List of moths of Eritrea

Location of Eritrea

There are about 340 known moth species of Eritrea. 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 Eritrea.

Arctiidae[]

Aloa moloneyi (Druce, 1887)
Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Alpenus schraderi (Rothschild, 1910)
Amata magnopupillata Berio, 1941
Amata magrettii Berio, 1937
Amerila roseomarginata (Rothschild, 1910)
Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880
Apisa canescens Walker, 1855
Apisa subcanescens Rothschild, 1910
Automolis pallida (Hampson, 1901)
Caripodia fusca Berio, 1939
Cyana puella (Drury, 1773)
Lepista arabica (Rebel, 1907)
Macrosia fumeola (Walker, 1854)
Metarctia haematricha Hampson, 1905
Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Metarctia pumila Hampson, 1909
Metarctia unicolor (Oberthür, 1880)
Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)
Paralpenus ugandae (Hampson, 1916)
Paralpenus wintgensi (Strand, 1909)
Hampson, ????
Seydelia geometrica (Oberthür, 1883)
Spilosoma metaleuca (Hampson, 1905)
Teracotona proditrix (Berio, 1939)
Teracotona pruinosa de Joannis, 1912
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865)
Teracotona subterminata Hampson, 1901
Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878
Utetheisa amhara Jordan, 1939
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bombycidae[]

Ocinara ficicola (Westwood & Ormerod, 1889)

Brahmaeidae[]

Dactyloceras richinii Berio, 1940

Carposinidae[]

Carposina chersodes Meyrick, 1915

Cossidae[]

Azygophleps inclusa (Walker, 1856)

Crambidae[]

Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875)

Eupterotidae[]

Hoplojana abyssinica Rothschild, 1917
Hoplojana distincta Rothschild, 1917
Janomima dannfelti (Aurivillius, 1893)
Janomima mariana (White, 1843)
Phiala alba Aurivillius, 1893
Phiala longilinea Berio, 1939

Geometridae[]

(Guenée, 1858)
Prout, 1915
Scopula beccarii (Prout, 1915)
Scopula lactaria (Walker, 1861)
(Guenée, 1858)
Prout, 1915
D. S. Fletcher, 1974

Gracillariidae[]

Metriochroa inferior (Silvestri, 1914)
Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856

Lasiocampidae[]

Walker, 1855
(Berio, 1939)
(Walker, 1865)
Eucraera magna (Aurivillius, 1908)
(Gaede, 1915)
Strand, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1908
(Druce, 1887)
Aurivillius, 1910
(Berio, 1939)
(Klug, 1829)
(Berio, 1937)
(Strand, 1912)
Streblote polydora (Druce, 1887)

Limacodidae[]

Hampson, 1910
Berio, 1940
Berio, 1939
Hering, 1928

Lymantriidae[]

de Joannis, 1913
Hering, 1926
Swinhoe, 1906
Hering, 1932
Hering, 1926
Collenette, 1939
(Walker, 1855)
(Distant, 1897)
Berio, 1940
Walker, 1856
Walker, 1855
(Oberthür, 1880)

Noctuidae[]

Abrostola brevipennis (Walker, 1858)
Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858)
Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)
(Guenée, 1852)
Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
Achaea mercatoria (Fabricius, 1775)
Walker, 1862
(Hampson, 1910)
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
Swinhoe, 1884
(Walker, 1857)
Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
(Hampson, 1910)
Hampson, 1910
Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
Berio, 1939
Wallengren, 1856
Hampson, 1901
Boisduval, 1836
Agrotis biconica Kollar, 1844
Berio, 1950
Berio, 1940
(de Joannis, 1913)
Berio, 1939
(Hampson, 1896)
Berio, 1941
Agrotis segetum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
(Berio, 1939)
(Hampson, 1902)
Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
Hampson, 1910
Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
Anomis sabulifera (Guenée, 1852)
Berio, 1940
(Butler, 1875)
Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833)
Berio, 1939
Argyrogramma signata (Fabricius, 1775)
(Guenée, 1852)
(Hampson, 1909)
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
Berio, 1940
Berio, 1940
Athetis satellitia (Hampson, 1902)
Berio, 1939
Berio, 1940
Audea melaleuca Walker, 1865
Audea postalbida Berio, 1954
Autoba olivacea (Walker, 1858)
(Berio, 1939)
Busseola fusca (Fuller, 1901)
Calliodes appollina Guenée, 1852
(Berio, 1940)
Butler, 1884
Guenée, 1852
(Berio, 1941)
Catephia mesonephele Hampson, 1916
Holland, 1897
de Joannis, 1913
Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775)
Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
Condica capensis (Guenée, 1852)
Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
Berio, 1941
Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
Digama africana Swinhoe, 1907
Digama aganais (Felder, 1874)
Digama meridionalis Swinhoe, 1907
Diparopsis castanea Hampson, 1902
Drasteria yerburyi (Butler, 1892)
Dysgonia algira (Linnaeus, 1767)
Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
Berio, 1941
Guenée, 1852
Ericeia inangulata (Guenée, 1852)
Hampson, 1916
Hampson, 1896
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1914
Berio, 1937
Berio, 1940
Moore, 1881
Berio, 1947
Eublemma staudingeri (Wallengren, 1875)
Eudocima fullonia (Clerck, 1764)
Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)
Berio, 1940
Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
Berio, 1950
Hampson, 1910
Walker, 1865
Prout, 1925
Hampson, 1918
(Walker, 1857)
(Berio, 1939)
Guenée, 1852
Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850)
(Berio, 1939)
(Butler, 1875)
Berio, 1939
(Mabille, 1890)
(Walker, 1865)
Hypena obacerralis Walker, 1859
Hypocala subsatura Guenée, 1852
Hypotacha raffaldii Berio, 1939
(Gaede, 1916)
(Berio, 1940)
Berio, 1940
Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
(Berio, 1941)
(Hampson, 1905)
Lithacodia blandula (Guenée, 1862)
Lophotavia incivilis Walker, 1865
(Berio, 1940)
(Saalmüller, 1891)
Masalia disticta (Hampson, 1902)
(Hampson, 1903)
Masalia leucosticta (Hampson, 1902)
Masalia transvaalica (Distant, 1902)
(Geyer, 1837)
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857)
Geyer, 1837
(Guenée, 1852)
(Berio, 1939)
(Cramer, 1775)
Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
(Walker, 1857)
(Butler, 1875)
Fawcett, 1917
Berio, 1940
Berio, 1940
Butler, 1898
(Walker, 1858)
(Berio, 1939)
Ophisma albitermia (Hampson, 1910)
Ophiusa dianaris (Guenée, 1852)
(Berio, 1841)
Ophiusa tettensis (Hopffer, 1857)
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777)
Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794)
Berio, 1940
Hampson, 1910
Berio, 1940
Berio, 1940
(Holland, 1894)
Berio, 1940
(Hampson, 1902)
Saalmüller, 1891
Hampson, 1910
Berio, 1940
(Hampson, 1902)
(Hampson, 1902)
Hampson, 1910
(Hampson, 1902)
Berio, 1940
Hampson, 1910
Berio, 1940
Berio, 1940
Berio, 1940
Pandesma anysa Guenée, 1852
Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
Berio, 1940
Phytometra pentheus Fawcett, 1916
Berio, 1939
Guenée, 1852
Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
Berio, 1950
(Hampson, 1896)
(Swinhoe, 1885)
Radara subcupralis (Walker, [1866])
(Berio, 1939)
Serrodes partita (Fabricius, 1775)
Sesamia calamistis Hampson, 1910
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
(Berio, 1939)
Syngrapha circumflexa (Linnaeus, 1767)
Berio, 1939
Berio, 1973
(Berio, 1939)
Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])
Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
Berio, 1940
Trigonodes exportata Guenée, 1852
Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
Tytroca leucoptera (Hampson, 1896)
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856)

Nolidae[]

Guenée, 1852
(Hampson, 1902)
(Wallengren, 1860)
Berio, 1940
Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
Berio, 1940
Fawcett, 1916
(Walker, [1858])
(Fabricius, 1794)

Notodontidae[]

Anaphe reticulata Walker, 1855
(Distant, 1902)
Walker, 1855
(Berio, 1939)
(Snellen, 1872)
Druce, 1896
Strand, 1909

Saturniidae[]

(Westwood, 1849)
Bunaea alcinoe (Stoll, 1780)
(Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
Bunaeopsis phidias (Weymer, 1909)
(Dewitz, 1881)
Cirina forda (Westwood, 1849)
(Oberthür, 1880)
(Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
Gonimbrasia belina (Westwood, 1849)
(Rebel, 1922)
Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836)
(Westwood, 1849)
Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
(Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
Usta terpsichore (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
(Holland, 1892)

Sphingidae[]

Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
Andriasa contraria Walker, 1856
Basiothia medea (Fabricius, 1781)
Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)
Cephonodes trochilus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
Ceridia heuglini (C. & R. Felder, 1874)
Chaerocina jordani Berio, 1938
Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hippotion dexippus Fawcett, 1915
Hippotion rebeli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Hippotion roseipennis (Butler, 1882)
Lophostethus dumolinii (Angas, 1849)
Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)
Nephele vau (Walker, 1856)
Rufoclanis rosea (Druce, 1882)
Theretra cajus (Cramer, 1777)
Theretra capensis (Linnaeus, 1764)

Tortricidae[]

Cryptophlebia peltastica (Meyrick, 1921)

Zygaenidae[]

de Joannis, 1912

References[]

External links[]

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

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