List of moths of Angola

Location of Angola

There are about 800 types of moths of Angola 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 in Angola.

Anomoeotidae[]

Anomoeotes infuscata Talbot, 1929
Anomoeotes leucolena Holland, 1893
Anomoeotes phaeomera Hampson, 1920
Staphylinochrous albabasis Bethune-Baker, 1911
Thermochrous marginata Talbot, 1929

Arctiidae[]

Acantharctia nivea Aurivillius, 1900
Afrasura crenulata (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Afrasura hieroglyphica (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869)
Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864)
Afrospilarctia flavida (Bartel, 1903)
Afrospilarctia lucida (Druce, 1898)
Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)
Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)
Amata pembertoni Rothschild, 1910
Amata tripunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901)
Amerila bubo (Walker, 1855)
Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901)
Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)
Amerila rufifemur (Walker, 1855)
Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880
Amsacta aureolimbata Rothschild, 1910
Anaphosia parallela Bethune-Baker, 1911
Anapisa histrio (Kiriakoff, 1953)
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773)
Asura pectinella Strand, 1922
Balacra batesi Druce, 1910
Balacra caeruleifascia Walker, 1856
Balacra compsa (Jordan, 1904)
Balacra daphaena (Hampson, 1898)
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856
Balacra nigripennis (Aurivillius, 1904)
Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893
Binna penicillata Walker, 1865
Ceryx flava Bethune-Baker, 1911
Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
Dionychoscelis venata Aurivillius, 1922
(Hampson, 1911)
Eilema minutissima Bethune-Baker, 1911
Eilema triplaiola (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Estigmene flaviceps Hampson, 1907
Estigmene internigralis Hampson, 1905
Estigmene neuriastis Hampson, 1907
Estigmene tenuistrigata (Hampson, 1900)
Estigmene trivitta (Walker, 1855)
Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)
Eyralpenus diplosticta (Hampson, 1900)
Eyralpenus inconspicua (Rothschild, 1910)
(Hampson, 1920)
Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880)
Galtara nepheloptera (Hampson, 1910)
Ischnarctia brunnescens Bartel, 1903
Ischnarctia oberthueri (Rothschild, 1910)
Meganaclia perpusilla (Walker, 1856)
Metarctia diversa Bethune-Baker, 1911
Metarctia flavicincta Aurivillius, 1900
Metarctia flavivena Hampson, 1901
Metarctia heinrichi Kiriakoff, 1961
Metarctia inconspicua Holland, 1892
Metarctia jordani Kiriakoff, 1957
Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Metarctia pallens Bethune-Baker, 1911
Metarctia paremphares Holland, 1893
Metarctia rubribasa Bethune-Baker, 1911
Metarctia salmonea Kiriakoff, 1957
Metarctia unicolor (Oberthür, 1880)
Metarctia uniformis Bethune-Baker, 1911
Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
Nacliodes microsippia Strand, 1912
Nanna diplisticta (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Nanna melanosticta (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)
Nyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904)
Nyctemera rattrayi (Swinhoe, 1904)
Onychipodia flavithorax Rothschild, 1912
Ovenna simulans (Mabille, 1878)
Ovenna vicaria (Walker, 1854)
Paralacydes arborifera (Butler, 1875)
Paramaenas nephelistis (Hampson, 1907)
Paramelisa lophuroides Oberthür, 1911
Popoudina griseipennis (Bartel, 1903)
Pseudlepista holoxantha Hampson, 1918
Pseudothyretes carnea (Hampson, 1898)
Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856)
Pseudothyretes rubicundula (Strand, 1912)
Pusiola celida (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Pusiola curta (Rothschild, 1912)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Rhipidarctia invaria (Walker, 1856)
Rhipidarctia pareclecta (Holland, 1893)
Rhipidarctia rubrovitta (Aurivillius, 1904)
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860
Secusio ansorgei Rothschild, 1933
Secusio deilemera Talbot, 1929
Secusio discoidalis Talbot, 1929
Secusio drucei Rothschild, 1933
Secusio monteironis Rothschild, 1933
Siccia atriguttata Hampson, 1909
Spilosoma angolensis Bartel, 1903
Spilosoma bipartita Rothschild, 1933
(Hampson, 1900)
Spilosoma heterogenea Bartel, 1903
Walker, 1855
Spilosoma semihyalina Bartel, 1903
Spilosoma unipuncta (Hampson, 1905)
Stenarctia abdominalis Rothschild, 1910
Stenarctia quadripunctata Aurivillius, 1900
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900
Teracotona euprepioides Wichgraf, 1921
Teracotona homeyeri Rothschild, 1910
Teracotona immaculata (Wichgraf, 1921)
Teracotona pardalina Bartel, 1903
Teracotona trifasciata Bartel, 1903
Thyretes monteiroi Butler, 1876
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Autostichidae[]

Pachnistis morologa Meyrick, 1923

Bombycidae[]

Racinoa obliquisigna (Hampson, 1910)

Cossidae[]

Aethalopteryx squameus (Distant, 1902)
Azygophleps tandoensis Bethune-Baker, 1927
Meyrick, 1923

Crambidae[]

Aethaloessa floridalis (Zeller, 1852)
Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973
Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Drepanidae[]

Watson, 1965
(Bryk, 1913)
Spidia fenestrata Butler, 1878

Eupterotidae[]

Catajana bimaculata (Dewitz, 1879)
Hemijana subrosea (Aurivillius, 1893)
Jana variegata Rothschild, 1917
Phiala costipuncta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Stenoglene gemmatus Wichgraf, 1921

Gelechiidae[]

Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844)

Geometridae[]

Warren, 1899
Afrophyla vethi (Snellen, 1886)
Prout, 1930
(Butler, 1875)
(Warren, 1904)
(Bastelberger, 1909)
Asthenotricha straba Prout, 1921
(Walker, 1869)
(Mabille, 1893)
Warren, 1901
(Warren, 1901)
Cartaletis variabilis (Butler, 1878)
(Bethune-Baker, 1913)
(Warren, 1898)
(Warren, 1897)
(Wallengren, 1872)
(Holland, 1892)
(Warren, 1901)
(Warren, 1897)
(Guenée, 1858)
(Holland, 1892)
(Warren, 1897)
Chloroclystis insignifica Bethune-Baker, 1913
Chlorosterrha semialba (Swinhoe, 1906)
(Snellen, 1872)
D. S. Fletcher, 1967
Butler, 1898
(Warren, 1909)
(Warren, 1901)
Cyclophora landanata (Mabille, 1898)
Prout, 1915
(Warren, 1909)
Eois grataria (Walker, 1861)
Epigynopteryx maeviaria (Guenée, 1858)
(Walker, 1863)
(Warren, 1904)
Eupithecia celatisigna (Warren, 1902)
Swinhoe, 1904
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Mabille, 1890)
Bethune-Baker, 1913
(Warren, 1904)
(Warren, 1901)
(Warren, 1904)
(Warren, 1902)
(Warren, 1904)
(Walker, 1862)
(Bethune-Baker, 1913)
(Mabille, 1890)
(Mabille, 1879)
(Mabille, 1879)
Warren, 1897
(Pagenstecher, 1893)
Bethune-Baker, 1913
Narthecusa tenuiorata Walker, 1862
Warren, 1909
(Warren, 1904)
(Warren, 1904)
(Warren, 1899)
(Prout, 1915)
Warren, 1905
(Warren, 1904)
(Wallengren, 1872)
(Warren, 1899)
Warren, 1902
(Warren, 1904)
(Bethune-Baker, 1913)
Pitthea famula Drury, 1773
Pitthea subflaveola Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Wallengren, 1875)
Warren, 1904
Bethune-Baker, 1913
(Prout, 1915)
(Guenée, 1858)
(Warren, 1894)
Rhodesia alboviridata (Saalmüller, 1880)
Warren, 1904
Warren, 1905
Prout, 1931
Scopula crassipuncta (Warren, 1901)
Scopula fimbrilineata (Warren, 1902)
Scopula latitans Prout, 1920
Scopula lubricata (Warren, 1905)
Scopula magnidiscata (Warren, 1904)
Scopula penricei Prout, 1920
Scopula rubriceps (Warren, 1905)
Scopula sanguinisecta (Warren, 1897)
Scopula serena Prout, 1920
Scopula sincera (Warren, 1901)
Scopula sinnaria Swinhoe, 1904
Somatina virginalis Prout, 1917
(Bethune-Baker, 1913)
(Warren, 1909)
Druce, 1887
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Guenée, 1858
Warren, 1898
Warren, 1899
Prout, 1921
Prout, 1928
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Warren, 1901
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Strand, 1915
Prout, 1922
Warren, 1909
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Oberthür, 1912
Bethune-Baker, 1913
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Warren, 1901
Bastelberger, 1909
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Prout, 1912
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Herbulot, 1954
Oberthür, 1912
Prout, 1912
Bethune-Baker, 1913
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Hampson, 1909
Prout, 1932
Prout, 1912
(Walker, 1863)
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Oberthür, 1912
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Prout, 1915

Glyphipterigidae[]

Glyphipterix leucophragma Meyrick, 1923
Glyphipterix molybdastra Meyrick, 1923

Hepialidae[]

Afrotheora flavimaculata Nielsen & Scoble, 1986
Afrotheora jordani (Viette, 1956)
Eudalaca hololeuca (Hampson, 1910)
Gorgopi libania (Stoll, 1781)

Himantopteridae[]

Doratopteryx xanthomelas Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Semioptila ansorgei Rothschild, 1907
Semioptila fulveolans (Mabille, 1897)
Semioptila lydia Weymer, 1908

Lacturidae[]

Meyrick, 1923

Lasiocampidae[]

(Walker, 1855)
Catalebeda elegans Aurivillius, 1925
(Walker, 1855)
Cheligium lineatum (Aurivillius, 1893)
Chrysopsyche mirifica (Butler, 1878)
Tams, 1936
(Distant, 1897)
Eucraera koellikerii (Dewitz, 1881)
(Walker, 1855)
(Hering, 1932)
(Tams, 1936)
Gonometa bicolor Dewitz, 1881
(Aurivillius, 1893)
(Wichgraf, 1921)
Aurivillius, 1927
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Strand, 1912
Aurivillius, 1908
Holland, 1893
(Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Holland, 1896
Mimopacha gerstaeckerii (Dewitz, 1881)
Tams, 1936
Mimopacha knoblauchii (Dewitz, 1881)
Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
Hering, 1928
Tams, 1929
(Walker, 1855)
(Dewitz, 1881)
(Tams, 1936)
Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
(Tams, 1936)
(Tams, 1936)
Tams, 1936
(Holland, 1893)
Philotherma tandoensis Bethune-Baker, 1927
Tams, 1929
(Tams, 1936)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Tams, 1936)
Tams, 1936
Tams, 1936
(Tams, 1936)
(Tams, 1936)
(Tams, 1936)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Tams, 1936)
(Tams, 1936)
(Tams, 1936)
(Dewitz, 1881)
(Aurivillius, 1909)

Lecithoceridae[]

Odites citromela Meyrick, 1923

Limacodidae[]

Bethune-Baker, 1911
Wichgraf, 1922
(Aurivillius, 1900)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Tams, 1928
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Tams, 1929
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
West, 1940
West, 1940
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Karsch, 1896
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Weymer, 1908
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Lymantriidae[]

Collenette, 1936
Collenette, 1936
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1905
Collenette, 1932
Collenette, 1936
(Swinhoe, 1906)
Collenette, 1936
Collenette, 1932
(Hering, 1932)
Collenette, 1936
Walker, 1855
(Collenette, 1936)
Hering, 1926
Collenette, 1936
Collenette, 1936
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Collenette, 1936
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Dasychira styx Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Collenette, 1936
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Grünberg, 1907)
Swinhoe, 1906
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Wichgraf, 1921
Holland, 1893
(Jordan, 1904)
(Wichgraf, 1922)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Distant, 1897)
(Walker, 1855)
Hering, 1926
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Holland, 1893)
Hampson, 1905
Hampson, 1905
Swinhoe, 1903
Hering, 1926
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Leucoma luteipes (Walker, 1855)
Holland, 1893
Swinhoe, 1904
Swinhoe, 1903
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Collenette, 1936
Collenette, 1936
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Jordan, 1924)
Walker, 1854
Wallengren, 1863
(Holland, 1893)
Parapirga neurabrunnea Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Collenette, 1936
(Holland, 1893)

Metarbelidae[]

Metarbela cymaphora Hampson, 1910
Metarbela inconspicua Gaede, 1929
Metarbela sphacobapta Tams, 1929
Salagena mirabilis Le Cerf, 1919

Noctuidae[]

Acantholipes plumbeonitens Hampson, 1926
Achaea sordida (Walker, 1865)
Hacker, 2007
Walker, 1862
(Swinhoe, 1907)
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Hopffer, 1857
Acontia gratiosa Wallengren, 1856
Acontia guttifera Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
(Hampson, 1909)
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
Wallengren, 1860
Aurivillius, 1879
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Acrapex brunnea Hampson, 1910
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Hampson, 1901
Aegocera fervida (Walker, 1854)
Boisduval, 1836
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
Berio, 1955
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Mabille, 1881)
(Jordan, 1904)
(Bartel, 1903)
Hacker, 2004
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Catephia xanthophaes (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Chaetostephana inclusa (Karsch, 1895)
Chaetostephana rendalli (Rothschild, 1896)
(Kirby, 1896)
(Hampson, 1902)
Choeropais jucunda (Jordan, 1904)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Hampson, 1910
Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
Cyligramma magus (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
Diaphone angolensis Weymer, 1901
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Guenée, 1852
Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Eublemma acarodes Swinhoe, 1907
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Swinhoe, 1907)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Heliophisma klugii (Boisduval, 1833)
(Jordan, 1913)
(Walker, 1869)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Mabille, 1893)
(Mabille, 1881)
(Mabille, 1881)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Masalia disticta (Hampson, 1902)
(Hampson, 1903)
Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
Masalia quilengesi Seymour, 1972
Masalia sublimis (Berio, 1962)
(Rothschild, 1921)
Massaga monteirona Butler, 1874
Jordan, 1913
Naarda fuliginaria (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Naarda tandoana (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Walker, 1857)
(Bethune-Baker, 1913)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Parasiopsis arcuata Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Phaegorista similis Walker, 1869
(Butler, 1883)
Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Hampson, 1926)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Sesamia calamistis Hampson, 1910
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
Bethune-Baker, 1913
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Berio, 1977)
(Hampson, 1905)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Weymer, 1908)
Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
Ugia egcarsia (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Nolidae[]

(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Walker, 1869)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Notodontidae[]

(Kiriakoff, 1955)
Kiriakoff, 1961
Anaphe venata Butler, 1878
Viette, 1954
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Karsch, 1895)
(Walker, 1865)
(Hampson, 1909)
(Tams, 1929)
Kiriakoff, 1979
Kiriakoff, 1955
(Rothschild, 1910)
Brachychira ferruginea Aurivillius, 1905
(Wichgraf, 1922)
(Hampson, 1910)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Kiriakoff, 1962)
Karsch, 1895
Aurivillius, 1901
(Kiriakoff, 1959)
Kiriakoff, 1962
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Hampson, 1910
Kiriakoff, 1959
(Grünberg, 1907)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Kiriakoff, 1979
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Kiriakoff, 1962)
(Aurivillius, 1904)
Bethune-Baker, 1911

Oecophoridae[]

Epiphractis phoenicis Meyrick, 1908

Prototheoridae[]

Prototheora angolae Davis, 1996

Psychidae[]

Karsch, 1900
Bourgogne, 1966
Bourgogne, 1955
Meyrick, 1923
Meyrick, 1908
Meyrick, 1908
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Strand, 1911

Pterophoridae[]

Agdistis bouyeri Gielis, 2008
Paracapperia esuriens (Meyrick, 1932)

Pyralidae[]

Jordan, 1904

Saturniidae[]

Darge, 2008
(Sonthonnax, 1902)
(Westwood, 1849)
Rothschild, 1907
Bunaea alcinoe (Stoll, 1780)
(Le Cerf, 1918)
Lemaire & Rougeot, 1975
(Rothschild, 1895)
(Westwood, 1849)
(Jordan, 1908)
(Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
(Le Cerf, 1918)
(Dewitz, 1881)
(Westwood, 1881)
Cirina forda (Westwood, 1849)
Aurivillius, 1898
(Druce, 1886)
(Westwood, 1849)
Hampson, 1919
Gonimbrasia belina (Westwood, 1849)
Bouvier, 1927
(Sonthonnax, 1899)
Jordan, 1922
Strand, 1911
Heniocha dyops (Maassen, 1872)
(Karsch, 1896)
(Aurivillius, 1893)
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1772)
Rebel, 1904
Imbrasia obscura (Butler, 1878)
Lobobunaea acetes (Westwood, 1849)
(Westwood, 1849)
Strand, 1914
Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
(Fabricius, 1793)
Jordan, 1938
Karsch, 1892
Rothschild, 1907
(Westwood, 1849)
(Rothschild, 1907)
(Karsch, 1892)
Rougeot, 1978
(Le Moult, 1933)
(Fabricius, 1793)
Strecker, 1876
(Staudinger, 1872)
Rebel, 1917
(Rothschild, 1906)
Karsch, 1892
(Holland, 1893)
(Butler, 1878)
Pseudantheraea discrepans (Butler, 1878)
Rougeot, 1962
Pseudimbrasia deyrollei (J. Thomson, 1858)
Pseudobunaea alinda (Sonthonnax, 1899)
(Jordan, 1910)
(Aurivillius, 1893)
(Weymer, 1896)
(Fabricius, 1793)
(Westwood, 1849)
Rohaniella pygmaea (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
Urota sinope (Westwood, 1849)
Usta terpsichore (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)

Sesiidae[]

Euhagena nobilis (Druce, 1910)
Nyctaegeria rohani Le Cerf, 1915
Le Cerf, 1937

Sphingidae[]

Acanthosphinx guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Afrosphinx amabilis (Jordan, 1911)
Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
Atemnora westermannii (Boisduval, 1875)
Basiothia aureata (Karsch, 1891)
Basiothia charis (Boisduval, 1875)
Basiothia medea (Fabricius, 1781)
Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)
Chloroclanis virescens (Butler, 1882)
Coelonia fulvinotata (Butler, 1875)
Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)
Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hippotion balsaminae (Walker, 1856)
Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hippotion eson (Cramer, 1779)
Hippotion osiris (Dalman, 1823)
Hoplistopus penricei Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Leptoclanis pulchra Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Leucophlebia afra Karsch, 1891
Lophostethus dumolinii (Angas, 1849)
Lycosphingia hamatus (Dewitz, 1879)
Macroglossum trochilus (Hübner, 1823)
Neoclanis basalis (Walker, 1866)
Neopolyptychus prionites (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)
Neopolyptychus pygarga (Karsch, 1891)
Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)
Nephele aequivalens (Walker, 1856)
Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857
Nephele funebris (Fabricius, 1793)
Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776)
Nephele rosae Butler, 1875
Pantophaea favillacea (Walker, 1866)
Phylloxiphia bicolor (Rothschild, 1894)
Platysphinx constrigilis (Walker, 1869)
Platysphinx stigmatica (Mabille, 1878)
Polyptychoides digitatus (Karsch, 1891)
Polyptychopsis marshalli (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Polyptychus coryndoni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Polyptychus murinus Rothschild, 1904
Polyptychus orthographus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Praedora marshalli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Pseudoclanis rhadamistus (Fabricius, 1781)
Rhadinopasa hornimani (Druce, 1880)
Rufoclanis numosae (Wallengren, 1860)
Rufoclanis rosea (Druce, 1882)
Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei Rothschild, 1904
Sphingonaepiopsis nana (Walker, 1856)
Temnora albilinea Rothschild, 1904
Temnora elegans (Rothschild, 1895)
Temnora fumosa (Walker, 1856)
Temnora funebris (Holland, 1893)
Temnora radiata (Karsch, 1892)
Temnora sardanus (Walker, 1856)
Temnora scitula (Holland, 1889)
Xanthopan morganii (Walker, 1856)

Thyrididae[]

Jordan, 1907
Whalley, 1971
(Boisduval, 1829)
(Dewitz, 1881)
Hapana minima Whalley, 1971
(Warren, 1908)
(Cramer, 1779)
Jordan, 1907

Tineidae[]

Cimitra horridella (Walker, 1863)

Tortricidae[]

Diakonoff, 1964
Meyrick, 1911
Diakonoff, 1964
Diakonoff, 1964
Bactra stagnicolana Zeller, 1852
Eccopsis incultana (Walker, 1863)
Eccopsis praecedens Walsingham, 1897
Epichorista aethocoma Meyrick, 1923
Meyrick, 1923
Meyrick, 1923
Karisch, 2005

Uraniidae[]

Warren, 1901

Zygaenidae[]

(Butler, 1874)
(Jordan, 1907)
Alberti, 1961

References[]

External links[]

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.

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