List of moths of Ghana

Location of Ghana

There are about 830 known moth species of Ghana. 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 Ghana.

Anomoeotidae[]

Staphylinochrous euryphaea Hampson, 1920

Arctiidae[]

Acantharctia mundata (Walker, 1865)
Afraloa bifurca (Walker, 1855)
Afrasura discocellularis (Strand, 1912)
Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869)
Afrasura numida (Holland, 1893)
Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864)
Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855)
Aloa moloneyi (Druce, 1887)
Alpenus affiniola (Strand, 1919)
Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)
Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Alpenus schraderi (Rothschild, 1910)
Amata basithyris Hampson, 1914
Amata nigrobasalis Rothschild, 1910
Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901)
Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887)
Amerila leucoptera (Hampson, 1901)
Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901)
Amerila metasarca (Hampson, 1911)
Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)
Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793)
Amerila roseomarginata (Rothschild, 1910)
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780)
Amsacta bicoloria (Gaede, 1916)
Amsacta fuscosa (Bartel, 1903)
Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933
Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855
Anapisa sjoestedti (Aurivillius, 1904)
Archithosia makomensis (Strand, 1912)
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773)
Asura atricraspeda Hampson, 1914
Asura distyi Kühne, 2007
Asura spurrelli (Hampson, 1914)
Automolis pallida (Hampson, 1901)
Balacra batesi Druce, 1910
Balacra caeruleifascia Walker, 1856
Balacra ehrmanni (Holland, 1893)
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856
Balacra furva Hampson, 1911
Balacra herona (Druce, 1887)
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893
Balacra rubrostriata (Aurivillius, 1892)
Binna penicillata Walker, 1865
Binna scita (Walker, 1865)
Caryatis phileta (Drury, 1782)
Ceryx semihyalina Kirby, 1896
Cragia distigmata (Hampson, 1901)
Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
Crocosia phaeocraspis Hampson, 1914
Cyana basisticta (Hampson, 1914)
Cyana delicata (Walker, 1854)
Cyana rubritermina (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Disparctia vittata (Druce, 1898)
(Hampson, 1911)
Eilema angustipennis Strand, 1912
Eilema apicalis (Walker, 1862)
Eilema conisphora (Hampson, 1914)
Eilema proleuca (Hampson, 1914)
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)
Estigmene flaviceps Hampson, 1907
Euchromia guineensis (Fabricius, 1775)
Euchromia hampsoni Seitz, 1926
Eugoa gemina Hampson, 1914
Eugoa winneba Kühne, 2007
Euproctosia cretata Hampson, 1914
Exilisia disticha (Hampson, 1914)
Logunovium nigricosta (Holland, 1893)
Melisa croceipes (Aurivillius, 1892)
Melisa diptera (Walker, 1854)
Metarctia flavicincta Aurivillius, 1900
Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893
Metarctia inconspicua Holland, 1892
Metarctia kumasina Strand, 1920
Metarctia priscilla Kiriakoff, 1957
Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893)
Myopsyche notoplagia Hampson, 1898
Nanna eningae (Plötz, 1880)
Nanna melanosticta (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Neuroxena flammea (Schaus, 1893)
Neuroxena medioflavus (Rothschild, 1935)
Neuroxena sulphureovitta (Strand, 1909)
Neuroxena truncatus (Rothschild, 1933)
Nyctemera acraeina Druce, 1882
Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)
Nyctemera druna (Swinhoe, 1904)
Nyctemera perspicua (Walker, 1854)
Nyctemera restrictum (Butler, 1894)
Nyctemera xanthura (Plötz, 1880)
Ovenna guineacola (Strand, 1912)
Ovenna subgriseola (Strand, 1912)
Paralpenus atripes (Hampson, 1909)
Paralpenus flavizonata (Hampson, 1911)
Paremonia argentata Hampson, 1914
Phryganopsis angulifascia (Strand, 1912)
Pseudothyretes nigrita (Kiriakoff, 1961)
Pusiola celida (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Pusiola minutissima (Kiriakoff, 1958)
Radiarctia lutescens (Walker, 1854)
Siccia cretata Hampson, 1914
Siccia gypsia Hampson, 1914
Siccia microsticta Hampson, 1914
Siccia stictica Hampson, 1914
Spilosoma affinis Bartel, 1903
Spilosoma aurantiaca (Holland, 1893)
Spilosoma buryi (Rothschild, 1910)
Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855
Spilosoma karschi Bartel, 1903
Spilosoma occidens (Rothschild, 1910)
Spilosoma pellucida (Rothschild, 1910)
Spilosoma quadrilunata (Hampson, 1901)
Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898)
Spilosoma sulphurea Bartel, 1903
Spilosoma togoensis Bartel, 1903
Teracotona buryi Rothschild, 1910
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Zobida trinitas (Strand, 1912)

Copromorphidae[]

Rhynchoferella simplex Strand, 1915

Cossidae[]

Cossus fanti Hampson, 1910
Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874
Phragmataecia sericeata Hampson, 1910
Xyleutes biatra (Hampson, 1910)

Crambidae[]

Aethaloessa floridalis (Zeller, 1852)
(Strand, 1913)
Chalcidoptera argyrophoralis Hampson, 1912
Charltona albimixtalis Hampson, 1919
Chilo orichalcociliella (Strand, 1911)
Cirrhochrista grabczewskyi E. Hering, 1903
Conotalis aurantifascia (Hampson, 1895)
Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875)
Filodes normalis Hampson, 1912
Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775)
(Hampson, 1912)
Mesolia microdontalis (Hampson, 1919)
Nausinoe geometralis (Guenée, 1854)
Obtusipalpis albidalis Hampson, 1919
Obtusipalpis fusipartalis Hampson, 1919
Orphanostigma abruptalis (Walker, 1859)
Phostria hampsonialis Schaus, 1920
Pilocrocis pterygodia Hampson, 1912
Platytes duplicilinea (Hampson, 1919)
Prionotalis peracutella Hampson, 1919
(Hampson, 1913)
(Warren, 1892)
Pseudocatharylla argenticilia (Hampson, 1919)
Pseudocatharylla peralbellus (Hampson, 1919)
Pyrausta violascens Hampson, 1918
Sufetula trichophysetis Hampson, 1912
Ulopeza conigeralis Zeller, 1852

Drepanidae[]

Watson, 1965
Isospidia angustipennis (Warren, 1904)
Negera bimaculata (Holland, 1893)
Negera confusa Walker, 1855
Negera disspinosa Watson, 1965
Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874)
Spidia fenestrata Butler, 1878
Uranometra oculata (Holland, 1893)

Elachistidae[]

Ethmia livida (Zeller, 1852)
Ethmia oculigera (Möschler, 1883)
Ptilobola inornatella (Walsingham, 1891)

Eupterotidae[]

Acrojana rosacea Butler, 1874
Acrojana splendida Rothschild, 1917
Hoplojana soricis Rothschild, 1917
Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Jana gracilis Walker, 1855
Jana obscura Aurivillius, 1893
Stenoglene plagiatus (Aurivillius, 1911)

Gelechiidae[]

(Walsingham, 1891)

Geometridae[]

Prout, 1915
Aletis helcita (Linnaeus, 1763)
(Warren, 1897)
Warren, 1902
Prout, 1954
Prout, 1954
Cartaletis gracilis (Möschler, 1887)
(Prout, 1915)
(Guenée, 1858)
(Warren, 1897)
(Warren, 1901)
Butler, 1898
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Cyclophora sublunata (Swinhoe, 1904)
Epicosymbia chrysoparalias (Prout, 1917)
(Warren, 1901)
Warren, 1909
(Warren, 1899)
Swinhoe, 1904
Swinhoe, 1904
Prout, 1915
(Prout, 1932)
Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1858)
Prout, 1913
(Warren, 1909)
(Swinhoe, 1904)
Prout, 1934
Warren, 1901
Narthecusa tenuiorata Walker, 1862
Swinhoe, 1904
Pitthea continua Walker, 1854
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Prout, 1912
Prout, 1917
Prout, 1912
Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878)
Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833)
Somatina accraria Swinhoe, 1904
Somatina apicipuncta Prout, 1915
Somatina chalyboeata (Walker, 1869)
(Warren, 1896)
(Plötz, 1880)
(Warren, 1905)
Warren, 1895
(Swinhoe, 1904)
(Swinhoe, 1904)
Prout, 1928
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Herbulot, 1954
Mabille, 1900
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Herbulot, 1954
Warren, 1909
Warren, 1909
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Zamarada eucharis (Drury, 1782)
Prout, 1928
Oberthür, 1912
Warren, 1897
Prout, 1912
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Gaede, 1915
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Herbulot, 1954
Oberthür, 1912
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Warren, 1897
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
(Walker, 1863)
Warren, 1897
(Walker, 1863)
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Prout, 1915
Warren, 1897

Gracillariidae[]

Caloptilia pseudoaurita Triberti, 1989
Stomphastis thraustica (Meyrick, 1908)

Lasiocampidae[]

(Conte, 1909)
Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
(Aurivillius, 1909)
Aurivillius, 1911
Gastroplakaeis forficulatus (Möschler, 1887)
Aurivillius, 1915
(Aurivillius, 1893)
Aurivillius, 1915
Aurivillius, 1915
Hering, 1928
(Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
Tams, 1926
Hering, 1928
Aurivillius, 1914
Tams, 1931
(Holland, 1893)
(Aurivillius, 1914)
(Walker, 1855)
Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
(Dewitz, 1881)
(Hering, 1928)
(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Möschler, 1887
(Druce, 1899)
Tams, 1929
(Tams, 1931)
(Aurivillius, 1902)
(Tams, 1926)
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Trabala burchardii (Dewitz, 1881)

Limacodidae[]

Hampson, 1910
Casphalia elegans Jordan, 1915
Ctenolita argyrobapta Karsch, 1899
Karsch, 1899
Hampson, 1910
(Hampson, 1910)
West, 1940
Hampson, 1910
Miresa gilba Karsch, 1899
West, 1940
Hering, 1933
Hering, 1932
(Hampson, 1910)
West, 1940
Hampson, 1910
(West, 1940)
(Holland, 1893)
(Hampson, 1910)
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910

Lymantriidae[]

(Snellen, 1872)
(Möschler, 1887)
Walker, 1855
Walker, 1855
(Snellen, 1872)
(Swinhoe, 1904)
Hampson, 1910
(Holland, 1893)
(Swinhoe, 1904)
Swinhoe, 1904
(Walker, 1857)
Möschler, 1887
Hering, 1926
Grünberg, 1910
(Walker, 1855)
(Hering, 1926)
Möschler, 1887
Collenette, 1960
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
(Walker, 1855)
Hampson, 1910
Plötz, 1880
(Swinhoe, 1904)
Swinhoe, 1903
(Aurivillius, 1892)
Hampson, 1910
Laelia fracta Schaus & Clements, 1893
Hampson, 1910
(Hampson, 1910)
(Hering, 1926)
(Holland, 1893)
(Plötz, 1880)
Swinhoe, 1904
Hampson, 1910
(Fabricius, 1787)
Mylantria xanthospila (Plötz, 1880)
Walker, 1856
Naroma varipes (Walker, 1865)
(Holland, 1893)
Collenette, 1932
(Cramer, 1779)
Otroeda nerina (Drury, 1780)
(Drury, 1780)
(Hering, 1926)
(Möschler, 1887)
Swinhoe, 1903
(Holland, 1893)

Metarbelidae[]

Haberlandia otfriedi Lehmann, 2011
Haberlandia rohdei Lehmann, 2011
Metarbela cremorna Hampson, 1920
Metarbela laguna Hampson, 1920
Moyencharia ochreicosta (Gaede, 1929)
Ortharbela diagonalis (Hampson, 1910)
Salagena fuscata Gaede, 1929

Noctuidae[]

Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Geyer, 1837)
Achaea catocaloides Guenée, 1852
(Cramer, 1779)
Achaea faber Holland, 1894
Achaea indicabilis Walker, 1858
L. B. Prout, 1919
Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
Achaea mercatoria (Fabricius, 1775)
Achaea mormoides Walker, 1858
Achaea occidens (Hampson, 1913)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Acontia gratiosa Wallengren, 1856
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
(Hampson, 1918)
Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
(Walker, 1857)
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
(Butler, 1898)
Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
Wallengren, 1856
Boisduval, 1836
Aegocera tigrina (Druce, 1882)
Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
(Druce, 1899)
(Hampson, 1902)
Hampson, 1912
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Anoba sinuata (Fabricius, 1775)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Argyrogramma signata (Fabricius, 1775)
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
Hampson, 1926
Audea endophaea Hampson, 1913
Audea kathrina Kühne, 2005
Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
Hampson, 1926
Baniopis pulverea Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
Calligraphidia opulenta (Möschler, 1887)
Callixena versicolora Saalmüller, 1891
Hampson, 1926
Catephia cryptodisca Hampson, 1926
Catephia dipterygia Hampson, 1926
Catephia endoplaga Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
Walker, 1865
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
Gaede, 1916
Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
Crypsotidia mesosema Hampson, 1913
Crypsotidia remanei Wiltshire, 1977
Cyligramma amblyops Mabille, 1891
Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
Digama budonga Bethune-Baker, 1913
Digama costimacula Swinhoe, 1907
Hampson, 1926
Dysgonia conjunctura (Walker, 1858)
Dysgonia derogans (Walker, 1858)
Dysgonia palpalis (Walker, 1865)
Dysgonia pudica (Möschler, 1887)
Dysgonia rectivia (Hampson, 1913)
Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
Enmonodiops ochrodiscata Hampson, 1926
Ercheia subsignata (Walker, 1865)
Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
Eublemma anachoresis (Wallengren, 1863)
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)
(Walker, 1858)
(Freyer, 1844)
(Rambur, 1833)
Hampson, 1926
Walker, 1857
Hampson, 1926
Euminucia conflua Hampson, 1913
Euminucia orthogona Hampson, 1913
Hampson, 1912
Hampson, 1912
(Mabille, 1890)
Hampson, 1902
Hampson, 1926
Feliniopsis africana (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
(Laporte, 1973)
(Laporte, 1973)
(Laporte, 1979)
Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
(Hampson, 1908)
Focillopis eclipsia Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1910
Weymer, 1892
Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
Heliophisma catocalina Holland, 1894
Heliophisma klugii (Boisduval, 1833)
(Westwood, 1881)
(Walker, 1854)
(Druce, 1880)
(Walker, 1854)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1918
Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Hypotacha ochribasalis (Hampson, 1896)
(Rothschild, 1913)
Hampson, 1926
(Hampson, 1907)
Hampson, 1926
Lobophyllodes miniatus (Grünberg, 1907)
Bryk, 1915
Lophodaxa labandina Hampson, 1926
Lophoptera litigiosa (Boisduval, 1833)
(Mabille, 1893)
Hampson, 1926
(Saalmüller, 1891)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Hampson, 1926)
(Hampson, 1926)
(Druce, 1903)
(Moore, 1888)
Masalia decorata (Moore, 1881)
(Hampson, 1903)
(Hampson, 1903)
Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
Masalia nubila (Hampson, 1903)
(Hampson, 1903)
(Cramer, 1775)
Butler, 1868
Kiriakoff, 1974
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Mecodopsis conisema Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
Walker, 1854
Berio, 1964
Hampson, 1918
Guenée, 1852
Hampson, 1913
(Walker, 1854)
Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mythimna languida (Walker, 1858)
Nagia homotona Hampson, 1926
Nagia microsema Hampson, 1926
Nagia monosema Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Holland, 1920)
Hampson, 1908
Ophiusa conspicienda (Walker, 1858)
Ophiusa recurvata (Hampson, 1913)
(L. B. Prout, 1919)
Oraesia cerne (Fawcett, 1916)
Oruza divisa (Walker, 1862)
(Holland, 1894)
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Hampson, 1902)
Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Phaegorista similis Walker, 1869
Platyscia mesoscia Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1926
(Hampson, 1926)
Hampson, 1926
(Walker, 1858)
Hampson, 1911
(Mabille, 1890)
(Hampson, 1926)
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1926
(Hampson, 1926)
Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)
(Holland, 1893)
Simplicia extinctalis (Zeller, 1852)
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
Strongylosia semiflava Hampson, 1926
(Holland, 1894)
Hampson, 1926
(Fawcett, 1916)
(Hampson, 1905)
Hacker & Zilli, 2007
Thyas metaphaea (Hampson, 1913)
Thyas parallelipipeda (Guenée, 1852)
(Holland, 1894)
Hampson, 1910
Tolna macrosema Hampson, 1913
Tolna sypnoides (Butler, 1878)
Hampson, 1918
Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
Tuerta chrysochlora Walker, 1869
Ugiodes cinerea Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926

Nolidae[]

Hampson, 1912
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Hampson, 1912
Hampson, 1912
Hampson, 1912
Holland, 1893
Hampson, 1920
Hampson, 1912
Holland, 1893
(Hampson, 1912)
(Druce, 1887)
Hampson, 1912
Hampson, 1912
Holland, 1893
Holland, 1893
Hampson, 1912
(Holland, 1894)
Hampson, 1912
Hampson, 1912
Hampson, 1918
Hampson, 1912
Neonegeta pollusca (Schaus, 1893)
Hampson, 1912
Nola apicalis (Hampson, 1903)
(Hampson, 1914)
Hampson, 1911
Poole, 1989
Hampson, 1914
Poole, 1989
(Hampson, 1900)
(Hampson, 1914)
(Hampson, 1914)
Poole, 1989
(Hampson, 1900)
(Hampson, 1909)
Nola tornalis (Hampson, 1914)
Hampson, 1912
(Holland, 1894)
Hampson, 1912
Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)
Holland, 1894
Walker, 1869
Hampson, 1912
Hampson, 1905

Notodontidae[]

(Gaede, 1928)
Hampson, 1910
Kiriakoff, 1958
(Kiriakoff, 1955)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Gaede, 1928
Walker, 1869
(Hampson, 1910)
(Hampson, 1909)
(Walker, 1855)
(Rothschild, 1917)
Kiriakoff, 1979
(Holland, 1893)
(Rothschild, 1917)
Hampson, 1910
(Hampson, 1910)
Kiriakoff, 1958
(Holland, 1893)
Gaede, 1928
Gaede, 1928
Gaede, 1928
Kiriakoff, 1958
Kiriakoff, 1963
(Holland, 1893)
(Aurivillius, 1891)
(Hampson, 1910)
(Gaede, 1928)
Hampson, 1910
Möschler, 1887
Kiriakoff, 1959
Hampson, 1910
(Hampson, 1910)
(Hampson, 1910)
Kiriakoff, 1979
Kiriakoff, 1959
Kiriakoff, 1959
Kiriakoff, 1959
Gaede, 1928
Gaede, 1928
Kiriakoff, 1965
(Hampson, 1910)
Kiriakoff, 1979
(Hampson, 1910)
Kiriakoff, 1979
(Hampson, 1910)

Psychidae[]

Druce, 1887
Bourgogne, 1955

Pterophoridae[]

Pterophorus ashanti Arenberger, 1995
Pterophorus candidalis (Walker, 1864)
Pterophorus spissa (Bigot, 1969)
Walsinghamiella eques (Walsingham, 1891)
Xyroptila africana Bigot, 1969

Pyralidae[]

Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865
Ematheudes straminella Snellen, 1872
Endotricha consobrinalis Zeller, 1852
Endotricha vinolentalis Ragonot, 1891
Gauna pyralodes (Hampson, 1916)
Lepidogma melanospila Hampson, 1916
Hampson, 1916
(Hampson, 1916)
Hampson, 1916
(Warren, 1892)

Saturniidae[]

(Westwood, 1849)
(Kirby, 1881)
(Aurivillius, 1895)
(Druce, 1886)
(Bouvier, 1930)
(Westwood, 1849)
Rothschild, 1907
Jordan, 1922
(Aurivillius, 1893)
(Rothschild, 1907)
Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
Aurivillius, 1893
Bouvier, 1936
(Fabricius, 1793)
Strecker, 1876
(Butler, 1888)
Nudaurelia xanthomma (Rothschild, 1907)
Jordan, 1922
Jordan, 1922
Karsch, 1892
(Holland, 1893)
Pseudantheraea discrepans (Butler, 1878)

Sesiidae[]

Barbasphecia ares Pühringer & Sáfián, 2011
Barbasphecia hephaistos Pühringer & Sáfián, 2011
Episannina albifrons (Hampson, 1910)
Episannina flavicincta Hampson, 1919
Melittia chalconota Hampson, 1910
Sphecosesia brachyptera Hampson, 1919
Synanthedon auripes (Hampson, 1910)
Synanthedon exochiformis (Walker, 1856)
Synanthedon flavipectus (Hampson, 1910)

Sphingidae[]

Antinephele anomala (Butler, 1882)
Antinephele muscosa Holland, 1889
Chloroclanis virescens (Butler, 1882)
Falcatula cymatodes (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
Hippotion aporodes Rothschild & Jordan, 1912
Hypaedalea butleri Rothschild, 1894
Leucophlebia afra Karsch, 1891
Lophostethus dumolinii (Angas, 1849)
Neopolyptychus ancylus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)
Neopolyptychus spurrelli (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
Nephele discifera Karsch, 1891
Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776)
Phylloxiphia bicolor (Rothschild, 1894)
Phylloxiphia illustris (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
Platysphinx constrigilis (Walker, 1869)
Platysphinx phyllis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Platysphinx stigmatica (Mabille, 1878)
Platysphinx vicaria Jordan, 1920
Polyptychus andosa Walker, 1856
Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1882)
Polyptychus hollandi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Polyptychus lapidatus Joicey & Kaye, 1917
Polyptychus murinus Rothschild, 1904
Polyptychus orthographus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Polyptychus paupercula (Holland, 1889)
Polyptychus retusus Rothschild & Jordan, 1908
Pseudopolyptychus foliaceus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Temnora iapygoides (Holland, 1889)
Theretra jugurtha (Boisduval, 1875)
Theretra perkeo Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Thyrididae[]

(Whalley, 1971)
(Whalley, 1971)
(Plötz, 1880)
(Hampson, 1914)
Whalley, 1971
(Boisduval, 1829)
Whalley, 1971
Warren, 1903
(Cramer, 1779)
(Walker, 1854)
(Hampson, 1906)
(Drury, 1782)
(Hampson, 1914)
(Plötz, 1880)
(Hampson, 1897)

Tineidae[]

(Meyrick, 1915)
Gozmány, 1968
Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852)
Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917)
(Gozmány, 1966)
(Gozmány, 1968)
(Meyrick, 1931)
Gozmány, 1965
Gozmány, 1967
Meyrick, 1908
Gozmány, 1968
(Walker, 1864)
Gozmány, 1965
(Gozmány, 1966)
Gozmány, 1966
(Meyrick, 1908)
Gozmány, 1966
Gozmány & Vári, 1973
(Meyrick, 1921)
(Meyrick, 1920)
Gozmány, 1967
(Gozmány, 1969)
(Meyrick, 1908)
Gozmány, 1969
(Meyrick, 1917)
Tiquadra cultrifera Meyrick, 1914
Walsingham, 1881

Tortricidae[]

Accra viridis (Walsingham, 1891)
Afroploce karsholti Aarvik, 2004
Diakonoff, 1963
Diakonoff, 1968
(Meyrick, 1914)
Eccopsis incultana (Walker, 1863)
Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852
Eupoecilia aburica Razowski, 1993
(Meyrick, 1930)
Meyrick, 1918
Xeneboda kumasiana Razowski & Tuck, 2000

Uraniidae[]

Warren, 1897

Xyloryctidae[]

Eretmocera scatospila Zeller, 1852

References[]

External links[]

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

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