List of moths of Liberia

There are about 83 known moth species of Liberia. 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 Liberia.

Arctiidae[]

• Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
• Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901)
• Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901)
• Balacra caeruleifascia Walker, 1856
• Balacra ehrmanni (Holland, 1893)
• Balacra elegans Aurivillius, 1892
• Ceryx hilda (Ehrmann, 1894)
• Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
• Metarctia metaleuca Hampson, 1914
• Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893)
• Neuroxena flammea (Schaus, 1893)
• Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)
• Spilosoma aurantiaca (Holland, 1893)
• Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898)
• Spilosoma sulphurea Bartel, 1903

Cossidae[]

• Macrocossus caducus Clench, 1959

Drepanidae[]

• Bryk, 1913
• Negera bimaculata (Holland, 1893)
• Spidia fenestrata Butler, 1878

Geometridae[]

• (Walker, 1861)
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Herbulot, 1954
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada eucharis (Drury, 1782)
• Oberthür, 1912
• Swinhoe, 1904
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Swinhoe, 1904
• Gaede, 1915
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• (Walker, 1863)
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Gaede, 1915

Lasiocampidae[]

• Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• (Conte, 1909)
• Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• (Tams, 1936)
• (Holland, 1893)
• Aurivillius, 1902
• (Holland, 1893)
• Hering, 1928
• (Walker, 1855)
• Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• Tams, 1929
• (Aurivillius, 1914)

Lymantriidae[]

• Hering, 1926
• Dall'Asta, 1981

Noctuidae[]

• (Cramer, 1779)
• Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
• (Fabricius, 1781)
• (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

Notodontidae[]

• Gaede, 1928
• Strand, 1911

Psychidae[]

• Druce, 1887
• Heylaerts, 1884

Pterophoridae[]

• Agdistis tamaricis (Zeller, 1847)
• Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)

Saturniidae[]

• Strand, 1909

Sphingidae[]

• Avinoffia hollandi (Clark, 1917)
• Hippotion irregularis (Walker, 1856)
• Lycosphingia hamatus (Dewitz, 1879)
• Nephele discifera Karsch, 1891
• Phylloxiphia bicolor (Rothschild, 1894)
• Phylloxiphia formosa (Schultze, 1914)
• Phylloxiphia goodii (Holland, 1889)
• Phylloxiphia vicina (Rothschild & Jordan, 1915)
• Platysphinx constrigilis (Walker, 1869)
• Polyptychoides digitatus (Karsch, 1891)
• Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1882)
• Polyptychus lapidatus Joicey & Kaye, 1917
• Polyptychus murinus Rothschild, 1904
• Polyptychus paupercula (Holland, 1889)
• Polyptychus trisecta (Aurivillius, 1901)
• Pseudoclanis admatha Pierre, 1985
• Theretra jugurtha (Boisduval, 1875)

Tineidae[]

• Stainton, 1867

Zygaenidae[]

• Tascia instructa (Walker, 1854)

See also[]

• List of butterflies of Liberia

General:

• Wildlife of Liberia

References[]

External links[]

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