Location of Ethiopia

The moths of Ethiopia represent about 700 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 Ethiopia.

Arctiidae

• Acantharctia nigrivena Rothschild, 1935
• Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869)
• Afrasura rivulosa (Walker, 1854)
• Afrasura terlinea Durante, 2009
• Alpenus diversata (Hampson, 1916)
• Alpenus geminipuncta (Hampson, 1916)
• Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)
• Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
• Alpenus schraderi (Rothschild, 1910)
• Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)
• Amata rufina (Oberthür, 1878)
• Amata shoa (Hampson, 1898)
• Amata velatipennis (Walker, 1864)
• Amerila affinis (Rothschild, 1910)
• Amerila bubo (Walker, 1855)
• Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)
• Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793)
• Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780)
• Amphicallia kostlani Strand, 1911
• Amphicallia solai (Druce, 1907)
• Amsacta melanogastra (Holland, 1897)
• Amsacta nigrisignata Gaede, 1923
• Amsactarctia radiosa (Pagenstecher, 1903)
• Amsactarctia venusta (Toulgoët, 1980)
• Automolis crassa (Felder, 1874)
• Automolis pallida (Hampson, 1901)
• Carcinarctia rougeoti Toulgoët, 1977
• Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
• Cyana ugandana (Strand, 1912)
• Diota rostrata (Wallengren, 1860)
• Eilema elegans (Butler, 1877)
• Estigmene multivittata Rothschild, 1910
• Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
• Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880)
• Galtara doriae (Oberthür, 1880)
• Galtara elongata (Swinhoe, 1907)
• Ischnarctia cinerea (Pagenstecher, 1903)
• Metarctia carmel Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia flavivena Hampson, 1901
• Metarctia fulvia Hampson, 1901
• Metarctia galla Rougeot, 1977
• Metarctia haematricha Hampson, 1905
• Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
• Metarctia negusi Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia noctis Druce, 1910
• Metarctia tenebrosa (Le Cerf, 1922)
• Metarctia unicolor (Oberthür, 1880)
• Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
• Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)
• Nyctemera restrictum (Butler, 1894)
• Ovenna hailesellassiei Birket-Smith, 1965
• Paralacydes minorata (Berio, 1935)
• Paraonagylla zavattarii Berio, 1939
• Radiarctia jacksoni (Rothschild, 1910)
• Secusio strigata Walker, 1854
• Seydelia geometrica (Oberthür, 1883)
• Spilosoma lineata Walker, 1855
• Spilosoma mediopunctata (Pagenstecher, 1903)
• Spilosoma quadrimacula Toulgoët, 1977
• Stenilema aurantiaca Hampson, 1909
• Teracotona abyssinica (Rothschild, 1933)
• Teracotona clara Holland, 1892
• Teracotona jacksoni (Rothschild, 1910)
• Teracotona neumanni Rothschild, 1933
• Teracotona postalbida (Gaede, 1926)
• Teracotona proditrix (Berio, 1939)
• Teracotona pruinosa de Joannis, 1912
• Teracotona seminigra (Hampson, 1905)
• Teracotona subterminata Hampson, 1901
• Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878
• Utetheisa amhara Jordan, 1939

Carposinidae

• Carposina candace Meyrick, 1932

Choreutidae

• Brenthia leucatoma Meyrick, 1918
• Choreutis argyrastra Meyrick, 1932
• Telosphrantis aethiopica Meyrick, 1932

Coleophoridae

• Blastobasis eridryas Meyrick, 1932
• Blastobasis industria Meyrick, 1913

Cosmopterigidae

• Ascalenia secretifera Meyrick, 1932
• Cosmopterix epismaragda Meyrick, 1932

Cossidae

• Cossus abyssinica Hampson, 1910
• Oreocossus ungemachi Rougeot, 1977

Crambidae

• Ancylolomia perfasciata Hampson, 1919
• Crambus arnaudiae Rougeot, 1977
• Crambus bachi Bassi, 2012
• Crambus boislamberti Rougeot, 1977
• Crambus caligula Błeszyński, 1961
• Crambus dedalus Bassi, 2000
• Crambus descarpentriesi (Rougeot, 1977)
• Crambus diarhabdellus Hampson, 1919
• Crambus jupiter Błeszyński, 1963
• Crambus mesombrellus Hampson, 1919
• Crambus netuncus Bassi, 2012
• Crambus richteri Błeszyński, 1963
• Culladia achroellum (Mabille, 1900)
• Euctenospila castalis Warren, 1892
• Ghesquierellana hirtusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Prionapteryx selenalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Pyrausta centralis Maes, 2009
• Syllepte ovialis (Walker, 1859)
• Tegostoma richteri Amsel, 1963
• Tegostoma subterminalis Hampson, 1918
• Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)

Elachistidae

• Elachista delocharis Meyrick, 1932

Eupterotidae

• Hoplojana abyssinica Rothschild, 1917

Gelechiidae

• Ochrodia subdiminutella (Stainton, 1867)
• Stomopteryx ochrosema Meyrick, 1932

Geometridae

• Aphilopota calaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
• Asthenotricha anisobapta Prout, 1932
• Asthenotricha ansorgei Warren, 1899
• Chiasmia butaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
• Chiasmia dentilineata (Warren, 1899)
• Chiasmia inconspicua (Warren, 1897)
• Chiasmia maculosa (Warren, 1899)
• Chiasmia obliquilineata (Warren, 1899)
• Chiasmia observata (Walker, 1861)
• Chiasmia procidata (Guenée, 1858)
• Chiasmia sororcula (Warren, 1897)
• Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858)
• Chiasmia subcurvaria (Mabille, 1897)
• Chiasmia sufflata (Guenée, 1858)
• Chiasmia umbratilis (Butler, 1875)
• Chiasmia unifilata (Warren, 1899)
• Cleora thyris D. S. Fletcher, 1967
• Coenina aurivena Butler, 1898
• Coenina dentataria Swinhoe, 1904
• Disclisioprocta natalata (Walker, 1862)
• Dithecodes ornithospila (Prout, 1911)
• Drepanogynis nigerrima (Swinhoe, 1904)
• Dysrhoe rhiogyra (Prout, 1932)
• Ecpetala carnifasciata (Warren, 1899)
• Epigynopteryx flavedinaria (Guenée, 1857)
• Epigynopteryx scotti D. S. Fletcher, 1959
• Erastria leucicolor (Butler, 1875)
• Erastria marginata (Swinhoe, 1904)
• Eupithecia angulata D. S. Fletcher, 1951
• Eupithecia devestita (Warren, 1899)
• Eupithecia dilucida (Warren, 1899)
• Eupithecia dinshoensis Herbulot, 1983
• Eupithecia incommoda Herbulot, 1983
• Eupithecia isotenes Prout, 1932
• Eupithecia ochralba Herbulot, 1983
• Eupithecia pseudoabbreviata D. S. Fletcher, 1951
• Eupithecia rigida Swinhoe, 1892
• Eupithecia rougeoti Herbulot, 1983
• Eupithecia rubristigma Prout, 1932
• Eupithecia semipallida Janse, 1933
• Eupithecia urbanata D. S. Fletcher, 1956
• Geodena brunneomarginata Karisch, 2003
• Hemidromodes unicolorata Hausmann, 1996
• Hydrelia candace Prout, 1929
• Hypochrosis chiarinii (Oberthür, 1883)
• Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)
• Lhommeia biskraria (Oberthür, 1885)
• Lomographa indularia (Guenée, 1858)
• Mimoclystia deplanata (de Joannis, 1913)
• Mimoclystia pudicata (Walker, 1862)
• Nothofidonia xenoleuca Prout, 1928
• Odontopera integraria Guenée, 1858
• Odontopera protecta Herbulot, 1983
• Omphacodes pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902)
• Oreometra ras Herbulot, 1983
• Orthonama obstipata (Fabricius, 1794)
• Pachypalpella subalbata (Warren, 1900)
• Piercia zukwalensis Debauche, 1937
• Prasinocyma albivenata Herbulot, 1983
• Prasinocyma germinaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Prasinocyma perpulverata Prout, 1916
• Prasinocyma tranquilla Prout, 1917
• Problepsis neumanni Prout, 1932
• Protosteira spectabilis (Warren, 1899)
• Pseudolarentia megalaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Pseudolarentia monosticta (Butler, 1894)
• Pseudosterrha rufistrigata (Hampson, 1896)
• Rhodometra intervenata Warren, 1902
• Rhodometra plectaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Rougeotiella pseudonoctua Herbulot, 1983
• Scopula erymna Prout, 1928
• Scopula lactaria (Walker, 1861)
• Scopula nemorivagata (Wallengren, 1863)
• Scopula silonaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Scopula simplificata Prout, 1928
• Scotopteryx nictitaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
• Sesquialtera lonchota Prout, 1931
• Sesquialtera ridicula Prout, 1916
• Somatina pythiaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Tephronia aethiopica Herbulot, 1983
• Traminda neptunaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858
• Xanthorhoe abyssinica Herbulot, 1983
• Xanthorhoe alta Debauche, 1937
• Xanthorhoe cadra (Debauche, 1937)
• Xanthorhoe excelsissima Herbulot, 1977
• Xanthorhoe exorista Prout, 1922
• Xylopteryx raphaelaria (Oberthür, 1880)
• Zamarada calypso Prout, 1926
• Zamarada deceptrix Warren, 1914
• Zamarada delta D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada erugata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada excavata Bethune-Baker, 1913
• Zamarada hyalinaria (Guenée, 1857)
• Zamarada melasma D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912
• Zamarada phaeozona Hampson, 1909
• Zamarada secutaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Zamarada torrida D. S. Fletcher, 1974

Glyphipterigidae

• Ussara semicoronis Meyrick, 1932

Gracillariidae

• Acrocercops heteroloba Meyrick, 1932
• Acrocercops orianassa Meyrick, 1932
• Caloptilia macropleura (Meyrick, 1932)
• Corythoxestis aletreuta (Meyrick, 1936)
• Dialectica carcharota (Meyrick, 1912)
• Dialectica ehretiae (Vári, 1961)
• Metacercops hexactis (Meyrick, 1932)
• Metriochroa carissae Vári, 1963
• Metriochroa scotinopa Vári, 1963
• Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856
• Porphyrosela homotropha Vári, 1963
• Stomphastis heringi Vári, 1963
• Stomphastis horrens (Meyrick, 1932)

Lasiocampidae

• Anadiasa obsoleta (Klug, 1830)
• Beriola anagnostarai (Berio, 1939)
• Braura elgonensis (Kruck, 1940)
• Mallocampa toulgoeti Rougeot, 1977
• Odontocheilopteryx eothina Tams, 1931
• Odontocheilopteryx lajonquieri Rougeot, 1977
• Odontocheilopteryx maculata Aurivillius, 1905
• Odontocheilopteryx myxa Wallengren, 1860
• Pallastica hararia Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• Schausinna affinis Aurivillius, 1910
• Sena donaldsoni (Holland, 1901)
• Sena scotti (Tams, 1931)
• Stoermeriana abyssinicum (Aurivillius, 1908)
• Stoermeriana das (Hering, 1928)
• Stoermeriana laportei Rougeot, 1977
• Stoermeriana tamsi Rougeot, 1977
• Stoermeriana viettei Rougeot, 1977
• Streblote badaglioi (Berio, 1937)
• Streblote panda Hübner, 1822
• Theophasida cardinalli (Tams, 1926)

Limacodidae

• Hamartia johanni Rougeot, 1977
• Hamartia medora Hering, 1937

Lymantriidae

• Aroa quadriplagata Pagenstecher, 1903
• Bracharoa reducta Hering, 1926
• Casama impura (Hering, 1926)
• Casama vilis (Walker, 1865)
• Croperoides negrottoi (Berio, 1940)
• Crorema collenettei Hering, 1932
• Dasychira grisea Pagenstecher, 1903
• Euproctis chrysophaea (Walker, 1865)
• Euproctis melalepia Hampson, 1909
• Laelia diascia Hampson, 1905
• Marblepsis flabellaria (Fabricius, 1787)
• Pteredoa atripalpia Hampson, 1910
• Stracilla translucida (Oberthür, 1880)

Metarbelidae

• Aethiopina semicirculata Gaede, 1929
• Salagena fetlaworkae Rougeot, 1977
• Teragra lemairei Rougeot, 1977
• Teragra villiersi Rougeot, 1977

Noctuidae

• Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
• Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)
• Achaea regularidia (Strand, 1912)
• Acontia akbar Wiltshire, 1985
• Acontia albatrigona Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia amarei Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia amhara Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia antica Walker, 1862
• Acontia apatelia (Swinhoe, 1907)
• Acontia asbenensis (Rothschild, 1921)
• Acontia aurelia Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia basifera Walker, 1857
• Acontia binominata (Butler, 1892)
• Acontia buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
• Acontia caeruleopicta Hampson, 1916
• Acontia carnescens (Hampson, 1910)
• Acontia chiaromontei Berio, 1936
• Acontia dichroa (Hampson, 1914)
• Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857
• Acontia discoidoides Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia ectorrida (Hampson, 1916)
• Acontia hampsoni Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia hemixanthia (Hampson, 1910)
• Acontia homonyma Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia hoppei Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1884
• Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
• Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)
• Acontia karachiensis Swinhoe, 1889
• Acontia lanzai (Berio, 1985)
• Acontia melaphora (Hampson, 1910)
• Acontia miogona (Hampson, 1916)
• Acontia natalis (Guenée, 1852)
• Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
• Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898)
• Acontia praealba Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia proesei Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia purpurata Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia purpureofacta Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia robertbecki Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia ruficincta Hampson, 1910
• Acontia secta Guenée, 1852
• Acontia semialba Hampson, 1910
• Acontia sublactea Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia szunyoghyi Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
• Acontia trimaculata Aurivillius, 1879
• Acontia uhlenhuthi Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia versicolora Hacker, 2010
• Acroriesis ignifusa Hampson, 1916
• Aegleoides paolii Berio, 1937
• Aegocera brevivitta Hampson, 1901
• Aegocera ferrugo Jordan, 1926
• Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
• Agrotis cinchonina Guenée, 1852
• Agrotis segetum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Agrotis separata Guenée, 1852
• Amazonides dubiomeodes Laporte, 1977
• Amazonides koffoleense Laporte, 1977
• Amazonides laheuderiae Laporte, 1984
• Amazonides putrefacta (Guenée, 1852)
• Amazonides zarajakobi Laporte, 1984
• Amphia hepialoides Guenée, 1852
• Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
• Anoba trigonosema (Hampson, 1916)
• Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
• Anomis sabulifera (Guenée, 1852)
• Apospasta claudicans (Guenée, 1852)
• Apospasta sabulosa D. S. Fletcher, 1959
• Ariathisa abyssinia (Guenée, 1852)
• Aspidifrontia ungemachi Laporte, 1978
• Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
• Athetis micra (Hampson, 1902)
• Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
• Autoba admota (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Axylia destefanii Berio, 1944
• Brevipecten hypocornuta Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
• Brevipecten niloticus Wiltshire, 1977
• Brevipecten tessenei Berio, 1939
• Calliodes appollina Guenée, 1852
• Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827)
• Caradrina atriluna Guenée, 1852
• Caradrina torpens Guenée, 1852
• Catephia albirena Hampson, 1926
• Cerocala confusa Warren, 1913
• Cerocala illustrata Holland, 1897
• Cerocala masaica Hampson, 1913
• Chitasida diplogramma (Hampson, 1905)
• Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
• Clytie sancta (Staudinger, 1900)
• Crambiforma leucostrepta Hampson, 1926
• Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
• Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910
• Crypsotidia woolastoni Rothschild, 1901
• Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1857)
• Ctenoplusia camptogamma (Hampson, 1910)
• Ctenusa curvilinea Hampson, 1913
• Cucullia ennatae (Laporte, 1984)
• Cucullia magdalenae (Laporte, 1976)
• Cucullia simoneuai Laporte, 1976
• Cucullia tedjicolora Laporte, 1977
• Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
• Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
• Cyligramma magus (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
• Digama aganais (Felder, 1874)
• Digama meridionalis Swinhoe, 1907
• Diparopsis watersi (Rothschild, 1901)
• Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
• Eublemma bifasciata (Moore, 1881)
• Eublemma costivinata Berio, 1945
• Eublemma debivar Berio, 1947
• Eublemma nyctichroa Hampson, 1910
• Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Eulocastra zavattarii Berio, 1944
• Eutelia discitriga Walker, 1865
• Eutelia favillatrix (Guenée, 1852)
• Feliniopsis africana (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
• Feliniopsis annosa (Viette, 1963)
• Feliniopsis connivens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Feliniopsis consummata (Walker, 1857)
• Feliniopsis duponti (Laporte, 1974)
• Feliniopsis hosplitoides (Laporte, 1979)
• Feliniopsis insolita Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
• Feliniopsis jinka Hacker, 2010
• Feliniopsis nigribarbata (Hampson, 1908)
• Feliniopsis satellitis (Berio, 1974)
• Feliniopsis talhouki (Wiltshire, 1983)
• Grammodes exclusiva Pagenstecher, 1907
• Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
• Hadena bulgeri (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808])
• Heliocheilus perdentata (Hampson, 1903)
• Hemituerta mahdi (Pagenstecher, 1903)
• Heraclia superba (Butler, 1875)
• Heraclia viettei Kiriakoff, 1973
• Heteropalpia exarata (Mabille, 1890)
• Heteropalpia robusta Wiltshire, 1988
• Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865)
• Hiccoda clarae Berio, 1947
• Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854
• Hyposada zavattarii Berio, 1944
• Hypotacha fiorii Berio, 1943
• Hypotacha ochribasalis (Hampson, 1896)
• Iambiodes incerta (Rothschild, 1913)
• Iambiodes postpallida Wiltshire, 1977
• Janseodes melanospila (Guenée, 1852)
• Leucania melianoides Möschler, 1883
• Leumicamia oreias (D. S. Fletcher, 1959)
• Lithacodia blandula (Guenée, 1862)
• Lyncestoides unilinea (Swinhoe, 1885)
• Masalia bimaculata (Moore, 1888)
• Masalia fissifascia (Hampson, 1903)
• Masalia flaviceps (Hampson, 1903)
• Masalia flavistrigata (Hampson, 1903)
• Masalia flavocarnea (Hampson, 1903)
• Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
• Masalia hololeuca (Hampson, 1903)
• Masalia latinigra (Hampson, 1907)
• Masalia leucosticta (Hampson, 1902)
• Masalia perstriata (Hampson, 1903)
• Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857)
• Micraxylia antemedialis Laporte, 1975
• Micraxylia hypericoides Berio, 1963
• Mitrophrys menete (Cramer, 1775)
• Mocis repanda (Fabricius, 1794)
• Neolaphygma leucoplagoides Berio, 1941
• Oedicodia grisescens Berio, 1947
• Oedicodia limbata Butler, 1898
• Oedicodia rubrofusca Berio, 1947
• Oligia adactricula (Guenée, 1852)
• Ophiusa dianaris (Guenée, 1852)
• Oraesia cerne (Fawcett, 1916)
• Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794)
• Oraesia intrusa (Krüger, 1939)
• Oraesia provocans Walker, [1858]
• Oraesia wintgensi (Strand, 1909)
• Ozarba albimarginata (Hampson, 1896)
• Ozarba boursini Berio, 1940
• Ozarba cryptica Berio, 1940
• Ozarba diaphora Berio, 1937
• Ozarba isocampta Hampson, 1910
• Ozarba lepida Saalmüller, 1891
• Ozarba malaisei Berio, 1940
• Ozarba parvula Berio, 1940
• Ozarba phaea (Hampson, 1902)
• Ozarba pluristriata (Berio, 1937)
• Ozarba punctifascia Le Cerf, 1922
• Ozarba rufula Hampson, 1910
• Ozarba semitorrida Hampson, 1916
• Ozarba terribilis Berio, 1940
• Pandesma anysa Guenée, 1852
• Pandesma muricolor Berio, 1966
• Pericyma metaleuca Hampson, 1913
• Plecoptera melanoscia Hampson, 1926
• Plecopterodes melliflua (Holland, 1897)
• Plecopterodes moderata (Wallengren, 1860)
• Plecopterodes molybdena Berio, 1954
• Pluxilloides hartigi Berio, 1944
• Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
• Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Pseudomicrodes varia Berio, 1944
• Rhabdophera clathrum (Guenée, 1852)
• Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866)
• Rhynchina endoleuca (Hampson, 1916)
• Rhynchina revolutalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Rougeotia abyssinica (Hampson, 1918)
• Rougeotia aethiopica Laporte, 1974
• Rougeotia ludovici Laporte, 1974
• Rougeotia ludovicoides Laporte, 1977
• Rougeotia obscura Laporte, 1974
• Rougeotia roseogrisea Laporte, 1974
• Simplicia extinctalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
• Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
• Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
• Stenosticta grisea Hampson, 1912
• Stenosticta schreieri Hacker, 2010
• Stilbotis berioi Laporte, 1984
• Stilbotis ezanai Laporte, 1984
• Stilbotis fumigera Laporte, 1977
• Stilbotis ungemachi (Laporte, 1984)
• Tathorhynchus leucobasis Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Thiacidas acronictoides (Berio, 1950)
• Thiacidas cerurodes (Hampson, 1916)
• Thiacidas leonie Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas permutata Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas robertbecki Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Timora zavattarii Berio, 1944
• Tracheplexia richinii Berio, 1973
• Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])
• Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
• Trigonodes exportata Guenée, 1852
• Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
• Tycomarptes inferior (Guenée, 1852)
• Tytroca alabuensis Wiltshire, 1970
• Tytroca leucoptera (Hampson, 1896)
• Uollega ungemachi Berio, 1945

Nolidae

• Arcyophora longivalvis Guenée, 1852
• Arcyophora patricula (Hampson, 1902)
• Arcyophora zanderi Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
• Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
• Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
• Leocyma camilla (Druce, 1887)
• Maurilia arcuata (Walker, [1858])
• Meganola reubeni Agassiz, 2009
• Neaxestis mesogonia (Hampson, 1905)
• Negeta luminosa (Walker, 1858)
• Nola pumila Snellen, 1875
• Odontestis striata Hampson, 1912
• Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)

Notodontidae

• Afroplitis dasychirina (Gaede, 1928)
• Anaphe stellata Guérin-Méneville, 1844
• Antheua birbirana Viette, 1954
• Antheua gaedei Kiriakoff, 1962
• Antheua ochriventris (Strand, 1912)
• Antheua ornata (Walker, 1865)
• Antheua tricolor Walker, 1855
• Antheua trivitta (Hampson, 1910)
• Antistaura decorata Kiriakoff, 1965
• Desmeocraera kiriakoffi Thiaucourt, 1977
• Polelassothys callista Tams, 1930
• Psalisodes saalfeldi Kiriakoff, 1979
• Scalmicauda azebeae Thiaucourt, 1977
• Thaumetopoea apologetica Strand, 1909

Oecophoridae

• Eucleodora chalybeella Walsingham, 1881

Plutellidae

• Lepocnemis metapelista Meyrick, 1932
• Plutella dryoxyla Meyrick, 1932
• Plutella oxylopha Meyrick, 1932
• Plutella stichocentra Meyrick, 1932

Pterophoridae

• Agdistis obstinata Meyrick, 1920
• Amblyptilia direptalis (Walker, 1864)
• Arcoptilia gizan Arenberger, 1985
• Exelastis atomosa (Walsingham, 1885)
• Exelastis phlyctaenias (Meyrick, 1911)
• Hellinsia aethiopicus (Amsel, 1963)
• Hellinsia bigoti (Rougeot, 1983)
• Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
• Oidaematophorus negus Gibeaux, 1994
• Paracapperia esuriens Meyrick, 1932
• Platyptilia daemonica Meyrick, 1932
• Platyptilia gondarensis Gibeaux, 1994
• Platyptilia implacata Meyrick, 1932
• Platyptilia morophaea Meyrick, 1920
• Platyptilia sabius (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Pterophorus candidalis (Walker, 1864)
• Pterophorus lindneri (Amsel, 1963)
• Pterophorus rhyparias (Meyrick, 1908)
• Stenoptilia aethiopica Gibeaux, 1994
• Stenoptilia rougeoti Gibeaux, 1994
• Stenoptilia tyropiesta Meyrick, 1932

Pyralidae

• Endotricha ellisoni Whalley, 1963
• Epicrocis pseudodiscomaculella (Amsel, 1935)
• Harraria rufipicta Hampson, 1930

Saturniidae

• Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847)
• Bunaea alcinoe (Stoll, 1780)
• Bunaeopsis birbiri Bouvier, 1930
• Bunaeopsis oubie (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
• Eosia digennaroi Bouyer, 2008
• Epiphora antinorii (Oberthür, 1880)
• Epiphora bauhiniae (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
• Epiphora elianae Rougeot, 1973
• Gonimbrasia belina (Westwood, 1849)
• Gonimbrasia ellisoni Lemaire, 1962
• Gonimbrasia fletcheri Rougeot, 1960
• Gonimbrasia fucata Rougeot, 1978
• Gynanisa arba Darge, 2008
• Holocerina digennariana Darge, 2008
• Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
• Ludia hansali Felder, 1874
• Ludia orinoptena Karsch, 1892
• Nudaurelia fasciata Gaede, 1927
• Nudaurelia staudingeri Aurivillius, 1893
• Nudaurelia ungemachti Bouvier, 1926
• Parusta thelxione Fawcett, 1915
• Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Boisduval, 1847)
• Pseudobunaea heyeri (Weymer, 1896)
• Urota melichari Bouyer, 2008
• Urota sinope (Westwood, 1849)
• Usta terpsichore (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
• Usta wallengrenii (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1859)
• Yatanga smithi (Holland, 1892)

Sesiidae

• Melittia abyssiniensis Hampson, 1919
• Melittia aethiopica Le Cerf, 1917

Sphingidae

• Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cephonodes apus (Boisduval, 1833)
• Ceridia heuglini (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1874)
• Chaerocina ellisoni Hayes, 1963
• Chaerocina jordani Berio, 1938
• Dovania neumanni Jordan, 1926
• Falcatula tamsi Carcasson, 1968
• Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hippotion moorei Jordan, 1926
• Hippotion pentagramma (Hampson, 1910)
• Hippotion rebeli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Hippotion roseipennis (Butler, 1882)
• Hippotion socotrensis (Rebel, 1899)
• Hippotion stigma (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Leucophlebia neumanni Rothschild, 1902
• Leucostrophus alterhirundo d'Abrera, 1987
• Lophostethus negus Jordan, 1926
• Macropoliana natalensis (Butler, 1875)
• Microclanis erlangeri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776)
• Nephele vau (Walker, 1856)
• Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910
• Polyptychoides grayii (Walker, 1856)
• Polyptychoides niloticus (Jordan, 1921)
• Pseudoclanis abyssinicus (Lucas, 1857)
• Pseudoclanis bianchii (Oberthür, 1883)
• Temnora pseudopylas (Rothschild, 1894)

Thyrididae

• Arniocera cyanoxantha (Mabille, 1893)
• Arniocera guttulosa Jordan, 1915
• Lamprochrysa amata (Druce, 1910)
• Marmax vicaria (Walker, 1854)
• Netrocera setioides Felder, 1874

Tineidae

• Afrocelestis minuta (Gozmány, 1965)
• Ateliotum convicta (Meyrick, 1932)
• Ceratophaga luridula (Meyrick, 1932)
• Ceratophaga nephelotorna (Meyrick, 1932)
• Ceratophaga tragoptila (Meyrick, 1917)
• Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852)
• Cimitra efformata (Gozmány, 1965)
• Cimitra estimata (Gozmány, 1965)
• Criticonoma spinulosa Gozmány, 1965
• Crypsithyris stenovalva (Gozmány, 1965)
• Cylicobathra chionarga Meyrick, 1920
• Dasyses rugosella (Stainton, 1859)
• Dryadaula glycinoma (Meyrick, 1932)
• Ectabola pygmina (Gozmány, 1965)
• Edosa torrifacta (Gozmány, 1965)
• Hapsifera gypsophaea Gozmány, 1965
• Hapsifera ignobilis Meyrick, 1919
• Hapsifera nidicola Meyrick, 1935
• Hapsifera pachypsaltis Gozmány, 1965
• Hapsifera revoluta Meyrick, 1914
• Hapsifera rhodoptila Meyrick, 1920
• Hapsifera richteri Gozmány, 1965
• Hyperbola somphota (Meyrick, 1920)
• Leptozancla zelotica (Meyrick, 1932)
• Monopis addenda Gozmány, 1965
• Monopis leopardina Gozmány, 1965
• Monopis sciagrapha Bradley, 1965
• Monopis speculella (Zeller, 1852)
• Monopis triplacopa Meyrick, 1932
• Myrmecozela isopsamma Meyrick, 1920
• Opogona omoscopa (Meyrick, 1893)
• Perissomastix lucifer Gozmány, 1965
• Perissomastix othello (Meyrick, 1907)
• Perissomastix perdita Gozmány, 1965
• Perissomastix taeniaecornis (Walsingham, 1896)
• Scalmatica separata Gozmány, 1965
• Silosca mariae Gozmány, 1965
• Tinissa spaniastra Meyrick, 1932

Tortricidae

• Capua spilonoma Meyrick, 1932
• Cydia calliglypta (Meyrick, 1932)
• Eccopsis aegidia (Meyrick, 1932)
• Eccopsis maschalista (Meyrick, 1932)
• Eucosma vulpecularis Meyrick, 1932
• Gypsonoma paradelta (Meyrick, 1925)
• Metamesia physetopa (Meyrick, 1932)
• Olethreutes polymorpha (Meyrick, 1932)
• Phtheochroa lonnvei Aarvik, 2010
• Procrica ophiograpta (Meyrick, 1932)
• Tortrix diametrica Meyrick, 1932
• Trachybyrsis chionochlaena Meyrick, 1932

Yponomeutidae

• Yponomeuta ocypora (Meyrick, 1932)

Zygaenidae

• Alteramenelikia jordani (Alberti, 1954)
• Astyloneura bicoloria Röber, 1929
• Epiorna abessynica (Koch, 1865)
• Saliunca anhyalina Alberti, 1957
• Saliunca meruana Aurivillius, 1910
• Saliunca pallida Alberti, 1957

References

External links

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