List of moths of Eswatini

Location of Eswatini

The moths of Eswatini represent about 35 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 Eswatini (formerly Swaziland).

Arctiidae[]

• Amerila mulleri Häuser & Boppré, 1997
• Lepista aposema Kühne, 2010

Crambidae[]

• Pyrausta apicalis (Hampson, 1913)

Geometridae[]

• (Warren, 1905)
• Prout, 1934
• (Guenée, 1858)
• (Prout, 1913)
• (Prout, 1932)
• (Walker, 1860)
• (Prout, 1913)
• (Prout, 1913)
• (Butler, 1875)
• Krüger, 2002
• Prout, 1917
• Guenée, 1858
• (Warren, 1898)
• (Warren, 1897)
• Krüger, 2002
• Krüger, 2002

Gracillariidae[]

• Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856

Lasiocampidae[]

• Bombycomorpha bifascia (Walker, 1855)

Lasiocampidae[]

• (Walker, 1865)
• (Walker, 1865)

Notodontidae[]

• (Walker, 1865)

Pterophoridae[]

• Exelastis atomosa (Walsingham, 1885)
• Hepalastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)
• Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)
• Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
• Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)
• Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1852)

Saturniidae[]

• (Boisduval, 1847)

Sphingidae[]

• Oligographa juniperi (Boisduval, 1847)

Tortricidae[]

• Clepsis gnathocera Razowski, 2006
• (Meyrick, 1921)
• (Meyrick, 1914)
• Orilesa olearis (Meyrick, 1912)

References[]

External links[]

• Afromoths