List of moths of Malawi

Location of Malawi

There are about 760 known moth species of Malawi. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera. They are listed alphabetically by family.

This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Malawi.

Adelidae[]

Ceromitia glandularis Meyrick, 1908

Anomoeotidae[]

Thermochrous exigua Talbot, 1932
Thermochrous melanoneura Hampson, 1920

Arctiidae[]

Acantharctia aurivillii Bartel, 1903
Acantharctia lacteata Rothschild, 1933
Acantharctia nigrivena Rothschild, 1935
Acantharctia tenuifasciata Hampson, 1910
Acanthofrontia dicycla Hampson, 1918
Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855)
Hampson, 1901
Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)
Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Amata cerbera (Linnaeus, 1764)
Amata ceres (Oberthür, 1878)
Amerila affinis (Rothschild, 1910)
Amerila bubo (Walker, 1855)
Amerila carneola (Hampson, 1916)
Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793)
Amphicallia bellatrix (Dalman, 1823)
Amphicallia thelwalli (Druce, 1882)
Amsacta grammiphlebia Hampson, 1901
Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933
Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855
Anaemosia albida Hampson, 1918
Apisa grisescens (Dufrane, 1945)
Apisa rendalli Rothschild, 1910
Apothosia conformis Hampson, 1918
Archilema uelleburgensis (Strand, 1912)
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)
Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847)
Argina leonina (Walker, 1865)
Binna penicillata Walker, 1865
Carcinopodia furcifasciata (Butler, 1895)
Caripodia consimilis Hampson, 1918
Ctenosia nephelistis Hampson, 1918
Cyana nyasica (Hampson, 1918)
Cyana pretoriae (Distant, 1897)
Cyana rejecta (Walker, 1854)
Eilema albuliferella Strand, 1922
Eilema aurantisquamata (Hampson, 1918)
Eilema nebuliferella Strand, 1922
Eilema sanguicosta (Hampson, 1901)
Estigmene trivitta (Walker, 1855)
Eurozonosia atricincta Hampson, 1918
Eurozonosia inconstans (Butler, 1896)
Eyralpenus diplosticta (Hampson, 1900)
Eyralpenus inconspicua (Rothschild, 1910)
(Hampson, 1916)
Galtara aurivilii (Pagenstecher, 1901)
Galtara doriae (Oberthür, 1880)
Ilemodes heterogyna Hampson, 1900
Ischnarctia brunnescens Bartel, 1903
Karschiola holoclera (Karsch, 1894)
Lepidilema unipectinata Aurivillius, 1910
Lepista pandula (Boisduval, 1847)
Macrosia chalybeata Hampson, 1901
Metarctia collocalia Kiriakoff, 1957
Metarctia hebenoides (Kiriakoff, 1973)
Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Metarctia rubra (Walker, 1856)
Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)
Nyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904)
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857
Ochrota nyassa (Strand, 1912)
Paralacydes ramosa (Hampson, 1907)
Pelosia plumosa (Mabille, 1900)
Poecilarctia venata Aurivillius, 1921
Pseudlepista holoxantha Hampson, 1918
Pseudmelisa rubrosignata Kiriakoff, 1957
Pusiola holoxantha (Hampson, 1918)
Pusiola nyassana (Strand, 1912)
Pusiola ochreata (Hampson, 1901)
Secusio mania Druce, 1887
Secusio strigata Walker, 1854
Spilosoma baxteri (Rothschild, 1910)
Spilosoma bipartita Rothschild, 1933
Spilosoma karschi Bartel, 1903
Walker, 1855
Spilosoma nigrocastanea (Rothschild, 1917)
Spilosoma nyasana Rothschild, 1933
(Hampson, 1911)
Stenilema aurantiaca Hampson, 1909
Stenilema subaurantiaca Strand, 1912
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900
Teracotona mirabilis Bartel, 1903
Teracotona trifasciata Bartel, 1903
Thumatha inconstans (Butler, 1897)
Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878
Thyrogonia cyaneotincta Hampson, 1918
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Coleophoridae[]

Holcocera lignyodes (Meyrick, 1914)

Cosmopterigidae[]

Macrobathra proxena Meyrick, 1914

Cossidae[]

Alophonotus rauana
Azygophleps inclusa (Walker, 1856)
Brachylia nussi Yakovlev, 2011
Eulophonotus stephania
Macrocossus grebennikovi Yakovlev, 2013
Meharia murphyi Yakovlev, 2013
Oreocossus occidentalis
Phragmataecia innominata Dalla Torre, 1923
Phragmataecia irrorata Hampson, 1910
Strigocossus elephas Yakovlev, 2013
Strigocossus moderatus (Walker, 1856)
Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856)
Xyleutes stephania (Druce, 1887)

Crambidae[]

Adelpherupa albescens Hampson, 1919
Adelpherupa flavescens Hampson, 1919
Agathodes musivalis Guenée, 1854
Aurotalis delicatalis (Hampson, 1919)
Bissetia poliella (Hampson, 1919)
Cadarena sinuata (Fabricius, 1781)
Calamoschoena stictalis Hampson, 1919
Charltona atrifascialis Hampson, 1919
Chilo argyropasta (Hampson, 1919)
Chilo costifusalis (Hampson, 1919)
Chilo orichalcociliella (Strand, 1911)
Classeya bicuspidalis (Hampson, 1919)
Conotalis nigroradians (Mabille, 1900)
Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875)
Crambus brachiiferus Hampson, 1919
Crambus brunneisquamatus Hampson, 1919
Crambus diarhabdellus Hampson, 1919
Crambus microstrigatus Hampson, 1919
Crambus monostictus Hampson, 1919
Crambus neurellus Hampson, 1919
Crambus vittiterminellus Hampson, 1919
Donacoscaptes flavilinealis (Hampson, 1919)
Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973
Haimbachia rufifusalis (Hampson, 1919)
Haimbachia rufistrigalis (Hampson, 1919)
Heliothela ophideresana (Walker, 1863)
Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Orphanostigma excisa (Martin, 1956)
(Zeller, 1852)
Ostrinia erythrialis (Hampson, 1913)
Parancyla argyrothysana Hampson, 1919
Parapoynx stagnalis (Zeller, 1852)
Parerupa undilinealis (Hampson, 1919)
Patissa fulvicepsalis Hampson, 1919
Patissa geminalis Hampson, 1919
Patissa rubrilinealis Hampson, 1919
Patissa termipunctalis (Hampson, 1919)
Prionotalis peracutella Hampson, 1919
Prochoristis calamochroa (Hampson, 1919)
Pyrausta distictalis Hampson, 1918
Sebrus perdentellus (Hampson, 1919)

Drepanidae[]

(Bryk, 1913)
Negera unispinosa Watson, 1965

Elachistidae[]

Elachista chelonitis Meyrick, 1909
Elachista semophanta Meyrick, 1914

Eupterotidae[]

Hibrildes crawshayi Butler, 1896
Hibrildes norax Druce, 1887
Hoplojana tripunctata (Aurivillius, 1897)
Janomima dannfelti (Aurivillius, 1893)
Stenoglene bipunctatus (Aurivillius, 1909)
Stenoglene obtusus (Walker, 1864)
Stenoglene roseus (Druce, 1886)

Geometridae[]

Prout, 1915
Herbulot, 1992
Asthenotricha serraticornis Warren, 1902
(Prout, 1938)
Felder, 1874
Cartaletis libyssa (Hopffer, 1857)
Cartaletis nigricosta (Prout, 1916)
(Wallengren, 1872)
(Warren, 1897)
(Prout, 1934)
(Butler, 1893)
(Holland, 1892)
(Warren, 1901)
(Warren, 1897)
(Guenée, 1858)
(Holland, 1892)
(Mabille, 1897)
(Butler, 1875)
Chloroclystis consocer Prout, 1937
Chloroclystis muscosa (Warren, 1902)
(Prout, 1932)
(Warren, 1899)
D. S. Fletcher, 1967
D. S. Fletcher, 1967
Warren, 1897
Prout, 1915
(Prout, 1911)
(Prout, 1911)
(Warren, 1897)
D. S. Fletcher, 1978
Epigynopteryx maeviaria (Guenée, 1858)
Gaede, 1914
(Warren, 1897)
Prout, 1925
(Butler, 1897)
(Warren, 1897)
(Warren, 1902)
(Prout, 1932)
(Warren, 1898)
Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1858)
Prout, 1917
Prout, 1915
(Butler, 1896)
Prout, 1916
Walker, 1854
(Warren, 1901)
Pitthea neavei Prout, 1915
Prout, 1912
(Guenée, 1858)
(Butler, 1895)
Warren, 1897
Rhodophthitus tricoloraria (Mabille, 1890)
Scopula erinaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
Scopula internata (Guenée, 1857)
Scopula isomala Prout, 1932
Scopula lathraea Prout, 1922
Scopula nigrinotata (Warren, 1897)
Scopula oenoloma Prout, 1932
Scopula opicata (Fabricius, 1798)
Scopula serena Prout, 1920
Scopula sublobata (Warren, 1898)
Scopula supina Prout, 1920
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Somatina virginalis Prout, 1917
(Warren, 1896)
Prout, 1915
Warren, 1897
Warren, 1897
Guenée, 1858
(Warren, 1901)
Prout, 1922
(Warren, 1897)
Prout, 1923
Prout, 1921
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Prout, 1912
Mabille, 1900
Prout, 1922
Warren, 1909
Oberthür, 1912
Bethune-Baker, 1913
Warren, 1901
D. S. Fletcher, 1958
Bastelberger, 1909
Prout, 1912
Prout, 1912
Warren, 1897
Bastelberger, 1909
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Prout, 1912
Swinhoe, 1904
Bastelberger, 1909
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Warren, 1897

Glyphipterigidae[]

Chrysocentris clavaria Meyrick 1914

Gracillariidae[]

Acrocercops bifasciata (Walsingham, 1891)
Africephala timaea (Meyrick, 1914)

Himantopteridae[]

Semioptila dolicholoba Hampson, 1920
Semioptila trogoloba Hampson, 1920

Immidae[]

Meyrick, 1914

Lasiocampidae[]

(Distant, 1898)
(Walker, 1865)
Aurivillius, 1925
(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
(Druce, 1887)
Strand, 1912
(Aurivillius, 1909)
(Walker, 1865)
(Walker, 1855)
(Hering, 1932)
Aurivillius, 1905
(Aurivillius, 1902)
Aurivillius, 1905
Hering, 1928
(Druce, 1887)
Tams, 1929
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
(Hering, 1941)
Tams, 1930
Tams, 1926
(Aurivillius, 1914)
Aurivillius, 1914
(Aurivillius, 1915)
Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
(Strand, 1911)
(Tams, 1936)
(Aurivillius, 1908)
Aurivillius, 1908
Aurivillius, 1909
Aurivillius, 1905
(Aurivillius, 1905)
(Hampson, 1910)
(Tams, 1929)
(Tams, 1936)
(Aurivillius, 1908)
(Aurivillius, 1905)
(Aurivillius, 1905)
(Dewitz, 1881)
(Aurivillius, 1902)
(Strand, 1912)
(Aurivillius, 1914)
Trabala charon Druce, 1910

Lecithoceridae[]

Timyra aeolocoma Meyrick, 1939

Lemoniidae[]

Sabalia fulleborni Karsch, 1900
Sabalia fulvicincta Hampson, 1901

Limacodidae[]

(Clench, 1955)
Hering, 1928
(Hering, 1937)
Latoia albifrons Guérin-Méneville, 1844
West, 1940
(Hampson, 1909)
Hering, 1828
Butler, 1897
(Felder, 1874)
Butler, 1896
West, 1940

Lymantriidae[]

Walker, 1855
(Druce, 1896)
(Druce, 1896)
(Wallengren, 1875)
Hampson, 1905
Hering, 1926
(Butler, 1893)
Hering, 1926
Holland, 1893
(Boisduval, 1847)
Hampson, 1905
Tams, 1924
(Kirby, 1896)
(Walker, 1854)
Plötz, 1880
Heteronygmia dissimilis Aurivillius, 1910
(Distant, 1897)
Hering, 1926
Butler, 1893
Hopffer, 1857
Karsch, 1895
Distant, 1897
Lepidolacipa venosata Hering, 1926
Strand, 1911
Hering, 1926
Rothschild, 1916
(Bryk, 1915)
Pirgula atrinotata (Butler, 1897)
Walker, 1855
(Swinhoe, 1903)
Hering, 1926
(Butler, 1897)

Metarbelidae[]

Arbelodes claudiae Lehmann, 2010
Kroonia murphyi Lehmann, 2010
Kroonia natalica (Hampson, 1910)
Metarbela bipuncta Hampson, 1920
Metarbela dialeuca Hampson, 1910
Metarbela erecta Gaede, 1929
Metarbela vaualba Hampson, 1920
Ortharbela bisinuata (Hampson, 1920)
Ortharbela minima (Hampson, 1920)
Salagena albicilia Hampson, 1920
Salagena violetta Gaede, 1929
Teragra tristicha Hampson, 1920

Noctuidae[]

Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
Hampson, 1918
Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
(Strand, 1914)
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
(Hampson, 1905)
Hampson, 1911
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
Aegocera fervida (Walker, 1854)
(Cramer, 1775)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
Attatha ethiopica Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Bartel, 1903)
Holland, 1892
Hampson, 1902
Hampson, 1918
Chaetostephana inclusa (Karsch, 1895)
Chaetostephana rendalli (Rothschild, 1896)
Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
(Swinhoe, 1904)
Condica conducta (Walker, 1857)
Conservula cinisigna de Joannis, 1906
Hampson, 1918
Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
Crypsotidia maculifera (Staudinger, 1898)
Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
Cyligramma magus (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
Hampson, 1926
Digama budonga Bethune-Baker, 1913
Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)
Dysgonia derogans (Walker, 1858)
Dysgonia properans (Walker, 1858)
Dysgonia proxima (Hampson, 1902)
Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
Dysgonia triplocyma (Hampson, 1913)
Egybolis vaillantina (Stoll, 1790)
Guenée, 1852
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
Hampson, 1909
Eublemma anachoresis (Wallengren, 1863)
Eublemma apicata Distant, 1898
Eublemma baccalix (Swinhoe, 1886)
Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)
Hampson, 1918
Hampson, 1918
Moore, 1881
(Rambur, 1833)
(Hampson, 1902)
Hampson, 1926
Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)
Hampson, 1918
Hampson, 1918
Hampson, 1918
Hampson, 1918
Hampson, 1918
Hampson, 1902
Hampson, 1918
Fodina johnstoni Butler, 1897
Hampson, 1926
Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859
Hampson, 1926
Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858
Grammodes exclusiva Pagenstecher, 1907
Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)
Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
Hampson, 1918
Heliophisma klugii (Boisduval, 1833)
(Butler, 1875)
(Walker, 1869)
(Bartel, 1903)
(Jordan, 1913)
(Druce, 1887)
(Butler, 1875)
Hampson, 1926
Hespagarista caudata (Dewitz, 1879)
Hampson, 1918
Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Hypopyra rufescens (Kirby, 1896)
Hampson, 1918
(Guenée, 1858)
Hampson, 1918
Leoniloma convergens Hampson, 1926
(Hampson, 1918)
(Hampson, 1905)
(Rothschild, 1897)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1918
Hampson, 1901
Lophoptera litigiosa (Boisduval, 1833)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Hampson, 1903)
Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
Hampson, 1926
Mazuca strigicincta Walker, 1866
(Geyer, 1837)
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1911
(Cramer, 1775)
Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
Mocis mutuaria (Walker, 1858)
Nagia sacerdotis Hampson, 1926
(Hampson, 1918)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Omphaloceps daria (Druce, 1895)
(Hampson, 1918)
Ophiusa mejanesi (Guenée, 1852)
Ophiusa tettensis (Hopffer, 1857)
(Holland, 1894)
(Wallengren, 1860)
Saalmüller, 1891
(Hampson, 1902)
Hampson, 1910
Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852
Hampson, 1926
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
Hampson, 1926
Butler, 1877
Hampson, 1910
Phaegorista zebra Butler, 1897
(Wallengren, 1860)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Hampson, 1926)
Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
Hampson, 1926
Pseudopais nigrobasalis Bartel, 1903
Pseudospiris paidiformis Butler, 1895
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Karsch, 1898
(Hampson, 1918)
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
Spirama glaucescens (Butler, 1893)
Hampson, 1926
(Fawcett, 1917)
(Hampson, 1918)
(Holland, 1894)
Hampson, 1918
Hampson, 1918
(Fawcett, 1917)
Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
Ulothrichopus phaeoleuca Hampson, 1913
Ulotrichopus primulina (Hampson, 1902)
Ulotrichopus variegata (Hampson, 1902)

Nolidae[]

(Hampson, 1905)
Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
Aurivillius, 1892
(Walker, [1858])
(Walker, 1858)
(Hampson, 1902)
(Hampson, 1918)
(Hampson, 1918)
Hampson, 1918
Hampson, 1912
Hampson, 1918
(Walker, 1858)
Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)
Hampson, 1905

Notodontidae[]

Anaphe johnstonei Tams, 1932
Walker, 1855
(Hampson, 1909)
(Hampson, 1910)
Aurivillius, 1900
(Wichgraf, 1922)
Kiriakoff, 1958
(Gaede, 1928)
Aurivillius, 1904
(Butler, 1897)
Kiriakoff, 1955
Gaede, 1928
Scalmicauda tessmanni (Strand, 1911)
Kiriakoff, 1959
Kiriakoff, 1968

Oecophoridae[]

Meyrick, 1914
Metachanda citrodesma (Meyrick, 1911)
Meyrick, 1914
Meyrick, 1914

Plutellidae[]

Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Psychidae[]

Meyrick, 1915
Meyrick, 1924
Meyrick, 1916
Meyrick, 1908
Hampson, 1910
Meyrick, 1922
(Meyrick, 1915)
Meyrick, 1916
(Meyrick, 1908)
(Meyrick, 1908)

Pterophoridae[]

Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014
Crassuncus colubratus (Meyrick, 1909)
Crassuncus ecstaticus (Meyrick, 1932)
Crassuncus livingstoni Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014
Crassuncus pacifica (Meyrick, 1911)
Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907
Exelastis crudipennis (Meyrick, 1932)
Exelastis phlyctaenias (Meyrick, 1911)
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014
Hellinsia madecasseus (Bigot, 1964)
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014
(Gielis, 2009)
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014
(Meyrick, 1924)
(Gielis, 2009)
Oxyptilus orichalcias Meyrick, 1916
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014
Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014
Ustjuzhanin and Kovtunovich, 2011
Procapperia insomnis (Townsend, 1956)
Pterophorus albidus (Zeller, 1852)
Pterophorus dallastai Gielis, 1991
Pterophorus spissa (Bigot, 1969)
Pterophorus rhyparias (Meyrick, 1907)
Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)
Sphenarches bifurcatus Gielis, 2009
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014
Stenodacma cognata Gielis, 2009
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014
Stenoptilia viettei Gibeaux, 1994

Pyralidae[]

Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton, 1866)
Lamoria imbella (Walker, 1864)
Pyralosis polycyclophora (Hampson, 1916)

Saturniidae[]

(Sonthonnax, 1899)
Pinhey, 1968
(Sonthonnax, 1902)
(Sonthonnax, 1904)
Rougeot, 1962
(Rothschild, 1895)
(Westwood, 1849)
(Jordan, 1908)
(Dewitz, 1881)
(Westwood, 1881)
Cirina forda (Westwood, 1849)
Decachorda pomona (Weymer, 1892)
Aurivillius, 1898
(Oberthür, 1880)
(Sonthonnax, 1899)
(Boisduval, 1847)
Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836)
(Karsch, 1896)
(Aurivillius, 1893)
(Janse, 1918)
(Westwood, 1849)
Rebel, 1904
(Westwood, 1849)
(Boisduval, 1847)
(Hampson, 1891)
Karsch, 1892
(Weymer, 1896)
(Rothschild, 1907)
(Aurivillius, 1893)
Bouyer, 2008
Rougeot, 1962
(Fabricius, 1793)
(Staudinger, 1872)
(Rothschild, 1907)
Rebel, 1917
(Rothschild, 1906)
(Rothschild, 1907)
(Rothschild, 1907)
Karsch, 1892
Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Boisduval, 1847)
Pseudimbrasia deyrollei (J. Thomson, 1858)
Weymer, 1908
(Fabricius, 1793)
(Westwood, 1849)
Darge, 2008
(Butler, 1883)
(Druce, 1886)
Bouvier, 1930
Urota sinope (Westwood, 1849)
Usta terpsichore (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)

Sesiidae[]

Chamaesphecia ethiopica Hampson, 1919
Chamanthedon leucocera Hampson, 1919
Homogyna albicincta Hampson, 1919
Hypanthedon marisa (Druce, 1899)
Macrotarsipus albipunctus Hampson, 1893
Macrotarsipus microthyris Hampson, 1919
Melittia aureosquamata (Wallengren, 1863)
Melittia natalensis Butler, 1874
Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878
Melittia pyropis Hampson, 1919
Monopetalotaxis chalciphora Hampson, 1919
Paranthrene thalassina Hampson, 1919
Podosesia surodes Hampson, 1919
Pseudomelittia berlandi Le Cerf, 1917
Pyranthrene flammans Hampson, 1919
Sura pyrocera Hampson, 1919
Sura ruficauda (Rothschild, 1911)
Synanthedon flavipalpis (Hampson, 1910)
Thyranthrene squamata Gaede, 1929
Tipulamima sexualis (Hampson, 1910)
Tipulamima sophax (Druce, 1899)

Sphingidae[]

Acanthosphinx guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
Afroclanis calcareus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1907)
Antinephele maculifera Holland, 1889
Basiothia medea (Fabricius, 1781)
Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)
Chaerocina dohertyi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Falcatula falcata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Hippotion gracilis (Butler, 1875)
Hippotion roseipennis (Butler, 1882)
Leucophlebia afra Karsch, 1891
Likoma apicalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Macroglossum trochilus (Hübner, 1823)
Neopolyptychus compar (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Nephele bipartita Butler, 1878
Nephele funebris (Fabricius, 1793)
Nephele lannini Jordan, 1926
Nephele rosae Butler, 1875
Phylloxiphia metria (Jordan, 1920)
Platysphinx piabilis (Distant, 1897)
Polyptychopsis marshalli (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Polyptychus coryndoni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Temnora elegans (Rothschild, 1895)
Temnora griseata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Temnora iapygoides (Holland, 1889)
Temnora marginata (Walker, 1856)
Temnora zantus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Theretra capensis (Linnaeus, 1764)

Thyrididae[]

Hampson, 1910
Arniocera erythropyga (Wallengren, 1860)
(Walker, 1866)
(Warren, 1908)
(Jordan, 1907)
Warren, 1908
(Boisduval, 1829)
Whalley, 1971
Jordan, 1907
(Hampson, 1910)

Tineidae[]

(Meyrick, 1915)
(Meyrick, 1914)
(Meyrick, 1914)
(Meyrick, 1914)
(Gozmány, 1968)
(Meyrick, 1915)
(Gozmány, 1968)
(Gozmány, 1968)
Meyrick, 1914
Meyrick, 1914
Meyrick, 1908
(Meyrick, 1914)
Gozmány, 1965
Leptonoma citrozona Meyrick, 1916
Meyrick, 1915
Meyrick, 1932
Meyrick, 1914
(Meyrick, 1914)
Meyrick, 1915
(Meyrick, 1920)
Gozmány, 1968
Gozmány & Vári, 1973
(Meyrick, 1921)
Gozmány, 1968
(Meyrick, 1920)
Meyrick, 1908
(Meyrick, 1916)
(Gozmány, 1968)
(Gozmány, 1968)
Gozmány, 1968
Stainton, 1867
Trichophaga tapetzella (Linnaeus, 1767)
(Meyrick, 1914)

Tortricidae[]

Meyrick, 1914
Afroploce karsholti Aarvik, 2004
Diakonoff, 1963
Diakonoff, 1963
Bactra stagnicolana Zeller, 1852
Capua ptilocrossa Meyrick, 1914
Capua pusillana (Walker, 1863)
Meyrick, 1914
(Meyrick, 1908)
Cryptophlebia peltastica (Meyrick, 1921)
(Meyrick, 1916)
(Meyrick, 1928)
Eccopsis incultana (Walker, 1863)
Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852
Epichorista phaeocoma Meyrick, 1914
Meyrick, 1916
(Meyrick, 1914)
Aarvik & Karisch, 2009
Aarvik & Karisch, 2009
(Meyrick, 1914)
(Meyrick, 1914)
Meyrick, 1918
Meyrick, 1914
Meyrick, 1920

Uraniidae[]

Warren, 1901

Zygaenidae[]

(Hampson, 1920)
Hampson, 1920
Jordan, 1907
Hampson, 1920
(Plötz, 1880)
Hampson, 1920

References[]

Kovtunovich, Ustejuzhanin & Murphy, 2014. Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Zootaxa 3847 (4): 451–494 (11 August 2014) (abstract)

External links[]

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

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