List of moths of Senegal

Moths of Senegal represent about 190 known moth species. 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 Senegal.

Arctiidae[]

• Acantharctia lacteata Rothschild, 1933
• Acantharctia nivea Aurivillius, 1900
• Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855)
• Aloa moloneyi (Druce, 1887)
• Alpenus affiniola (Strand, 1919)
• Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
• Amata lateralis (Boisduval, 1836)
• Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887)
• Amerila pannosa (Grünberg, 1908)
• Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793)
• Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880
• Apisa subcanescens Rothschild, 1910
• Automolis subulva (Mabille, 1884)
• Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)
• Estigmene flaviceps Hampson, 1907
• Estigmene laglaizei Rothschild, 1910
• Estigmene senegalensis Rothschild, 1933
• Estigmene testaceoflava Rothschild, 1933
• Estigmene unilinea Rothschild, 1910
• Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
• Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)
• Logunovium nigricosta (Holland, 1893)
• Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
• Spilosoma castelli Rothschild, 1933
• Spilosoma occidens (Rothschild, 1910)
• Spilosoma quadrilunata (Hampson, 1901)
• Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898)
• Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865)
• Teracotona senegalensis Rothschild, 1933
• Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878
• Trichaeta parva Aurivillius, 1910
• Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cosmopterigidae[]

• Anatrachyntis risbeci (Ghesquière, 1940)
• Cosmopterix luteoapicalis Sinev, 2002

Cossidae[]

• Azygophleps psyche Le Cerf, 1919
• Eremocossus senegalensis Le Cerf, 1919

Crambidae[]

• Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973
• Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798)
• Synclera traducalis (Zeller, 1852)

Drepanidae[]

• Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874)

Geometridae[]

• (Walker, 1863)
• (Guenée, 1858)
• (Prout, 1932)
• (Mabille, 1890)
• Neromia propinquilinea Prout, 1920
• (Wallengren, 1872)
• (Prout, 1926)
• Scopula paradelpharia Prout, 1920
• Warren, 1897
• Prout, 1928
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Mabille, 1900
• Warren, 1909
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Prout, 1928
• Warren, 1897
• Zygophyxia relictata (Walker, 1866)

Gracillariidae[]

• Stomphastis thraustica (Meyrick, 1908)

Lasiocampidae[]

• Strand, 1909
• Chrysopsyche imparilis Aurivillius, 1905
• (Conte, 1909)
• (Mabille, 1884)
• (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
• Hering, 1941
• (Riel, 1909)
• (Riel, 1911)
• (Tams, 1926)

Lecithoceridae[]

• Torodora hybrista (Meyrick, 1922)

Limacodidae[]

• Mabille, 1881
• Hering, 1928

Lymantriidae[]

• Hampson, 1910
• Dasychira colini (Mabille, 1893)

Metarbelidae[]

• Kroonia carteri Lehmann, 2010
• Lebedodes wichgrafi (Grünberg, 1910)
• Salagena discata Gaede, 1929
• Salagena inversa Gaede, 1929
• Salagena nigropuncta Le Cerf, 1919

Noctuidae[]

• Acantholipes aurea Berio, 1966
• Acantholipes semiaurea Berio, 1966
• Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
• Walker, 1857
• (Rothschild, 1921)
• Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
• (Walker, 1857)
• (Butler, 1898)
• Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
• Wallengren, 1856
• Boisduval, 1836
• Agoma trimenii (Felder, 1874)
• Amazonides tabida (Guenée, 1852)
• (Hampson, 1909)
• Berio, 1966
• (Laporte, 1972)
• Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
• (Berio, 1939)
• Calliodes appollina Guenée, 1852
• Berio, 1966
• Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775)
• (Guenée, 1852)
• Rungs, 1975
• Crypsotidia maculifera (Staudinger, 1898)
• Crypsotidia mesosema Hampson, 1913
• Crypsotidia remanei Wiltshire, 1977
• Ctenusa pallida (Hampson, 1902)
• (Swinhoe, 1884)
• Euclidia limbosa Guenée, 1852
• Wiltshire, 1977
• Gnamptonyx innexa (Walker, 1858)
• Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
• Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
• Hypotacha isthmigera Wiltshire, 1968
• Berio, 1966
• (Druce, 1903)
• (Moore, 1888)
• Seymour, 1972
• Masalia decorata (Moore, 1881)
• (Hampson, 1903)
• Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
• Masalia nubila (Hampson, 1903)
• (Hampson, 1903)
• (Rothschild, 1921)
• (Walker, 1865)
• (Wallengren, 1856)
• Karsch, 1895
• (Walker, 1854)
• (Cramer, 1775)
• Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
• Mythimna languida (Walker, 1858)
• Ophiusa mejanesi (Guenée, 1852)
• Berio, 1947
• Hampson, 1914
• Hampson, 1910
• Pandesma muricolor Berio, 1966
• Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
• Boisduval, 1836
• (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
• (Wallengren, 1860)
• Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
• (Guenée, 1852)
• (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Hampson, 1910
• (Walker, 1857)
• (Holland, 1893)
• Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
• Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• (Berio, 1977)
• Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thyas parallelipipeda (Guenée, 1852)
• (Guenée, 1852)

Nolidae[]

• (Mabille, 1890)

Notodontidae[]

• Anaphe stellata Guérin-Méneville, 1844
• (de Joannis, 1907)

Psychidae[]

• Bourgogne, 1965
• Meyrick, 1922

Pyralidae[]

• Pempelia morosalis (Saalmüller, 1880)

Saturniidae[]

• (Westwood, 1849)
• (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
• Rothschild, 1907
• (Aurivillius, 1893)
• (Olivier, 1792)
• (Westwood, 1849)
• Rougeot, 1979
• Pseudimbrasia deyrollei (J. Thomson, 1858)
• (Fabricius, 1793)

Sesiidae[]

• Metasphecia vuilleti Le Cerf, 1917

Sphingidae[]

• Leucophlebia afra Karsch, 1891
• Neopolyptychus spurrelli (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
• Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)
• Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776)
• Platysphinx phyllis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Pseudoclanis boisduvali (Aurivillius, 1898)
• Pseudoclanis molitor (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
• Pseudoclanis rhadamistus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Rufoclanis rosea (Druce, 1882)
• Theretra perkeo Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Thyrididae[]

• Boisduval, 1836

Tineidae[]

• (Meyrick, 1933)
• (Meyrick, 1917)
• Endromarmata lutipalpis (Meyrick, 1922)
• Gozmány, 1965
• Gozmány, 1965
• (Meyrick, 1908)

Tortricidae[]

• Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852

References[]

External links[]

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