List of moths of Burkina Faso

Location of Burkina Faso

Moths of Burkina Faso represent about 68 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 Burkina Faso.

Arctiidae[]

• Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)
• Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
• Cyana klausruedigerbecki Karisch, 2005

Lasiocampidae[]

• (Conte, 1909)
• Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
• Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
• Aurivillius, 1905
• Tams, 1926
• Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
• Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
• (Tams, 1929)
• (Tams, 1926)

Lymantriidae[]

• (Cramer, 1779)

Metarbelidae[]

• Moyencharia herhausi Lehmann, 2013
• Moyencharia ochreicosta (Gaede, 1929)

Noctuidae[]

• Dufay, 1958
• Achaea mercatoria (Fabricius, 1775)
• Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• (Walker, 1857)
• Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Wallengren, 1856
• Argyrogramma signata (Fabricius, 1775)
• (Hampson, 1909)
• (Laporte, 1972)
• Attatha metaleuca Hampson, 1913
• Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
• Hampson, 1926
• Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
• Berio, 1966
• Karsch, 1896
• (Guenée, 1852)
• Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
• Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
• Crypsotidia maculifera (Staudinger, 1898)
• Crypsotidia mesosema Hampson, 1913
• (Rothschild, 1901)
• (Freyer, 1844)
• Hacker & Hausmann, 2010
• Hampson, 1902
• Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858
• Hypotacha ochribasalis (Hampson, 1896)
• (Saalmüller, 1891)
• Masalia nubila (Hampson, 1903)
• (Holland, 1894)
• Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• (Walker, 1858)
• Rhabdophera arefacta (Swinhoe, 1884)
• (Guenée, 1852)
• (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• (Walker, 1857)
• Tachosa fumata (Wallengren, 1860)
• Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• (Berio, 1977)
• Hacker & Zilli, 2010
• Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)

Nolidae[]

• (Pinhey, 1968)

Pyralidae[]

• Lepipaschia limbata Shaffer & Solis, 1994

Saturniidae[]

• Rebel, 1915
• (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Stoneham, 1962
• Bouyer, 2008
• Usta terpsichore (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)

Sphingidae[]

• Ceridia heuglini (C. & R. Felder, 1874)

References[]

External links[]

• AfroMoths