List of moths of Sierra Leone

Location of Sierra Leone

There are about 760 known moth species of Sierra Leone. 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 Sierra Leone.

Adelidae[]

Nemophora parvella (Walker, 1863)

Anomoeotidae[]

Anomoeotes leucolena Holland, 1893
Anomoeotes tenellula Holland, 1893
Anomoeotes triangularis Jordan, 1907

Arctiidae[]

Acantharctia mundata (Walker, 1865)
Afraloa bifurca (Walker, 1855)
Afrasura hyporhoda (Hampson, 1900)
Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864)
Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855)
Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)
Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
Amata basithyris Hampson, 1914
Amata divalis (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
Amata francisca (Butler, 1876)
Amata marina (Butler, 1876)
Amata tomasina (Butler, 1876)
Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901)
Amerila leucoptera (Hampson, 1901)
Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901)
Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793)
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780)
Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880
Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933
Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855
Anapisa preussi (Gaede, 1926)
Anapisa tristigma (Mabille, 1893)
Apisa canescens Walker, 1855
Argina leonina (Walker, 1865)
Asura atricraspeda Hampson, 1914
Balacra caeruleifascia Walker, 1856
Balacra humphreyi Rothschild, 1912
Binna penicillata Walker, 1865
Binna scita (Walker, 1865)
Caripodia albescens (Hampson, 1907)
Caripodia metaleuca Hampson, 1900
Caryatis phileta (Drury, 1782)
Caryatis syntomina Butler, 1878
Ceryx albimacula (Walker, 1854)
Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
Cyana basisticta (Hampson, 1914)
Cyana delicata (Walker, 1854)
Cyana rejecta (Walker, 1854)
Cyana trigutta (Walker, 1854)
Disparctia vittata (Druce, 1898)
Eilema albidula (Walker, 1864)
Eilema apicalis (Walker, 1862)
Eilema monochroma (Holland, 1893)
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)
Estigmene flaviceps Hampson, 1907
Estigmene ochreomarginata Bethune-Baker, 1909
Estigmene unilinea Rothschild, 1910
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
Euchromia guineensis (Fabricius, 1775)
Euchromia hampsoni Seitz, 1926
Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)
Meganaclia perpusilla (Walker, 1856)
Meganaclia sippia (Plötz, 1880)
Metarctia burra (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
Myopsyche makomensis Strand, 1912
Myopsyche notoplagia Hampson, 1898
Neuroxena flammea (Schaus, 1893)
Nyctemera acraeina Druce, 1882
Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)
Nyctemera perspicua (Walker, 1854)
Nyctemera xanthura (Plötz, 1880)
Oedaleosia nigricosta Hampson, 1900
Palaeosiccia punctata Hampson, 1900
Paralpenus flavicosta (Hampson, 1909)
Phryganopsis cinerella (Wallengren, 1860)
Phryganopsis flavicosta Hampson, 1901
Pseudlepista flavicosta Hampson, 1910
Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856)
Pusiola celida (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Radiarctia lutescens (Walker, 1854)
Rhipidarctia invaria (Walker, 1856)
Siccia cretata Hampson, 1914
Siccia paucipuncta Hampson, 1918
Spilosoma affinis Bartel, 1903
Spilosoma aurantiaca (Holland, 1893)
Spilosoma batesi (Rothschild, 1910)
Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855
Spilosoma immaculata Bartel, 1903
Spilosoma occidens (Rothschild, 1910)
Spilosoma quadrilunata (Hampson, 1901)
Stenarctia abdominalis Rothschild, 1910
Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878
Trichaeta bivittata (Walker, 1864)

Brachodidae[]

Nigilgia adjectella (Walker, 1863)
Dactyloceras lucina (Drury, 1872)

Cossidae[]

Phragmataecia fuscifusa Hampson, 1910
Xyleutes lunifera (Hampson, 1910)

Crambidae[]

Aethaloessa floridalis (Zeller, 1852)
Anania epipaschialis (Hampson, 1912)
Anania fusalis (Hampson, 1912)
Bissetia leucomeralis (Hampson, 1919)
Charltona albidalis Hampson, 1919
Chilo mesoplagalis (Hampson, 1919)
Cirrhochrista saltusalis Schaus & Clements, 1893
Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée, 1854)
Conotalis aurantifascia (Hampson, 1895)
Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875)
Diptychophora minimalis Hampson, 1919
Eporidia dariusalis Walker, 1859
Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973
Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
(Hampson, 1912)
(Walker, 1859)
Mesolia microdontalis (Hampson, 1919)
Metasia arida Hampson, 1913
Obtusipalpis albidalis Hampson, 1919
(Zeller, 1852)
Palpita elealis (Walker, 1859)
Patissa rufitinctalis Hampson, 1919
Pediasia melanerges (Hampson, 1919)
Phostria hesusalis (Walker, 1859)
Phostria ledereralis (Strand, 1920)
Phostria quadriguttata (Walker, 1869)
Phryganodes biguttata Hampson, 1898
Platytes duplicilinea (Hampson, 1919)
Pseudocatharylla argenticilia (Hampson, 1919)
Pycnarmon cribrata (Fabricius, 1794)
Pycnarmon sexpunctalis (Hampson, 1912)
Pycnarmon subpictalis (Hampson, 1912)
Pyrausta approximalis (Guenée, 1854)
Pyrausta phaenicealis (Hübner, 1818)
Scirpophaga ochritinctalis (Hampson, 1919)
Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Stemorrhages sericea (Drury, 1773)
Sufetula nigrescens Hampson, 1912
Sufetula sufetuloides (Hampson, 1919)
Syllepte leonalis (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
Syllepte torsipex (Hampson, 1898)
Zebronia phenice (Cramer, 1780)

Drepanidae[]

Bryk, 1913
Watson, 1965
(Bryk, 1913)
Isospidia brunneola (Holland, 1893)
Negera confusa Walker, 1855
Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874)
Spidia fenestrata Butler, 1878
Spidia planola Watson, 1965
Spidia subviridis (Warren, 1899)

Elachistidae[]

Orophia melicoma (Meyrick, 1931)
Orophia taurina (Meyrick, 1928)

Eriocottidae[]

Compsoctena ursulella (Walker, 1863)

Eupterotidae[]

Acrojana sciron (Druce, 1887)
Acrojana simillima Rothschild, 1932
Acrojana splendida Rothschild, 1917
Camerunia orphne (Schaus, 1893)
Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893
Hoplojana soricis Rothschild, 1917
Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Westwood, 1849
Phiala cunina Cramer, 1780
Phiala odites Schaus, 1893
Phiala venusta (Walker, 1865)
Stenoglene giganteus (Rothschild, 1917)
Stenoglene nivalis (Rothschild, 1917)
Stenoglene thelda (Druce, 1887)

Gelechiidae[]

Dichomeris eurynotus (Walsingham, 1897)
Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844)

Geometridae[]

Aletis helcita (Linnaeus, 1763)
(Warren, 1897)
Antitrygodes dentilinea Warren, 1897
(Walker, 1863)
Warren, 1898
(Swinhoe, 1904)
(Warren, 1897)
(Walker, 1869)
Cartaletis gracilis (Möschler, 1887)
(Warren, 1898)
(Warren, 1897)
(Möschler, 1887)
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858)
(Swinhoe, 1904)
(Warren, 1897)
Chloroclystis sierraria Swinhoe, 1904
Warren, 1901
Butler, 1898
Cyclophora leonaria (Walker, 1861)
Warren, 1905
(Swinhoe, 1904)
(Warren, 1905)
(Holland, 1893)
(Walker, 1863)
Swinhoe, 1904
Walker, 1856
Walker, 1856
Swinhoe, 1904
Swinhoe, 1904
Warren, 1901
Hyalornis docta (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
(Warren, 1900)
(Snellen, 1872)
(Warren, 1898)
(Warren, 1897)
(Walker, 1862)
(Warren, 1898)
Prout, 1934
(Drury, 1773)
(Guenée, 1857)
(Walker, 1862)
Mesocolpia marmorata (Warren, 1899)
Warren, 1905
Warren, 1905
Warren, 1899
(Mabille, 1879)
Warren, 1905
Narthecusa tenuiorata Walker, 1862
Warren, 1903
Warren, 1905
(Warren, 1905)
Paramilionia rubroplagata Bethune-Baker, 1906
(Warren, 1898)
Pingasa rhadamaria (Guenée, 1858)
Pingasa ruginaria (Guenée, 1858)
Pitthea continua Walker, 1854
Pitthea famula Drury, 1773
Warren, 1897
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896
Problepsis flavistigma Swinhoe, 1904
Problepsis ochripicta Warren, 1901
Scopula cervinata (Warren, 1905)
Scopula inscriptata (Walker, 1863)
Scopula lactaria (Walker, 1861)
Scopula laevipennis (Warren, 1897)
Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833)
Scopula natalica (Butler, 1875)
Scopula ossicolor (Warren, 1897)
Scopula planipennis (Warren, 1900)
Scopula pseudophema Prout, 1920
Scopula serena Prout, 1920
Somatina impunctulata (Warren, 1901)
Somatina nucleata Warren, 1905
Somatina subviridata Warren, 1901
Somatina virginalis Prout, 1917
Warren, 1897
(Warren, 1905)
Prout, 1912
(Swinhoe, 1904)
(Warren, 1905)
Traminda obversata (Walker, 1861)
(Warren, 1905)
(Warren, 1897)
Warren, 1899
Prout, 1928
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Prout, 1934
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Herbulot, 1975
Herbulot, 1954
Herbulot, 1954
Warren, 1909
Zamarada eucharis (Drury, 1782)
Prout, 1928
Oberthür, 1912
Warren, 1897
Swinhoe, 1904
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Swinhoe, 1904
Prout, 1915
Gaede, 1915
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Herbulot, 1954
Oberthür, 1912
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Warren, 1897
(Walker, 1863)
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Warren, 1897
(Walker, 1863)
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Gaede, 1915
Warren, 1897

Glyphipterigidae[]

Glyphipterix gemmatella (Walker, 1864)

Gracillariidae[]

Acrocercops eurhythmopa Meyrick, 1934
Acrocercops leucostega (Meyrick, 1932)
Acrocercops siphonaula Meyrick, 1931
Spulerina hexalocha (Meyrick, 1912)

Himantopteridae[]

Pseudothymara staudingeri (Rogenhofer, 1888)

Hyblaeidae[]

Hyblaea tenuis Walker, 1866

Immidae[]

Imma acroptila Meyrick, 1906

Lasiocampidae[]

Cheligium lineatum (Aurivillius, 1893)
Chrysopsyche mirifica (Butler, 1878)
(Walker, 1855)
Eucraera magna (Aurivillius, 1908)
Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
(Aurivillius, 1909)
(Hering, 1932)
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Druce, 1887
(Holland, 1893)
Schaus, 1897
Lechriolepis heres Schaus, 1912
(Walker, 1865)
Holland, 1893
(Holland, 1893)
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
(Druce, 1887)
Aurivillius, 1905
(Schaus, 1897)
(Aurivillius, 1899)
(Walker, 1855)
(Aurivillius, 1927)
Schaus
(Druce, 1887)

Limacodidae[]

Hampson, 1910
Hering, 1933
Walker, 1855
(Walker, 1855)
(Walker, 1855)
Hering, 1933
Hering, 1928
Hering, 1933
Hering, 1933
Hampson, 1910
Hering, 1928
Schaus & Clements, 1893

Lymantriidae[]

Aroa danva Schaus & Clements, 1893
Hampson, 1910
(Hering, 1926)
Batella muscosa (Holland, 1893)
(Hampson, 1910)
Walker, 1855
(Karsch, 1898)
(Schaus & Clements, 1893)
(Holland, 1893)
Hampson, 1910
Collenette, 1937
(Walker, 1855)
Hering, 1926
Hampson, 1910
Schaus & Clements, 1893
(Fawcett, 1900)
Collenette, 1933
Walker, 1865
(Holland, 1893)
(Walker, 1855)
(Swinhoe, 1904)
(Aurivillius, 1892)
(Walker, 1855)
Collenette, 1960
Collenette, 1931
Laelia fracta Schaus & Clements, 1893
Laelia rosea Schaus & Clements, 1893
(Walker, 1855)
Leucoma luteipes (Walker, 1855)
Marbla divisa (Walker, 1855)
(Fabricius, 1787)
Walker, 1856
Naroma varipes (Walker, 1865)
(Holland, 1893)
(Walker, 1855)
(Bryk, 1915)
Otroeda cafra (Drury, 1780)
(Cramer, 1779)
Otroeda nerina (Drury, 1780)
(Hering, 1926)
(Holland, 1893)
Pseudostracilla infausta Hering, 1926
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Somatoxena lasea (Druce, 1899)

Metarbelidae[]

Haberlandia rabiusi Lehmann, 2011
Melisomimas metallica Hampson, 1914
Ortharbela obliquifascia (Hampson, 1910)
Paralebedella schultzei (Aurivillius, 1905)
Salagena transversa Walker, 1865
Teragra angulifascia Gaede, 1929
Teragra umbrifera Hampson, 1910

Noctuidae[]

Achaea albicilia (Walker, 1858)
Achaea albifimbria (Walker, 1869)
(Geyer, 1837)
Achaea catocaloides Guenée, 1852
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)
(Cramer, 1779)
Achaea faber Holland, 1894
Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)
Walker, 1858
Achaea indicabilis Walker, 1858
Achaea intercisa Walker, 1865
Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
Achaea occidens (Hampson, 1913)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Holland, 1894
(Hampson, 1918)
(Walker, 1857)
Acrapex spoliata (Walker, 1863)
Agoma trimenii (Felder, 1874)
Agrotis talda (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
Amblyprora magnifica (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
Hampson, 1926
(Hampson, 1905)
Anomis fulvida Guenée, 1852
(Schaus & Clements, 1893)
(Walker, 1865)
Araeopteron griseata Hampson, 1907
Argyrogramma signata (Fabricius, 1775)
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
(Hampson, 1909)
Hampson, 1926
Audea endophaea Hampson, 1913
Hampson, 1926
Autoba brachygonia (Hampson, 1910)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Walker, 1859)
Wing, 1850
Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)
Campydelta campyla (Hampson, 1909)
Hampson, 1910
(Walker, 1858)
Hampson, 1910
Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
Walker, 1866
Cyligramma amblyops Mabille, 1891
Cyligramma fluctuosa (Drury, 1773)
Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
Dysgonia abnegans (Walker, 1858)
Dysgonia conjunctura (Walker, 1858)
Dysgonia humilis Holland, 1894
Dysgonia multilineata (Holland, 1894)
Dysgonia palpalis (Walker, 1865)
Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
Dysgonia trogosema (Hampson, 1913)
(Guenée, 1852)
Guenée, 1852
Episparis fenestrifera Bryk, 1915
Hampson, 1926
Ercheia subsignata (Walker, 1865)
Ericeia congregata (Walker, 1858)
Hampson, 1910
(Saalmüller, 1891)
Hampson, 1910
Eublemma colla (Schaus, 1893)
(Walker, 1858)
Hampson, 1910
(Snellen, 1872)
Hampson, 1910
Walker, 1858
Hampson, 1905
Hampson, 1905
Eutelia snelleni Saalmüller, 1881
(Mabille, 1890)
Feliniopsis africana (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
(Laporte, 1973)
(Walker, 1858)
Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859
Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
Heliophisma catocalina Holland, 1894
Heliophisma klugii (Boisduval, 1833)
Heliophisma xanthoptera (Hampson, 1910)
(Jordan, 1904)
(Fabricius, 1781)
(Druce, 1880)
(Walker, 1854)
(Walker, 1856)
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
Hydrillodes janalis Schaus & Clements, 1893
Hypena ducalis Schaus & Clemens, 1893
Hypena saltalis Schaus & Clemens, 1893
Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859
Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
Walker, 1866
Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
(Guenée, 1858)
(Walker, 1866)
Hampson, 1926
Leoniloma convergens Hampson, 1926
Leucania insulicola Guenée, 1852
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Lithacodia blandula (Guenée, 1862)
(Hampson, 1926)
Lophoptera litigiosa (Boisduval, 1833)
Hampson, 1926
(Schaus & Clements, 1893)
(Cramer, 1775)
Butler, 1868
(Walker, 1858)
Melionica bertha (Schaus, 1893)
Vuillot, 1892
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
Walker, 1854
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
Guenée, 1852
Hampson, 1913
(Walker, 1854)
(Cramer, 1775)
Mocis conveniens (Walker, 1858)
Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
(Hampson, 1908)
Hampson, 1926
Ophiusa conspicienda (Walker, 1858)
Ophiusa dilecta Walker, 1865
Ophiusa rufescens (Hampson, 1913)
(Walker, 1869)
Orygmophora mediofoveata Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Holland, 1894)
(Walker, 1858)
(Hampson, 1926)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
Phytometra duplicalis (Walker, 1866)
Phytometra silona (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
Hampson, 1926
(Wallengren, 1860)
(Walker, 1858)
(Mabille, 1890)
(Hampson, 1926)
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866)
Hampson, 1926
(Holland, 1893)
(Schaus, 1893)
Soloe trigutta Walker, 1854
Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
Spodoptera triturata (Walker, 1857)
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1926
(Hampson, 1905)
Hampson, 1910
Tolna sypnoides (Butler, 1878)
Walker, 1869
Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
Ugia rufilinea Hampson, 1926
Uripao albizonata Hampson, 1926

Nolidae[]

(Schaus, 1893)
(Mabille, 1890)
Hampson, 1905
Hampson, 1912
Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
Hampson, 1912
(Druce, 1887)
Hampson, 1918
(Walker, 1858)
(Holland, 1894)
Neonegeta pollusca (Schaus, 1893)
(Hampson, 1901)
(Hampson, 1914)
Nola major Hampson, 1891
(Hampson, 1914)
Hampson, 1901
Walker, 1866
(Walker, 1858)
Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)
(Hampson, 1905)
Hampson, 1905

Notodontidae[]

(Hampson, 1910)
Hampson, 1910
(Aurivillius, 1901)
Walker, 1855
(Hampson, 1909)
(Walker, 1855)
(Gaede, 1928)
Aurivillius, 1907
(Walker, 1855)
(Kiriakoff, 1955)
Gaede, 1928
(Holland, 1893)
Kiriakoff, 1958
(Holland, 1893)
(Mabille, 1897)
(Hampson, 1910)
Hampson, 1910
Kiriakoff, 1959
(Schaus, 1893)
(Hampson, 1909)
Kiriakoff, 1959
(Schaus, 1893)
Stauropussa chloe (Holland, 1893)
(Rothschild, 1917)
(Rothschild, 1917)
Hampson, 1910
(Hampson, 1910)
(Schaus, 1893)

Oecophoridae[]

Meyrick, 1928
Meyrick, 1930
Stathmopoda auriferella (Walker, 1864)

Psychidae[]

(White, 1858)
Druce, 1887
(Hampson, 1910)

Pterophoridae[]

Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
Pterophorus candidalis (Walker, 1864)

Pyralidae[]

Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865
Endotricha niveifimbrialis Hampson, 1906
Endotricha vinolentalis Ragonot, 1891
(Hampson, 1917)
Hampson, 1906

Saturniidae[]

(Westwood, 1849)
Rothschild, 1907
(Aurivillius, 1895)
Strand, 1909
(Aurivillius, 1893)
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1772)
Lobobunaea acetes (Westwood, 1849)
Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
(Westwood, 1849)
(Westwood, 1849)
Westwood, 1849
Strecker, 1876
(Druce, 1890)
(Kirby, 1892)
Aurivillius, 1893
Nudaurelia xanthomma (Rothschild, 1907)
(Butler, 1878)
Pseudobunaea alinda (Sonthonnax, 1899)

Sesiidae[]

Camaegeria exochiformis (Walker, 1856)
Camaegeria monogama (Meyrick, 1932)
Chamanthedon brillians (Beutenmüller, 1899)
Chamanthedon striata Gaede, 1929
Episannina zygaenura (Meyrick, 1933)
Lepidopoda sylphina Hampson, 1919
Lophoceps quinquepuncta Hampson, 1919
Melittia chlorophila (Hering, 1935)
Paranthrene anthrax Le Cerf, 1916
Synanthedon rubripicta Hampson, 1919
Tipulamima nigriceps Hampson, 1919
Vespaegeria typica Strand, 1913

Sphingidae[]

Acanthosphinx guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Antinephele achlora Holland, 1893
Antinephele anomala (Butler, 1882)
Antinephele lunulata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Antinephele maculifera Holland, 1889
Atemnora westermannii (Boisduval, 1875)
Basiothia medea (Fabricius, 1781)
Centroctena rutherfordi (Druce, 1882)
Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)
Chloroclanis virescens (Butler, 1882)
Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hippotion eson (Cramer, 1779)
Hypaedalea butleri Rothschild, 1894
Hypaedalea insignis Butler, 1877
Leucostrophus commasiae (Walker, 1856)
Macroglossum trochilus (Hübner, 1823)
Macropoliana natalensis (Butler, 1875)
Neopolyptychus pygarga (Karsch, 1891)
Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)
Nephele funebris (Fabricius, 1793)
Nephele oenopion (Hübner, [1824])
Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776)
Nephele rectangulata Rothschild, 1895
Nephele rosae Butler, 1875
Phylloxiphia bicolor (Rothschild, 1894)
Phylloxiphia formosa (Schultze, 1914)
Phylloxiphia goodii (Holland, 1889)
Phylloxiphia illustris (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
Phylloxiphia oweni (Carcasson, 1968)
Platysphinx phyllis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Platysphinx vicaria Jordan, 1920
Polyptychus affinis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Polyptychus andosa Walker, 1856
Polyptychus anochus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1882)
Polyptychus nigriplaga Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Polyptychus orthographus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Polyptychus retusus Rothschild & Jordan, 1908
Pseudoclanis occidentalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856)
Pseudoclanis rhadamistus (Fabricius, 1781)
Rufoclanis rosea (Druce, 1882)
Temnora crenulata (Holland, 1893)
Temnora eranga (Holland, 1889)
Temnora funebris (Holland, 1893)
Temnora iapygoides (Holland, 1889)
Temnora plagiata Walker, 1856
Temnora pseudopylas (Rothschild, 1894)
Temnora sardanus (Walker, 1856)
Temnora spiritus (Holland, 1893)
Temnora stevensi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Theretra jugurtha (Boisduval, 1875)
Theretra orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)

Thyrididae[]

Bethune-Baker, 1911
Walker, 1865
(Plötz, 1880)
Chrysotypus dawsoni Distant, 1897
(Boisduval, 1829)
(Dewitz, 1881)
(Cramer, 1779)
(Mabille, 1892)
(Walker, 1854)
(Walker, 1854)
(Drury, 1782)
(Hampson, 1897)
(Plötz, 1880)

Tineidae[]

Gozmány, 1968
Gozmány, 1968
(Meyrick, 1933)
Gozmány, 1968
(Meyrick, 1932)
(Walker, 1863)
(Gozmány, 1968)
Ecpeptamena esotera Gozmány, 1968
(Gozmány, 1966)
(Gozmány, 1968)
Gozmány, 1968
Gozmány, 1966
(Meyrick, 1931)
Meyrick, 1931
Gozmány, 1968
Meyrick, 1931
(Meyrick, 1931)
(Meyrick, 1908)
(Meyrick, 1920)
Gozmány & Vári, 1973
(Meyrick, 1921)
(Meyrick, 1918)
Meyrick, 1908
Gozmány, 1968
Setomorpha rutella Zeller, 1852
Gozmány, 1967
(Gozmány, 1968)
Gozmány, 1968
Gozmány, 1968
Tinea atomosella Walker, 1863
Stainton, 1867

Tortricidae[]

(Meyrick, 1908)
(Walsingham, 1897)
Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852
Walker, 1864
Mictocommosis microctenota (Meyrick, 1933)
(Meyrick, 1933)
(Meyrick, 1931)
(Mabille, 1900)
(Meyrick, 1908)
Meyrick, 1918

Uraniidae[]

Dirades theclata (Guenée, 1858)
Warren, 1909
Warren, 1909
Warren, 1905

Xyloryctidae[]

Eretmocera laetissima Zeller, 1852

Zygaenidae[]

Jordan, 1907
Walker, 1864
Walker, 1864
(Plötz, 1880)
(Fabricius, 1775)
(Plötz, 1880)
Tascia instructa (Walker, 1854)

References[]

External links[]

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

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