List of moths of Zambia

Location of Zambia

The moths of Zambia represent about 465 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 Zambia.

Arctiidae[]

Acantharctia atriramosa Hampson, 1907
Alpenus dollmani (Hampson, 1920)
Alpenus intacta (Hampson, 1916)
Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
Amata chariessa (Jordan, 1936)
Amata croceizona (Hampson, 1910)
Amata miozona (Hampson, 1910)
Amerila bubo (Walker, 1855)
Amerila lupia (Druce, 1887)
Amsacta aureolimbata Rothschild, 1910
Amsacta grammiphlebia Hampson, 1901
Anaphosia eurygrapha Hampson, 1910
Balacra elegans Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra rubrostriata (Aurivillius, 1892)
Bergeria haematochrysa Kiriakoff, 1952
Binna scita (Walker, 1865)
Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
Creatonotos punctivitta (Walker, 1854)
Eilema elegans (Butler, 1877)
Eilema heterogyna (Hampson, 1910)
Estigmene ansorgei Rothschild, 1910
Estigmene neuriastis Hampson, 1907
Estigmene sabulosa Romieux, 1943
Estigmene trivitta (Walker, 1855)
Eyralpenus diplosticta (Hampson, 1900)
Eyralpenus meinhofi (Bartel, 1903)
(Hampson, 1920)
Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880)
(Holland, 1893)
Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Metarctia robusta (Kiriakoff, 1973)
Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
Nyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904)
Paralpenus flavicosta (Hampson, 1909)
Paramelisa dollmani Hampson, 1920
Pseudlepista atrizona Hampson, 1910
Secusio atrizonata Hampson, 1910
Spilosoma latiradiata (Hampson, 1901)
Spilosoma lentifasciata (Hampson, 1916)
Walker, 1855
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865)
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Brahmaeidae[]

Dactyloceras lucina (Drury, 1872)

Cossidae[]

Phragmataecia irrorata Hampson, 1910

Crambidae[]

Agathodes musivalis Guenée, 1854
Classeya quadricuspis (Hampson, 1919)
Crocidophora caffralis Hampson, 1910
Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973
Nomophila brevispinalis Munroe, 1973
Pilocrocis dichocrosialis Hampson, 1912

Drepanidae[]

Watson, 1965
Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874)

Eupterotidae[]

Epijana cosima (Plötz, 1880)
Hibrildes crawshayi Butler, 1896
Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Phiala aurivillii (Bethune-Baker, 1915)

Gelechiidae[]

Anarsia agricola Walsingham, 1891

Geometridae[]

Warren, 1901
(Warren, 1901)
(Prout, 1922)
(Warren, 1897)
(Warren, 1897)
(Holland, 1892)
(Guenée, 1858)
(Warren, 1897)
(Prout, 1932)
(Prout, 1932)
(Prout, 1932)
D. S. Fletcher, 1967
Warren, 1897
Cyclophora inaequalis (Warren, 1902)
(Warren, 1902)
(Guenée, 1857)
(Butler, 1875)
(Boisduval, 1833)
(Warren, 1902)
(Warren, 1897)
(Butler, 1896)
(Warren, 1899)
(Wallengren, 1872)
(Warren, 1899)
Scopula argentidisca (Warren, 1902)
Scopula concurrens (Warren, 1897)
Scopula curvimargo (Warren, 1900)
Scopula natalica (Butler, 1875)
Prout, 1934
(Guenée, 1858)
Prout, 1921
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Prout, 1912
Mabille, 1900
Warren, 1914
Prout, 1922
Zamarada differens Bastelberger, 1907
Prout, 1922
Bethune-Baker, 1913
Warren, 1901
D. S. Fletcher, 1958
Bastelberger, 1909
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Prout, 1912
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Prout, 1915
Prout, 1912
Bastelberger, 1909
Prout, 1932
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Prout, 1912
Pinhey, 1962
Swinhoe, 1904
Bastelberger, 1909
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974

Gracillariidae[]

Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)

Himantopteridae[]

Pedoptila nigrocristata Joicey & Talbot, 1921

Lasiocampidae[]

(Butler, 1895)
(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Tams, 1930
Tams, 1931
Tams, 1930
(Aurivillius, 1909)
(Walker, 1865)
(Walker, 1855)
(Hering, 1932)
Hampson, 1910
Grammodora nigrolineata (Aurivillius, 1895)
(Aurivillius, 1902)
Tams, 1929
(Tams, 1925)
Tams, 1930
(Holland, 1893)
(Tams, 1925)
(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Bethune-Baker, 1908
Tams, 1925
(Druce, 1899)
Tams, 1925
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
(Hampson, 1910)
Aurivillius, 1909
(Tams, 1936)
(Kiriakoff, 1963)
(Dewitz, 1881)
(Aurivillius, 1902)
(Strand, 1912)
(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
(Aurivillius, 1914)
Trabala charon Druce, 1910

Lemoniidae[]

Sabalia barnsi Prout, 1918
Sabalia picarina Walker, 1865

Limacodidae[]

Hering, 1937
(Bethune-Baker, 1915)
(Pinhey, 1968)
West, 1940
Bethune-Baker, 1915
West, 1940
West, 1937

Lymantriidae[]

Collenette, 1931
Collenette, 1939
(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
(Tams, 1930)
(Distant, 1897)
Aurivillius, 1904
Bethune-Baker, 1908
Bethune-Baker, 1908
Tamsita ochthoeba (Hampson, 1920)

Metarbelidae[]

Arbelodes claudiae Lehmann, 2010
Arbelodes prochesi Lehmann, 2010
Mountelgonia abercornensis Lehmann, 2013

Noctuidae[]

Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
Hampson, 1913
Hampson, 1918
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
(Hampson, 1909)
Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
Wallengren, 1856
Agoma trimenii (Felder, 1874)
Hampson, 1910
Andrhippuris caudaequina Karsch, 1895
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
(Hampson, 1910)
(Hampson, 1910)
Attatha ethiopica Hampson, 1910
Audea humeralis Hampson, 1902
Carpostalagma signata Talbot, 1932
Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
Hampson, 1910
Colpocheilopteryx operatrix (Wallengren, 1860)
Hampson, 1910
(Hampson, 1909)
Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
Ctenusa pallida (Hampson, 1902)
Cyligramma amblyops Mabille, 1891
Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
Hampson, 1926
Digama aganais (Felder, 1874)
Dysgonia erectata (Hampson, 1902)
Dysgonia macrorhyncha (Hampson, 1913)
(Hampson, 1910)
(Hampson, 1910)
Dysgonia proxima (Hampson, 1902)
Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
Guenée, 1852
Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
Pinhey, 1968
(Distant, 1898)
(Walker, 1866)
Hampson, 1918
Hampson, 1902
Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)
Grammodes microgonia (Hampson, 1910)
Heliophisma xanthoptera (Hampson, 1910)
(Westwood, 1881)
(Hampson, 1910)
(Bartel, 1903)
(Strand, 1909)
(Hampson, 1901)
Hespagarista caudata (Dewitz, 1879)
Jordan, 1915
Hoplarista haemaplaga Hampson, 1910
Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
(Hampson, 1910)
(Rothschild, 1897)
Lophoptera litigiosa (Boisduval, 1833)
Masalia albipuncta (Hampson, 1910)
(Hampson, 1903)
Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
Masalia sublimis (Berio, 1962)
Masalia transvaalica (Distant, 1902)
Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
Jordan, 1913
Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
Mocis mutuaria (Walker, 1858)
Mocis persinuosa (Hampson, 1910)
Ochropleura leucogaster (Freyer, 1831)
Ophisma albitermia (Hampson, 1910)
(Holland, 1894)
Hampson, 1910
(Hampson, 1918)
Ophiusa tettensis (Hopffer, 1857)
Ophiusa tumiditermina Hampson, 1910
(Strand, 1909)
Hampson, 1910
Ozarba hemimelaena Hampson, 1910
Hampson, 1910
(Hampson, 1910)
(Holland, 1894)
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
Phaegorista similis Walker, 1869
Hampson, 1910
(Hampson, 1926)
(Hampson, 1910)
(Hampson, 1910)
(Holland, 1897)
(Hampson, 1910)
Pseudospiris paidiformis Butler, 1895
Hampson, 1926
Hampson, 1910
Thyas parallelipipeda (Guenée, 1852)
Thyatirina achatina (Weymer, 1896)
(Hampson, 1909)

Nolidae[]

Aiteta thermistis (Hampson, 1910)
(Hampson, 1910)
(Hampson, 1905)
(Hampson, 1910)
(Strand, 1909)
(Hampson, 1910)
(Hampson, 1910)
Poole, 1989
(Hampson, 1910)
Hampson, 1912
Hampson, 1910

Notodontidae[]

Gaede, 1928
Kiriakoff, 1968
(Hampson, 1910)
(Hampson, 1910)
(Hampson, 1910)
(Hampson, 1910)
Kiriakoff, 1955
Kiriakoff, 1968
Bethune-Baker, 1908
Tams, 1930
Kiriakoff, 1975
Kiriakoff, 1959
Kiriakoff, 1975
(Gaede, 1928)
Kiriakoff, 1962
Kiriakoff, 1962
Gaede, 1928

Psychidae[]

Druce, 1887

Pterophoridae[]

Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)

Pyralidae[]

Aphomia argentia Whalley, 1964
Hypsopygia mauritialis (Boisduval, 1833)

Saturniidae[]

(Sonthonnax, 1899)
Antistathmoptera daltonae Tams, 1935
Argema kuhnei Pinhey, 1969
(Sonthonnax, 1902)
(Sonthonnax, 1904)
Rougeot, 1962
(Le Cerf, 1918)
(Westwood, 1849)
(Jordan, 1908)
(Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
(Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
Bunaeopsis phidias (Weymer, 1909)
Pinhey, 1972
(Dewitz, 1881)
(Westwood, 1881)
Cirina forda (Westwood, 1849)
Hering, 1929
Decachorda pomona (Weymer, 1892)
Aurivillius, 1898
(Oberthür, 1880)
(Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
(Westwood, 1849)
Epiphora rectifascia Rothschild, 1907
Vinciguerra, 2009
(Sonthonnax, 1899)
Gonimbrasia tyrrhea (Cramer, 1775)
(Walker, 1865)
Sonthonnax, 1904
Strand, 1911
Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836)
(Cramer, 1779)
(Rogenhofer, 1891)
(Karsch, 1896)
(Aurivillius, 1893)
(Westwood, 1849)
Rebel, 1904
(Westwood, 1849)
Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
(Sonthonnax, 1899)
Karsch, 1892
Rothschild, 1907
(Weymer, 1896)
(Rothschild, 1907)
(Aurivillius, 1893)
(Holland, 1893)
Bouvier, 1936
Westwood, 1849
Janse, 1918
(Fabricius, 1793)
(Staudinger, 1872)
Rebel, 1917
(Rothschild, 1906)
Karsch, 1892
Rougeot, 1962
Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Boisduval, 1847)
Pseudimbrasia deyrollei (J. Thomson, 1858)
(Jordan, 1910)
(Weymer, 1896)
(Fabricius, 1793)
(Westwood, 1849)
Rohaniella pygmaea (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
(Butler, 1883)
(Druce, 1886)
Karsch, 1900
Usta terpsichore (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)

Sesiidae[]

Chamanthedon chrysopasta Hampson, 1919
Homogyna sanguicosta Hampson, 1919
Homogyna spadicicorpus Prout, 1919
Lepidopoda pictipes Hampson, 1919
Megalosphecia callosoma Hampson, 1919
Melittia aureosquamata (Wallengren, 1863)
Melittia chrysobapta Hampson, 1919
Melittia natalensis Butler, 1874
Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878
Paranthrene chalcochlora Hampson, 1919
Paranthrene propyria Hampson, 1919
Synanthedon cyanescens (Hampson, 1910)
Synanthedon flavipalpis (Hampson, 1910)
Thyranthrene obliquizona (Hampson, 1910)

Sphingidae[]

Acanthosphinx guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
Afroclanis calcareus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1907)
Afrosphinx amabilis (Jordan, 1911)
Andriasa mitchelli Hayes, 1973
Antinephele lunulata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Basiothia aureata (Karsch, 1891)
Chaerocina dohertyi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hippotion roseipennis (Butler, 1882)
Hippotion stigma (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Leptoclanis pulchra Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Leucophlebia afra Karsch, 1891
Likoma apicalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Neoclanis basalis (Walker, 1866)
Neopolyptychus convexus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Nephele lannini Jordan, 1926
Nephele rosae Butler, 1875
Pantophaea oneili (Clark, 1925)
Phylloxiphia formosa (Schultze, 1914)
Phylloxiphia metria (Jordan, 1920)
Phylloxiphia punctum (Rothschild, 1907)
Phylloxiphia vicina (Rothschild & Jordan, 1915)
Polyptychoides grayii (Walker, 1856)
Polyptychoides niloticus (Jordan, 1921)
Polyptychus baxteri Rothschild & Jordan, 1908
Polyptychus coryndoni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Polyptychus hollandi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Polyptychus murinus Rothschild, 1904
Praedora marshalli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Praedora plagiata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Rhodafra marshalli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Rufoclanis numosae (Wallengren, 1860)
Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei Rothschild, 1904
Temnora albilinea Rothschild, 1904
Temnora burdoni Carcasson, 1968
Temnora elegans (Rothschild, 1895)
Temnora funebris (Holland, 1893)
Temnora griseata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Temnora iapygoides (Holland, 1889)
Temnora livida (Holland, 1889)
Temnora natalis Walker, 1856
Temnora pylades Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Temnora scitula (Holland, 1889)
Temnora spiritus (Holland, 1893)
Theretra capensis (Linnaeus, 1764)

Thyrididae[]

Hampson, 1910
(Mabille, 1893)
Whalley, 1971
(Jordan, 1907)
Warren, 1908
(Walker, 1865)
(Walker, 1865)
Whalley, 1971
Whalley, 1971
(Hampson, 1910)

Tineidae[]

(Meyrick, 1915)
(Meyrick, 1938)
(Meyrick, 1921)
Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852)
(Gozmány, 1967)
Gozmány & Vári, 1973
(Gozmány, 1965)
(Gozmány, 1967)
(Gozmány, 1967)
Walker, 1963
Meyrick, 1908
Meyrick, 1914
Meyrick, 1908
Gozmány, 1967
Gozmány, 1967
(Meyrick, 1914)
(Meyrick, 1908)
Meyrick, 1908
(Walker, 1864)
Gozmány, 1965
(Walker, 1863)
Gozmány & Vári, 1975
(Meyrick, 1931)
Meyrick, 1917
(Meyrick, 1921)
Gozmány, 1967
(Meyrick, 1918)
Meyrick, 1908
(Meyrick, 1908)
Stainton, 1867

Tortricidae[]

Cornesia ormoperla Razowski, 1981
Eccopsis incultana (Walker, 1863)

Zygaenidae[]

Gaede, 1914
(Plötz, 1880)

References[]

External links[]

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

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