List of moths of Ivory Coast

There are about 420 known moth species of Ivory Coast. 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 Ivory Coast.

Arctiidae[]

• Acantharctia lacteata Rothschild, 1933
• Acantharctia mundata (Walker, 1865)
• Afrasura discocellularis (Strand, 1912)
• Afroarctia sjostedti (Aurivillius, 1900)
• Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855)
• Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
• Amata stictoptera Rothschild, 1910
• Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901)
• Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887)
• Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901)
• Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)
• Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793)
• Amerila roseomarginata (Rothschild, 1910)
• Amerila rothi (Rothschild, 1910)
• Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780)
• Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880
• Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847)
• Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856
• Balacra herona (Druce, 1887)
• Balacra preussi (Aurivillius, 1904)
• Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892
• Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893
• Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
• Epilacydes pseudoscita Dubatolov, 2006
• Metarctia didyma Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia sheljuzhkoi Kiriakoff, 1961
• Nanna griseata Kühne, 2007
• Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856)
• Rhipidarctia invaria (Walker, 1856)
• Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855
• Spilosoma immaculata Bartel, 1903
• Spilosoma togoensis Bartel, 1903
• Teracotona pardalina Bartel, 1903

Brahmaeidae[]

• Dactyloceras lucina (Drury, 1872)

Crambidae[]

• Achyra massalis (Walker, 1859)
• Agrotera fumosa Hampson, 1898
• Calamotropha lempkei Schouten, 1993
• Calamotropha snelleni Schouten, 1993
• Calamotropha toonderi Schouten, 1993
• Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Culladia troglodytellus (Snellen, 1872)
• Culladiella anjai Schouten, 1993
• Elophila africalis (Hampson, 1906)
• Eoophyla tetropalis (Hampson, 1906)
• Eoophyla tripunctalis (Snellen, 1872)
• Euchromius gnathosellus Schouten, 1988
• Euchromius zephyrus Błeszyński, 1962
• Glyphodes onychinalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Haritalodes polycymalis (Hampson, 1912)
• Nymphicula perirrorata (Hampson, 1917)
• Palpita elealis (Walker, 1859)
• Parapoynx bipunctalis (Hampson, 1906)
• Parapoynx stagnalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Pardomima amyntusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Pardomima callixantha Martin, 1955
• Pardomima distortana (Strand, 1913)
• Pardomima phaeoparda Martin, 1955
• Pardomima phalaromima (Meyrick, 1933)
• Pardomima telanepsia Martin, 1955
• Phryganodes biguttata Hampson, 1898
• Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798)
• Poliobotys ablactalis (Walker, 1859)
• (Hampson, 1913)
• Pseudocatharylla nemesis Błeszyński, 1964
• Pseudonoorda edulis Maes & Poligui, 2012
• Pygospila tyres (Cramer, 1780)
• Scirpophaga occidentella (Walker, 1863)
• Sufetula nigrescens Hampson, 1912
• Syllepte glebalis (Lederer, 1863)
• Syllepte ovialis (Walker, 1859)
• Syllepte retractalis (Hampson, 1912)
• Syllepte torsipex (Hampson, 1898)
• Syllepte xanthothorax (Meyrick, 1933)
• Synclera traducalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Ulopeza conigeralis Zeller, 1852
• Zebronia phenice (Cramer, 1780)

Drepanidae[]

• Callidrepana serena Watson, 1965
• Hering, 1934
• Watson, 1965
• (Tams, 1930)
• Bryk, 1913
• (Bryk, 1913)
• Watson, 1965
• (Bryk, 1913)
• Isospidia angustipennis (Warren, 1904)
• Negera bimaculata Holland 1893
• Negera confusa Walker, 1855
• Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874)
• Spidia fenestrata Butler, 1878
• Spidia planola Watson, 1965
• Spidia subviridis (Warren, 1899)
• Uranometra oculata (Holland, 1893)

Eupterotidae[]

• Stenoglene nivalis (Rothschild, 1917)
• Stenoglene roseus (Druce, 1886)
• Urojana eborea Gaede, 1915

Euteliidae[]

• Laporte, 1970
• Laporte, 1970
• Laporte, 1970
• (Mabille, 1890)

Geometridae[]

• Herbulot, 1986
• (Warren, 1897)
• Herbulot, 1972
• (Warren, 1897)
• (Warren, 1905)
• Prout, 1920
• Herbulot, 1972
• D. S. Fletcher, 1967
• Prout, 1917
• (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Cyclophora dewitzi (Prout, 1920)
• Cyclophora poeciloptera (Prout, 1920)
• (Prout, 1911)
• Warren, 1901
• Eupithecia atomaria (Warren, 1902)
• (Mabille, 1890)
• Prout, 1915
• Holland, 1893
• (Walker, 1863)
• Prout, 1934
• Warren, 1905
• Prout, 1920
• Herbulot, 1985
• (Warren, 1905)
• Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
• Prout, 1917
• Herbulot, 1973
• Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878)
• Racotis zebrina Warren, 1899
• Scopula acidalia (Holland, 1894)
• Scopula anoista (Prout, 1915)
• Scopula fimbrilineata (Warren, 1902)
• Scopula paradelpharia Prout, 1920
• Scopula pseudophema Prout, 1920
• Scopula pyraliata (Warren, 1898)
• Scopula rufinubes (Warren, 1900)
• Scopula supina Prout, 1920
• Unnamed genus Ennominae contenta (Prout, 1915)
• Herbulot, 2001
• Prout, 1928
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Prout, 1934
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Strand, 1915
• 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
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Prout, 1912
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Swinhoe, 1904
• Herbulot, 1998
• Prout, 1915
• Gaede, 1915
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Herbulot, 1954
• Oberthür, 1912
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Warren, 1897
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• (Walker, 1863)
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Warren, 1897
• (Walker, 1863)
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Gaede, 1915
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Gaede, 1915
• Warren, 1897
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974

Gracillariidae[]

• Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856

Lasiocampidae[]

• (Aurivillius, 1909)
• Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• (Walker, 1855)
• Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• (Aurivillius, 1909)
• (Hering, 1932)
• Filiola occidentale (Strand, 1912)
• Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
• (Holland, 1893)
• (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Talbot, 1927
• (Tams, 1929)
• (Tams, 1929)
• Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
• (Aurivillius, 1900)
• Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
• Hering, 1928
• Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
• Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
• (Walker, 1855)
• (Dewitz, 1881)
• Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• (Aurivillius, 1914)
• (Aurivillius, 1899)
• (Tams, 1929)
• (Tams, 1929)
• (Tams, 1936)
• (Tams, 1926)
• Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010

Limacodidae[]

• (Hering, 1937)

Lymantriidae[]

• Walker, 1855
• Collenette, 1953
• Batella muscosa (Holland, 1893)
• Hering, 1926
• Hering, 1926
• (Holland, 1893)
• Collenette, 1939
• Collenette, 1960
• Hering, 1926
• Hering, 1926
• Hering, 1926
• Hering, 1926
• (Walker, 1857)
• (Fawcett, 1900)
• Collenette, 1933
• (Grünberg, 1907)
• (Swinhoe, 1904)
• Hering, 1926
• (Hering, 1926)
• Naroma varipes (Walker, 1865)
• Hering, 1926
• (Cramer, 1779)
• (Hering, 1926)
• (Möschler, 1887)
• Dall'Asta, 1981
• (Holland, 1893)

Metarbelidae[]

• Haberlandia hollowayi Lehmann, 2011
• Haberlandia janzi Lehmann, 2011
• Haberlandia tempeli Lehmann, 2011
• Haberlandia taiensis Lehmann, 2011
• Lebedodes wichgrafi (Grünberg, 1910)
• Salagena fuscata Gaede, 1929

Noctuidae[]

• Achaea albicilia (Walker, 1858)
• Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Hacker, 2010
• Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Wallengren, 1856
• (Dufay, 1972)
• Boisduval, 1836
• (Laporte, 1973)
• Laporte, 1974
• Hampson, 1905
• Dufay, 1972
• Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
• Laporte, 1974
• Audea kathrina Kühne, 2005
• Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
• Busseola fusca (Fuller, 1901)
• Berio, 1966
• Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
• (Rothschild, 1901)
• Dysgonia pudica (Möschler, 1887)
• (Laporte, 1973)
• Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
• (Fabricius, 1781)
• (Walker, 1854)
• Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859
• Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
• Janseodes melanospila (Guenée, 1852)
• Pelletier, 1975
• (Pelletier, 1975)
• Massaga monteirona Butler, 1874
• Walker, 1854
• (Walker, 1854)
• Mythimna languida (Walker, 1858)
• Omphaloceps triangularis (Mabille, 1893)
• Oraesia cerne (Fawcett, 1916)
• Oruza divisa (Walker, 1862)
• (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
• (Mabille, 1890)
• Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)
• (Holland, 1893)
• Serrodes trispila (Mabille, 1890)
• Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
• (Fawcett, 1916)
• (Pinhey, 1968)
• Hacker & Zilli, 2010
• Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• (Berio, 1977)
• Hacker & Zilli, 2010
• (Hampson, 1905)
• (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
• Ugia duplicilinea Hampson, 1926

Notodontidae[]

• (Swinhoe, 1907)
• (Kiriakoff, 1955)
• Hampson, 1910
• Anaphe etiennei Schouteden, 1912
• Anaphe reticulata Walker, 1855
• Anaphe venata Butler, 1878
• Kiriakoff, 1958
• (Hampson, 1910)
• (Gaede, 1915)
• Walker, 1869
• Walker, 1855
• (Hampson, 1909)
• (Kiriakoff, 1954)
• (Holland, 1893)
• Kiriakoff, 1964
• Kiriakoff, 1965
• (Gaede, 1928)
• (Schultze, 1934)
• (Schultze, 1934)
• (Schultze, 1934)
• (Gaede, 1928)
• (Gaede, 1928)
• (Bethune-Baker, 1913)
• Kiriakoff, 1960
• (Rothschild, 1917)
• (Plötz, 1880)
• (Walker, 1855)
• Hampson, 1910
• (Hampson, 1910)
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• (Gaede, 1928)
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• (Gaede, 1928)
• (Hampson, 1910)
• (Holland, 1893)
• Gaede, 1928
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• (Holland, 1893)
• Aurivillius, 1900
• Kiriakoff, 1958
• (Druce, 1901)
• Gaede, 1928
• Gaede, 1928
• Kiriakoff, 1958
• (Walker, 1855)
• Distant, 1897
• Kiriakoff, 1963
• (Gaede, 1928)
• Bethune-Baker, 1909
• (Holland, 1893)
• (Walsingham, 1885)
• (Holland, 1893)
• (Hampson, 1910)
• (Mabille, 1897)
• (Gaede, 1928)
• (Gaede, 1928)
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• (Gaede, 1928)
• (Kiriakoff, 1962)
• Gargettoscrancia albolineata (Strand, 1912)
• Bryk, 1913
• Kiriakoff, 1966
• Kiriakoff, 1966
• Kiriakoff, 1962
• Kiriakoff, 1955
• (Hampson, 1910)
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• Hampson, 1910
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• Kiriakoff, 1964
• (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
• Kiriakoff, 1959
• Kiriakoff, 1959
• Aurivillius, 1901
• Hampson, 1910
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• Gaede, 1928
• Gaede, 1928
• Tams, 1930
• (Holland, 1893)
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• Gaede, 1928
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• (Hampson, 1909)
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• Holland, 1893
• Gaede, 1928
• Kiriakoff, 1962
• (Strand, 1911)
• Scalmicauda tessmanni (Strand, 1911)
• Kiriakoff, 1962
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• Holland, 1893
• Hampson, 1910
• Kiriakoff, 1963
• Gaede, 1928
• (Hampson, 1910)
• Someropsis viriditincta Strand, 1912
• Stemmatophalera semiflava (Hampson, 1910)
• Kiriakoff, 1959
• Kiriakoff, 1968
• Kiriakoff, 1962
• (Rothschild, 1917)
• Strand, 1911
• Strand, 1911

Pterophoridae[]

• Cosmoclostis schouteni Gielis, 1990
• Exelastis vuattouxi Bigot, 1970
• Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)
• Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
• Pterophorus albidus (Zeller, 1852)
• Pterophorus candidalis (Walker, 1864)
• Pterophorus lampra (Bigot, 1969)
• Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)
• Stenoptilia bandamae Bigot, 1964
• Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Pyralidae[]

• Endotricha vinolentalis Ragonot, 1891
• Mussidia nigrivenella Ragonot, 1888

Saturniidae[]

• (Bouvier, 1829)
• (Testout, 1948)
• Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1772)
• Aurivillius, 1893
• Bouyer, 2008
• Rougeot, 1971
• (Fabricius, 1793)

Sphingidae[]

• Falcatula cymatodes (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
• Hippotion aporodes Rothschild & Jordan, 1912
• Lophostethus dumolinii (Angas, 1849)
• Lycosphingia hamatus (Dewitz, 1879)
• Neopolyptychus ancylus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)
• Neopolyptychus consimilis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Neopolyptychus spurrelli (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
• Nephele bipartita Butler, 1878
• Pantophaea jordani (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
• Phylloxiphia bicolor (Rothschild, 1894)
• Platysphinx stigmatica (Mabille, 1878)
• Platysphinx vicaria Jordan, 1920
• Poliana buchholzi (Plötz, 1880)
• Polyptychus andosa Walker, 1856
• Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1882)
• Polyptychus orthographus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Polyptychus paupercula (Holland, 1889)
• Pseudenyo benitensis Holland, 1889
• Rhadinopasa hornimani (Druce, 1880)
• Sphingonaepiopsis nana (Walker, 1856)
• Temnora atrofasciata Holland, 1889
• Temnora curtula Rothschild & Jordan, 1908
• Temnora radiata (Karsch, 1892)
• Temnora sardanus (Walker, 1856)

Thyrididae[]

• Whalley, 1968
• (Boisduval, 1829)

Tineidae[]

• (Meyrick, 1915)
• Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917)
• Meyrick, 1908
• Meyrick, 1908
• Gozmány, 1967
• (Meyrick, 1917)

Tortricidae[]

• Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852
• Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick, 1913)

Zygaenidae[]

• Hampson, 1920

References[]

External links[]

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