List of moths of Mozambique

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Location of Mozambique

The moths of Mozambique represent about 520 known species. 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 Mozambique.

Adelidae[]

Alucitidae[]

  • Alucita flaviserta (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Alucita granata (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Alucita myriodesma (Meyrick, 1929)

Arctiidae[]

Autostichidae[]

Batrachedridae[]

Brachodidae[]

Choreutidae[]

Cosmopterigidae[]

Cossidae[]

Crambidae[]

Elachistidae[]

Eriocottidae[]

Eupterotidae[]

Gelechiidae[]

Geometridae[]

  • (Warren, 1895)
  • Acanthovalva inconspicuaria (Hübner, 1819)
  • Karisch, 2005
  • Cartaletis libyssa (Hopffer, 1857)
  • (Warren, 1899)
  • (Guenée, 1858)
  • (Prout, 1922)
  • (Warren, 1899)
  • Krüger, 2001
  • (Walker, 1860)
  • (Warren, 1899)
  • (Warren, 1897)
  • Krüger, 2001
  • (Prout 1925)
  • (Guenée, 1858)
  • (Möschler, 1887)
  • (Prout, 1916)
  • (Warren, 1897)
  • Krüger, 2001
  • (Holland, 1892)
  • (Warren, 1901)
  • Warren, 1897
  • Krüger, 2001
  • (Warren, 1898)
  • Krüger, 2001
  • Krüger, 2001
  • (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
  • (Holland, 1892)
  • Chiasmia separata (Druce, 1882)
  • Chiasmia simplicilinea (Warren, 1905)
  • (Warren, 1897)
  • Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858)
  • (Mabille, 1897)
  • (Prout 1916)
  • (D. S. Fletcher, 1963)
  • (Warren, 1897)
  • (Butler, 1875)
  • (Walker, 1863)
  • Prout, 1928
  • (Walker, 1861)
  • Krüger, 2001
  • Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1857)
  • (Walker, 1861)
  • (Walker, 1861)
  • (Walker, 1862)
  • (Prout 1913)
  • Prout, 1922
  • (Pagenstecher, 1893)
  • Prout, 1928
  • Prout, 1922
  • Prout, 1915
  • Warren, 1894
  • (Butler, 1896)
  • Warren, 1902
  • Wallengren 1875
  • Warren 1897
  • Prout, 1931
  • Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878)
  • Warren, 1905
  • Prout, 1928
  • Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • (Guenée, 1858)
  • Prout, 1928
  • Warren, 1895
  • (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
  • Prout, 1912
  • Mabille, 1900
  • Warren, 1914
  • D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Warren, 1909
  • Zamarada differens Bastelberger, 1907
  • D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Prout, 1928
  • Warren, 1901
  • Bastelberger, 1909
  • Prout, 1912
  • Prout, 1922
  • D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Prout, 1912
  • Hampson, 1909
  • Bastelberger, 1909
  • D. S. Fletcher, 1958
  • D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Warren, 1895
  • Prout, 1912
  • Swinhoe, 1904
  • Bastelberger, 1909
  • D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • (Guenée, 1858)
  • D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Warren, 1897

Gracillariidae[]

  • Aristaea bathracma (Meyrick, 1912)
  • Epicephala haplodoxa Vári, 1961
  • Pareclectis mimetis Vári, 1961
  • Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856
  • Stomphastis conflua (Meyrick, 1914)
  • Stomphastis thraustica (Meyrick, 1908)

Hepialidae[]

Lacturidae[]

  • (Walsingham, 1881)

Lasiocampidae[]

  • Aurivillius, 1911
  • (Wichgraf, 1922)
  • Aurivillius, 1922
  • (Walker, 1855)
  • (Druce, 1887)
  • Dinometa maputuana (Wichgraf, 1906)
  • (Distant, 1897)
  • Eucraera koellikerii (Dewitz, 1881)
  • (Vuillot, 1892)
  • (Walker, 1865)
  • Gonometa postica Walker, 1855
  • (Aurivillius, 1909)
  • Grammodora nigrolineata (Aurivillius, 1895)
  • Aurivillius, 1911
  • (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
  • (Druce, 1887)
  • (Mabille, 1893)
  • (Hampson, 1910)
  • (Tams, 1929)
  • Streblote polydora (Druce, 1887)
  • Trichopisthia monteiroi (Druce, 1887)

Lecithoceridae[]

Limacodidae[]

Chrysopoloma isabellina
  • Aurivillius, 1895
  • Druce, 1886
  • Butler, 1880
  • (Hering, 1937)
  • (Walker, 1865)
  • Holland, 1893
  • Karsch, 1896
  • Miresa habenichti Wichgraf, 1913
  • Janse, 1964
  • Butler, 1897
  • Janse, 1964
  • (Felder, 1874)
  • Joicey & Talbot, 1921
  • Tams, 1953
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Walker, 1869

Lymantriidae[]

  • Hampson, 1905
  • Walker, 1855
  • Cimola opalina Walker, 1855
  • (Butler, 1893)
  • Druce, 1887
  • (Grünberg, 1907)
  • (Kirby, 1896)
  • (Walker, 1855)
  • (Druce, 1887)
  • Collenette, 1938
  • Hopffer, 1857
  • Naroma varipes (Walker, 1865)
  • Wallengren, 1863
  • Hering, 1926

Lyonetiidae[]

Noctuidae[]

  • Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)
  • Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)
  • Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Achaea mercatoria (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852)
  • (Cramer, 1777)
  • Hopffer, 1857
  • Acontia guttifera Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
  • (Walker, 1857)
  • (Guenée, 1852)
  • (Hampson, 1909)
  • (Hampson, 1910)
  • Aurivillius, 1879
  • Boisduval, 1836
  • Amazonides tabida (Guenée, 1852)
  • Hampson, 1926
  • Felder, 1874
  • Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
  • Athetis satellitia (Hampson, 1902)
  • Attatha ethiopica Hampson, 1910
  • (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Hampson, 1902
  • Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
  • Busseola fusca (Fuller, 1901)
  • Holland, 1892
  • Cerocala vermiculosa Herrich-Schäffer, [1858]
  • Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
  • Cometaster pyrula (Hopffer, 1857)
  • (Guenée, 1852)
  • Cuneisigna obstans (Walker, 1858)
  • Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
  • Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
  • Hampson, 1926
  • Diaphone eumela (Stoll, 1781)
  • Hopffer, 1862
  • Diparopsis castanea Hampson, 1902
  • Dysgonia algira Linnaeus, 1767
  • (Hampson, 1918)
  • Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
  • Egybolis vaillantina (Stoll, 1790)
  • Guenée, 1852
  • Hampson, 1902
  • Erebus macrops (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
  • (Hampson, 1902)
  • Eublemma anachoresis (Wallengren, 1863)
  • Hampson, 1918
  • (Distant, 1901)
  • Mabille, 1900
  • Feliniopsis africana (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
  • Hampson, 1926
  • Grammodes exclusiva Pagenstecher, 1907
  • Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808)
  • Heliophisma xanthoptera (Hampson, 1910)
  • (Mabille, 1890)
  • (Druce, 1887)
  • (Druce, 1887)
  • (Butler, 1875)
  • (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Hydrillodes uliginosalis Guenée, 1854
  • Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • (Rothschild, 1897)
  • Hampson, 1926
  • Hampson, 1926
  • Hampson, 1926
  • Hampson, 1926
  • Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857)
  • Hampson, 1926
  • Guenée, 1852
  • Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Mocis mutuaria (Walker, 1858)
  • Mocis undata (Fabricius, 1775)
  • (Saalmüller, 1891)
  • Oedebasis ovipennis Hampson, 1902
  • (Hampson, 1918)
  • Ophiusa legendrei Viette, 1967
  • Ophiusa tettensis (Hopffer, 1857)
  • Ozarba cryptochrysea (Hampson, 1902)
  • (Wallengren, 1860)
  • Hampson, 1926
  • Hampson, 1926
  • (Wallengren, 1860)
  • Proschaliphora albida Hampson, 1909
  • Hampson, 1926
  • Sergiusia pentelia (Druce, 1887)
  • Sesamia calamistis Hampson, 1910
  • Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
  • Sommeria culta Hübner, 1831
  • Hampson, 1918
  • Hampson, 1926
  • Hampson, 1926
  • Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
  • (Guenée, 1852)
  • (Mabille, 1880)

Nolidae[]

  • Acaenica diaperas Hampson, 1918
  • Hampson, 1902
  • Hampson, 1912
  • (Hampson, 1905)
  • Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
  • Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
  • (Hampson, 1905)
  • Strand, 1920
  • (Hampson, 1901)
  • Snellen, 1874
  • (Hampson, 1910)
  • van Son, 1933
  • van Son, 1933

Notodontidae[]

  • Karsch, 1895
  • Walker, 1855
  • Kiriakoff, 1975
  • (Hampson, 1910)
  • (Hampson, 1910)
  • Kiriakoff, 1962
  • Kiriakoff, 1968
  • Kiriakoff, 1962
  • (Hampson, 1910)
  • (Grünberg, 1907)
  • Kiriakoff, 1971
  • Kiriakoff, 1968
  • Kiriakoff, 1965
  • Kiriakoff, 1968

Oecophoridae[]

  • Meyrick, 1921
  • Meyrick, 1921
  • (Zeller, 1852)
  • Orygocera recordata Meyrick, 1921
  • Meyrick, 1918
  • Meyrick, 1921
  • Meyrick, 1921

Psychidae[]

  • (Heylaerts, 1890)
  • (Heylaerts, 1890)
  • Walsingham, 1891
  • (Heylaerts, 1890)
  • Druce, 1887
  • Bourgogne, 1955
  • Heylaerts, 1891
  • Meyrick, 1921
  • Heylaerts, 1891
  • (Meyrick, 1921)

Pterophoridae[]

Pyralidae[]

Saturniidae[]

Campimoptilum kuntzei
  • Darge, 2008
  • (Sonthonnax, 1899)
  • Antistathmoptera daltonae Tams, 1935
  • Pinhey, 1968
  • Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847)
  • (Westwood, 1849)
  • Bunaea alcinoe (Stoll, 1780)
  • (Westwood, 1849)
  • (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
  • (Dewitz, 1881)
  • (Westwood, 1881)
  • Cirina forda (Westwood, 1849)
  • (Westwood, 1849)
  • (Bouvier, 1926)
  • Gonimbrasia belina (Westwood, 1849)
  • (Boisduval, 1847)
  • (Walker, 1865)
  • Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836)
  • (Aurivillius, 1893)
  • (Westwood, 1849)
  • Rebel, 1904
  • (Westwood, 1849)
  • (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Rothschild, 1907
  • (Westwood, 1849)
  • (Aurivillius, 1893)
  • Bouvier, 1936
  • (Walker, 1862)
  • Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Pseudimbrasia deyrollei (J. Thomson, 1858)
  • (Fabricius, 1793)
  • (Westwood, 1849)
  • Usta terpsichore (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)

Sesiidae[]

  • Chamanthedon amorpha Hampson, 1919
  • Chamanthedon critheis (Druce, 1899)
  • Chamanthedon elymais (Druce, 1899)
  • Chamanthedon tiresa (Druce, 1899)
  • Episannina melanochalcia Le Cerf, 1917
  • Melittia boulleti Le Cerf, 1917
  • Melittia endoxantha Hampson, 1919
  • Melittia natalensis Butler, 1874
  • Paranthrene cuprescens Hampson, 1919
  • Sura pyrocera Hampson, 1919
  • Synanthedon vassei (Le Cerf, 1917)
  • Tipulamima sophax (Druce, 1899)
  • Vespanthedon cerceris Le Cerf, 1917

Sphingidae[]

  • Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Afroclanis calcareus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1907)
  • Basiothia medea (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Centroctena imitans (Butler, 1882)
  • Coelonia fulvinotata (Butler, 1875)
  • Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Falcatula falcata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
  • Hippotion balsaminae (Walker, 1856)
  • Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Hippotion osiris (Dalman, 1823)
  • Hippotion rosae (Butler, 1882)
  • Hippotion roseipennis (Butler, 1882)
  • Likoma crenata Rothschild & Jordan, 1907
  • Macroglossum trochilus (Hübner, 1823)
  • Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)
  • Nephele argentifera (Walker, 1856)
  • Nephele bipartita Butler, 1878
  • Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857
  • Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776)
  • Nephele rosae Butler, 1875
  • Odontosida magnificum (Rothschild, 1894)
  • Oligographa juniperi (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Phylloxiphia metria (Jordan, 1920)
  • Platysphinx piabilis (Distant, 1897)
  • Polyptychus baxteri Rothschild & Jordan, 1908
  • Sphingonaepiopsis nana (Walker, 1856)
  • Temnora marginata (Walker, 1856)
  • Temnora zantus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
  • Theretra capensis (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • Theretra monteironis (Butler, 1882)

Thyrididae[]

  • Arniocera auriguttata Hopffer, 1857
  • Arniocera erythropyga (Wallengren, 1860)
  • (Whalley, 1971)
  • Banisia myrsusalis (Walker, 1859)
  • Cecidothyris pexa (Hampson, 1906)
  • (Warren, 1899)
  • Warren, 1908
  • (Walker, 1865)
  • (Boisduval, 1829)
  • Whalley, 1971
  • Whalley, 1971
  • Hapana minima Whalley, 1971
  • Hapana verticalis (Warren, 1899)
  • (Warren, 1899)
  • Whalley, 1971
  • (Pagenstecher, 1892)
  • (Butler, 1888)
  • Joicey & Talbot, 1921
  • Hampson, 1906
  • Whalley, 1971
  • (Plötz, 1880)

Tineidae[]

  • (Meyrick, 1915)
  • (Meyrick, 1908)
  • Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852)
  • Meyrick, 1918
  • Walker, 1963
  • Gozmány, 1976
  • (Meyrick, 1921)
  • (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Lysitona euryacta Meyrick, 1918
  • Meyrick, 1915
  • Meyrick, 1908
  • Opogona amphichorda Meyrick, 1921
  • Meyrick, 1918
  • Gozmány, 1968
  • (Meyrick, 1914)
  • (Meyrick, 1918)
  • (Meyrick, 1921)
  • (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Gozmány, 1976

Tortricidae[]

  • Afroploce karsholti Aarvik, 2004
  • (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Diakonoff, 1963
  • Choristoneura heliaspis (Meyrick, 1909)
  • (Meyrick, 1913)
  • (Meyrick, 1918)
  • (Meyrick, 1921)
  • (Meyrick, 1921)
  • (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852
  • Meyrick, 1921
  • (Meyrick, 1921)
  • (Meyrick, 1921)
  • (Meyrick, 1921)
  • (Meyrick, 1914)
  • (Meyrick, 1921)
  • (Meyrick, 1921)
  • (Meyrick, 1920)
  • (Meyrick, 1921)

Uraniidae[]

Xyloryctidae[]

Yponomeutidae[]

Zygaenidae[]

  • (Hampson, 1920)
  • (Butler, 1874)
  • Hampson, 1920

References[]

External links[]

  • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
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