List of moths of Tanzania

Location of Tanzania

There are about 1,700 known moth species of Tanzania. 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 Tanzania.

Alucitidae[]

Alucita dohertyi (Walsingham, 1909)
Alucita ectomesa (Hering, 1917)
Alucita entoprocta (Hering, 1917)
Alucita hemicyclus (Hering, 1917)
Alucita isodina (Meyrick, 1920)

Anomoeotidae[]

Staphylinochrous meinickei Hering, 1928
Thermochrous neurophaea Hering, 1928

Arctiinae[]

Acantharctia aurivillii Bartel, 1903
Acantharctia nigrivena Rothschild, 1935
Acantharctia tenuifasciata Hampson, 1910
Acanthofrontia biannulata (Wichgraf, 1922)
Afrasura amaniensis (Cieslak & Häuser, 2006)
Afrasura neavi (Hampson, 1914)
Afrospilarctia flavida (Bartel, 1903)
Afrospilarctia lucida (Druce, 1898)
Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)
Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
Alpenus pardalina (Rothschild, 1910)
Alpenus schraderi (Rothschild, 1910)
Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)
Amata burtti (Distant, 1900)
Amata cerbera (Linnaeus, 1764)
Amata ceres (Oberthür, 1878)
Amata chloroscia (Hampson, 1901)
Amata chrysozona (Hampson, 1898)
Amata consimilis (Hampson, 1901)
Amata dilateralis (Hampson, 1898)
Amata discata (Druce, 1898)
Amata janenschi Seitz, 1926
Amata kuhlweini (Lefèbvre, 1832)
Amata miozona (Hampson, 1910)
Amata monticola (Aurivillius, 1910)
Amata nigricilia (Strand, 1912)
Amata phaeozona (Zerny, 1912)
Amata phoenicia (Hampson, 1898)
Amata rubritincta (Hampson, 1903)
Amerila affinis (Rothschild, 1910)
Amerila bipartita (Rothschild, 1910)
Amerila bubo (Walker, 1855)
Amerila carneola (Hampson, 1916)
Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887)
Amerila howardi (Pinhey, 1955)
Amerila lupia (Druce, 1887)
Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)
Amerila phaedra Weymer, 1892
Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793)
Amerila roseomarginata (Rothschild, 1910)
Amerila thermochroa (Hampson, 1916)
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780)
Amphicallia bellatrix (Dalman, 1823)
Amphicallia pactolicus (Butler, 1888)
Amphicallia quagga Strand, 1909
Amphicallia solai (Druce, 1907)
Amphicallia thelwalli (Druce, 1882)
Anaphosia astrigata Hampson, 1910
Apisa canescens Walker, 1855
Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847)
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773)
Argina leonina (Walker, 1865)
Asura doa Kühne, 2007
Asura mutabilis Kühne, 2007
Asura sagenaria (Wallengren, 1860)
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856
Balacra nigripennis (Aurivillius, 1904)
Balacra preussi (Aurivillius, 1904)
Binna penicillata Walker, 1865
Caripodia chrysargyria Hampson, 1900
Ceryx hilda (Ehrmann, 1894)
Cragia distigmata (Hampson, 1901)
Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
Creatonotos punctivitta (Walker, 1854)
Cyana arenbergeri Karisch, 2003
Cyana nemasisha Roesler, 1990
Cyana pretoriae (Distant, 1897)
Cyana rejecta (Walker, 1854)
Dasyarctia grisea Gaede, 1923
Eilema albescens (Aurivillius, 1910)
Eilema bipartita Aurivillius, 1910
Eilema costimacula Aurivillius, 1910
Eilema marwitziana Strand, 1912
Eilema mesosticta Hampson, 1911
Eilema oblitterans (Felder, 1868)
Eilema peperita (Hampson, 1901)
Eilema polioplaga (Hampson, 1901)
Eilema pusilana Strand, 1912
Eilema stevensii (Holland, 1892)
Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)
Epitoxis duplicata Gaede, 1926
Estigmene ansorgei Rothschild, 1910
Estigmene ochreomarginata Bethune-Baker, 1909
Estigmene trivitta (Walker, 1855)
Euchromia amoena (Möschler, 1872)
Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
(Hampson, 1916)
Eyralpenus diplosticta (Hampson, 1900)
Eyralpenus inconspicua (Rothschild, 1910)
Eyralpenus meinhofi (Bartel, 1903)
Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880)
Eyralpenus sublutea (Bartel, 1903)
Eyralpenus trifasciata (Holland, 1892)
Galtara doriae (Oberthür, 1880)
Laporte, 1979
Ilemodes isogyna Romieux, 1935
Ischnarctia brunnescens Bartel, 1903
Ischnarctia cinerea (Pagenstecher, 1903)
Karschiola holoclera (Karsch, 1894)
Lamprosiella eborella (Boisduval, 1847)
Lepidilema unipectinata Aurivillius, 1910
Lepista pandula (Boisduval, 1847)
Lobilema conspersa Aurivillius, 1910
Macrosia fumeola (Walker, 1854)
Megalonycta forsteri Laporte, 1979
Metarctia atrivenata Kiriakoff, 1956
Metarctia collocalia Kiriakoff, 1957
Metarctia epimela (Kiriakoff, 1979)
Metarctia fulvia Hampson, 1901
Metarctia inconspicua Holland, 1892
Metarctia insignis Kiriakoff, 1959
Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Metarctia lindemannae Kiriakoff, 1961
Metarctia pavlitzkae (Kiriakoff, 1961)
Metarctia rubripuncta Hampson, 1898
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855
Metarctia seydeliana (Kiriakoff, 1953)
Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
Micralarctia semipura (Bartel, 1903)
Neuroxena ansorgei Kirby, 1896
Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)
Nyctemera insulare (Boisduval, 1833)
Nyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904)
Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857
Nyctemera rattrayi (Swinhoe, 1904)
Nyctemera restrictum (Butler, 1894)
Nyctemera transitella (Strand, 1909)
Nyctemera usambarae Oberthür, 1893
Ochrota asuraeformis (Strand, 1912)
Owambarctia unipuncta Kiriakoff, 1973
Paralacydes arborifera (Butler, 1875)
Paralacydes bivittata (Bartel, 1903)
Paralacydes decemmaculata (Rothschild, 1916)
Paralacydes fiorii (Berio, 1937)
Paralacydes ramosa (Hampson, 1907)
Paralacydes vocula (Stoll, 1790)
Paralpenus wintgensi (Strand, 1909)
Popoudina brosi Toulgoët, 1986
Pseudonaclia bifasciata Aurivillius, 1910
Pseudonaclia fasciata Gaede, 1926
Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856)
Pusiola elongata (Aurivillius, 1910)
Radiarctia jacksoni (Rothschild, 1910)
Radiarctia rhodesiana (Hampson, 1900)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Secusio sansibarensis Strand, 1909
Secusio strigata Walker, 1854
Seydelia ellioti (Butler, 1895)
Spilosoma affinis Bartel, 1903
Spilosoma albiventre Kiriakoff, 1963
Spilosoma atrivenata Rothschild, 1933
Spilosoma baxteri (Rothschild, 1910)
Spilosoma bipartita Rothschild, 1933
Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855
Walker, 1855
Spilosoma pales (Druce, 1910)
Spilosoma semihyalina Bartel, 1903
Spilosoma sublutescens Kiriakoff, 1958
Spilosoma unipuncta (Hampson, 1905)
Teracotona approximans (Rothschild, 1917)
Teracotona clara Holland, 1892
Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900
Teracotona homeyeri Rothschild, 1910
Teracotona latifasciata Carcasson, 1965
Teracotona melanocera (Hampson, 1920)
Teracotona pardalina Bartel, 1903
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865)
Teracotona subapproximans Rothschild, 1933
Teracotona subterminata Hampson, 1901
Teracotona translucens (Grünberg, 1907)
Teracotona uhrikmeszarosi Svent-Ivany, 1942
Thumatha africana Kühne, 2007
Thyretes trichaetiformis Zerny, 1912
Utetheisa elata (Fabricius, 1798)
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Autostichidae[]

Turatia argillacea Gozmány, 2000

Brachodidae[]

Phycodes substriata Walsingham, 1891

Brahmaeidae[]

Dactyloceras catenigera (Karsch, 1895)
Dactyloceras maculata (Conte, 1911)
Dactyloceras neumayeri (Pagenstecher, 1885)
Dactyloceras vingerhoedti Bouyer, 2005
Dactyloceras widenmanni (Karsch, 1895)

Choreutidae[]

Anthophila flavimaculata (Walsingham, 1891)

Cosmopterigidae[]

Cosmopterix athesiae Huemer & Koster, 2006

Cossidae[]

Arctiocossus punctifera Gaede, 1929
Coryphodema ochracea Gaede, 1929
Eulophonotus elegans (Aurivillius, 1910)
Meharia semilactea (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
Meharia tanganyikae Bradley, 1951
Nomima szunyoghyi (Gozmány, 1965)
Oreocossus kilimanjarensis (Holland, 1892)
Phragmataecia brunni Pagenstecher, 1892

Crambidae[]

Adelpherupa flavescens Hampson, 1919
Anania metaleuca (Hampson, 1913)
Ancylolomia melanella Hampson, 1919
Ancylolomia melanothoracia Hampson, 1919
Conotalis nigroradians (Mabille, 1900)
Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875)
Crocidolomia pavonana (Fabricius, 1794)
Culladia achroellum (Mabille, 1900)
Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973
Glyphodes basifascialis Hampson, 1898
Heliothela ophideresana (Walker, 1863)
Nomophila brevispinalis Munroe, 1973
Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Parerupa africana (Aurivillius, 1910)
Patissa geminalis Hampson, 1919
Powysia rosealinea Maes, 2006
Prionapteryx alternalis Maes, 2002
Prionapteryx phaeomesa (Hampson, 1919)
Protinopalpa subclathrata Strand, 1911
(Hampson, 1913)
Pyrausta centralis Maes, 2009
Pyrausta microdontaloides Maes, 2009
Pyrausta perparvula Maes, 2009
Pyrausta sanguifusalis Hampson, 1913

Drepanidae[]

Aethiopsestis mufindiae Watson, 1965
(Bryk, 1913)
Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874)

Elachistidae[]

Ethmia ballistis Meyrick, 1908
Ethmia taxiacta Meyrick, 1920

Epipyropidae[]

Epipyrops cerolestes Tams, 1947
Epipyrops epityraea Scheven, 1974

Eriocottidae[]

Compsoctena africanella (Strand, 1909)

Eupterotidae[]

Camerunia albida Aurivillius, 1901
Hibrildes crawshayi Butler, 1896
Hoplojana distincta Rothschild, 1917
Hoplojana indecisa (Aurivillius, 1901)
Hoplojana rhodoptera (Gerstaecker, 1871)
Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Janomima mariana (White, 1843)
Phiala alba Aurivillius, 1893
Phiala costipuncta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Phiala infuscata (Grünberg, 1907)
Stenoglene obtusus (Walker, 1864)
Stenoglene pira Druce, 1896

Gelechiidae[]

Anarsia agricola Walsingham, 1891
Brachmia septella (Zeller, 1852)
Dichomeris rhodophaea Meyrick, 1920
Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844)
Ptilothyris crossoceros Meyrick, 1934
Trichotaphe chalybitis (Meyrick, 1920)

Geometridae[]

(Warren, 1895)
D. S. Fletcher, 1978
Adesmobathra ozoloides Prout, 1916
(Warren, 1897)
Prout, 1912
(Strand, 1909)
Aphilopota foedata (Bastelberger, 1907)
(Distant, 1898)
Prout, 1954
(Warren, 1905)
Carcasson, 1971
(Walker, 1860)
Asthenotricha anisobapta Prout, 1932
Asthenotricha ansorgei Warren, 1899
Asthenotricha dentatissima Warren, 1899
Asthenotricha inutilis Warren, 1901
Asthenotricha pycnoconia Janse, 1933
Asthenotricha serraticornis Warren, 1902
Asthenotricha straba Prout, 1921
(Walker, 1869)
(Prout, 1938)
Swinhoe, 1904
(Warren, 1897)
Cartaletis libyssa (Hopffer, 1857)
(Swinhoe, 1904)
(Warren, 1905)
(Warren, 1902)
(Warren, 1899)
(Swinhoe, 1904)
(Warren, 1899)
(Prout, 1932)
(Warren, 1897)
(Holland, 1892)
(Warren, 1899)
Chiasmia normata (Walker, 1861)
(Warren, 1905)
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Chiasmia simplicilinea (Warren, 1905)
(Warren, 1897)
Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858)
(Mabille, 1897)
(Warren, 1897)
(Butler, 1875)
Warren, 1895
(Warren, 1897)
(Walker, 1862)
Chloroclystis consocer Prout, 1937
Chloroclystis cryptolopha Prout, 1932
Warren, 1909
(Warren, 1899)
D. S. Fletcher, 1967
D. S. Fletcher, 1967
Butler, 1898
Collix foraminata Guenée, 1858
Warren, 1902
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
(Walker, 1861)
Cyclophora paratropa (Prout, 1920)
Cyclophora unocula (Warren, 1897)
(Prout, 1934)
(Walker, 1862)
(Prout, 1911)
(Prout, 1938)
(Prout, 1938)
(Warren, 1902)
Prout, 1915
(Walker, 1862)
D. S. Fletcher, 1978
Herbulot, 1981
Warren, 1902
Epigynopteryx africana (Aurivillius, 1910)
Epigynopteryx maeviaria (Guenée, 1858)
(Warren, 1902)
(Walker, 1863)
(Butler, 1875)
(Boisduval, 1833)
Gaede, 1914
Eucrostes disparata Walker, 1861
Prout, 1915
Eupithecia celatisigna (Warren, 1902)
Eupithecia devestita (Warren, 1899)
Eupithecia dilucida (Warren, 1899)
Eupithecia proflua Prout, 1932
Eupithecia regulosa (Warren, 1902)
Eupithecia rigida Swinhoe, 1892
Eupithecia salti D. S. Fletcher, 1951
Eupithecia semipallida Janse, 1933
Eupithecia tricuspis Prout, 1932
Eupithecia undiculata Prout, 1932
(Aurivillius, 1910)
(Aurivillius, 1910)
Prout, 1915
Prout, 1930
Aurivillius 1910
Hydrelia costalis Aurivillius, 1910
Aurivillius, 1910
(Warren, 1902)
(Prout, 1932)
(Warren, 1900)
(Prout, 1913)
(Prout, 1930)
(Warren, 1898)
Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1858)
(Walker, 1861)
(Prout, 1926)
Townsend, 1958
Warren, 1897
(Warren, 1899)
(Aurivillius, 1910)
(Pagenstecher, 1893)
Warren, 1897
(Warren, 1897)
(Guenée, 1858)
(Swinhoe, 1904)
(Butler, 1896)
(Warren, 1899)
Guenée, 1858
Aurivillius, 1910
Orthonama obstipata (Fabricius, 1794)
(Warren, 1900)
(Druce, 1896)
(Butler, 1878)
Walker, 1854
(Warren, 1903)
(Warren, 1901)
(Warren, 1903)
(Prout, 1917)
Pingasa distensaria (Walker, 1860)
Pitthea trifasciata Dewitz, 1881
Prout, 1926
Prout, 1932
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896
(Warren, 1899)
(Butler, 1894)
(Warren, 1909)
Prout, 1931
Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878)
Racotis zebrina Warren, 1899
(Herbulot, 1953)
Rhodesia alboviridata (Saalmüller, 1880)
Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767)
(Prout, 1915)
(Warren, 1897)
(Butler, 1898)
Rhodophthitus tricoloraria (Mabille, 1890)
Warren, 1897
Scopula agrapta (Warren, 1902)
Scopula argentidisca (Warren, 1902)
Scopula curvimargo (Warren, 1900)
Scopula erinaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
Scopula internata (Guenée, 1857)
Scopula lactaria (Walker, 1861)
Scopula latitans Prout, 1920
Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833)
Scopula natalica (Butler, 1875)
Scopula rufinubes (Warren, 1900)
Scopula sagittilinea (Warren, 1897)
Scopula serena Prout, 1920
Scopula umbratilinea (Warren, 1901)
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Somatina virginalis Prout, 1917
Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857
(Warren, 1897)
(Guenée, 1858)
(Walker, 1861)
Guenée, 1858
Aurivillius, 1910
Prout, 1915
(Warren, 1901)
(Aurivillius 1910)
(Prout, 1932)
(Aurivillius, 1910)
Herbulot, 1981
Prout, 1922
(Hampson, 1909)
(Fawcett, 1916)
(Warren, 1902)
Prout, 1923
(Warren, 1901)
Herbulot, 1981
Warren, 1902
Herbulot, 2001
Prout, 1921
Prout, 1928
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Prout, 1915
Warren, 1897
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Gaede, 1915
Prout, 1912
Prout, 1926
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1978
Debauche, 1938
Mabille, 1900
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Herbulot, 1954
Warren, 1914
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Prout, 1922
Warren, 1909
Zamarada differens Bastelberger, 1907
Prout, 1922
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Prout, 1928
Oberthür, 1912
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Oberthür, 1912
Bethune-Baker, 1913
Prout, 1912
Warren, 1901
D. S. Fletcher, 1958
Bastelberger, 1909
(Guenée, 1857)
Prout, 1912
Prout, 1922
Prout, 1932
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Aarvik & Bjørnstad, 2007
Prout, 1915
Herbulot, 1983
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Aarvik & Bjørnstad, 2007
D. S. Fletcher, 1963
Aarvik & Bjørnstad, 2007
Aarvik & Bjørnstad, 2007
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Oberthür, 1912
Prout, 1912
Aarvik & Bjørnstad, 2007
Herbulot, 1979
Aarvik & Bjørnstad, 2007
Aarvik & Bjørnstad, 2007
Warren, 1902
Bethune-Baker, 1913
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Hampson, 1909
D. S. Fletcher, 1978
D. S. Fletcher, 1956
Bastelberger, 1909
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Prout, 1932
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Prout, 1912
(Walker, 1863)
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Herbulot, 1983
Pinhey, 1962
Swinhoe, 1904
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Bastelberger, 1909
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Aarvik & Bjørnstad, 2007
Aarvik & Bjørnstad, 2007
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Aarvik & Bjørnstad, 2007
Aarvik & Bjørnstad, 2007
Aarvik & Bjørnstad, 2007
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Warren, 1897
Zygophyxia roseocincta (Warren, 1899)

Gracillariidae[]

Acrocercops bifasciata (Walsingham, 1891)
Caloptilia ingrata Triberti, 1989
Caloptilia octopunctata (Turner, 1894)
Corythoxestis aletreuta (Meyrick, 1936)
Cremastobombycia morogorene de Prins, 2012
Phodoryctis caerulea (Meyrick, 1912)
Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856
Phyllonorycter aarviki de Prins, 2012
Phyllonorycter maererei de Prins, 2012
Phyllonorycter mwatawalai de Prins, 2012

Hepialidae[]

Afrotheora brevivalva Nielsen & Scoble, 1986
Afrotheora thermodes (Meyrick, 1921)
Antihepialus keniae (Holland, 1892)
Eudalaca aequifascia (Gaede, 1930)
Eudalaca zernyi (Viette, 1950)
Walker, 1856
Gorgopi libania (Stoll, 1781)
Tams, 1952
Viette, 1950

Himantopteridae[]

Doratopteryx steniptera Hampson, 1920
Semioptila fulveolans (Mabille, 1897)
Semioptila latifulva Hampson, 1920

Lasiocampidae[]

Szent-Ivány, 1942
Strand, 1909
Aurivillius, 1905
Strand, 1909
Bombycomorpha bifascia (Walker, 1855)
Aurivillius, 1927
(Butler, 1895)
(Kruck, 1940)
(Walker, 1865)
(Walker, 1855)
Hering, 1927
(Holland, 1893)
Aurivillius, 1909
Strand, 1912
Tams, 1923
(Walker, 1855)
(Druce, 1887)
Dinometa maputuana (Wichgraf, 1906)
(Aurivillius, 1909)
Strand, 1912
(Aurivillius, 1909)
Eucraera koellikerii (Dewitz, 1881)
(Walker, 1865)
(Walker, 1855)
Gonobombyx angulata Aurivillius, 1893
Gonometa postica Walker, 1855
Aurivillius, 1922
Grammodora nigrolineata (Aurivillius, 1895)
(Aurivillius, 1893)
Strand, 1913
Aurivillius, 1927
Aurivillius, 1927
Strand, 1912
Strand, 1912
Hering, 1928
Hering, 1928
Aurivillius, 1915
Holland, 1893
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
(Strand, 1912)
Aurivillius, 1909
Mimopacha gerstaeckerii (Dewitz, 1881)
Mimopacha tripunctata (Aurivillius, 1905)
(Aurivillius, 1909)
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
(Aurivillius, 1900)
Tams, 1930
Wallengren, 1860
Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
Odontopacha fenestrata Aurivillius, 1909
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
(Dewitz, 1881)
(Hering, 1928)
Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
(Hering, 1928)
Zolotuhin & Gurukovich, 2009
(Riel, 1909)
(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
Aurivillius, 1914
Strand, 1912
(Druce, 1887)
Wichgraf, 1921
Wichgraf, 1914
(Aurivillius, 1905)
Tams, 1931
(Druce, 1899)
(Strand, 1912)
Rhinobombyx cuneata Aurivillius, 1879
Aurivillius, 1910
(Holland, 1901)
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
(Mabille, 1893)
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
(Hampson, 1910)
Aurivillius, 1909
(Tams, 1936)
(Aurivillius, 1908)
(Aurivillius, 1905)
(Dewitz, 1881)
(Aurivillius, 1902)
(Wichgraf, 1921)
Streblote polydora (Druce, 1887)
Trabala charon Druce, 1910
(Aurivillius, 1909)

Lecithoceridae[]

Cophomantella bifrenata (Meyrick, 1921)
Cophomantella cyclopodes (Meyrick, 1922)
Odites armilligera Meyrick, 1922
Protolychnis maculata (Walsingham, 1881)

Lemoniidae[]

Sabalia jacksoni Sharpe, 1890
Sabalia picarina Walker, 1865
Sabalia sericaria (Weymer, 1896)
Sabalia tippelskirchi Karsch, 1898

Limacodidae[]

(Druce, 1899)
West, 1940
Swinhoe, 1904
Aurivillius, 1895
West, 1940
Carcasson, 1965
Hering, 1949
West, 1940
(Hering, 1937)
(Hering, 1937)
(Druce, 1899)
(Hering, 1928)
(Druce, 1887)
Janse, 1964
Aurivillius, 1900
West, 1940
Karsch, 1899
Wichgraf, 1921
West, 1940
(Wallengren, 1860)
West, 1940
Hering, 1928
(Aurivillius, 1895)
Hering, 1937
Hering, 1937
Tams, 1929
Wallengren, 1863
Butler, 1896
Janse, 1964
Hering, 1928

Lymantriidae[]

Hering, 1926
Hering, 1926
(Swinhoe, 1903)
Hering, 1926
(Weymer, 1896)
Walker, 1855
Hampson, 1905
Collenette, 1930
Druce, 1896
(Druce, 1896)
(Druce, 1896)
(Snellen, 1872)
Hering, 1926
Hering, 1928
(Hering, 1926)
Hampson, 1905
(Hering, 1926)
(Hering, 1926)
(Hering, 1926)
(Hampson, 1910)
Walker, 1855
Wichgraf, 1921
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
(Hampson, 1910)
(Butler, 1893)
(Holland, 1893)
Hering, 1926
Hering, 1926
Hering, 1926
Hering, 1926
Strand, 1912
Hering, 1926
Hering, 1926
Hering, 1926
Hering, 1926
(Walker, 1857)
Hering, 1926
Grünberg, 1910
Aurivillius, 1910
(Hering, 1926)
(Collenette, 1960)
(Fawcett, 1900)
(Hampson, 1905)
(Hampson, 1910)
Hering, 1928
Bryk, 1934
Holland, 1893
Hering, 1926
(Kirby, 1896)
(Walker, 1863)
(Tams, 1924)
(Swinhoe, 1903)
(Hering, 1926)
(Druce, 1896)
(Hering, 1926)
Heteronygmia dissimilis Aurivillius, 1910
(Distant, 1897)
(Walker, 1855)
(Hering, 1926)
Hampson, 1910
Hering, 1926
Dewitz, 1881
Hering, 1926
(Distant, 1897)
Hering, 1926
Laelia fracta Schaus & Clements, 1893
(Hering, 1926)
Hering, 1926
(Hering, 1926)
(Karsch, 1895)
(Collenette, 1932)
Bethune-Baker, 1913
(Walker, 1855)
Hering, 1926
Strand, 1911
Hering, 1926
(Grünberg, 1910)
(Kirby, 1896)
(Plötz, 1880)
Grünberg, 1907
(Hering, 1926)
Hering, 1927
(Swinhoe, 1903)
Wichgraf, 1922
Walker, 1856
Hampson, 1905
Olapa tavetensis (Holland, 1892)
Walker, 1854
Grünberg, 1907
Grünberg, 1907
Wichgraf, 1922
Karsch, 1900
Pirgula atrinotata (Butler, 1897)
Hering, 1926
Strand, 1909
Schalidomitra ambages Strand, 1911
(Butler, 1897)
Grünberg, 1907
(Holland, 1892)
(Oberthür, 1880)

Metarbelidae[]

Bjoernstadia kasuluensis Lehmann, 2012
Kroonia murphyi Lehmann, 2010
Kroonia natalica (Hampson, 1910)
Lebedodes ianrobertsoni Lehmann, 2009
Lebedodes jeanneli Le Cerf, 1914
Lebedodes leifaarviki Lehmann, 2009
Lebedodes violascens Gaede, 1929
Lebedodes willihaberlandi Lehmann, 2008
Marshalliana jansei Gaede, 1929
Metarbela abdulrahmani Lehmann, 2008
Metarbela arcifera (Hampson, 1909)
Metarbela chidzingai Lehmann, 2008
Metarbela erecta Gaede, 1929
Metarbela latifasciata Gaede, 1929
Metarbela lornadepewae Lehmann, 2009
Metarbela plagifera Gaede, 1929
Metarbela triangularis Gaede, 1929
Ortharbela cliftoni Lehmann, 2009
Ortharbela guttata Aurivillius, 1910
Ortharbela jurateae Lehmann, 2009
Ortharbela sommerlattei Lehmann, 2008
Paralebedella estherae Lehmann, 2008
Salagena arcys D. S. Fletcher, 1968
Salagena tessellata Distant, 1897
Teragra quadrangula Gaede, 1929

Micronoctuidae[]

Micronola yemeni Fibiger, 2011

Noctuidae[]

Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
Achaea catocaloides Guenée, 1852
Achaea chrysopera Druce, 1912
Hampson, 1913
Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
Achaea mercatoria (Fabricius, 1775)
Achaea nigristriata Laporte, 1979
Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852)
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
Walker, 1862
Hampson, 1914
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
Walker, 1857
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
(Butler, 1892)
Hampson, 1916
(Cramer, 1777)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Hampson, 1910)
(Aurivillius, 1879)
(Hampson, 1914)
Hopffer, 1857
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
(Hampson, 1916)
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
Acontia guttifera Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
(Hampson, 1910)
Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
(Walker, 1857)
Swinhoe, 1889
(Berio, 1985)
(Hampson, 1910)
(Hampson, 1916)
(Guenée, 1852)
Hampson, 1911
(Hampson, 1909)
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
Hampson, 1910
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
(Butler, 1898)
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
Guenée, 1852
Wallengren, 1860
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
Aurivillius, 1879
Wallengren, 1856
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
Adisura bella Gaede, 1915
Boisduval, 1836
Jordan, 1926
Berio, 1972
Berio, 1974
Berio, 1972
(Druce, 1899)
Berio, 1964
Berio, 1973
Berio, 1973
Berio, 1964
(Aurivillius, 1910)
Attatha ethiopica Hampson, 1910
Audea zimmeri Berio, 1954
Hampson, 1902
Berio, 1939
Hampson, 1926
Holland, 1892
Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827)
Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)
Cerynea tetramelanosticta Berio, 1954
Chaetostephana rendalli (Rothschild, 1896)
(Boisduval, 1833)
(Kirby, 1896)
Hampson, 1912
Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
Walker, 1865
Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852)
Hampson, 1902
Berio, 1973
Berio, 1973
Berio, 1956
Cuneisigna obstans (Walker, 1858)
Cyligramma conradsi Berio, 1954
Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
Cyligramma magus (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
Digama africana Swinhoe, 1907
Digama daressalamica Strand, 1911
Digama lithosioides Swinhoe, 1907
Dysgonia derogans (Walker, 1858)
Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
Egybolis vaillantina (Stoll, 1790)
Guenée, 1852
Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
Ericeia lituraria (Saalmüller, 1880)
Berio, 1975
Eublemma anachoresis (Wallengren, 1863)
Eublemma perobliqua Hampson, 1910
(Hampson, 1902)
Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)
Berio, 1972
(Walker, 1865)
Walker, 1858
Hampson, 1902
Feliniopsis africana (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
(Viette, 1963)
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
(Walker, 1857)
(Laporte, 1974)
(Laporte, 1973)
(Laporte, 1979)
Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
(Hampson, 1908)
Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
(Berio, 1974)
(D. S. Fletcher, 1961)
(Wiltshire, 1983)
Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859
Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)
Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
Heliocheilus thomalae (Gaede, 1915)
Heliophisma catocalina Holland, 1894
(Butler, 1875)
(Strand, 1909)
(Mabille, 1890)
(Druce, 1887)
(Butler, 1875)
(Mabille, 1890)
(Karsch, 1895)
Hespagarista caudata (Dewitz, 1879)
Jordan, 1915
(Boisduval, 1847)
Hampson, 1920
Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
(Fawcett, 1916)
Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854
Aurivillius, 1910
Hypocala deflorata (Fabricius, 1794)
Hypopyra africana (Kirby, 1896)
Hypopyra allardi (Oberthür, 1878)
Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Hampson, 1902
(Rothschild, 1897)
(Swinhoe, 1885)
Hampson, 1926
(Pelletier, 1975)
Masalia albipuncta (Hampson, 1910)
(Moore, 1881)
(Moore, 1888)
Masalia disticta (Hampson, 1902)
(Hampson, 1903)
Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
Masalia leucosticta (Hampson, 1902)
(Pinhey, 1956)
Masalia transvaalica (Distant, 1902)
Hampson, 1909
Laporte, 1979
(Geyer, 1837)
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857)
Wiltshire, 1983
Berio, 1972
Berio, 1972
Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
Mocis undata (Fabricius, 1775)
Laporte, 1979
Hampson, 1908
Holland, 1892
Omphaloceps daria (Druce, 1895)
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777)
Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794)
Oraesia provocans Walker, [1858]
(Strand, 1909)
(Distant, 1898)
Gaede, 1916
Berio, 1940
Berio, 1938
Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852
(Weymer, 1892)
Pericyma metaleuca Hampson, 1913
Prout, 1918
(Druce, 1887)
Butler, 1877
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Hampson, 1926
(Walker, 1865)
Holland, 1894
(Berio, 1954)
Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
Hampson, 1910
Pseudopais nigrobasalis Bartel, 1903
Pseudospiris paidiformis Butler, 1895
Hampson, 1910
Karsch, 1898
Schalidomitra ambages Strand, 1911
(Rothschild, 1896)
(Aurivillius, 1910)
Simplicia extinctalis (Zeller, 1852)
Pinhey, 1952
Soloe tripunctata Druce, 1896
Spirama glaucescens (Butler, 1893)
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
Saalmüller, 1880
Berio, 1972
(Berio, 1972)
(Berio, 1972)
(Berio, 1974)
(Berio, 1977)
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Distant, 1898)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Pinhey, 1968)
(Fawcett, 1917)
Thiacidas leonie Hacker & Zilli, 2007
Hacker & Zilli, 2007
(Pinhey, 1962)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
(Gaede, 1939)
Thyatirina achatina (Weymer, 1896)
Pinhey, 1956
Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
Tuertella rema (Druce, 1910)
(Guenée, 1852)
Ulotrichopus eugeniae Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2010
(Weymer, 1892)
Aurivillius, 1910
Aurivillius, 1910

Nolidae[]

Strand, 1915
Prout, 1923
Agassiz, 2009
Wiltshire, 1985
Hampson, 1920

Notodontidae[]

Anaphe dempwolffi Strand, 1909
Kiriakoff, 1965
(Karsch, 1895)
(Walker, 1865)
(Snellen, 1872)
(Strand, 1912)
Gaede, 1928
(Hampson, 1910)
(Wichgraf, 1921)
Kiriakoff, 1973
Gaede, 1928
Kiriakoff, 1973
Kiriakoff, 1973
Kiriakoff, 1973
Gaede, 1928
(Hampson, 1910)
Kiriakoff, 1962
(Hampson, 1910)
Kiriakoff, 1962
(Gaede, 1928)
Kiriakoff, 1973
Gaede, 1928
(Kiriakoff, 1962)
Gaede, 1928
(Druce, 1901)
Bethune-Baker, 1908
(Grünberg, 1907)
Druce, 1896
Distant, 1899
Rothschild, 1917
Grünberg, 1909
Kiriakoff, 1965
(Wallengren, 1875)
Janse, 1920
(Strand, 1911)
Kiriakoff, 1962
Kiriakoff, 1965
Stemmatophalera semiflava (Hampson, 1910)
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Gaede, 1928
Kiriakoff, 1961
(Wichgraf, 1922)

Oecophoridae[]

(Legrand, 1958)

Plutellidae[]

Mey, 2007
Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Psychidae[]

(Gerstaecker, 1871)
Strand, 1911
Bourgogne, 1955
Strand, 1909
Meyrick, 1920
Meyrick, 1920
Meyrick, 1920
Meyrick, 1920
Joicey & Talbot, 1924

Pterophoridae[]

Agdistis kenyana Arenberger, 1988
Agdistis linnaei Gielis, 2008
Agdistis malitiosa Meyrick, 1909
Agdistis obstinata Meyrick, 1920
Amblyptilia direptalis (Walker, 1864)
Apoxyptilus anthites (Meyrick, 1936)
Bipunctiphorus etiennei Gibeaux, 1994
Emmelina amseli (Bigot, 1969)
Eucapperia bullifera (Meyrick, 1918)
Exelastis atomosa (Walsingham, 1885)
Exelastis montischristi (Walsingham, 1897)
Exelastis phlyctaenias (Meyrick, 1911)
Hellinsia emmelinoida Gielis, 2008
Hepalastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)
Inferuncus pentheres (Bigot, 1969)
Inferuncus stolzei (Gielis, 1990)
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)
Megalorhipida leptomeres (Meyrick, 1886)
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
Ochyrotica bjoernstadti Gielis, 2008
Paulianilus madecasseus Bigot, 1964
Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia molopias Meyrick, 1906
Platyptilia rhyncholoba Meyrick, 1924
Platyptilia sabius (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Platyptilia strictiformis Meyrick, 1932
Pselnophorus jaechi (Arenberger, 1993)
Pterophorus albidus (Zeller, 1852)
Pterophorus bacteriopa (Meyrick, 1922)
Pterophorus candidalis (Walker, 1864)
Pterophorus rhyparias (Meyrick, 1908)
Pterophorus uzungwe Gielis, 1991
Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)
Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1852)
Stenoptilia kiitulo Gielis, 2008
Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Titanoptilus laniger Bigot, 1969

Pyralidae[]

Endotricha consobrinalis Zeller, 1852
Pempelia morosalis (Saalmüller, 1880)

Saturniidae[]

(Darge, 2003)
(Darge, Naumann & Brosch, 2003)
(Darge, Naumann & Brosch, 2003)
Darge, 2007
Darge, 2007
(Sonthonnax, 1899)
Darge, 2007
Darge, 2007
(Darge, 2003)
Darge, 2006
(Darge, 2003)
(Weymer, 1903)
Antistathmoptera daltonae Tams, 1935
Antistathmoptera granti Bouyer, 2006
Pinhey, 1968
Argema besanti Rebel, 1895
Argema kuhnei Pinhey, 1969
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847)
(Sonthonnax, 1902)
(Sonthonnax, 1904)
(Westwood, 1849)
Bouvier, 1927
(Rothschild, 1895)
Bouvier, 1927
Bouyer, 2007
Rougeot, 1977
Bunaea alcinoe (Stoll, 1780)
(Rothschild, 1895)
Pinhey, 1962
Darge, 2003
(Maassen & Weymer, 1881)
Darge, 2003
(Westwood, 1849)
(Jordan, 1908)
(Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
(Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
Bunaeopsis phidias (Weymer, 1909)
(Rothschild, 1896)
Lemaire & Rougeot, 1974
(Wichgraf, 1914)
(Weymer, 1896)
(Rougeot, 1974)
(Butler, 1898)
(Dewitz, 1881)
Darge, 2008
Darge, 2008
(Aurivillius, 1895)
(Westwood, 1881)
Cirina forda (Westwood, 1849)
Hering, 1929
(Druce, 1886)
Decachorda pomona (Weymer, 1892)
Le Cerf, 1911
Bouyer, 2008
(Druce, 1886)
(Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
(Bouvier, 1829)
(Testout, 1936)
(Bouvier, 1930)
(Bouvier, 1929)
(Testout, 1935)
(Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
(Stoneham, 1933)
Darge, 2007
(Testout, 1936)
Kirby, 1894
Grünberg, 1909
(Gschwandner, 1923)
(Westwood, 1849)
(Testout, 1938)
Rothschild, 1907
(Bouvier, 1929)
Epiphora rectifascia Rothschild, 1907
Naumann, 2006
Darge, 2007
(Weymer, 1907)
(Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
Gonimbrasia belina (Westwood, 1849)
Darge & Terral, 1992
(Rebel, 1906)
(Rogenhofer, 1891)
Darge, 2005
(Druce, 1896)
(Sonthonnax, 1899)
Gonimbrasia tyrrhea (Cramer, 1775)
Strand, 1911
(Rebel, 1922)
(Boisduval, 1847)
(Walker, 1865)
Jordan, 1922
Bouvier, 1936
Sonthonnax, 1904
Strand, 1911
Rougeot, 1974
Darge, 2008
Rebel, 1915
Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836)
Darge, 2003
Gynanisa nigra Bouvier, 1927
Rothschild, 1895
Heniocha dyops (Maassen, 1872)
(Rogenhofer, 1891)
Darge, 2004
Bouyer, 1992
(Karsch, 1896)
Stoneham, 1962
Bouyer, 2001
(Westwood, 1849)
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1772)
Rebel, 1904
Rougeot, 1962
(Rothschild, 1897)
(Butler, 1889)
Lobobunaea acetes (Westwood, 1849)
(Westwood, 1849)
Lobobunaea falcatissima Rougeot, 1962
Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
(Sonthonnax, 1899)
(Fabricius, 1793)
(Sonthonnax, 1899)
(Boisduval, 1847)
(Hampson, 1891)
Rothschild, 1907
Felder, 1874
Strand, 1911
Karsch, 1892
Rougeot, 1978
(Westwood, 1849)
Rothschild, 1907
(Weymer, 1896)
(Westwood, 1849)
Darge, 2010
(Rothschild, 1907)
(Aurivillius, 1893)
Bouyer, 2008
Darge, 2010
Darge, 2010
Rougeot, 1962
Darge, 2005
(Strand, 1909)
(Karsch, 1892)
Bouvier, 1930
Darge, 2002
Bouyer, 2008
(Fabricius, 1793)
Strecker, 1876
Darge, 2009
Darge, 2003
Darge, 2009
Darge, 2002
Darge, 2009
Hering, 1930
Rebel, 1917
(Rothschild, 1906)
Darge, 2009
Sonthonnax, 1901
Rebel, 1917
(Rothschild, 1907)
Sonthonnax, 1901
Darge, 2002
(Rothschild, 1907)
Nudaurelia richelmanni Weymer, 1908
Bouvier, 1927
Rebel, 1906
Rougeot, 1972
Karsch, 1892
Rougeot, 1962
(Rebel, 1914)
Fawcett, 1915
Rothschild, 1907
Protogynanisa probsti Bouyer, 2001
(Walker, 1862)
Darge, 2007
Darge, 2002
Darge, 2002
Pseudantheraea discrepans (Butler, 1878)
Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Boisduval, 1847)
Bouvier, 1930
Gaede, 1927
Pseudimbrasia deyrollei (J. Thomson, 1858)
Pseudobunaea alinda (Sonthonnax, 1899)
Bouyer, 2006
Darge, 2009
(Jordan, 1910)
Darge, 2009
(Aurivillius, 1893)
Darge, 2009
(Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
(Weymer, 1896)
(Fabricius, 1793)
Darge, 2009
Darge, 2009
Darge, 2009
(Aurivillius, 1893)
(Sonthonnax, 1899)
(Bouvier, 1927)
Darge, 2009
(Westwood, 1849)
Pseudoludia suavis (Rothschild, 1907)
Rohaniella pygmaea (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
Darge, 2008
(Rougeot, 1974)
Darge, 2008
Darge, 2008
Darge, 2008
(Walker, 1865)
(Butler, 1883)
D. S. Fletcher, 1968
Rothschild, 1907
(Druce, 1886)
Karsch, 1900
Darge & Terral, 1988
Darge & Kilumile, 2004
Urota sinope (Westwood, 1849)
Usta alba Terral & Lequeux, 1991
Usta angulata Rothschild, 1895
Usta subangulata Bouvier, 1930
Usta terpsichore (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
(Holland, 1892)

Sesiidae[]

Aenigmina aenea Le Cerf, 1912
Camaegeria massai Bartsch & Berg, 2012
Euhagena nobilis (Druce, 1910)
Melittia chalconota Hampson, 1910
Melittia endoxantha Hampson, 1919
Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878
Melittia usambara Le Cerf, 1917
Pseudomelittia berlandi Le Cerf, 1917
Sura ruficauda (Rothschild, 1911)

Sphingidae[]

Acanthosphinx guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Afroclanis calcareus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1907)
Afroclanis neavi (Hampson, 1910)
Afrosphinx amabilis (Jordan, 1911)
Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
Antinephele lunulata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Antinephele maculifera Holland, 1889
Basiothia aureata (Karsch, 1891)
Basiothia medea (Fabricius, 1781)
Callosphingia circe (Fawcett, 1915)
Centroctena rutherfordi (Druce, 1882)
Chaerocina dohertyi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Chaerocina livingstonensis Darge, 2006
Chaerocina usambarensis Darge & Basquin, 2008
Chloroclanis virescens (Butler, 1882)
Coelonia fulvinotata (Butler, 1875)
Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Falcatula falcata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hippotion eson (Cramer, 1779)
Hippotion irregularis (Walker, 1856)
Hippotion moorei Jordan, 1926
Hippotion osiris (Dalman, 1823)
Hippotion rebeli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Hippotion roseipennis (Butler, 1882)
Hyles livornica (Esper, 1780)
Leptoclanis pulchra Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Leucophlebia afra Karsch, 1891
Leucostrophus alterhirundo d'Abrera, 1987
Likoma apicalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Likoma crenata Rothschild & Jordan, 1907
Litosphingia corticea Jordan, 1920
Lophostethus dumolinii (Angas, 1849)
Macropoliana ferax (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)
Macropoliana natalensis (Butler, 1875)
Macropoliana scheveni Carcasson, 1972
Microclanis erlangeri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Neoclanis basalis (Walker, 1866)
Neopolyptychus compar (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Neopolyptychus convexus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Neopolyptychus serrator (Jordan, 1929)
Nephele aequivalens (Walker, 1856)
Nephele bipartita Butler, 1878
Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857
Nephele lannini Jordan, 1926
Nephele monostigma Clark, 1925
Nephele rosae Butler, 1875
Pantophaea favillacea (Walker, 1866)
Phylloxiphia metria (Jordan, 1920)
Phylloxiphia punctum (Rothschild, 1907)
Phylloxiphia vicina (Rothschild & Jordan, 1915)
Platysphinx piabilis (Distant, 1897)
Platysphinx stigmatica (Mabille, 1878)
Poliana wintgensi (Strand, 1910)
Polyptychoides digitatus (Karsch, 1891)
Polyptychoides erosus (Jordan, 1923)
Polyptychoides grayii (Walker, 1856)
Polyptychopsis marshalli (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Polyptychus andosa Walker, 1856
Polyptychus aurora Clark, 1936
Polyptychus baxteri Rothschild & Jordan, 1908
Polyptychus coryndoni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Praedora marshalli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Praedora plagiata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Pseudoclanis kenyae Clark, 1928
Pseudoclanis occidentalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856)
Rhadinopasa hornimani (Druce, 1880)
Rhodafra marshalli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Rufoclanis fulgurans (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Rufoclanis maccleeryi Carcasson, 1968
Rufoclanis numosae (Wallengren, 1860)
Sphingonaepiopsis nana (Walker, 1856)
Temnora albilinea Rothschild, 1904
Temnora atrofasciata Holland, 1889
Temnora burdoni Carcasson, 1968
Temnora crenulata (Holland, 1893)
Temnora fumosa (Walker, 1856)
Temnora funebris (Holland, 1893)
Temnora griseata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Temnora hirsutus Darge, 2004
Temnora masungai Darge, 2009
Temnora natalis Walker, 1856
Temnora plagiata Walker, 1856
Temnora pseudopylas (Rothschild, 1894)
Temnora pylades Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Temnora robertsoni Carcasson, 1968
Temnora sardanus (Walker, 1856)
Temnora scitula (Holland, 1889)
Temnora zantus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Theretra capensis (Linnaeus, 1764)
Theretra jugurtha (Boisduval, 1875)
Theretra orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Xanthopan morganii (Walker, 1856)

Thyrididae[]

Jordan, 1907
(Mabille, 1893)
Jordan, 1915
Butler, 1898
(Karsch, 1897)
Gaede, 1926
Rogenhofer, 1891
Cecidothyris pexa (Hampson, 1906)
Chrysotypus dawsoni Distant, 1897
Whalley, 1971
(Pagenstecher, 1892)
(Jordan, 1907)
Whalley, 1968
Warren, 1900
Whalley, 1968
Whalley, 1968
Whalley, 1968
(Walker, 1865)
Whalley, 1968
(Boisduval, 1829)
(Gaede, 1917)
Whalley, 1971
(Gaede, 1917)
(Gaede, 1917)
(Butler, 1888)
(Walker, 1854)
Jordan, 1907
(Hampson, 1910)
Felder, 1874
(Gaede, 1929)
(Saalmüller, 1880)

Tineidae[]

(Meyrick, 1915)
(Legrand, 1966)
(Legrand, 1966)
(Gozmány, 1969)
Walsingham, 1891
(Meyrick, 1921)
(Meyrick, 1917)
Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852)
(Meyrick, 1908)
(Gozmány, 1965)
Cimitra horridella (Walker, 1863)
Gozmány & Vári, 1973
(Meyrick, 1914)
Meyrick, 1920
Walker, 1963
(Gozmány, 1968)
(Gozmány, 1968)
(Gozmány, 1967)
Meyrick, 1908
Gozmány, 1969
Gozmány, 1965
Gozmány & Vári, 1973
Meyrick, 1920
Gozmány, 1965
Meyrick, 1914
Meyrick, 1908
(Meyrick, 1912)
Gozmány, 1969
Gozmány, 1967
(Gozmány, 1968)
(Meyrick, 1914)
(Meyrick, 1908)
(Meyrick, 1920)
Gozmány, 1965
Merunympha nipha Gozmány, 1969
Gozmány, 1965
Gozmány, 1967
Gozmány, 1967
Meyrick, 1908
Gozmány, 1967
Gozmány, 1965
(Walker, 1864)
(Zeller, 1852)
Gozmány, 1969
Gozmány & Vári, 1975
(Meyrick, 1920)
Gozmány, 1965
Gozmány, 1969
Gozmány, 1965
Gozmány, 1969
Gozmány, 1969
Gozmány, 1967
Gozmány, 1967
(Meyrick, 1932)
(Meyrick, 1918)
Meyrick, 1908
(Ghesquière, 1940)
(Gozmány, 1967)
Gozmány, 1967
Gozmány, 1967
Gozmány, 1965
(Gozmány, 1969)
(Gozmány, 1967)
(Gozmány, 1967)
(Gozmány, 1969)
(Meyrick, 1908)
(Gozmány, 1969)
(Gozmány, 1969)
(Gozmány, 1967)
(Gozmány, 1969)
Syngeneta sordida Gozmány, 1967
(Meyrick, 1911)
Tinissa spaniastra Meyrick, 1932
Walsingham, 1897
Gozmány, 1967
Trichophaga mormopis Meyrick, 1935

Tischeriidae[]

(Meyrick, 1936)

Tortricidae[]

Accra plumbeana Razowski, 1966
Accra tanzanica Razowski, 1990
Actihema hemiacta (Meyrick, 1920)
Aarvik, 2004
Afroploce karsholti Aarvik, 2004
Afropoecilia kituloensis Aarvik, 2010
Aarvik, 2004
Aarvik, 2008
Diakonoff, 1963
Aarvik, 2008
Diakonoff, 1963
Diakonoff, 1963
Diakonoff, 1983
Capua pusillana (Walker, 1863)
Cochylimorpha africana Aarvik, 2010
Cochylimorpha exoterica (Meyrick, 1924)
(Meyrick, 1908)
Meyrick, 1920
(Meyrick, 1920)
Aarvik, 2005
Cryptaspasma phycitinana Aarvik, 2005
Diakonoff, 1959
Cryptophlebia semilunana (Saalmüller, 1880)
(Meyrick, 1913)
(Meyrick, 1920)
Eccopsis incultana (Walker, 1863)
Aarvik, 2004
Eccopsis nebulana Walsingham, 1891
Aarvik, 2004
Aarvik, 2004
Eccopsis praecedens Walsingham, 1897
Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852
(Meyrick, 1911)
Meyrick, 1920
Meyrick, 1920
Eugnosta matengana Razowski, 1993
Eugnosta misella Razowski, 1993
Eugnosta percnoptila (Meyrick, 1933)
Eugnosta uganoa Razowski, 1993
Eugnosta unifasciana Aarvik, 2010
Eupoecilia kruegeriana Razowski, 1993
Geita bjoernstadi Aarvik, 2004
(Meyrick, 1925)
(Matsumura, 1898)
Megalota archana Aarvik, 2004
(Meyrick, 1920)
Metamesia elegans (Walsingham, 1881)
(Meyrick, 1914)
Aarvik & Karisch, 2009
Aarvik & Karisch, 2009
Aarvik & Karisch, 2009
Aarvik & Karisch, 2009
(Meyrick, 1920)
(Meyrick, 1905)
(Meyrick, 1920)
Sambara sinuana Aarvik, 2004
Aarvik, 2008
(Meyrick, 1927)
Meyrick, 1918
Meyrick, 1920
Meyrick, 1920
Trymalitis scalifera Meyrick, 1912

Uraniidae[]

Chrysiridia croesus (Gerstaecker, 1871)

Xyloryctidae[]

(Walker, 1864)
Eretmocera dorsistrigata Walsingham, 1889
Eretmocera miniata Walsingham, 1889

Yponomeutidae[]

Zeller, 1852
(Zeller, 1877)

Zygaenidae[]

(Jordan, 1907)
(Hampson, 1920)
Jordan, 1907
(Druce, 1896)
Alberti, 1954
Jordan, 1907
Aurivillius, 1910

References[]

External links[]

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Advanced search: Distribution: country". Afromoths.

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