List of moths of Niger

There are about 190 known moth species of Niger. 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 Niger.

Arctiidae[]

• Alpenus affiniola (Strand, 1919)
• Balacra daphaena (Hampson, 1898)
• Cyana trigutta (Walker, 1854)
• Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)
• Meganaclia sippia (Plötz, 1880)
• Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
• Phryganopsis asperatella (Walker, 1864)
• Phryganopsis cinerella (Wallengren, 1860)
• Siccia conformis Hampson, 1914
• Spilosoma aurantiaca (Holland, 1893)

Cossidae[]

• Azygophleps psyche Le Cerf, 1919
• Oberthür, 1876
• Paropta buchanani Rothschild, 1921

Crambidae[]

• Achyra coelatalis (Walker, 1859)
• Achyra nudalis (Hübner, 1796)
• Adelpherupa flavescens Hampson, 1919
• Chilo costifusalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Cybalomia azzalana Rothschild, 1921
• Cybalomia ledereri Rothschild, 1921
• Euchromius hampsoni (Rothschild, 1921)
• Euchromius ocellea (Haworth, 1811)
• Euchromius vinculellus (Zeller, 1847)
• Loxostege damergouensis Rothschild, 1921
• Metasia angustipennis Rothschild, 1921
• Metasia parallelalis Rothschild, 1921
• Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798)
• Prionapteryx albostigmata (Rothschild, 1921)
• (Fabricius, 1794)
• Sceliodes laisalis (Walker, 1859)
• Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Tegostoma comparalis (Hübner, 1796)
• Tegostoma pseudonoctua (Rothschild, 1921)
• Thyridiphora furia (Swinhoe, 1884)

Eupterotidae[]

• Stenoglene bipartita (Rothschild, 1917)

Geometridae[]

• Acanthovalva inconspicuaria (Hübner, 1796)
• Acidaliastis micra Hampson, 1896
• (Guenée, 1858)
• (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
• (Guenée, 1858)
• (Prout, 1913)
• (Swinhoe, 1904)
• Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858)
• (Rothschild, 1921)
• (Guenée, 1858)
• (Warren, 1898)
• Warren, 1897
• (Pagenstecher, 1893)
• Warren, 1903
• Pitthea trifasciata Dewitz, 1881
• (Hampson, 1896)
• Rhodesia alboviridata (Saalmüller, 1880)
• Scopula nepheloperas (Prout, 1916)
• Swinhoe, 1895
• Warren, 1897
• (Guenée, 1858)
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974

Lasiocampidae[]

• Strand, 1909
• (Rothschild, 1921)
• (Walker, 1855)
• (Holland, 1893)
• Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• (Oberthür, 1916)

Limacodidae[]

• Karsch, 1896

Lymantriidae[]

• Rothschild, 1921
• (Walker, 1855)
• (Holland, 1893)
• Gaede, 1916
• (Walker, 1855)
• Hering, 1926
• Hering, 1927
• (Hering, 1926)

Metarbelidae[]

• Paralebedella schultzei (Aurivillius, 1905)
• Salagena nigropuncta Le Cerf, 1919

Noctuidae[]

• Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858)
• Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
• (Rothschild, 1921)
• Walker, 1857
• (Rothschild, 1921)
• Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Acontia gratiosa Wallengren, 1856
• Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
• Swinhoe, 1889
• Hampson, 1910
• Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Aurivillius, 1879
• Rothschild, 1921
• Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Hampson, 1901
• Boisduval, 1836
• Agoma trimenii (Felder, 1874)
• Agrotis biconica Kollar, 1844
• Agrotis segetum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Anarta trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766)
• (Guenée, 1852)
• Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
• Karsch, 1896
• Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
• Crypsotidia maculifera (Staudinger, 1898)
• Crypsotidia mesosema Hampson, 1913
• Crypsotidia remanei Wiltshire, 1977
• Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
• Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
• Gaede, 1935
• Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)
• (Rothschild, 1909)
• Rothschild, 1921
• Eublemma parva (Hübner, [1808])
• Rothschild, 1921
• (Distant, 1898)
• Rothschild, 1921
• Rothschild, 1921
• Gnamptonyx innexa (Walker, 1858)
• Rothschild, 1921
• Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
• Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808])
• Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850)
• Heliocheilus confertissima (Walker, 1865)
• Heliothis flavigera (Hampson, 1907)
• Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
• Heliothis peltigera ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Heteropalpia acrosticta (Püngeler, 1904)
• Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
• (Druce, 1903)
• Masalia decorata (Moore, 1881)
• Masalia nubila (Hampson, 1903)
• (Rothschild, 1921)
• (Wallengren, 1856)
• (Snellen, 1872)
• (Walker, 1854)
• (Cramer, 1775)
• Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
• Rothschild, 1921
• Walker, 1865
• Hampson, 1910
• Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858)
• (Wallengren, 1860)
• Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
• Rothschild, 1921
• Rothschild, 1921
• (Herrich-Schäffer, 1950)
• (Swinhoe, 1885)
• Rothschild, 1921
• Rothschild, 1921
• Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
• Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
• Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
• Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
• Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855)
• Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])

Notodontidae[]

• (Druce, 1901)
• Hampson, 1910

Pantheidae[]

• Rothschild, 1921

Pyralidae[]

• (Rothschild, 1921)
• (Rothschild, 1921)
• Aglossa pinguinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• (Rothschild, 1921)
• Ancylosis faustinella (Zeller, 1867)
• (Chrétien, 1911)
• (Rothschild, 1921)
• Rothschild, 1921
• Crocalia africana Rothschild, 1921
• Rothschild, 1921
• Epicrocis sahariensis (Rothschild, 1921)
• Homoeosoma asbenicola Rothschild, 1921
• Homoeosoma basalis Rothschild, 1921
• Homoeosoma botydella Ragonot, 1888
• Homoeosoma straminea Rothschild, 1921
• (Rothschild, 1921)
• Mussidia nigrivenella Ragonot, 1888
• (Rothschild, 1921)
• (Ragonot, 1888)
• Rothschild, 1921
• (Rothschild, 1921)
• (Rothschild, 1921)
• (Rothschild, 1921)
• Rothschild, 1921

Saturniidae[]

• (Westwood, 1849)
• (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
• (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
• Pseudantheraea discrepans (Butler, 1878)

Sphingidae[]

• Neopolyptychus spurrelli (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)

Tineidae[]

• Gozmány, 1965

Tortricidae[]

• Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852

Zygaenidae[]

• Jordan, 1907
• Strand, 1913

References[]

External links[]

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