List of moths of Somaliland

There are about 380 known moth species of Somaliland. 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 Somaliland.

Arctiidae[]

• Alpenus diversata (Hampson, 1916)
• Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)
• Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
• Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)
• Amata chrysozona (Hampson, 1898)
• Amata romeii Berio, 1941
• Amata velatipennis (Walker, 1864)
• Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880
• Amsacta melanogastra (Holland, 1897)
• Amsacta paolii Berio, 1936
• Amsactarctia radiosa (Pagenstecher, 1903)
• Amsactarctia venusta (Toulgoët, 1980)
• Apisa canescens Walker, 1855
• Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847)
• Argina astrea (Drury, 1773)
• Automolis meteus (Stoll, 1781)
• Estigmene griseata Hampson, 1916
• Galtara somaliensis (Hampson, 1916)
• Watson, 1988
• Nanna eningae (Plötz, 1880)
• Ochrota unicolor (Hopffer, 1857)
• Paralacydes arborifera (Butler, 1875)
• Paralacydes fiorii (Berio, 1937)
• Paralacydes minorata (Berio, 1935)
• Secusio discoidalis Talbot, 1929
• Secusio strigata Walker, 1854
• Spilosoma mediopunctata (Pagenstecher, 1903)
• Spilosoma semihyalina Bartel, 1903
• Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865)
• (Walker, 1855)
• Trichaeta fulvescens (Walker, 1854)
• Trichaeta pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)
• Utetheisa amhara Jordan, 1939
• Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bombycidae[]

• Ocinara ficicola (Westwood & Ormerod, 1889)

Cossidae[]

• Aethalopteryx tristis (Gaede, 1915)
• Durrant, 1916

Crambidae[]

• Bocchoris inspersalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Crocidolomia pavonana (Fabricius, 1794)
• Herpetogramma mutualis (Zeller, 1852)
• Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794)
• Pyrausta phaenicealis (Hübner, 1818)

Gelechiidae[]

• Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844)

Geometridae[]

• Prout, 1916
• Aetheometra iconoclasis Prout, 1931
• Prout, 1912
• (Prout, 1916)
• (Warren, 1897)
• (Prout, 1915)
• (Mabille, 1897)
• Cyclophora imperialis (Berio, 1937)
• Prout, 1915
• (Walker, 1861)
• (Guenée, 1858)
• (Warren, 1900)
• Phaiogramma stibolepida (Butler, 1879)
• Prout, 1916
• Scopula africana Berio, 1937
• Scopula minoa (Prout, 1916)
• Scopula nepheloperas (Prout, 1916)
• Scopula sagittilinea (Warren, 1897)
• Prout, 1916
• (Warren, 1897)
• (Guenée, 1858)
• Prout, 1916
• Prout, 1931
• (Guenée, 1858)
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974

Gracillariidae[]

• Acrocercops bifasciata (Walsingham, 1891)

Lasiocampidae[]

• Hartig, 1940
• Hartig, 1940
• Pagenstecher, 1903
• Pagenstecher, 1903
• (Druce, 1900)
• Tams, 1931
• Aurivillius, 1914
• Berio, 1940
• Wallengren, 1860
• Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
• Odontopacha fenestrata Aurivillius, 1909
• (Holland, 1901)
• (Walker, 1855)
• Aurivillius, 1909
• (Aurivillius, 1908)
• Tams, 1931
• Tams, 1931

Limacodidae[]

• Hampson, 1916
• Hampson, 1910
• Berio, 1937
• Hampson, 1916
• Walker, 1857
• (Walker, 1865)
• Hampson, 1916

Lymantriidae[]

• Hampson, 1910
• (Hering, 1926)
• Casama vilis (Walker, 1865)
• Berio, 1937
• Croperoides negrottoi Berio, 1940
• Hering, 1926
• (Walker, 1855)
• (Walker, 1855)
• (Hampson, 1905

Metarbelidae[]

• Metarbela erecta Gaede, 1929

Noctuidae[]

• Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858)
• Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
• Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
• Achaea mercatoria (Fabricius, 1775)
• (Swinhoe, 1907)
• Walker, 1857
• Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Hampson, 1916
• (Cramer, 1777)
• Berio, 1936
• Hopffer, 1857
• (Hampson, 1916)
• Swinhoe, 1884
• Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
• (Walker, 1857)
• (Berio, 1985)
• (Berio, 1985)
• (Hampson, 1916)
• Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Hampson, 1910
• Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
• Berio, 1937
• (Butler, 1898)
• Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Hampson, 1910
• (Berio, 1977)
• Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
• Aurivillius, 1879
• Adisura bella Gaede, 1915
• Berio, 1937
• Hampson, 1901
• Boisduval, 1836
• Berio, 1953
• Berio, 1938
• Berio, 1945
• (Hampson, 1896)
• Laporte, 1974
• Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
• Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
• Hampson, 1910
• (Hampson, 1916)
• Anomis erosa (Hübner, 1818)
• Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
• Anomis involuta Walker, 1857
• Anomis mesogona (Walker, 1857)
• Anomis sabulifera (Guenée, 1852)
• (Walker, 1863)
• (Butler, 1875)
• Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833)
• (Guenée, 1852)
• Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
• Hampson, 1916
• Athetis satellitia (Hampson, 1902)
• Audea melanoplaga Hampson, 1902
• (Hampson, 1916)
• (Berio, 1939)
• Hampson, 1902
• Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
• Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
• Berio, 1939
• Walker, 1865
• Berio, 1935
• Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827)
• Butler, 1884
• (Wiltshire, 1949)
• Catephia mesonephele Hampson, 1916
• Hampson, 1916
• Berio, 1954
• Holland, 1897
• Cerocala munda Druce, 1900
• Cerocala oppia (Druce, 1900)
• de Joannis, 1913
• Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
• Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
• Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday, 1843)
• Rungs, 1975
• Condica capensis (Guenée, 1852)
• (Walker, 1857)
• (Fawcett, 1917)
• Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1857)
• Ctenusa curvilinea Hampson, 1913
• Cyligramma fluctuosa (Drury, 1773)
• Diparopsis castanea Hampson, 1902
• Berio, 1941
• Donuctenusa fiorii Berio, 1940
• Dysgonia algira (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
• Berio, 1940
• Berio, 1894
• Erebus macrops (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Hampson, 1909
• Hampson, 1916
• Hampson, 1916
• Berio, 1941
• (Walker, 1858)
• Berio, 1937
• Berio, 1937
• Gaede, 1935
• Berio, 1945
• Eublemma rivula (Moore, 1882)
• (Rambur, 1833)
• Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Berio, 1938
• (Walker, 1865)
• Berio, 1937
• Walker, 1865
• Hampson, 1916
• Giubicolanta orientalis Berio, 1937
• Grammodes exclusiva Pagenstecher, 1907
• Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
• (Hampson, 1916)
• Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850)
• Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
• (Pagenstecher, 1903)
• (Butler, 1886)
• Wiltshire, 1988
• (Walker, 1865)
• Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854
• Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1790)
• Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
• Hypena obsitalis (Hübner, [1813])
• Hypotacha bubo Berio, 1941
• Hypotacha indecisa Walker, [1858]
• Hypotacha retracta (Hampson, 1902)
• Janseodes melanospila (Guenée, 1852)
• (Gaede, 1935)
• Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
• (Hampson, 1905)
• (Berio, 1940)
• (Berio, 1935)
• Lophotavia incivilis Walker, 1865
• (Swinhoe, 1885)
• (Hampson, 1903)
• Masalia leucosticta (Hampson, 1902)
• Masalia perstriata (Hampson, 1903)
• (Laporte, 1975)
• Geyer, 1837
• Microraphe fiorii Berio, 1937
• Hampson, 1910
• Berio, 1937
• (Hampson, 1902)
• (Cramer, 1775)
• Hampson, 1916
• Hampson, 1916
• Hampson, 1916
• Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777)
• (Krüger, 1939)
• Oraesia provocans Walker, [1858]
• (Hampson, 1896)
• Berio, 1937
• Berio, 1937
• Berio, 1940
• Berio, 1935
• Hampson, 1916
• Hampson, 1916
• Berio, 1940
• Berio, 1950
• Berio, 1940
• (Berio, 1937)
• Berio, 1935
• Berio, 1937
• Hampson, 1916
• Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
• Pericyma metaleuca Hampson, 1913
• (Guenée, 1852)
• Phytometra pentheus Fawcett, 1916
• Plecoptera reflexa Guenée, 1852
• Gaede, 1936
• Guenée, 1852
• (Herrich-Schäffer, 1950)
• Pseudozarba mianoides (Hampson, 1893)
• (Swinhoe, 1885)
• (Hampson, 1916)
• Radara subcupralis (Walker, [1866])
• Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866)
• Hampson, 1916
• Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857
• (Stoll, 1790)
• Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
• Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
• Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
• Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
• Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
• Teucocranon microcallia Berio, 1937
• (Walker, 1858)
• (Berio, 1950)
• (Hampson, 1916)
• (Fawcett, 1917)
• (Pinhey, 1962)
• Hacker & Zilli, 2010
• (Gaede, 1939)
• Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])
• Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
• Trigonodes exportata Guenée, 1852
• Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
• Tuerta pastocyana Berio, 1940
• Tytroca leucoptera (Hampson, 1896)
• Ulotrichopus primulina (Hampson, 1902)
• Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)
• Xanthomera leucoglene (Mabille, 1880)
• (Butler, 1898)

Nolidae[]

• Guenée, 1852
• Mabille, 1900
• Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
• Fawcett, 1916
• Hampson, 1912
• (Walker, [1858])
• Strand, 1920

Notodontidae[]

• (Gaede, 1928)
• Druce, 1896
• Jordan, 1916
• Kiriakoff, 1973
• (Berio, 1937)

Plutellidae[]

• Mey, 2007

Psychidae[]

• Durrant, 1916
• Durrant, 1916

Pterophoridae[]

• Agdistis arabica Amsel, 1958
• Arcoptilia gizan Arenberger, 1985
• Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907
• Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)

Saturniidae[]

• (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
• Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836)
• Jordan, 1922
• Felder, 1874
• Bouyer, 1997
• (Westwood, 1849)
• Rougeot, 1959
• (Holland, 1892)

Sesiidae[]

• Echidgnathia vitrifasciata (Hampson, 1910)
• Melittia pyropis Hampson, 1919
• Melittia ursipes Walker, 1856

Sphingidae[]

• Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)
• Ellenbeckia monospila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hippotion moorei Jordan, 1926
• Hippotion pentagramma (Hampson, 1910)
• Hippotion rebeli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Hippotion rosae (Butler, 1882)
• Hippotion socotrensis (Rebel, 1899)
• Hippotion stigma (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Leucostrophus alterhirundo d'Abrera, 1987
• Likoma crenata Rothschild & Jordan, 1907
• Microclanis erlangeri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Nephele argentifera (Walker, 1856)
• Nephele funebris (Fabricius, 1793)
• Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910
• Poliana micra Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Poliodes roseicornis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Polyptychoides grayii (Walker, 1856)
• Polyptychoides niloticus (Jordan, 1921)
• Praedora marshalli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856)
• Rufoclanis erlangeri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Thyrididae[]

• (Hampson, 1916)

Tineidae[]

• (Meyrick, 1927)
• Trichophaga abruptella (Wollaston, 1858)

Tortricidae[]

• Meyrick, 1927
• Durrant, 1916

Xyloryctidae[]

• Eretmocera fasciata Walsingham, 1896

Zygaenidae[]

• (Koch, 1865)
• (Holland, 1897)

References[]

• Hampson,G.F., 1916, Description of new species [in] Poulton,E.B., On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr.W.Feather. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1916: 91: 91-182, 2 Pls.
• Holland,W.J., 1895, List of the Lepidoptera collected in Somaliland, East Africa, by Mr. William Astor Chanler and Lieut. von Hoehnel. Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 18: 259-264.
• Poulton,E.B., 1916, On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W.Feather. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1916: 91: 91-182, 2 Pls
• Walsingham,M.A. & G.F.Hampson, 1896, On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896: 257-283, Pl.10.

External links[]

• "Moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland".
• De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Advanced search: Distribution: country". Afromoths.