Location of Mali

Moths of Mali represent only 23 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 Mali.

Arctiidae

Geometridae

  • Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897

Lasiocampidae

  • Cleopatrina bilinea (Walker, 1855)
  • Lasiocampa bilineata (Mabille, 1884)
  • Pallastica lateritia (Hering, 1928)
  • Streblote panda Hübner, 1822

Noctuidae

Psychidae

  • Acanthopsyche carbonarius Karsch, 1900

Pterophoridae

Pyraloidea

Tineidae

Tortricidae

  • Cosmorrhyncha acrocosma (Meyrick, 1908)

References

    • Poltavsky, A.N., Kravchenko, V.D., Traore, M.M., Traore, S.F., Gergely, P., Witt, Th.J., Sulak, H., Beck, R.H.-T., Junnila, A., Revay, E.E., Doumbia, S., Beier, J.C. & Müller, G.C. 2018. Biodiversity and seasonality of Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) in the woody savannah belt in Mali. Israel Journal of Entomology 48 (1): 69–78. Article
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