Location of Namibia

There are about 510 known moth species of Namibia. 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 Namibia.

Amphisbatidae

Arctiidae

Autostichidae

Carposinidae

Cecidosidae

Choreutidae

Copromorphidae

Cosmopterigidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Elachistidae

Eriocottidae

Eupterotidae

Gelechiidae

Geometridae

  • Allochrostes uniornata Prout, 1935
  • Androzeugma subacuta Prout, 1935
  • Chiasmia brongusaria (Walker, 1860)
  • Chiasmia diarmodia (Prout, 1925)
  • Chiasmia getula (Wallengren, 1872)
  • Chiasmia grimmia (Wallengren, 1872)
  • Drepanogynis albiordine Prout, 1938
  • Drepanogynis gynoloxa (Prout, 1938)
  • Drepanogynis incondita (Warren, 1904)
  • Drepanogynis olivescens (Warren, 1898)
  • Mimoclystia corticearia (Aurivillius, 1910)
  • Rhodophthitus tricoloraria (Mabille, 1890)
  • Zamarada ascaphes Prout, 1925
  • Zamarada ilma Prout, 1922
  • Zamarada metallicata Warren, 1914
  • Zamarada phaeozona Hampson, 1909
  • Zamarada pulverosa Warren, 1895
  • Zamarada tosta D. S. Fletcher, 1974

Gracillariidae

Lasiocampidae

  • Anadiasa punctifascia Walker, 1855
  • Beralade jordani Tams, 1936
  • Bombycomorpha bifascia (Walker, 1855)
  • Braura picturata (Grünberg, 1910)
  • Chrysopsyche bivittata Aurivillius, 1927
  • Gonometa postica Walker, 1855
  • Metajana chanleri Holland, 1896
  • Odontocheilopteryx obscura Aurivillius, 1927
  • Philotherma rosa (Druce, 1887)
  • Rhinobombyx cuneata Aurivillius, 1879
  • Schausinna regia (Grünberg, 1910)
  • Sena meyi Zolotuhin, 2007
  • Sena parva (Aurivillius, 1921)
  • Sena prompta (Walker, 1855)
  • Sena quirimbo (Tams, 1936)
  • Streblote pancala (Tams, 1936)

Lecithoceridae

Limacodidae

  • Afrobirthama hobohmi Janse, 1964
  • Coenobasis argentilinea Aurivillius, 1900
  • Isozinara pallidifascia Janse, 1964
  • Latoia eremotropha Janse, 1964
  • Pseudothosea albisignata Janse, 1964
  • Scotinochroa diplothysana Tams, 1932
  • Taeda aetitis Wallengren, 1863

Lymantriidae

  • Bazisa transmutata Mey, 2007
  • Crorema adspersa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
  • Crorema nigropunctata Collenette, 1931
  • Crorema ochracea (Snellen, 1872)
  • Euproctis consocia Walker, 1865
  • Euproctis niropunctatum Kühne, 2010
  • Homochira rendalli (Distant, 1897)
  • Lacipa kottleri Kühne, 2010
  • Laelia actuosa Hering, 1926
  • Laelia amabilis Aurivillius, 1879
  • Laelia extatura (Distant, 1897)
  • Laelia extorta (Distant, 1897)
  • Laelia gwelila (Swinhoe, 1903)
  • Laelioproctis leucosphena Collenette, 1939
  • Lymantica cidariensis Kühne, 2010
  • Rhypopteryx diplogramma Hering, 1927
  • Rhypopteryx sordida Aurivillius, 1879
  • Tearosoma aspersum Felder, 1874
  • Tearosoma daures Mey, 2007

Metarbelidae

Noctuidae

  • Achaea tolnaodes Berio, 1956
  • Acontia annemaria Hacker, 2007
  • Acontia antica Walker, 1862
  • Acontia aureola Hacker, 2007
  • Acontia aurivillii Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
  • Acontia chrysoproctis (Hampson, 1902)
  • Acontia cimbebasia Hacker, 2007
  • Acontia conifrons (Aurivillius, 1879)
  • Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857
  • Acontia ectorrida (Hampson, 1916)
  • Acontia gratiosa Wallengren, 1856
  • Acontia guttifera Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
  • Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)
  • Acontia namibiensis Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Acontia natalis (Guenée, 1852)
  • Acontia okahandja Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
  • Acontia permutata Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898)
  • Acontia simo Wallengren, 1860
  • Acontia spangbergi Aurivillius, 1879
  • Acontia torrefacta (Distant, 1898)
  • Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
  • Acontia trimaculata Aurivillius, 1879
  • Acontia trychaenoides Wallengren, 1856
  • Acontia umbrigera Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
  • Acontia wallengreni Aurivillius, 1879
  • Acontia wolframmeyi Hacker, 2007
  • Aegle dubiosa Kühne, 2010
  • Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
  • Audea melanoplaga Hampson, 1902
  • Brevipecten brandbergensis Hacker, 2004
  • Brevipecten cornuta Hampson, 1902
  • Brevipecten wolframmeyi Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
  • Ctenusa pallida (Hampson, 1902)
  • Ctenusa varians (Wallengren, 1863)
  • Cucullia terensis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
  • Diaphone eumela (Stoll, 1781)
  • Dysmilichia namibiae Hacker, 2007
  • Eustrotia genuflexa (Hampson, 1902)
  • Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Heraclia abacata (Karsch, 1892)
  • Heraclia lomata (Karsch, 1892)
  • Heraclia longipennis (Walker, 1854)
  • Honeyia clearchus (Fawcett, 1916)
  • Honeyia quarta Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
  • Hypena senialis Guenée, 1854
  • Hypersypnoides congoensis Berio, 1954
  • Iambiodes incerta (Rothschild, 1913)
  • Masalia disticta (Hampson, 1902)
  • Masalia leucosticta (Hampson, 1902)
  • Masalia quilengesi Seymour, 1972
  • Omphaloceps daria (Druce, 1895)
  • Ophiusa dianaris (Guenée, 1852)
  • Ophiusa umbrilinea Hampson, 1902
  • Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Oraesia provocans Walker, [1858]
  • Ozarba acclivis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Ozarba cinerea (Aurivillius, 1879)
  • Ozarba damarensis Berio, 1940
  • Ozarba devylderi Berio, 1940
  • Ozarba gaedei Berio, 1940
  • Ozarba gobabis Berio, 1940
  • Ozarba inopinata Berio, 1940
  • Ozarba jansei Berio, 1940
  • Ozarba malaisei Berio, 1940
  • Ozarba persinua Berio, 1940
  • Paida pulchra (Trimen, 1863)
  • Plecopterodes lutosa (Grünberg, 1910)
  • Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
  • Proschaliphora albida Hampson, 1909
  • Proschaliphora aurata Kühne, 2010
  • Proschaliphora lineata Kühne, 2010
  • Proschaliphora minima Kühne, 2010
  • Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
  • Stenosticta namibiensis Hacker & Mey, 2010
  • Stenosticta nigrescens Hacker & Mey, 2010
  • Stenosticta virgata Hacker & Mey, 2010
  • Thiacidas duplicata (Grünberg, 1910)
  • Thiacidas krooni Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Thiacidas permutata Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Thiacidas postalbida (Gaede, 1939)
  • Thiacidas roseotincta (Pinhey, 1962)
  • Ulochlaena ferruginea (Gaede, 1915)
  • Ulochlaena reducta (Gaede, 1915)
  • Ulochlaena sagittata (Gaede, 1915)
  • Ulochlaena schaeferi Gaede, 1915

Nolidae

  • Arcyophora ledereri (Wallengren, 1863)
  • Neaxestis aviuncis Wiltshire, 1985

Notodontidae

  • Afroplitis dasychirina (Gaede, 1928)
  • Afroplitis pylades (Kiriakoff, 1955)
  • Antheuella psolometopa (Tams, 1929)
  • Atrasana grisea (Gaede, 1928)
  • Cerurina marshalli (Hampson, 1910)
  • Metopteryx mus (Gaede, 1928)
  • Phalera atrata (Grünberg, 1907)
  • Phalera lydenburgi Distant, 1899
  • Phyllaliodes poliostrota (Hampson, 1910)
  • Stenostaura elegans Kiriakoff, 1970

Oecophoridae

  • Stathmopoda ficivora Kasy, 1973

Plutellidae

Psychidae

  • Australoplacodoma bicolorata Sobczyk & Mey, 2007
  • Chalia maledicta Scheven, 1910
  • Eumeta cervina Druce, 1887
  • Kotochalia junodi (Heylaerts, 1890)
  • Lithopleurota monachopis Meyrick, 1939
  • Narycia antibatis Meyrick, 1926
  • Narycia isoxantha Meyrick, 1920
  • Patromasia petroglypta Meyrick, 1926
  • Penestoglossa dyscrita Meyrick, 1926
  • Picrospora maculasquamosa Sobczyk & Mey, 2007
  • Placodoma brandbergensis Sobczyk & Mey, 2007
  • Thranitica hemicopa Meyrick, 1908

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Saturniidae

  • Epiphora bauhiniae (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
  • Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836)
  • Gynanisa zimba Darge, 2008
  • Heniocha apollonia (Cramer, 1779)
  • Heniocha distincta Bryk, 1939
  • Heniocha dyops (Maassen, 1872)
  • Ludia corticea Jordan, 1922
  • Ludia delegorguei (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Pseudobunaea tyrrhena (Westwood, 1849)
  • Usta wallengrenii (C. & R. Felder, 1859)

Sesiidae

Sphingidae

Thyrididae

  • Arniocera amoena Jordan, 1907
  • Arniocera cyanoxantha (Mabille, 1893)
  • Bupota galbana Whalley, 1971
  • Chrysotypus subflavus Whalley, 1971
  • Dysodia incognita Whalley, 1968
  • Dysodia intermedia (Walker, 1865)
  • Dysodia subsignata Warren, 1908
  • Rhodoneura abacha Whalley, 1971

Tineidae

Tischeriidae

Tortricidae

  • Bactra tylophora Diakonoff, 1963
  • Cydia ichthyura (Meyrick, 1926)
  • Cydia malesana (Meyrick, 1920)
  • Eccopsis incultana (Walker, 1863)
  • Eugnosta cataracta Aarvik, 2004
  • Eugnosta meyi Aarvik, 2004
  • Eugnosta namibiana Aarvik, 2004
  • Megalota namibiana Aarvik, 2004
  • Metendothenia balanacma (Meyrick, 1914)
  • Selania costifuscana Aarvik, 2004
  • Thiodia excavana Aarvik, 2004

Uraniidae

  • Pseudodirades lactea (Warren, 1897)

Xyloryctidae

Yponomeutidae

  • Prays oleae (Bernard, 1788)
  • Yponomeuta subplumbellus Walsingham, 1881

Zygaenidae

References

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