 1926
- Entomogramma pardus Guenée, 1852
- Episparis fenestrifera Bryk, 1915
- Ercheia subsignata (Walker, 1865)
- Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
- Ethiopica exolivia Hampson, 1911
- Ethiopica melanopa Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Ethiopica polyastra Hampson, 1909
- Euaethiops cyanopasta Hampson, 1926
- Eublemma anachoresis (Wallengren, 1863)
- Eublemma bifasciata (Moore, 1881)
- Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)
- Eublemma flaviciliata Hampson, 1910
- Eublemma lacteicosta Hampson, 1910
- Eublemma phaeapera Hampson, 1910
- Eublemma proleuca Hampson, 1910
- Eublemma ragusana (Freyer, 1844)
- Eublemma robertsi Berio, 1969
- Eublemma scotopis Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Eublemma staudingeri (Wallengren, 1875)
- Eudocima divitiosa (Walker, 1869)
- Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Eudrapa lepraota Hampson, 1926
- Eudrapa metathermeola Hampson, 1926
- Eudrapa mollis Walker, 1857
- Eudrapa olivaria Hampson, 1926
- Euippodes euprepes Hampson, 1926
- Euminucia conflua Hampson, 1913
- Euneophlebia acutissima Berio, 1972
- Eutelia albiluna Hampson, 1905
- Eutelia cautabasis Hampson, 1905
- Eutelia chlorobasis Hampson, 1905
- Eutelia discitriga Walker, 1865
- Eutelia ferridorsata Hampson, 1905
- Eutelia holocausta Hampson, 1905
- Eutelia leucodelta Hampson, 1905
- Eutelia menalcas (Holland, 1894)
- Eutelia metasarca Hampson, 1905
- Eutelia nigridentula Hampson, 1905
- Eutelia ochricostata Hampson, 1905
- Eutelia polychorda Hampson, 1902
- Eutelia porphyriota (Hampson, 1912)
- Eutelia quadriliturata Walker, 1869
- Eutelia snelleni Saalmüller, 1881
- Eutelia subrubens (Mabille, 1890)
- Eutelia violescens (Hampson, 1912)
- Facidia luteilinea Hampson, 1926
- Feliniopsis medleri (Laporte, 1973)
- Feliniopsis nigribarbata (Hampson, 1908)
- Feliniopsis wojtusiaki Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
- Focillopis eclipsia Hampson, 1926
- Fodina oxyprora (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Geniascota lacteata Hampson, 1926
- Geniascota trichoptycha Hampson, 1926
- Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859
- Gesonia stictigramma Hampson, 1926
- Gracilodes metopis Hampson, 1926
- Gracilodes opisthenops Hampson, 1926
- Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858
- Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)
- Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
- Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
- Heliophisma catocalina Holland, 1894
- Heliophisma klugii (Boisduval, 1833)
- Heraclia geryon (Fabricius, 1781)
- Heraclia hornimani (Druce, 1880)
- Heraclia longipennis (Walker, 1854)
- Heraclia medeba (Druce, 1880)
- Heraclia pallida (Walker, 1854)
- Heraclia poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
- Heraclia terminatis (Walker, 1856)
- Herpeperas lavendula Hampson, 1926
- Herpeperas phoenopasta Hampson, 1926
- Hollandia spurrelli Hampson, 1926
- Holocryptis melanosticta Hampson, 1910
- Homodina argentifera Hampson, 1926
- Hypena conscitalis Walker, 1866
- Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
- Hypocala deflorata (Fabricius, 1794)
- Hypocala rostrata (Fabricius, 1794)
- Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
- Hyposada melanosticta Hampson, 1910
- Hypotacha isthmigera Wiltshire, 1968
- Hypotuerta transiens (Hampson, 1901)
- Iambia jansei Berio, 1966
- Iambia thwaitesi (Moore, 1885)
- Isadelphina albistellata Hampson, 1926
- Isadelphina cheilosema Hampson, 1926
- Isadelphina rufaria Hampson, 1926
- Isadelphina xylochroa Hampson, 1926
- Leucania fissifascia (Hampson, 1907)
- Leucania insulicola Guenée, 1852
- Leucania miasticta (Hampson, 1918)
- Libystica crenata Hampson, 1926
- Lophoptera litigiosa (Boisduval, 1833)
- Loxioda ectherma Hampson, 1926
- Lycophotia viridis Hampson, 1911
- Macella euritiusalis Walker, 1859
- Macellopis ustata Hampson, 1926
- Marathyssa cuneata (Saalmüller, 1891)
- Marcipa apicalis Hampson, 1926
- Marcipa dimera Hampson, 1926
- Marcipa eucrines (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Marcipa molybdea Hampson, 1926
- Marcipa monosema Hampson, 1926
- Marcipa ruptisigna Hampson, 1926
- Masalia albiseriata (Druce, 1903)
- Masalia bimaculata (Moore, 1888)
- Masalia flaviceps (Hampson, 1903)
- Masalia flavistrigata (Hampson, 1903)
- Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
- Masalia nubila (Hampson, 1903)
- Masalia rubristria (Hampson, 1903)
- Masalia transvaalica (Distant, 1902)
- Massaga angustifascia Rothschild, 1896
- Massaga hesparia (Cramer, 1775)
- Massaga maritona Butler, 1868
- Massaga virescens Butler, 1874
- Matopo selecta (Walker, 1865)
- Maxera euryptera Hampson, 1926
- Mazuca dulcis Jordan, 1933
- Mazuca strigicincta Walker, 1866
- Mecodina ochrigrapta Hampson, 1926
- Mecodopsis conisema Hampson, 1926
- Medlerana nigeriensis Laporte, 1979
- Melanephia nigrescens (Wallengren, 1856)
- Mesogenea excavata Hampson, 1926
- Mesosciera picta Hampson, 1926
- Mesosciera rubrinotata Hampson, 1926
- Metagarista maenas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
- Metagarista triphaenoides Walker, 1854
- Mimasura clara (Holland, 1893)
- Miniodes discolor Guenée, 1852
- Miniodes phaeosoma Hampson, 1913
- Misa memnonia Karsch, 1895
- Mitrophrys latreillii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
- Mitrophrys menete (Cramer, 1775)
- Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
- Mocis mutuaria (Walker, 1858)
- Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
- Mocis undata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Mythimna atritorna (Hampson, 1911)
- Mythimna natalensis (Butler, 1875)
- Naarda unipunctata Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Nagia evanescens Hampson, 1926
- Nagia microsema Hampson, 1926
- Nephelemorpha semaphora Hampson, 1926
- Niphosticta stigmagrapta Hampson, 1926
- Nyodes brevicornis (Walker, 1857)
- Odontestra goniosema Hampson, 1913
- Oglasa atristipata Hampson, 1926
- Oglasa aulota Hampson, 1926
- Oglasa confluens Hampson, 1926
- Oglasa diagonalis Hampson, 1926
- Oglasa holophaea Hampson, 1926
- Oglasa phaeonephele Hampson, 1926
- Oglasa rufimedia Hampson, 1926
- Oglasa tessellata Hampson, 1926
- Oligia ambigua (Walker, 1858)
- Oligia melanodonta Hampson, 1908
- Ophisma teterrima Hampson, 1913
- Ophiusa conspicienda (Walker, 1858)
- Ophiusa david (Holland, 1894)
- Ophiusa despecta (Holland, 1894)
- Ophiusa dilecta Walker, 1865
- Ophiusa selenaris (Guenée, 1852)
- Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794)
- Oraesia politzari Behounek, Hacker & Speidel, 2010
- Oraesia provocans Walker, [1858]
- Oruza divisa (Walker, 1862)
- Oruza dolichognatha Hampson, 1918
- Oruza latifera (Walker, 1869)
- Ozarba domina (Holland, 1894)
- Ozarba epimochla Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Ozarba rubrivena Hampson, 1910
- Pangrapta seriopuncta Hampson, 1926
- Panilla xylonea Hampson, 1926
- Parachalciope benitensis (Holland, 1894)
- Parachalciope binaria (Holland, 1894)
- Parachalciope deltifera (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Parachalciope euclidicola (Walker, 1858)
- Parafodina ectrogia (Hampson, 1926)
- Paralephana camptocera Hampson, 1926
- Paralephana incurvata Hampson, 1926
- Paralephana leucopis Hampson, 1926
- Paralephana metaphaea Hampson, 1926
- Paralephana nigripalpis Hampson, 1926
- Paralephana patagiata Hampson, 1926
- Parallelura palumbiodes (Hampson, 1902)
- Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
- Pericyma polygramma Hampson, 1913
- Phaegorista similis Walker, 1869
- Phaeoscia canipars Hampson, 1926
- Phalerodes cauta (Hampson, 1902)
- Phlogochroa albiguttula Hampson, 1926
- Phlogochroa haemorrhanta (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Phlogochroa melanomesa Hampson, 1926
- Phytometra nyctichroa (Hampson, 1926)
- Plecoptera androconiata Hampson, 1926
- Plecoptera costisignata Hampson, 1926
- Plecoptera geminilinea Hampson, 1926
- Plecoptera mesostriga Hampson, 1926
- Plecoptera resistens (Walker, 1858)
- Plecopterodes melliflua (Holland, 1897)
- Plecopterodes moderata (Wallengren, 1860)
- Plusia hemichalcea (Hampson, 1913)
- Plusiodonta ionochrota Hampson, 1926
- Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
- Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Polytelodes florifera (Walker, 1858)
- Prionofrontia ochrosia Hampson, 1926
- Prolymnia atrifera Hampson, 1911
- Pseudoarcte melanis (Mabille, 1890)
- Pseudogiria hypographa (Hampson, 1926)
- Pseudozarba bipartita (Herrich-Schäffer, 1950)
- Remigiodes remigina (Mabille, 1884)
- Rhabdophera clathrum (Guenée, 1852)
- Rhesalides nigeriensis Hampson, 1926
- Rhynchina leucodonta Hampson, 1910
- Rhynchina paliscia Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Rhynchina tinctalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Rougeotiana xanthoperas (Hampson, 1926)
- Saroba isocyma Hampson, 1926
- Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)
- Schausia leona (Schaus, 1893)
- Soloella guttivaga (Walker, 1854)
- Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
- Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
- Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
- Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
- Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
- Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
- Stictoptera confluens (Walker, 1858)
- Syngrapha circumflexa (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Sypnoides equatorialis (Holland, 1894)
- Tachosa acronyctoides Walker, 1869
- Tathodelta furvitincta Hampson, 1926
- Tatorinia pallidipennis Hampson, 1926
- Tatorinia rufipennis Hampson, 1926
- Tavia nana Hampson, 1926
- Taviodes congenita Hampson, 1926
- Taviodes discomma Hampson, 1926
- Taviodes excisa Hampson, 1926
- Thalatha occidens Hampson, 1911
- Thiacidas dukei (Pinhey, 1968)
- Thiacidas juvenis Hacker & Zilli, 2007
- Thiacidas kanoensis Hacker & Zilli, 2007
- Thiacidas meii Hacker & Zilli, 2007
- Thiacidas mukim (Berio, 1977)
- Thiacidas stassarti Hacker & Zilli, 2007
- Thyas metaphaea (Hampson, 1913)
- Thyas parallelipipeda (Guenée, 1852)
- Thysanoplusia cupreomicans (Hampson, 1909)
- Timora umbrifascia Hampson, 1913
- Timora unifascia Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Tolna sinifera Hampson, 1913
- Tolna sypnoides (Butler, 1878)
- Tolna versicolor Walker, 1869
- Trichopalpina zethesia Hampson, 1926
- Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
- Ugia duplicilinea Hampson, 1926
- Ugia stigmaphora Hampson, 1926
- Ugia straminilinea Hampson, 1926
- Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)
- Zethesides pusilla Hampson, 1926
Nolidae[edit]
- Aiteta costiplaga Hampson, 1905
- Aiteta escalerai Kheil, 1909
- Aiteta gamma (Hampson, 1905)
- Aiteta meterythra Hampson, 1905
- Aiteta veluta Hampson, 1912
- Arcyophora patricula (Hampson, 1902)
- Blenina chloromelana (Mabille, 1890)
- Blenina chrysochlora (Walker, 1865)
- Blenina diagona Hampson, 1912
- Bryophilopsis anomoiota (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Bryophilopsis lunifera Hampson, 1912
- Bryophilopsis tarachoides Mabille, 1900
- Bryothripa miophaea Hampson, 1912
- Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
- Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
- Earias glaucescens (Hampson, 1905)
- Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
- Earias ogovana Holland, 1893
- Eligma hypsoides (Walker, 1869)
- Garella nephelota Hampson, 1912
- Gigantoceras rectilinea Hampson, 1912
- Hypodeva barbata Holland, 1894
- Hypodeva nocturna (Hampson, 1905)
- Iscadia glaucograpta (Hampson, 1912)
- Leocyma camilla (Druce, 1887)
- Lophocrama auritincta (Hampson, 1905)
- Lophocrama phoenicochlora Hampson, 1912
- Maurilia albirivula Hampson, 1905
- Maurilia arcuata (Walker, [1858])
- Maurilia atrirena Hampson, 1918
- Maurilia heterochroa Hampson, 1905
- Maurilia phaea Hampson, 1905
- Maurilia rufirena Hampson, 1918
- Meganola cretacea (Hampson, 1914)
- Metaleptina albibasis Holland, 1893
- Metaleptina albilinea Hampson, 1912
- Metaleptina digramma (Hampson, 1905)
- Metaleptina dileuca Hampson, 1912
- Metaleptina geminastra (Hampson, 1905)
- Metaleptina microcyma (Hampson, 1905)
- Metaleptina nigribasis Holland, 1893
- Neaxestis piperita (Hampson, 1905)
- Negeta approximans Hampson, 1912
- Negeta luminosa (Walker, 1858)
- Negeta mesoleuca (Holland, 1894)
- Negeta phaeopepla (Hampson, 1905)
- Negeta stalactitis (Hampson, 1905)
- Neonegeta purpurea Hampson, 1912
- Neonegeta trigonica (Hampson, 1905)
- Neonegeta xanthobasis (Hampson, 1905)
- Nola apicalis (Hampson, 1903)
- Nola atripuncta (Hampson, 1909)
- Nola chionea Hampson, 1911
- Nola melanoscelis (Hampson, 1914)
- Nola omphalota (Hampson, 1903)
- Nola perfusca Hampson, 1911
- Nola phaeocraspis (Hampson, 1909)
- Odontestis prosticta (Holland, 1894)
- Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)
- Periplusia cinerascens Holland, 1894
- Periplusia nubilicosta Holland, 1894
- Plusiocalpe pallida Holland, 1894
- Risoba lunata (Möschler, 1887)
- Selepa cumasia Hampson, 1912
- Selepa docilis Butler, 1881
- Selepa leucograpta Hampson, 1912
- Westermannia anchorita Holland, 1893
- Westermannia goodi Hampson, 1912
Notodontidae[edit]
- Acroctena pallida (Butler, 1882)
- Afroplitis dierli (Kiriakoff, 1979)
- Afroplitis politzaria (Kiriakoff, 1979)
- Amphiphalera leuconephra Hampson, 1910
- Anaphe subsordida Butler, 1893
- Anaphe venata Butler, 1878
- Antheua bidentata (Hampson, 1910)
- Antheua delicata Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Antheua rufovittata (Aurivillius, 1901)
- Aprosdocetos inexpectata (Rothschild, 1917)
- Arciera lanuginosa (Rothschild, 1917)
- Baliopteryx baccata (Hampson, 1910)
- Boscawenia polioplaga (Hampson, 1910)
- Bostrychogyna bella (Bethune-Baker, 1913)
- Brachychira ferruginea Aurivillius, 1905
- Catarctia subrosea Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Chlorocalliope rivata (Hampson, 1910)
- Chlorochadisra pinheyi Kiriakoff, 1975
- Crestonica incisus (Rothschild, 1917)
- Desmeocraera ardalio Kiriakoff, 1958
- Desmeocraera dicax Kiriakoff, 1958
- Desmeocraera formosa Kiriakoff, 1958
- Desmeocraera glauca Gaede, 1928
- Desmeocraera imploratrix Kiriakoff, 1958
- Desmeocraera latex (Druce, 1901)
- Desmeocraera latifasciata Gaede, 1928
- Desmeocraera leucosticta (Hampson, 1910)
- Desmeocraera mawa Kiriakoff, 1979
- Desmeocraera mkabi Kiriakoff, 1979
- Desmeocraera olivina Kiriakoff, 1958
- Desmeocraera sincera Kiriakoff, 1958
- Desmeocraera vicaria Kiriakoff, 1979
- Desmeocraerula pallida Kiriakoff, 1963
- Enomotarcha chloana (Holland, 1893)
- Enomotarcha metaphaea Kiriakoff, 1979
- Epicerura catori (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Epicerura tamsi Kiriakoff, 1963
- Janthinisca badia Kiriakoff, 1979
- Janthinisca gerda Kiriakoff, 1979
- Janthinisca linda Kiriakoff, 1979
- Janthinisca politzari Kiriakoff, 1979
- Mainiella subterminalis Kiriakoff, 1962
- Odontoperas obliqualinea (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Odontoperas rosacea Kiriakoff, 1959
- Paradiastema monotonia Kiriakoff, 1979
- Paradiastema nitens Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Paradiastema pulverea Hampson, 1910
- Phalera atrata (Grünberg, 1907)
- Psalisodes bistriata (Kiriakoff, 1962)
- Quista citrina Kiriakoff, 1979
- Quista niveiplaga (Hampson, 1910)
- Roppa rhabdophora (Hampson, 1910)
- Scalmicauda ectoleuca Hampson, 1910
- Scalmicauda macrosema Kiriakoff, 1959
- Scalmicauda rubrolineata Kiriakoff, 1959
- Scalmicauda vinacea Kiriakoff, 1959
- Scalmicauda xanthogyna Hampson, 1910
- Scrancia astur Kiriakoff, 1962
- Scrancia cupreitincta Kiriakoff, 1962
- Scrancia expleta Kiriakoff, 1962
- Scrancia leucopera Hampson, 1910
- Scrancia rothschildi Kiriakoff, 1965
- Scrancia tephraea (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Scranciola rufula (Hampson, 1910)
- Stauropussa chloe (Holland, 1893)
- Stenostaura vittata Kiriakoff, 1965
- Synete parallelis Kiriakoff, 1979
- Synete subcaeca Kiriakoff, 1959
- Tmetopteryx bisecta (Rothschild, 1917)
- Tricholoba minuta Kiriakoff, 1979
- Tricholoba unicolor Kiriakoff, 1979
- Xanthodonta argyllacea Kiriakoff, 1961
- Xanthodonta minima (Hampson, 1910)
Oecophoridae[edit]
- Stathmopoda ficivora Kasy, 1973
Pantheidae[edit]
- Raphia buchanani Rothschild, 1921
Psychidae[edit]
- Eumeta cervina Druce, 1887
- Eumeta rotunda Bourgogne, 1965
- Eumeta rougeoti Bourgogne, 1955
- Melasina immanis Meyrick, 1908
- Melasina trichodyta Meyrick, 1924
Pterophoridae[edit]
- Crocydoscelus ferrugineum Walsingham, 1897
- Exelastis vuattouxi Bigot, 1970
- Hellinsia aethiopicus (Amsel, 1963)
- Hepalastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)
- Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)
- Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
- Platyptilia molopias Meyrick, 1906
- Pterophorus albidus (Zeller, 1852)
- Pterophorus spissa (Bigot, 1969)
- Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)
- Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Pyralidae[edit]
- Acracona remipedalis (Karsch, 1900)
- Lamoria imbella (Walker, 1864)
- Palmia adustalis (Hampson, 1917)
Saturniidae[edit]
- Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849)
- Decachorda fletcheri Rougeot, 1970
- Epiphora perspicuus (Butler, 1878)
- Epiphora rectifascia Rothschild, 1907
- Goodia hierax Jordan, 1922
- Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836)
- Holocerina angulata (Aurivillius, 1893)
- Holocerina smilax (Westwood, 1849)
- Imbrasia obscura (Butler, 1878)
- Lobobunaea acetes (Westwood, 1849)
- Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
- Ludia hansali Felder, 1874
- Ludia obscura Aurivillius, 1893
- Nudaurelia alopia Westwood, 1849
- Orthogonioptilum adiegetum Karsch, 1892
- Orthogonioptilum prox Karsch, 1892
- Pseudantheraea discrepans (Butler, 1878)
- Pseudantheraea imperator Rougeot, 1962
- Rohaniella pygmaea (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
Sesiidae[edit]
- Melittia chalconota Hampson, 1910
- Pseudomelittia cingulata Gaede, 1929
- Sura rufitibia Hampson, 1919
- Tipulamima sexualis (Hampson, 1910)
- Trichocerata lambornella (Durrant, 1913)
Sphingidae[edit]
- Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Andriasa contraria Walker, 1856
- Antinephele anomala (Butler, 1882)
- Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Falcatula cymatodes (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
- Hippotion irregularis (Walker, 1856)
- Leucophlebia afra Karsch, 1891
- Lophostethus dumolinii (Angas, 1849)
- Neopolyptychus ancylus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)
- Neopolyptychus consimilis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
- Neopolyptychus prionites (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)
- Neopolyptychus pygarga (Karsch, 1891)
- Nephele bipartita Butler, 1878
- Nephele maculosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776)
- Phylloxiphia bicolor (Rothschild, 1894)
- Phylloxiphia vicina (Rothschild & Jordan, 1915)
- Platysphinx constrigilis (Walker, 1869)
- Platysphinx phyllis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Platysphinx stigmatica (Mabille, 1878)
- Platysphinx vicaria Jordan, 1920
- Polyptychoides digitatus (Karsch, 1891)
- Polyptychus andosa Walker, 1856
- Polyptychus anochus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
- Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1882)
- Polyptychus coryndoni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Polyptychus hollandi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Polyptychus orthographus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Polyptychus wojtusiaki Pierre, 2001
- Pseudenyo benitensis Holland, 1889
- Pseudoclanis molitor (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
- Pseudoclanis rhadamistus (Fabricius, 1781)
- Pseudopolyptychus foliaceus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
- Sphingonaepiopsis nana (Walker, 1856)
- Temnora angulosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
- Temnora avinoffi Clark, 1919
- Temnora camerounensis Clark, 1923
- Temnora griseata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Temnora hollandi Clark, 1920
- Temnora reutlingeri (Holland, 1889)
- Temnora stevensi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Theretra orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
- Theretra perkeo Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Theretra tessmanni Gehlen, 1927
Thyrididae[edit]
- Amalthocera tiphys Boisduval, 1836
- Byblisia albaproxima Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Byblisia latipes Walker, 1865
- Byblisia ochracea Jordan, 1907
- Collinsa subscripta (Warren, 1899)
- Cornuterus palairanta (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Dysodia collinsi Whalley, 1968
- Dysodia intermedia (Walker, 1865)
- Dysodia vitrina (Boisduval, 1829)
- Dysodia zelleri (Dewitz, 1881)
- Epaena trijuncta (Warren, 1898)
- Hapana verticalis (Warren, 1899)
- Heteroschista nigranalis Warren, 1903
- Hypolamprus curviflua (Warren, 1898)
- Kalenga ansorgei (Warren, 1899)
- Kuja fractifascia (Warren, 1908)
- Kuja gemmata (Hampson, 1906)
- Marmax hyparchus (Cramer, 1779)
- Marmax semiaurata (Walker, 1854)
- Nemea eugrapha (Hampson, 1906)
- Ninia plumipes (Drury, 1782)
- Opula spilotata (Warren, 1898)
- Rhodoneura serraticornis (Warren, 1899)
- Sijua latizonalis (Hampson, 1897)
- Sijua sigillata (Warren, 1898)
- Striglina rothi Warren, 1898
- Symphleps suffusa Warren, 1898
- Trichobaptes auristrigata (Plötz, 1880)
Tineidae[edit]
- Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915)
- Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852)
- Dasyses nigerica Gozmány, 1968
- Edosa nigralba (Gozmány, 1968)
- Edosa phlegethon (Gozmány, 1968)
- Erechthias travestita (Gozmány, 1968)
- Hyperbola pastoralis (Meyrick, 1931)
- Monopis jacobsi Gozmány, 1967
- Monopis megalodelta Meyrick, 1908
- Perissomastix nigerica Gozmány, 1967
- Perissomastix sericea Gozmány, 1966
- Perissomastix similatrix Gozmány, 1968
- Perissomastix stibarodes (Meyrick, 1908)
- Phalloscardia semiumbrata (Meyrick, 1920)
- Phereoeca praecox Gozmány & Vári, 1973
- Phereoeca proletaria (Meyrick, 1921)
- Phthoropoea oenochares (Meyrick, 1920)
- Pitharcha chalinaea Meyrick, 1908
- Sphallestasis cristata (Gozmány, 1967)
- Syncalipsis optania (Meyrick, 1908)
- Syncalipsis typhodes (Meyrick, 1917)
- Tinemelitta ceriaula (Meyrick, 1914)
- Tiquadra cultrifera Meyrick, 1914
- Wegneria speciosa (Meyrick, 1914)
Tortricidae[edit]
- Accra rubrothicta Razowski, 1986
- Accra viridis (Walsingham, 1891)
- Apotoforma fustigera Razowski, 1986
- Basigonia anisoscia Diakonoff, 1983
- Brachiolia wojtusiaki Razowski, 1986
- Cornesia ormoperla Razowski, 1981
- Ebodina lagoana Razowski & Tuck, 2000
- Eccopsis incultana (Walker, 1863)
- Eccopsis praecedens Walsingham, 1897
- Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852
- Nephograptis necropina Razowski, 1981
- Panegyra sectatrix (Razowski, 1981)
- Paraeccopsis insellata (Meyrick, 1920)
- Plinthograptis clostos Razowski, 1990
- Plinthograptis clyster Razowski, 1990
- Plinthograptis pleroma Razowski, 1981
- Plinthograptis rhytisma Razowski, 1981
- Plinthograptis seladonia (Razowski, 1981)
- Plinthograptis sipalia Razowski, 1981
- Rubidograptis regulus Razowski, 1981
- Rubrograptis recrudescentia Razowski, 1981
- Russograptis callopista (Durrant, 1913)
- Russograptis medleri Razowski, 1981
- Russograptis solaris Razowski, 1981
- Rutilograptis cornesi Razowski, 1981
- Sanguinograptis obtrecator Razowski, 1981
- Sanguinograptis ochrolegnia Razowski, 1986
Uraniidae[edit]
- Acropteris nigrisquama Warren, 1897
- Epiplema inelegans Warren, 1898
Zygaenidae[edit]
- Astyloneura esmeralda (Hampson, 1920)
- Tasema unxia (Druce, 1896)
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.