List of moths of Lesotho
Moths of Lesotho represent about 90 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 Lesotho.
Arctiidae[]
- Cyana pretoriae (Distant, 1897)
- Cymaroa grisea (Thunberg, 1784)
- Macrosia chalybeata Hampson, 1901
- Micrilema craushayi Hampson, 1903
Crambidae[]
- Ancylolomia prepiella Hampson, 1919
- Caffrocrambus chalcimerus (Hampson, 1919)
- Lamprophaia ablactalis (Walker, 1859)
- Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Geometridae[]
- Prout, 1934
- Krüger, 2002
- Drepanogynis bifasciata (Dewitz, 1881)
- (Walker, 1860)
- Krüger, 2002
- Prout, 1938
- Guenée, 1858
- (Prout, 1938)
- Krüger, 2002
- Prout, 1915
- Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858)
Hepialidae[]
- Eudalaca albistriata (Hampson, 1910)
Lasiocampidae[]
- Bombycomorpha bifascia (Walker, 1855)
Lymantriidae[]
- (Wallengren, 1875)
Metarbelidae[]
- Arbelodes albitorquata (Hampson, 1910)
- Arbelodes deprinsi Lehmann, 2010
- Arbelodes sticticosta (Hampson, 1910)
- Metarbela leucostigma (Hampson, 1910)
- Teragra leucostigma Hampson, 1910
Noctuidae[]
- Achaea sordida (Walker, 1865)
- (Hampson, 1910)
- (Walker, [1858])
- (Guenée, 1852)
- (Hampson, 1902)
- Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
- Wallengren, 1856
- (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Acrapex carnea Hampson, 1905
- Adisura aerugo (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Agrotis biconica Kollar, 1844
- Agrotis crassilinea Wallengren, 1860
- Agrotis longidentifera (Hampson, 1903)
- Agrotis segetum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Hampson, 1909
- Hampson, 1909
- (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Caffristis ferrogrisea (Hampson, 1902)
- Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827)
- (Hampson, 1905)
- Hampson, 1902
- (Hampson, 1909)
- Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
- Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
- Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
- Diaphone eumela (Stoll, 1781)
- Krüger, 2005
- Krüger, 2005
- Eublemma anachoresis (Wallengren, 1863)
- Hampson, 1902
- (Guenée, 1852)
- (Rambur, 1833)
- Hampson, 1902
- Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
- Guenée, 1852
- Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
- Heliocheilus stigmatia (Hampson, 1903)
- Heliothis scutuligera Guenée, 1852
- Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
- Masalia disticta (Hampson, 1902)
- Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
- Distant, 1898
- Geyer, 1837
- (Guenée, 1852)
- Micragrotis puncticostata (Hampson, 1902)
- Micragrotis strigibasis (Hampson, 1902)
- (Walker, 1858)
- (Guenée, 1852)
- (Wallengren, 1860)
- Guenée, 1852
- Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857
- Hampson, 1902
- Hampson, 1902
- Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
- Syngrapha circumflexa (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Thysanoplusia exquisita (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])
- Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
- (Guenée, 1852)
- (Wallengren, 1875)
Nolidae[]
- Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
Psychidae[]
- Meyrick, 1939
Pterophoridae[]
- Platyptilia bowkeri Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2011
- Platyptilia sochivkoi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2011
- Hellinsia basuto Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2011
- Merrifieldia innae Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2011
Pyralidae[]
- Aglossa phaealis Hampson, 1906
References[]
External links[]
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- Insects of Lesotho
- Lists of biota of Lesotho
- Moths of Africa
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