List of moths of Nigeria

Location of Nigeria

There are about 1400 known moth species of Nigeria. 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 from Nigeria.

Anomoeotidae[]

Staphylinochrous pygmaea Bethune-Baker, 1911
Staphylinochrous whytei Butler, 1894

Arctiidae[]

Acantharctia metaleuca Hampson, 1901
Acantharctia mundata (Walker, 1865)
Acantharctia nivea Aurivillius, 1900
Acanthofrontia anacantha Hampson, 1914
Afraloa bifurca (Walker, 1855)
Afrasura dubitabilis Durante, 2009
Afrasura emma Durante, 2009
Afrasura hieroglyphica (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869)
Afrasura numida (Holland, 1893)
Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864)
Afrasura rivulosa (Walker, 1854)
Afroarctia sjostedti (Aurivillius, 1900)
Afrospilarctia flavida (Bartel, 1903)
Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855)
Aloa moloneyi (Druce, 1887)
Alpenus affiniola (Strand, 1919)
Alpenus intacta (Hampson, 1916)
Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)
Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
Alpenus microsticta (Hampson, 1920)
Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Alpenus thomasi Watson, 1988
Amata borguensis (Hampson, 1901)
Amata interniplaga (Mabille, 1890)
Amata lagosensis (Hampson, 1907)
Amata tritonia (Hampson, 1911)
Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901)
Amerila castanea (Hampson, 1911)
Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887)
Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901)
Amerila metasarca (Hampson, 1911)
Amerila nigroapicalis (Aurivillius, 1900)
Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)
Amerila pannosa (Grünberg, 1908)
Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793)
Amerila roseomarginata (Rothschild, 1910)
Amerila rothi (Rothschild, 1910)
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780)
Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880
Amphicallia pactolicus (Butler, 1888)
Amsacta bicoloria (Gaede, 1916)
Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933
Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855
Anapisa lamborni (Rothschild, 1913)
Anapisa monotica (Holland, 1893)
Archilema cinderella (Kiriakoff, 1958)
Archilema subumbrata (Holland, 1893)
Archilema uelleburgensis (Strand, 1912)
Archilema vilis Birket-Smith, 1965
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)
Archithosia duplicata Birket-Smith, 1965
Archithosia flavifrontella (Strand, 1912)
Archithosia makomensis (Strand, 1912)
Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847)
Argina leonina (Walker, 1865)
Balacra batesi Druce, 1910
Balacra daphaena (Hampson, 1898)
Balacra ehrmanni (Holland, 1893)
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856
Balacra herona (Druce, 1887)
Balacra humphreyi Rothschild, 1912
Balacra preussi (Aurivillius, 1904)
Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893
Binna penicillata Walker, 1865
Binna scita (Walker, 1865)
Caripodia albescens (Hampson, 1907)
Caryatis hersilia Druce, 1887
Caryatis phileta (Drury, 1782)
Caryatis syntomina Butler, 1878
Cragia distigmata (Hampson, 1901)
Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
Creatonotos punctivitta (Walker, 1854)
Crocosia phaeocraspis Hampson, 1914
Cyana flammeostrigata Karisch, 2003
Cyana rubritermina (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Disparctia vittata (Druce, 1898)
Eilema albidula (Walker, 1864)
Eilema leia (Hampson, 1901)
Eilema mesosticta Hampson, 1911
Eilema minutissima Bethune-Baker, 1911
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)
Epitoxis borguensis Hampson, 1901
Estigmene rothi Rothschild, 1910
Estigmene unilinea Rothschild, 1910
Euchromia guineensis (Fabricius, 1775)
Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)
Logunovium nigricosta (Holland, 1893)
Logunovium scortillum Wallengren, 1875
Meganaclia sippia (Plötz, 1880)
Melisa diptera (Walker, 1854)
Metarctia didyma Kiriakoff, 1957
Metarctia flavivena Hampson, 1901
Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893
Metarctia johanna (Kiriakoff, 1979)
Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893)
Nanna ceratopygia Birket-Smith, 1965
Nanna diplisticta (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Nanna eningae (Plötz, 1880)
Neuroxena fulleri (Druce, 1883)
Neuroxena funereus (Rothschild, 1933)
Neuroxena medioflavus (Rothschild, 1935)
Neuroxena obscurascens (Strand, 1909)
Nyctemera acraeina Druce, 1882
Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)
Nyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904)
Nyctemera restrictum (Butler, 1894)
Nyctemera xanthura (Plötz, 1880)
Ovenna guineacola (Strand, 1912)
Ovenna simplex Birket-Smith, 1965
Ovenna subgriseola (Strand, 1912)
Ovenna vicaria (Walker, 1854)
Paralpenus flavizonata (Hampson, 1911)
Phryganopsis asperatella (Walker, 1864)
Phryganopsis cinerella (Wallengren, 1860)
Poliosia nigrifrons Hampson, 1900
Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856)
Pusiola aureola Birket-Smith, 1965
Pusiola celida (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Pusiola minutissima (Kiriakoff, 1958)
Radiarctia lutescens (Walker, 1854)
Rhipidarctia conradti (Oberthür, 1911)
Rhipidarctia invaria (Walker, 1856)
Rhipidarctia postrosea (Rothschild, 1913)
Siccia conformis Hampson, 1914
Spilosoma aurantiaca (Holland, 1893)
Spilosoma batesi (Rothschild, 1910)
Spilosoma buryi (Rothschild, 1910)
Spilosoma castelli Rothschild, 1933
Spilosoma crossi (Rothschild, 1910)
Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855
Spilosoma holoxantha (Hampson, 1907)
Spilosoma immaculata Bartel, 1903
Spilosoma karschi Bartel, 1903
Spilosoma metaleuca (Hampson, 1905)
Spilosoma occidens (Rothschild, 1910)
Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898)
Spilosoma sinefascia (Hampson, 1916)
Spilosoma togoensis Bartel, 1903
Stenarctia griseipennis Hampson, 1911
Stenarctia rothi Rothschild, 1933
Teracotona buryi Rothschild, 1910
Tesma nigrapex (Strand, 1912)
Trichaeta schultzei Aurivillius, 1905
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Yelva obscura Birket-Smith, 1965
Zobida trinitas (Strand, 1912)

Bombycidae[]

Ocinara ficicola (Westwood & Ormerod, 1889)

Brahmaeidae[]

Dactyloceras swanzii (Butler, 1871)

Choreutidae[]

Brenthia octogemmifera Walsingham, 1897
Choreutis inspirata Meyrick, 1916

Cosmopterigidae[]

Gisilia sclerodes (Meyrick, 1909)

Cossidae[]

Azygophleps albovittata Bethune-Baker, 1908
Azygophleps inclusa (Walker, 1856)
Hampson, 1910
Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874
Phragmataecia fuscifusa Hampson, 1910
Phragmataecia sericeata Hampson, 1910
Phragmataecia pelostema (Hering, 1923)
Xyleutes biatra (Hampson, 1910)
Xyleutes polioplaga (Hampson, 1910)

Crambidae[]

Adelpherupa flavescens Hampson, 1919
Aethaloessa floridalis (Zeller, 1852)
Ancylolomia chrysargyria Hampson, 1919
Ancylolomia holochrea Hampson, 1919
Ancylolomia irrorata Hampson, 1919
Ancylolomia ophiralis Hampson, 1919
Bissetia poliella (Hampson, 1919)
Bocchoris labarinthalis Hampson, 1912
Cadarena sinuata (Fabricius, 1781)
Calamotropha diodonta (Hampson, 1919)
Charltona actinialis Hampson, 1919
Charltona albimixtalis Hampson, 1919
Charltona interstitalis Hampson, 1919
Chilo costifusalis (Hampson, 1919)
Chilo mesoplagalis (Hampson, 1919)
Chilo perfusalis (Hampson, 1919)
Chilo psammathis (Hampson, 1919)
Cirrhochrista grabczewskyi E. Hering, 1903
Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833)
Coniesta ignefusalis (Hampson, 1919)
Conotalis aurantifascia (Hampson, 1895)
Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875)
Crambus mesombrellus Hampson, 1919
Desmia incomposita (Bethune-Baker, 1909)
Dichocrocis xanthoplagalis Hampson, 1912
Diploptalis metallescens Hampson, 1919
Filodes normalis Hampson, 1912
Haimbachia proalbivenalis (Błeszyński, 1961)
Heliothela ophideresana (Walker, 1863)
Hyalea africalis Hampson, 1912
(Hampson, 1912)
Mesolia albimaculalis Hampson, 1919
Mesolia microdontalis (Hampson, 1919)
Metasia arida Hampson, 1913
Metasia perirrorata Hampson, 1913
Mimudea ignitalis (Hampson, 1913)
(Hampson, 1913)
(Hampson, 1912)
Obtusipalpis brunneata Hampson, 1919
Omiodes indicata (Fabricius, 1775)
Ostrinia erythrialis (Hampson, 1913)
Paratraea plumbipicta Hampson, 1919
Parerupa bipunctalis (Hampson, 1919)
Parerupa distictalis (Hampson, 1919)
Patissa fulvicepsalis Hampson, 1919
Patissa monostidzalis Hampson, 1919
Phostria tetrastictalis (Hampson, 1912)
Pilocrocis cuprealis Hampson, 1912
Prionapteryx rubricalis Hampson, 1919
Prionotalis peracutella Hampson, 1919
Prochoristis calamochroa (Hampson, 1919)
Pseudocatharylla argenticilia (Hampson, 1919)
Pseudocatharylla peralbellus (Hampson, 1919)
Pseudonoorda distigmalis (Hampson, 1913)
Pycnarmon sexpunctalis (Hampson, 1912)
Pyrausta melanocera Hampson, 1913
Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Sufetula nigrescens Hampson, 1912
Sufetula sufetuloides (Hampson, 1919)
Ulopeza conigeralis Zeller, 1852
Ulopeza nigricostata Hampson, 1912

Drepanidae[]

Callidrepana amaura (Warren, 1901)
Callidrepana macnultyi Watson, 1965
Callidrepana serena Watson, 1965
(Tams, 1925)
Bryk, 1913
(Warren, 1897)
Watson, 1965
(Hampson, 1914)
Watson, 1965
Isospidia angustipennis (Warren, 1904)
Negera confusa Walker, 1855
Negera disspinosa Watson, 1965
Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874)
Spidia excentrica Strand, 1912
Spidia fenestrata Butler, 1878
Spidia inangulata Watson, 1965
Spidia subviridis (Warren, 1899)
Uranometra oculata (Holland, 1893)

Eupterotidae[]

Acrojana salmonea Rothschild, 1932
Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893
Jana aurivilliusi Rothschild, 1917
Phiala cunina Cramer, 1780
Stenoglene bipartita (Rothschild, 1917)
Stenoglene citrinus (Druce, 1886)
Stenoglene roseus (Druce, 1886)
Vianga magnifica (Rothschild, 1917)

Gelechiidae[]

Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844)
Ptilothyris purpurea Walsingham, 1897
Walsingham, 1897

Geometridae[]

Prout, 1915
Swinhoe, 1904
Warren, 1898
Warren, 1904
Aletis helcita (Linnaeus, 1763)
Aletis vicina Gaede, 1917
(Warren, 1898)
Anoectomychus pudens (Swinhoe, 1904)
(Warren, 1897)
Warren, 1899
Antitrygodes dysmorpha Prout, 1915
(Walker, 1863)
Warren, 1897
(Walker, 1861)
Warren, 1904
(Warren, 1902)
(Warren, 1898)
Warren, 1898
(Warren, 1899)
Prout, 1912
(Warren, 1898)
(Warren, 1902)
Prout, 1912
(Walker, 1869)
(Prout, 1938)
(Mabille, 1893)
(Warren, 1904)
Cartaletis forbesi (Druce, 1884)
(Prout, 1915)
(Warren, 1898)
(Warren, 1897)
(Warren, 1897)
(Warren, 1901)
(Warren, 1898)
Chiasmia normata (Walker, 1861)
(Möschler, 1887)
Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858)
(Saalmüller, 1891)
(Warren, 1897)
Chloroclystis consobrina (Warren, 1901)
Warren, 1899
Warren, 1899
Warren, 1897
(Warren, 1898)
Warren, 1898
(Warren, 1898)
Prout, 1915
(Snellen, 1872)
Cleora inelegans (Warren, 1905)
Butler, 1898
(Walker, 1860)
(Warren, 1899)
(Warren, 1904)
(Prout, 1915)
(Warren, 1898)
(Warren, 1898)
(Warren, 1904)
(Warren, 1899)
(Warren, 1899)
Cyclophora dewitzi (Prout, 1920)
Cyclophora hirtifemur (Prout, 1932)
Cyclophora leonaria (Walker, 1861)
Cyclophora misella (Prout, 1932)
Cyclophora poeciloptera (Prout, 1920)
(Prout, 1911)
Warren, 1897
(Warren, 1904)
Eois grataria (Walker, 1861)
(Warren, 1897)
(Warren, 1897)
Eucrostes disparata Walker, 1861
(Guenée, 1858)
(Prout, 1913)
(Warren, 1905)
(Warren, 1899)
(Warren, 1904)
Walker, 1856
Walker, 1856
Swinhoe, 1904
Swinhoe, 1904
Prout, 1915
Gymnoscelis tenera Warren, 1901
(Bethune-Baker, 1913)
Prout, 1915
(Warren, 1905)
Hyalornis docta (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
Prout, 1915
Warren, 1897
(Swinhoe, 1904)
(Prout, 1915)
(Snellen, 1872)
(Warren, 1901)
(Warren, 1898)
Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1858)
Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858)
Warren, 1900
(Warren, 1898)
(Warren, 1898)
(Warren, 1903)
(Warren, 1899)
(Walker, 1863)
Prout, 1934
(Warren, 1894)
(Guenée, 1857)
(Butler, 1878)
(Walker, 1869)
Mesocolpia marmorata (Warren, 1899)
Warren, 1899
(Swinhoe, 1904)
Warren, 1901
Narthecusa tenuiorata Walker, 1862
Warren, 1903
Prout, 1913
(Warren, 1899)
(Warren, 1904)
Prout, 1913
(Warren, 1898)
(Millière, 1868)
Pitthea continua Walker, 1854
Pitthea famula Drury, 1773
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
(Warren, 1895)
(Walker, 1869)
Prout, 1915
Swinhoe, 1904
(Warren, 1897)
Warren, 1905
Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878)
Racotis zebrina Warren, 1899
Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767)
Prout, 1915
Scopula aphercta Prout, 1932
Scopula elegans (Prout, 1915)
Scopula euphemia Prout, 1920
Scopula flavissima (Warren, 1898)
Scopula habilis (Warren, 1899)
Scopula haemaleata (Warren, 1898)
Scopula inscriptata (Walker, 1863)
Scopula jejuna Prout, 1932
Scopula lactaria (Walker, 1861)
Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833)
Scopula ossicolor (Warren, 1897)
Scopula plionocentra Prout, 1920
Scopula proterocelis Prout, 1920
Scopula pyraliata (Warren, 1898)
Scopula serena Prout, 1920
Scopula subperlaria (Warren, 1897)
Scopula supina Prout, 1920
Scopula transsecta (Warren, 1898)
Somatina irregularis (Warren, 1898)
Somatina probleptica Prout, 1917
Warren, 1899
(Fabricius, 1793)
(Plötz, 1880)
Warren, 1898
Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857
Warren, 1902
Traminda obversata (Walker, 1861)
Unnamed Ennominae genus ansorgeata (Warren, 1903)
Unnamed Ennominae genus rufigrisea (Warren, 1900)
Walker, 1869
Warren, 1898
(Warren, 1899)
Prout, 1926
(Warren, 1898)
(Swinhoe, 1904)
Prout, 1934
Warren, 1899
Swinhoe, 1904
Prout, 1921
Prout, 1928
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Oberthür, 1912
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Warren, 1897
Gaede, 1915
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Bethune-Baker, 1913
Hampson, 1909
Herbulot, 1954
Mabille, 1900
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Warren, 1909
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Warren, 1909
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Prout, 1928
Oberthür, 1912
Bethune-Baker, 1913
Warren, 1897
Gaede, 1915
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Prout, 1912
Swinhoe, 1904
Herbulot, 1979
Swinhoe, 1904
Prout, 1915
Warren, 1897
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1963
Herbulot, 1954
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Oberthür, 1912
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Warren, 1897
Carcasson, 1964
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
(Walker, 1863)
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Swinhoe, 1904
D. S. Fletcher, 1956
Prout, 1932
Warren, 1897
(Walker, 1863)
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Gaede, 1915
Gaede, 1915
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Oberthür, 1912
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Gaede, 1915
Warren, 1897
Oberthür, 1912
Warren, 1897
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
(Warren, 1897)
(Prout, 1915)

Gracillariidae[]

Acrocercops bifasciata (Walsingham, 1891)
Acrocercops fuscapica Bland, 1980
Acrocercops pectinivalva Bland, 1980
Acrocercops rhothiastis Meyrick, 1921
Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)
Caloptilia fera Triberti, 1989
Caloptilia insolita Triberti, 1989
Caloptilia isotoma (Meyrick, 1914)
Caloptilia leptophanes (Meyrick, 1928)
Caloptilia maynei Ghesquière, 1940
Caloptilia pentaplaca (Meyrick, 1911)
Caloptilia prosticta (Meyrick, 1909)
Caloptilia pseudoaurita Triberti, 1989
Corythoxestis aletreuta (Meyrick, 1936)
Ectropina sclerochitoni Vári, 1961
Ectropina suttoni (Bland, 1980)
Lamprolectica apicistrigata (Walsingham, 1891)
Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856
Phyllonorycter caudasimplex Bland, 1980
Spulerina quadrifasciata Bland, 1980
Stomphastis adesa Triberti, 1988
Stomphastis conflua (Meyrick, 1914)
Stomphastis thraustica (Meyrick, 1908)

Himantopteridae[]

Pedoptila catori Bethune-Baker, 1911

Lasiocampidae[]

Cheligium lineatum (Aurivillius, 1893)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Chrysopsyche imparilis Aurivillius, 1905
Chrysopsyche mirifica (Butler, 1878)
(Walker, 1855)
(Conte, 1909)
(Walker, 1855)
Filiola occidentale (Strand, 1912)
Bethune-Baker, 1913
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Sharpe, 1902
(Aurivillius, 1893)
(Tams, 1935)
Holland, 1893
Aurivillius, 1915
Aurivillius, 1915
Holland, 1893
Holland, 1893
(Druce, 1887)
(Holland, 1893)
Mimopacha gerstaeckerii (Dewitz, 1881)
Mimopacha tripunctata (Aurivillius, 1905)
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Aurivillius, 1905
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
(Walker, 1855)
(Aurivillius, 1915)
(Walker, 1855)
Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
(Hering, 1928)
(Strand, 1911)
Aurivillius, 1905
(Druce, 1899)
Aurivillius, 1905
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Aurivillius, 1914)
(Druce, 1887)
(Tams, 1926)
Trabala burchardii (Dewitz, 1881)
Trabala lambourni Bethune-Baker, 1911

Limacodidae[]

Bethune-Baker, 1911
Hampson, 1910
(Druce, 1887)
Aurivillius, 1905
Chrysopoloma citrina Druce, 1886
(Bethune-Baker, 1915)
Karsch, 1899
Mabille, 1881
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Druce, 1887)
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
Karsch, 1896
Hampson, 1910
West, 1940
Bethune-Baker, 1915
Karsch, 1899
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Hering, 1932
Karsch, 1896
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Holland, 1893
West, 1940
Bethune-Baker, 1908
(Bethune-Baker, 1915)
Bethune-Baker, 1911

Lymantriidae[]

Hering, 1926
(Collenette, 1937)
Batella muscosa (Holland, 1893)
(Snellen, 1872)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Möschler, 1887)
(Hampson, 1910)
Walker, 1855
(Holland, 1893)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Holland, 1893)
Swinhoe, 1903
(Aurivillius, 1904)
Hampson, 1910
Collenette, 1960
Swinhoe, 1903
Collenette, 1931
Hampson, 1910
Hering, 1926
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Swinhoe, 1906)
Swinhoe, 1906
Druce, 1887
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Hampson, 1910
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Collenette, 1960)
(Hering, 1926)
(Fawcett, 1900)
(Collenette, 1960)
(Collenette, 1957)
Möschler, 1887
(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Swinhoe, 1903
Collenette, 1931
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Walker, 1855)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Hering, 1926)
Swinhoe, 1903
Plötz, 1880
(Druce, 1896)
(Aurivillius, 1892)
Aurivillius, 1904
(Walker, 1855)
Hampson, 1910
Dewitz, 1881
Hering, 1926
Bethune-Baker, 1908
Plötz, 1880
Hampson, 1910
(Hampson, 1910)
(Swinhoe, 1906)
Hampson, 1910
Holland, 1893
Leucoma luteipes (Walker, 1855)
(Holland, 1893)
(Plötz, 1880)
Swinhoe, 1903
Swinhoe, 1904
(Hering, 1926)
Marbla divisa (Walker, 1855)
(Fabricius, 1787)
(Druce, 1887)
Walker, 1856
(Holland, 1893)
Olapa tavetensis (Holland, 1892)
Collenette, 1932
Tessmann, 1921
Otroeda cafra (Drury, 1780)
Otroeda nerina (Drury, 1780)
Walker, 1854
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Möschler, 1887)
Aurivillius, 1879
(Swinhoe, 1903)
Swinhoe, 1903
(Swinhoe, 1903)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Metarbelidae[]

Lebedodes bassa (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Lebedodes nigeriae Bethune-Baker, 1915
Melisomimas metallica Hampson, 1914
Metarbela bifasciata Gaede, 1929
Metarbela funebris Gaede, 1929
Moyencharia joeli Lehmann, 2013
Moyencharia ochreicosta (Gaede, 1929)
Stenagra multipunctata Hampson, 1920

Micronoctuidae[]

Micronola yemeni Fibiger, 2011

Noctuidae[]

Dufay, 1958
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Acanthodelta janata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Achaea albicilia (Walker, 1858)
Achaea albifimbria (Walker, 1869)
(Geyer, 1837)
Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
Achaea catocaloides Guenée, 1852
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)
(Cramer, 1779)
Achaea faber Holland, 1894
Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)
Achaea indicabilis Walker, 1858
Achaea intercisa Walker, 1865
Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
Achaea mormoides Walker, 1858
Achaea obvia Hampson, 1913
Achaea thermopera Hampson, 1913
Achaea xanthodera (Holland, 1894)
Walker, 1862
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Hampson, 1916)
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
Acontia gratiosa Wallengren, 1856
(Hampson, 1918)
Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
(Walker, 1857)
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
(Hampson, 1914)
Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
(Hampson, 1914)
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
Wallengren, 1856
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
Rothschild, 1921
Jordan, 1926
(Hampson, 1911)
Mabille, 1893
Boisduval, 1836
Aegocera tigrina (Druce, 1882)
Aethodes angustipennis Hampson, 1918
Agoma trimenii (Felder, 1874)
Poole, 1989
Hampson, 1913
(Hampson, 1913)
Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
(Hampson, 1902)
(Hampson, 1905)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1905
(Walker, 1865)
Hacker & Hausmann, 2010
(Hampson, 1909)
Hampson, 1913
(Laporte, 1972)
(Hampson, 1918)
Attatha metaleuca Hampson, 1913
Audea endophaea Hampson, 1913
Audea humeralis Hampson, 1902
Audea kathrina Kühne, 2005
Audea melaleuca Walker, 1865
Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
Autoba brachygonia (Hampson, 1910)
Avatha ethiopica (Hampson, 1913)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
Hampson, 1926
Wing, 1850
Hampson, 1913
(Holland, 1894)
(Hampson, 1911)
Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)
(Hampson, 1911)
(Hampson, 1908)
(Hampson, 1918)
(Hampson, 1908)
(Hampson, 1911)
Hampson, 1911
Poole, 1989
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Catephia cryptodisca Hampson, 1926
Catephia holophaea Hampson, 1926
Catephia microcelis Hampson, 1926
Berio, 1966
Karsch, 1896
Chalciope pusilla (Holland, 1894)
Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775)
(Guenée, 1852)
Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
Hampson, 1926
Walker, 1865
Hampson, 1918
Hampson, 1910
Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
Walker, 1866
Crypsotidia maculifera (Staudinger, 1898)
Crypsotidia mesosema Hampson, 1913
Crypsotidia parva Rothschild, 1921
Ctenoplusia dorfmeisteri (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
Ctenusa pallida (Hampson, 1902)
Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
Cyligramma magus (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
Cyligramma simplex Grünberg, 1910
Hampson, 1926
(Rothschild, 1901)
Drepanopses rufipicta Hampson, 1926
Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)
Dysgonia humilis Holland, 1894
Dysgonia palpalis (Walker, 1865)
(Hampson, 1918)
Dysgonia pudica (Möschler, 1887)
Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
Dysgonia trogosema (Hampson, 1913)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
Enmonodiops ochrodiscata Hampson, 1926
Guenée, 1852
Episparis fenestrifera Bryk, 1915
Ercheia subsignata (Walker, 1865)
Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
Hampson, 1911
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Hampson, 1909
Hampson, 1926
Eublemma anachoresis (Wallengren, 1863)
(Moore, 1881)
Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
(Freyer, 1844)
Berio, 1969
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Eublemma staudingeri (Wallengren, 1875)
(Walker, 1869)
Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Walker, 1857
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Euminucia conflua Hampson, 1913
Berio, 1972
Hampson, 1905
Hampson, 1905
Hampson, 1905
Walker, 1865
Hampson, 1905
Hampson, 1905
Hampson, 1905
(Holland, 1894)
Hampson, 1905
Hampson, 1905
Hampson, 1905
Hampson, 1902
(Hampson, 1912)
Walker, 1869
Eutelia snelleni Saalmüller, 1881
(Mabille, 1890)
(Hampson, 1912)
Hampson, 1926
(Laporte, 1973)
(Hampson, 1908)
Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
Focillopis eclipsia Hampson, 1926
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858
Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)
Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
Heliophisma catocalina Holland, 1894
Heliophisma klugii (Boisduval, 1833)
(Fabricius, 1781)
(Druce, 1880)
(Walker, 1854)
(Druce, 1880)
(Walker, 1854)
Heraclia poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
(Walker, 1856)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1926
Hypena conscitalis Walker, 1866
Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
Hypocala deflorata (Fabricius, 1794)
(Fabricius, 1794)
Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Hampson, 1910
Hypotacha isthmigera Wiltshire, 1968
Hypotuerta transiens (Hampson, 1901)
Berio, 1966
(Moore, 1885)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Hampson, 1907)
Leucania insulicola Guenée, 1852
(Hampson, 1918)
Hampson, 1926
Lophoptera litigiosa (Boisduval, 1833)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1911
Macella euritiusalis Walker, 1859
Hampson, 1926
(Saalmüller, 1891)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Druce, 1903)
(Moore, 1888)
(Hampson, 1903)
(Hampson, 1903)
Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
Masalia nubila (Hampson, 1903)
(Hampson, 1903)
Masalia transvaalica (Distant, 1902)
Rothschild, 1896
(Cramer, 1775)
Butler, 1868
Butler, 1874
(Walker, 1865)
Hampson, 1926
Jordan, 1933
Mazuca strigicincta Walker, 1866
Hampson, 1926
Mecodopsis conisema Hampson, 1926
Laporte, 1979
(Wallengren, 1856)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
Walker, 1854
(Holland, 1893)
Guenée, 1852
Hampson, 1913
Karsch, 1895
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
(Cramer, 1775)
Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
Mocis mutuaria (Walker, 1858)
Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mocis undata (Fabricius, 1775)
(Hampson, 1911)
(Butler, 1875)
Naarda unipunctata Bethune-Baker, 1911
Nagia evanescens Hampson, 1926
Nagia microsema Hampson, 1926
Nephelemorpha semaphora Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Walker, 1857)
Hampson, 1913
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Walker, 1858)
Hampson, 1908
Ophisma teterrima Hampson, 1913
Ophiusa conspicienda (Walker, 1858)
(Holland, 1894)
Ophiusa despecta (Holland, 1894)
Ophiusa dilecta Walker, 1865
(Guenée, 1852)
Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794)
Behounek, Hacker & Speidel, 2010
Oraesia provocans Walker, [1858]
Oruza divisa (Walker, 1862)
Hampson, 1918
(Walker, 1869)
(Holland, 1894)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Holland, 1894)
Parachalciope binaria (Holland, 1894)
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
(Walker, 1858)
(Hampson, 1926)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Hampson, 1902)
Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
Pericyma polygramma Hampson, 1913
Phaegorista similis Walker, 1869
Phaeoscia canipars Hampson, 1926
(Hampson, 1902)
Hampson, 1926
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Hampson, 1926
(Hampson, 1926)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Walker, 1858)
(Holland, 1897)
(Wallengren, 1860)
(Hampson, 1913)
Hampson, 1926
Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
(Walker, 1858)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1911
(Mabille, 1890)
(Hampson, 1926)
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1950)
(Mabille, 1884)
(Guenée, 1852)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1910
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Zeller, 1852)
(Hampson, 1926)
Hampson, 1926
Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)
(Schaus, 1893)
Soloella guttivaga (Walker, 1854)
Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
(Walker, 1858)
Syngrapha circumflexa (Linnaeus, 1767)
(Holland, 1894)
Tachosa acronyctoides Walker, 1869
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1911
(Pinhey, 1968)
Hacker & Zilli, 2007
Hacker & Zilli, 2007
Hacker & Zilli, 2007
(Berio, 1977)
Hacker & Zilli, 2007
Thyas metaphaea (Hampson, 1913)
Thyas parallelipipeda (Guenée, 1852)
(Hampson, 1909)
Hampson, 1913
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Tolna sinifera Hampson, 1913
Tolna sypnoides (Butler, 1878)
Walker, 1869
Hampson, 1926
Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
Ugia duplicilinea Hampson, 1926
Ugia stigmaphora Hampson, 1926
Ugia straminilinea Hampson, 1926
Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)
Hampson, 1926

Nolidae[]

Hampson, 1905
Kheil, 1909
(Hampson, 1905)
Hampson, 1905
Hampson, 1912
(Hampson, 1902)
(Mabille, 1890)
(Walker, 1865)
Hampson, 1912
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Hampson, 1912
Mabille, 1900
Hampson, 1912
Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
(Hampson, 1905)
Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
Holland, 1893
(Walker, 1869)
Hampson, 1912
Hampson, 1912
Holland, 1894
(Hampson, 1905)
(Hampson, 1912)
(Druce, 1887)
(Hampson, 1905)
Hampson, 1912
Hampson, 1905
(Walker, [1858])
Hampson, 1918
Hampson, 1905
Hampson, 1905
Hampson, 1918
(Hampson, 1914)
Holland, 1893
Hampson, 1912
(Hampson, 1905)
Hampson, 1912
(Hampson, 1905)
(Hampson, 1905)
Holland, 1893
(Hampson, 1905)
Hampson, 1912
(Walker, 1858)
(Holland, 1894)
(Hampson, 1905)
(Hampson, 1905)
Hampson, 1912
(Hampson, 1905)
(Hampson, 1905)
Nola apicalis (Hampson, 1903)
Nola atripuncta (Hampson, 1909)
Hampson, 1911
(Hampson, 1914)
(Hampson, 1903)
Hampson, 1911
(Hampson, 1909)
(Holland, 1894)
Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)
Holland, 1894
Holland, 1894
Holland, 1894
Risoba lunata (Möschler, 1887)
Hampson, 1912
Butler, 1881
Hampson, 1912
Holland, 1893
Hampson, 1912

Notodontidae[]

(Butler, 1882)
(Kiriakoff, 1979)
(Kiriakoff, 1979)
Hampson, 1910
Butler, 1893
Anaphe venata Butler, 1878
(Hampson, 1910)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Aurivillius, 1901)
(Rothschild, 1917)
(Rothschild, 1917)
(Hampson, 1910)
(Hampson, 1910)
(Bethune-Baker, 1913)
Brachychira ferruginea Aurivillius, 1905
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Hampson, 1910)
Kiriakoff, 1975
(Rothschild, 1917)
Kiriakoff, 1958
Kiriakoff, 1958
Kiriakoff, 1958
Gaede, 1928
Kiriakoff, 1958
(Druce, 1901)
Gaede, 1928
(Hampson, 1910)
Kiriakoff, 1979
Kiriakoff, 1979
Kiriakoff, 1958
Kiriakoff, 1958
Kiriakoff, 1979
Kiriakoff, 1963
(Holland, 1893)
Kiriakoff, 1979
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Kiriakoff, 1963
Kiriakoff, 1979
Kiriakoff, 1979
Kiriakoff, 1979
Kiriakoff, 1979
Kiriakoff, 1962
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Kiriakoff, 1959
Kiriakoff, 1979
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Hampson, 1910
(Grünberg, 1907)
(Kiriakoff, 1962)
Kiriakoff, 1979
(Hampson, 1910)
(Hampson, 1910)
Hampson, 1910
Kiriakoff, 1959
Kiriakoff, 1959
Kiriakoff, 1959
Hampson, 1910
Kiriakoff, 1962
Kiriakoff, 1962
Kiriakoff, 1962
Hampson, 1910
Kiriakoff, 1965
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Hampson, 1910)
Stauropussa chloe (Holland, 1893)
Kiriakoff, 1965
Kiriakoff, 1979
Kiriakoff, 1959
(Rothschild, 1917)
Kiriakoff, 1979
Kiriakoff, 1979
Kiriakoff, 1961
(Hampson, 1910)

Oecophoridae[]

Kasy, 1973

Pantheidae[]

Rothschild, 1921

Psychidae[]

Druce, 1887
Bourgogne, 1965
Bourgogne, 1955
Meyrick, 1908
Meyrick, 1924

Pterophoridae[]

Crocydoscelus ferrugineum Walsingham, 1897
Exelastis vuattouxi Bigot, 1970
Hellinsia aethiopicus (Amsel, 1963)
Hepalastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
Platyptilia molopias Meyrick, 1906
Pterophorus albidus (Zeller, 1852)
Pterophorus spissa (Bigot, 1969)
Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)
Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Pyralidae[]

Acracona remipedalis (Karsch, 1900)
Lamoria imbella (Walker, 1864)
(Hampson, 1917)

Saturniidae[]

(Westwood, 1849)
Rougeot, 1970
(Butler, 1878)
Epiphora rectifascia Rothschild, 1907
Jordan, 1922
Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836)
(Aurivillius, 1893)
(Westwood, 1849)
Imbrasia obscura (Butler, 1878)
Lobobunaea acetes (Westwood, 1849)
Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
Felder, 1874
Aurivillius, 1893
Westwood, 1849
Karsch, 1892
Karsch, 1892
Pseudantheraea discrepans (Butler, 1878)
Rougeot, 1962
Rohaniella pygmaea (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)

Sesiidae[]

Melittia chalconota Hampson, 1910
Pseudomelittia cingulata Gaede, 1929
Sura rufitibia Hampson, 1919
Tipulamima sexualis (Hampson, 1910)
Trichocerata lambornella (Durrant, 1913)

Sphingidae[]

Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Andriasa contraria Walker, 1856
Antinephele anomala (Butler, 1882)
Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)
Falcatula cymatodes (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
Hippotion irregularis (Walker, 1856)
Leucophlebia afra Karsch, 1891
Lophostethus dumolinii (Angas, 1849)
Neopolyptychus ancylus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)
Neopolyptychus consimilis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Neopolyptychus prionites (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)
Neopolyptychus pygarga (Karsch, 1891)
Nephele bipartita Butler, 1878
Nephele maculosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776)
Phylloxiphia bicolor (Rothschild, 1894)
Phylloxiphia vicina (Rothschild & Jordan, 1915)
Platysphinx constrigilis (Walker, 1869)
Platysphinx phyllis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Platysphinx stigmatica (Mabille, 1878)
Platysphinx vicaria Jordan, 1920
Polyptychoides digitatus (Karsch, 1891)
Polyptychus andosa Walker, 1856
Polyptychus anochus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1882)
Polyptychus coryndoni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Polyptychus hollandi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Polyptychus orthographus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Polyptychus wojtusiaki Pierre, 2001
Pseudenyo benitensis Holland, 1889
Pseudoclanis molitor (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
Pseudoclanis rhadamistus (Fabricius, 1781)
Pseudopolyptychus foliaceus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Sphingonaepiopsis nana (Walker, 1856)
Temnora angulosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
Temnora avinoffi Clark, 1919
Temnora camerounensis Clark, 1923
Temnora griseata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Temnora hollandi Clark, 1920
Temnora reutlingeri (Holland, 1889)
Temnora stevensi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Theretra orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Theretra perkeo Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Theretra tessmanni Gehlen, 1927

Thyrididae[]

Boisduval, 1836
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Walker, 1865
Jordan, 1907
(Warren, 1899)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Whalley, 1968
(Walker, 1865)
(Boisduval, 1829)
(Dewitz, 1881)
(Warren, 1898)
Hapana verticalis (Warren, 1899)
Warren, 1903
(Warren, 1898)
(Warren, 1899)
(Warren, 1908)
(Hampson, 1906)
(Cramer, 1779)
(Walker, 1854)
(Hampson, 1906)
(Drury, 1782)
(Warren, 1898)
(Warren, 1899)
(Hampson, 1897)
(Warren, 1898)
Warren, 1898
Warren, 1898
(Plötz, 1880)

Tineidae[]

(Meyrick, 1915)
Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852)
Gozmány, 1968
(Gozmány, 1968)
(Gozmány, 1968)
(Gozmány, 1968)
(Meyrick, 1931)
Monopis jacobsi Gozmány, 1967
Meyrick, 1908
Perissomastix nigerica Gozmány, 1967
Gozmány, 1966
Gozmány, 1968
(Meyrick, 1908)
(Meyrick, 1920)
Gozmány & Vári, 1973
(Meyrick, 1921)
(Meyrick, 1920)
Meyrick, 1908
(Gozmány, 1967)
(Meyrick, 1908)
(Meyrick, 1917)
(Meyrick, 1914)
Tiquadra cultrifera Meyrick, 1914
(Meyrick, 1914)

Tortricidae[]

Accra rubrothicta Razowski, 1986
Accra viridis (Walsingham, 1891)
Apotoforma fustigera Razowski, 1986
Diakonoff, 1983
Brachiolia wojtusiaki Razowski, 1986
Cornesia ormoperla Razowski, 1981
Ebodina lagoana Razowski & Tuck, 2000
Eccopsis incultana (Walker, 1863)
Eccopsis praecedens Walsingham, 1897
Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852
Nephograptis necropina Razowski, 1981
Panegyra sectatrix (Razowski, 1981)
(Meyrick, 1920)
Plinthograptis clostos Razowski, 1990
Plinthograptis clyster Razowski, 1990
Plinthograptis pleroma Razowski, 1981
Plinthograptis rhytisma Razowski, 1981
Plinthograptis seladonia (Razowski, 1981)
Plinthograptis sipalia Razowski, 1981
Rubidograptis regulus Razowski, 1981
Rubrograptis recrudescentia Razowski, 1981
Russograptis callopista (Durrant, 1913)
Russograptis medleri Razowski, 1981
Russograptis solaris Razowski, 1981
Rutilograptis cornesi Razowski, 1981
Sanguinograptis obtrecator Razowski, 1981
Sanguinograptis ochrolegnia Razowski, 1986

Uraniidae[]

Warren, 1897
Warren, 1898

Zygaenidae[]

(Hampson, 1920)
(Druce, 1896)

References[]

External links[]

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

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