List of moths of Botswana
Botswana moths represent about 115 known moth species. 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 Botswana.
Arctiidae[]
- Acantharctia vittata Aurivillius, 1900
- Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
- Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
- Paralacydes destrictus Kühne, 2010
- Paralacydes jeskei (Grünberg, 1911)
- Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865)
Cossidae[]
- Aethalopteryx atrireta (Hampson, 1910)
Crambidae[]
- Ischnurges lancinalis (Guenée, 1854)
Geometridae[]
- (Prout, 1925)
- (Prout, 1917)
- (Guenée, 1858)
- (Warren, 1898)
- (Walker, 1861)
- (Swinhoe, 1904)
- Prout, 1922
- Prout, 1925
- Warren, 1914
- Prout, 1922
- Warren, 1895
- (Prout, 1915)
Gracillariidae[]
- Phyllonorycter anchistea (Vári, 1961)
- Phyllonorycter grewiella (Vári, 1961)
Lasiocampidae[]
- Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
Limacodidae[]
- Butler, 1880
Lymantriidae[]
- (Swinhoe, 1903)
Metarbelidae[]
- Arbelodes sebelensis Lehmann, 2010
- Kroonia fumealis (Janse, 1925)
Noctuidae[]
- Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
- Walker, 1862
- Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
- Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
- (Hampson, 1902)
- (Aurivillius, 1879)
- Hopffer, 1857
- (Walker, [1858])
- Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
- Acontia gratiosa Wallengren, 1856
- (Walker, 1857)
- (Hampson, 1910)
- (Guenée, 1852)
- (Butler, 1898)
- Wallengren, 1860
- Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
- Aurivillius, 1879
- Wallengren, 1856
- Adisura straminea Hampson, 1902
- Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
- (Hampson, 1902)
- Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
- (Hampson, 1902)
- Hampson, 1909
- (Möschler, 1883)
- Audea humeralis Hampson, 1902
- Audea melanoplaga Hampson, 1902
- (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
- (Hampson, 1902)
- Cerocala vermiculosa Herrich-Schäffer, [1858]
- (Boisduval, 1833)
- Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
- Hampson, 1910
- Ctenusa pallida (Hampson, 1902)
- Ctenusa varians (Wallengren, 1863)
- (Hampson, 1902)
- Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
- Eublemma rivula (Moore, 1882)
- Euphiusa harmonica (Hampson, 1902)
- Hampson, 1902
- (Laporte, 1979)
- Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)
- Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
- (Walker, 1865)
- Hypopyra carneotincta (Hampson, 1913)
- Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
- Masalia leucosticta (Hampson, 1902)
- (Hampson, 1902)
- (Hampson, 1902)
- Hampson, 1910
- (Hampson, 1902)
- Pericyma atrifusa (Hampson, 1902)
- (Wallengren, 1860)
- (Grünberg, 1910)
- (Fawcett, 1917)
- Ulotrichopus primulina (Hampson, 1902)
- Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)
Nolidae[]
- Guenée, 1852
- (Wallengren, 1863)
- (Wallengren, 1860)
- (Walker, 1858)
- Hampson, 1912
Notodontidae[]
- (Distant, 1902)
Pterophoridae[]
- Agdistis clara Arenberger, 1986
Pyralidae[]
- Pempelia morosalis (Saalmüller, 1880)
Saturniidae[]
- (Dewitz, 1881)
- (Westwood, 1849)
- Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836)
- (Rogenhofer, 1891)
- Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Boisduval, 1847)
Sesiidae[]
- Anaudia felderi Wallengren, 1863
Sphingidae[]
- Polyptychoides grayii (Walker, 1856)
- Praedora leucophaea Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Rufoclanis numosae (Wallengren, 1860)
- Xenosphingia jansei Jordan, 1920
Thyrididae[]
- Arniocera erythropyga (Wallengren, 1860)
Tineidae[]
- (Meyrick, 1917)
- Meyrick, 1918
Tortricidae[]
- (Meyrick, 1920)
Xyloryctidae[]
- Meyrick, 1933
References[]
External links[]
Categories:
- Lepidoptera of Botswana
- Lists of biota of Botswana
- Moths of Africa
- Lists of moths by country