List of moths of Ethiopia

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The moths of Ethiopia represent about 700 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 Ethiopia.

Arctiidae[]

Carposinidae[]

Choreutidae[]

  • Brenthia leucatoma Meyrick, 1918
  • Choreutis argyrastra Meyrick, 1932
  • Telosphrantis aethiopica Meyrick, 1932

Coleophoridae[]

Cosmopterigidae[]

Cossidae[]

Crambidae[]

Elachistidae[]

Eupterotidae[]

  • Hoplojana abyssinica Rothschild, 1917

Gelechiidae[]

Geometridae[]

  • (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • Asthenotricha anisobapta Prout, 1932
  • Asthenotricha ansorgei Warren, 1899
  • (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • (Warren, 1899)
  • (Warren, 1897)
  • (Warren, 1899)
  • (Warren, 1899)
  • (Walker, 1861)
  • (Guenée, 1858)
  • (Warren, 1897)
  • Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858)
  • (Mabille, 1897)
  • Chiasmia sufflata (Guenée, 1858)
  • (Butler, 1875)
  • (Warren, 1899)
  • D. S. Fletcher, 1967
  • Butler, 1898
  • Swinhoe, 1904
  • (Walker, 1862)
  • (Prout, 1911)
  • (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • (Prout, 1932)
  • (Warren, 1899)
  • (Guenée, 1857)
  • D. S. Fletcher, 1959
  • (Butler, 1875)
  • (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • Eupithecia angulata D. S. Fletcher, 1951
  • Eupithecia devestita (Warren, 1899)
  • Eupithecia dilucida (Warren, 1899)
  • Eupithecia dinshoensis Herbulot, 1983
  • Eupithecia incommoda Herbulot, 1983
  • Eupithecia isotenes Prout, 1932
  • Eupithecia ochralba Herbulot, 1983
  • Eupithecia pseudoabbreviata D. S. Fletcher, 1951
  • Eupithecia rigida Swinhoe, 1892
  • Eupithecia rougeoti Herbulot, 1983
  • Eupithecia rubristigma Prout, 1932
  • Eupithecia semipallida Janse, 1933
  • Eupithecia urbanata D. S. Fletcher, 1956
  • Karisch, 2003
  • Hausmann, 1996
  • Hydrelia candace Prout, 1929
  • (Oberthür, 1883)
  • Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1858)
  • (Walker, 1861)
  • (Oberthür, 1885)
  • (Guenée, 1858)
  • (de Joannis, 1913)
  • (Walker, 1862)
  • Prout, 1928
  • Guenée, 1858
  • Herbulot, 1983
  • (Warren, 1902)
  • Herbulot, 1983
  • Orthonama obstipata (Fabricius, 1794)
  • (Warren, 1900)
  • Debauche, 1937
  • Herbulot, 1983
  • (Guenée, 1858)
  • Prout, 1916
  • Prout, 1917
  • Problepsis neumanni Prout, 1932
  • (Warren, 1899)
  • (Guenée, 1858)
  • (Butler, 1894)
  • (Hampson, 1896)
  • Warren, 1902
  • (Guenée, 1858)
  • Herbulot, 1983
  • Scopula erymna Prout, 1928
  • Scopula lactaria (Walker, 1861)
  • Scopula nemorivagata (Wallengren, 1863)
  • Scopula silonaria (Guenée, 1858)
  • Scopula simplificata Prout, 1928
  • (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
  • Prout, 1931
  • Prout, 1916
  • Somatina pythiaria (Guenée, 1858)
  • Herbulot, 1983
  • (Guenée, 1858)
  • Guenée, 1858
  • Herbulot, 1983
  • Debauche, 1937
  • (Debauche, 1937)
  • Herbulot, 1977
  • Prout, 1922
  • (Oberthür, 1880)
  • Prout, 1926
  • Warren, 1914
  • D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Bethune-Baker, 1913
  • (Guenée, 1857)
  • D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Oberthür, 1912
  • Hampson, 1909
  • (Guenée, 1858)
  • D. S. Fletcher, 1974

Glyphipterigidae[]

Gracillariidae[]

Lasiocampidae[]

  • (Klug, 1830)
  • (Berio, 1939)
  • (Kruck, 1940)
  • Rougeot, 1977
  • Tams, 1931
  • Rougeot, 1977
  • Aurivillius, 1905
  • Wallengren, 1860
  • Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
  • Aurivillius, 1910
  • (Holland, 1901)
  • (Tams, 1931)
  • (Aurivillius, 1908)
  • (Hering, 1928)
  • Rougeot, 1977
  • Rougeot, 1977
  • Rougeot, 1977
  • (Berio, 1937)
  • Streblote panda Hübner, 1822
  • (Tams, 1926)

Limacodidae[]

  • Rougeot, 1977
  • Hering, 1937

Lymantriidae[]

  • Pagenstecher, 1903
  • Hering, 1926
  • (Hering, 1926)
  • Casama vilis (Walker, 1865)
  • Croperoides negrottoi (Berio, 1940)
  • Hering, 1932
  • Pagenstecher, 1903
  • (Walker, 1865)
  • Hampson, 1909
  • Hampson, 1905
  • (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Hampson, 1910
  • (Oberthür, 1880)

Metarbelidae[]

Noctuidae[]

  • Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
  • Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)
  • (Strand, 1912)
  • Wiltshire, 1985
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Walker, 1862
  • (Swinhoe, 1907)
  • (Rothschild, 1921)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Walker, 1857
  • (Butler, 1892)
  • (Rothschild, 1921)
  • Hampson, 1916
  • (Hampson, 1910)
  • Berio, 1936
  • (Hampson, 1914)
  • Hopffer, 1857
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • (Hampson, 1916)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • (Hampson, 1910)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Swinhoe, 1884
  • Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
  • (Walker, 1857)
  • Swinhoe, 1889
  • (Berio, 1985)
  • (Hampson, 1910)
  • (Hampson, 1916)
  • (Guenée, 1852)
  • Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
  • (Butler, 1898)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Guenée, 1852
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
  • Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
  • Aurivillius, 1879
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Hacker, 2010
  • Hampson, 1916
  • Berio, 1937
  • Hampson, 1901
  • Jordan, 1926
  • Boisduval, 1836
  • Agrotis cinchonina Guenée, 1852
  • Agrotis segetum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
  • Guenée, 1852
  • Laporte, 1977
  • Laporte, 1977
  • Laporte, 1984
  • (Guenée, 1852)
  • Laporte, 1984
  • Amphia hepialoides Guenée, 1852
  • Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
  • (Hampson, 1916)
  • Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Anomis sabulifera (Guenée, 1852)
  • (Guenée, 1852)
  • D. S. Fletcher, 1959
  • (Guenée, 1852)
  • Laporte, 1978
  • Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
  • (Hampson, 1902)
  • Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
  • (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Berio, 1944
  • Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
  • Wiltshire, 1977
  • Berio, 1939
  • Calliodes appollina Guenée, 1852
  • Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827)
  • Guenée, 1852
  • Guenée, 1852
  • Catephia albirena Hampson, 1926
  • Warren, 1913
  • Holland, 1897
  • Cerocala masaica Hampson, 1913
  • (Hampson, 1905)
  • Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
  • Clytie sancta (Staudinger, 1900)
  • Hampson, 1926
  • Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Rothschild, 1901
  • Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1857)
  • Ctenoplusia camptogamma (Hampson, 1910)
  • Ctenusa curvilinea Hampson, 1913
  • (Laporte, 1984)
  • (Laporte, 1976)
  • Laporte, 1976
  • Laporte, 1977
  • Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
  • Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
  • Cyligramma magus (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
  • Digama aganais (Felder, 1874)
  • Digama meridionalis Swinhoe, 1907
  • (Rothschild, 1901)
  • Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
  • (Moore, 1881)
  • Berio, 1945
  • Berio, 1947
  • Eublemma nyctichroa Hampson, 1910
  • Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Berio, 1944
  • Walker, 1865
  • Eutelia favillatrix (Guenée, 1852)
  • Feliniopsis africana (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
  • (Viette, 1963)
  • (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • (Walker, 1857)
  • (Laporte, 1974)
  • (Laporte, 1979)
  • Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
  • Hacker, 2010
  • (Hampson, 1908)
  • (Berio, 1974)
  • (Wiltshire, 1983)
  • Grammodes exclusiva Pagenstecher, 1907
  • Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
  • (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808])
  • (Hampson, 1903)
  • (Pagenstecher, 1903)
  • (Butler, 1875)
  • Kiriakoff, 1973
  • (Mabille, 1890)
  • Wiltshire, 1988
  • (Walker, 1865)
  • Berio, 1947
  • Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854
  • Berio, 1944
  • Hypotacha fiorii Berio, 1943
  • Hypotacha ochribasalis (Hampson, 1896)
  • (Rothschild, 1913)
  • Wiltshire, 1977
  • Janseodes melanospila (Guenée, 1852)
  • Möschler, 1883
  • (D. S. Fletcher, 1959)
  • Lithacodia blandula (Guenée, 1862)
  • (Swinhoe, 1885)
  • (Moore, 1888)
  • (Hampson, 1903)
  • (Hampson, 1903)
  • (Hampson, 1903)
  • (Hampson, 1903)
  • Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
  • (Hampson, 1903)
  • (Hampson, 1907)
  • Masalia leucosticta (Hampson, 1902)
  • Masalia perstriata (Hampson, 1903)
  • Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857)
  • Laporte, 1975
  • Berio, 1963
  • (Cramer, 1775)
  • Mocis repanda (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Berio, 1941
  • Berio, 1947
  • Butler, 1898
  • Berio, 1947
  • (Guenée, 1852)
  • Ophiusa dianaris (Guenée, 1852)
  • Oraesia cerne (Fawcett, 1916)
  • Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794)
  • (Krüger, 1939)
  • Oraesia provocans Walker, [1858]
  • (Strand, 1909)
  • (Hampson, 1896)
  • Berio, 1940
  • Berio, 1940
  • Berio, 1937
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Saalmüller, 1891
  • Berio, 1940
  • Berio, 1940
  • (Hampson, 1902)
  • (Berio, 1937)
  • Le Cerf, 1922
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Hampson, 1916
  • Berio, 1940
  • Pandesma anysa Guenée, 1852
  • Pandesma muricolor Berio, 1966
  • Pericyma metaleuca Hampson, 1913
  • Hampson, 1926
  • (Holland, 1897)
  • (Wallengren, 1860)
  • Berio, 1954
  • Pluxilloides hartigi Berio, 1944
  • Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
  • Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Berio, 1944
  • (Guenée, 1852)
  • Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866)
  • (Hampson, 1916)
  • Rhynchina revolutalis (Zeller, 1852)
  • (Hampson, 1918)
  • Laporte, 1974
  • Laporte, 1974
  • Laporte, 1977
  • Laporte, 1974
  • Laporte, 1974
  • Simplicia extinctalis (Zeller, 1852)
  • Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
  • Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
  • Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
  • Hampson, 1912
  • Hacker, 2010
  • Laporte, 1984
  • Laporte, 1984
  • Laporte, 1977
  • (Laporte, 1984)
  • Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • (Berio, 1950)
  • (Hampson, 1916)
  • Thiacidas leonie Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Berio, 1944
  • Berio, 1973
  • Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])
  • Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Trigonodes exportata Guenée, 1852
  • Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
  • (Guenée, 1852)
  • Tytroca alabuensis Wiltshire, 1970
  • Tytroca leucoptera (Hampson, 1896)
  • Berio, 1945

Nolidae[]

  • Guenée, 1852
  • (Hampson, 1902)
  • Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
  • Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
  • (Druce, 1887)
  • (Walker, [1858])
  • Agassiz, 2009
  • (Hampson, 1905)
  • (Walker, 1858)
  • Nola pumila Snellen, 1875
  • Hampson, 1912
  • Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)

Notodontidae[]

  • (Gaede, 1928)
  • Anaphe stellata Guérin-Méneville, 1844
  • Viette, 1954
  • Kiriakoff, 1962
  • (Strand, 1912)
  • (Walker, 1865)
  • Walker, 1855
  • (Hampson, 1910)
  • Kiriakoff, 1965
  • Thiaucourt, 1977
  • Tams, 1930
  • Kiriakoff, 1979
  • Thiaucourt, 1977
  • Strand, 1909

Oecophoridae[]

  • Walsingham, 1881

Plutellidae[]

  • Meyrick, 1932
  • Meyrick, 1932
  • Meyrick, 1932
  • Meyrick, 1932

Pterophoridae[]

Pyralidae[]

  • Endotricha ellisoni Whalley, 1963
  • Epicrocis pseudodiscomaculella (Amsel, 1935)
  • Harraria rufipicta Hampson, 1930

Saturniidae[]

  • Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Bunaea alcinoe (Stoll, 1780)
  • Bouvier, 1930
  • (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
  • Bouyer, 2008
  • (Oberthür, 1880)
  • (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
  • Rougeot, 1973
  • Gonimbrasia belina (Westwood, 1849)
  • Lemaire, 1962
  • Rougeot, 1960
  • Rougeot, 1978
  • Darge, 2008
  • Darge, 2008
  • Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
  • Felder, 1874
  • Karsch, 1892
  • Gaede, 1927
  • Aurivillius, 1893
  • Bouvier, 1926
  • Fawcett, 1915
  • Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Boisduval, 1847)
  • (Weymer, 1896)
  • Bouyer, 2008
  • Urota sinope (Westwood, 1849)
  • Usta terpsichore (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
  • Usta wallengrenii (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1859)
  • (Holland, 1892)

Sesiidae[]

Sphingidae[]

Thyrididae[]

  • (Mabille, 1893)
  • Jordan, 1915
  • (Druce, 1910)
  • (Walker, 1854)
  • Felder, 1874

Tineidae[]

  • (Gozmány, 1965)
  • (Meyrick, 1932)
  • (Meyrick, 1932)
  • (Meyrick, 1932)
  • (Meyrick, 1917)
  • Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852)
  • (Gozmány, 1965)
  • (Gozmány, 1965)
  • Gozmány, 1965
  • (Gozmány, 1965)
  • Meyrick, 1920
  • (Stainton, 1859)
  • (Meyrick, 1932)
  • (Gozmány, 1965)
  • (Gozmány, 1965)
  • Gozmány, 1965
  • Meyrick, 1919
  • Meyrick, 1935
  • Gozmány, 1965
  • Meyrick, 1914
  • Meyrick, 1920
  • Gozmány, 1965
  • (Meyrick, 1920)
  • (Meyrick, 1932)
  • Gozmány, 1965
  • Gozmány, 1965
  • Bradley, 1965
  • (Zeller, 1852)
  • Meyrick, 1932
  • Meyrick, 1920
  • Opogona omoscopa (Meyrick, 1893)
  • Gozmány, 1965
  • (Meyrick, 1907)
  • Gozmány, 1965
  • (Walsingham, 1896)
  • Gozmány, 1965
  • Gozmány, 1965
  • Tinissa spaniastra Meyrick, 1932

Tortricidae[]

Yponomeutidae[]

  • (Meyrick, 1932)

Zygaenidae[]

  • Alteramenelikia jordani (Alberti, 1954)
  • Röber, 1929
  • (Koch, 1865)
  • Alberti, 1957
  • Aurivillius, 1910
  • Alberti, 1957

References[]

External links[]

  • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Advanced search: Distribution: country". Afromoths.
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