Location of Zimbabwe

The moths of Zimbabwe represent about 1,000 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 Zimbabwe.

Adelidae

Alucitidae

Anomoeotidae

Arctiidae

Autostichidae

Cecidosidae

Coleophoridae

Cosmopterigidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Drepanidae

Elachistidae

Eriocottidae

Eupterotidae

Gelechiidae

Geometridae

  • Acanthovalva bilineata (Warren, 1895)
  • Acanthovalva inconspicuaria (Hübner, 1796)
  • Androzeugma mollior Prout, 1922
  • Aphilopota phanerostigma Prout, 1917
  • Aphilopota plethora Prout, 1938
  • Ascotis selenaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
  • Biston stringeri (Prout, 1938)
  • Cabera aquaemontana (Prout, 1913)
  • Cabera strigata (Warren, 1897)
  • Chiasmia abnormata (Prout, 1917)
  • Chiasmia costicommata (Prout, 1922)
  • Chiasmia curvifascia (Warren, 1897)
  • Chiasmia extrusilinea (Prout, 1925)
  • Chiasmia grisescens (Prout, 1916)
  • Chiasmia interrupta (Warren, 1897)
  • Chiasmia kilimanjarensis (Holland, 1892)
  • Chiasmia marmorata (Warren, 1897)
  • Chiasmia multistrigata (Warren, 1897)
  • Chiasmia normata (Walker, 1861)
  • Chiasmia nubilata (Warren, 1897)
  • Chiasmia parallacta (Warren, 1897)
  • Chiasmia procidata (Guenée, 1858)
  • Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858)
  • Chiasmia subcurvaria (Mabille, 1897)
  • Cleora betularia (Warren, 1897)
  • Cleora munda (Warren, 1899)
  • Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967
  • Coenina poecilaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
  • Colocleora grisea (Janse, 1932)
  • Colocleora proximaria (Walker, 1860)
  • Comibaena rhodolopha Prout, 1915
  • Drepanogynis arcuifera Prout, 1934
  • Drepanogynis costipicta (Prout, 1932)
  • Drepanogynis crassifurca Krüger, 2002
  • Drepanogynis crenilinea Krüger, 2002
  • Drepanogynis epione (Prout, 1913)
  • Drepanogynis mixtaria Guenée, 1858
  • Drepanogynis olivescens (Warren, 1898)
  • Drepanogynis tripartita (Warren, 1898)
  • Drepanogynis unilineata (Warren, 1897)
  • Drepanogynis villaria (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
  • Epigynopteryx maeviaria (Guenée, 1858)
  • Erastria leucicolor (Butler, 1875)
  • Euexia percnopus Prout, 1915
  • Eulycia grisea (Warren, 1897)
  • Eupithecia rigida Swinhoe, 1892
  • Eupithecia semipallida Janse, 1933
  • Heterorachis insolens (Prout, 1917)
  • Heterostegane bifasciata (Warren, 1914)
  • Hypomecis ectropodes (Prout, 1913)
  • Idaea heres (Prout, 1932)
  • Idiodes flexilinea (Warren, 1898)
  • Isoplenodia arabukoensis Sihvonen & Staude, 2010
  • Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)
  • Isturgia exospilata (Walker, 1861)
  • Isturgia spissata (Walker, 1862)
  • Lomographa indularia (Guenée, 1858)
  • Mauna electa Prout, 1917
  • Mauna perquisita Prout, 1922
  • Menophra caeca (Prout, 1913)
  • Menophra obtusata (Warren, 1902)
  • Microligia luteitincta Prout, 1916
  • Mimandria cataractae Prout, 1917
  • Mimoclystia pudicata (Walker, 1862)
  • Neromia clavicornis Prout, 1915
  • Omphalucha albosignata Janse, 1932
  • Omphalucha maturnaria (Möschler, 1883)
  • Oneiliana multifera Prout, 1922
  • Orbamia octomaculata (Wallengren, 1872)
  • Orbamia subaurata (Warren, 1899)
  • Pareclipsis anophthalma Prout, 1916
  • Phoenicocampa terinata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
  • Pingasa distensaria (Walker, 1860)
  • Pingasa rhadamaria (Guenée, 1858)
  • Pitthea trifasciata Dewitz, 1881
  • Plateoplia acrobelia (Wallengren, 1875)
  • Rhodophthitus commaculata (Warren, 1897)
  • Rhodophthitus simplex Warren, 1897
  • Scopula curvimargo (Warren, 1900)
  • Scopula latitans Prout, 1920
  • Scopula ludibunda (Prout, 1915)
  • Somatina ioscia Prout, 1932
  • Somatina virginalis Prout, 1917
  • Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858
  • Xylopteryx oneili Prout, 1922
  • Zamarada aclea Prout, 1912
  • Zamarada ascaphes Prout, 1925
  • Zamarada bathyscaphes Prout, 1912
  • Zamarada consecuta Prout, 1922
  • Zamarada crystallophana Mabille, 1900
  • Zamarada deceptrix Warren, 1914
  • Zamarada densisparsa Prout, 1922
  • Zamarada denticatella Prout, 1922
  • Zamarada differens Bastelberger, 1907
  • Zamarada dorsiplaga Prout, 1922
  • Zamarada eroessa Prout, 1915
  • Zamarada erugata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada fessa Prout, 1912
  • Zamarada flavicaput Warren, 1901
  • Zamarada gamma D. S. Fletcher, 1958
  • Zamarada glareosa Bastelberger, 1909
  • Zamarada ignicosta Prout, 1912
  • Zamarada ilma Prout, 1922
  • Zamarada jansei D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912
  • Zamarada metallicata Warren, 1914
  • Zamarada metrioscaphes Prout, 1912
  • Zamarada odontophora D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada ordinaria Bethune-Baker, 1913
  • Zamarada plana Bastelberger, 1909
  • Zamarada polyctemon Prout, 1932
  • Zamarada pringlei D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada prionotos D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada psammites D. S. Fletcher, 1958
  • Zamarada psectra D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada pulverosa Warren, 1895
  • Zamarada purimargo Prout, 1912
  • Zamarada scintillans Bastelberger, 1909
  • Zamarada seydeli D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada transvisaria (Guenée, 1858)
  • Zamarada varii D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897
  • Zeuctoboarmia sabinei (Prout, 1915)

Glyphipterigidae

Gracillariidae

Hepialidae

Himantopteridae

Hyblaeidae

Lasiocampidae

  • Anadiasa fuscofasciata (Aurivillius, 1922)
  • Braura ligniclusa (Walker, 1865)
  • Catalebeda jamesoni (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
  • Cleopatrina phocea (Druce, 1887)
  • Cymatopacha obscura Aurivillius, 1921
  • Dollmania purpurascens (Aurivillius, 1909)
  • Epicnapteroides fuliginosa Pinhey, 1973
  • Epicnapteroides lobata Strand, 1912
  • Epicnapteroides marmorata Pinhey, 1973
  • Eutricha morosa (Walker, 1865)
  • Euwallengrenia rectilineata (Aurivillius, 1905)
  • Euwallengrenia reducta (Walker, 1855)
  • Gastropacha africana (Holland, 1893)
  • Gastroplakaeis meridionalis Aurivillius, 1901
  • Gonometa robusta (Aurivillius, 1909)
  • Grellada enigmatica (Hering, 1941)
  • Grellada marshalli (Aurivillius, 1902)
  • Haplopacha cinerea Aurivillius, 1905
  • Hypotrabala sanguicincta (Aurivillius, 1901)
  • Lechriolepis nephopyropa Tams, 1931
  • Metajana marshalli Aurivillius, 1909
  • Odontocheilopteryx dollmani Tams, 1930
  • Odontocheilopteryx myxa Wallengren, 1860
  • Odontocheilopteryx obscura Aurivillius, 1927
  • Odontocheilopteryx pattersoni Tams, 1926
  • Odontopacha kilwana Strand, 1911
  • Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909)
  • Philotherma obscura Aurivillius, 1927
  • Pseudolyra cinerea (Aurivillius, 1901)
  • Pseudometa dollmani Tams, 1925
  • Pseudometa viola Aurivillius, 1901
  • Sena donaldsoni (Holland, 1901)
  • Stenophatna cymographa (Hampson, 1910)
  • Stenophatna marshalli Aurivillius, 1909
  • Stenophatna rothschildi (Tams, 1936)
  • Stoermeriana fusca (Aurivillius, 1905)
  • Theophasida superba (Aurivillius, 1914)
  • Trabala charon Druce, 1910
  • Trichopisthia igneotincta (Aurivillius, 1909)

Lecithoceridae

Limacodidae

  • Astatophlebia marmarobrunnea Janse, 1964
  • Crothaema conspicua Janse, 1964
  • Crothaema sericea Butler, 1880
  • Gavara lamborni (Bethune-Baker, 1915)
  • Latoia albicosta (Hampson, 1910)
  • Latoia viridicosta (Hampson, 1910)
  • Macroplectra obliquilinea Hampson, 1910
  • Micraphe lateritia Karsch, 1896
  • Omocenoides prismallae Janse, 1964
  • Paraphlebs singularis Aurivillius, 1921
  • Scotinocerides pseudorestricta Hering, 1937
  • Stroter dukei Janse, 1964
  • Taeda aetitis Wallengren, 1863
  • Trachyptena holobrunnea (Janse, 1964)
  • Unithosea albilineata (Hampson, 1910)
  • Zinara discophora Hampson, 1910

Lymantriidae

  • Aroa achrodisca Hampson, 1910
  • Aroa quadrimaculata (Janse, 1915)
  • Chrysocyma mesopotamia Hampson, 1905
  • Crorema fulvinotata (Butler, 1893)
  • Dasychira escota Hampson, 1905
  • Dasychirana crenulata Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • Euproctis crocosticta Hampson, 1905
  • Euproctis fulvipennis Hampson, 1910
  • Euproctis pallida (Kirby, 1896)
  • Heteronygmia dissimilis Aurivillius, 1910
  • Laelia aethiopica Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Laelia atrifilata (Hampson, 1905)
  • Laelia marginepunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Laelia rubrifilata (Hampson, 1905)
  • Leptaroa fulvicolora Hampson, 1910
  • Palasea albimacula Wallengren, 1863
  • Palasea flavicilia (Hampson, 1910)
  • Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855
  • Pteredoa plumosa Hampson, 1905
  • Stracena telesilla (Druce, 1899)

Lyonetiidae

Metarbelidae

Noctuidae

  • Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
  • Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)
  • Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)
  • Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Achaea sordida (Walker, 1865)
  • Achaea violascens Hampson, 1918
  • Acontia bidentata (Hampson, 1902)
  • Acontia chrysoproctis (Hampson, 1902)
  • Acontia citripennis (Hampson, 1910)
  • Acontia conifrons (Aurivillius, 1879)
  • Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857
  • Acontia dispar (Walker, [1858])
  • Acontia ectorrida (Hampson, 1916)
  • Acontia gratiosa Wallengren, 1856
  • Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
  • Acontia leucotrigona (Hampson, 1905)
  • Acontia natalis (Guenée, 1852)
  • Acontia nephele Hampson, 1911
  • Acontia niphogona (Hampson, 1909)
  • Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898)
  • Acontia simo Wallengren, 1860
  • Acontia tanzaniae Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
  • Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
  • Acontia trimaculata Aurivillius, 1879
  • Acontia trychaenoides Wallengren, 1856
  • Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
  • Acrapex brunnea Hampson, 1910
  • Acrapex metaphaea Hampson, 1910
  • Acrapex spoliata (Walker, 1863)
  • Adisura aerugo (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Aegocera tricolora Bethune-Baker, 1909
  • Agrotis biconica Kollar, 1844
  • Agrotis isopleura Hampson, 1902
  • Agrotis longidentifera (Hampson, 1903)
  • Agrotis segetum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
  • Aletia consanguis (Guenée, 1852)
  • Amazonides ecstrigata (Hampson, 1903)
  • Amazonides epipyria (Hampson, 1903)
  • Amazonides fumicolor (Hampson, 1902)
  • Amazonides ruficeps (Hampson, 1903)
  • Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
  • Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Anedhella nigrivittata (Hampson, 1902)
  • Anoba phaeotermesia Hampson, 1926
  • Apospasta fuscirufa (Hampson, 1905)
  • Aspidifrontia glaucescens Hampson, 1905
  • Aspidifrontia rufescens Hampson, 1902
  • Aspidifrontia semipallida Hampson, 1902
  • Athetis chionephra (Hampson, 1911)
  • Athetis flavipuncta Hampson, 1909
  • Athetis leuconephra Hampson, 1909
  • Athetis melanosema Hampson, 1914
  • Athetis melanosticta Hampson, 1909
  • Athetis microtera (Hampson, 1902)
  • Athetis poliostrota Hampson, 1909
  • Athetis singula (Möschler, 1883)
  • Audea humeralis Hampson, 1902
  • Audea tegulata Hampson, 1902
  • Autoba admota (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Autoba versicolor Walker, 1864
  • Axylia annularis Saalmüller, 1891
  • Brevipecten cornuta Hampson, 1902
  • Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Busseola fusca (Fuller, 1901)
  • Busseola pallidicosta (Hampson, 1902)
  • Calamia flavirufa Hampson, 1910
  • Calliodes pretiosissima Holland, 1892
  • Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)
  • Callyna cupricolor Hampson, 1902
  • Callyna nigerrima Hampson, 1902
  • Callyna obscura Hampson, 1910
  • Caradrina atriluna Guenée, 1852
  • Cerocala contraria (Walker, 1865)
  • Cerynea thermesialis (Walker, 1866)
  • Chalciope delta (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Chlumetia lichenosa (Hampson, 1902)
  • Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
  • Copifrontia xantherythra Hampson, 1905
  • Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
  • Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910
  • Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1857)
  • Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852)
  • Cyclopera similis (Hampson, 1902)
  • Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
  • Cyligramma magus (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
  • Dicerogastra furvilinea (Hampson, 1902)
  • Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
  • Ectolopha viridescens Hampson, 1902
  • Egybolis vaillantina (Stoll, 1790)
  • Entomogramma pardus Guenée, 1852
  • Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
  • Ethiopica vinosa (Hampson, 1902)
  • Eublemma acarodes Swinhoe, 1907
  • Eublemma apicata Distant, 1898
  • Eublemma flaviceps Hampson, 1902
  • Eublemma foedosa (Guenée, 1852)
  • Eublemma ornatula (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Eublemma penicillata Hampson, 1902
  • Eublemma plumbosa Distant, 1899
  • Eublemma ragusana (Freyer, 1844)
  • Eublemma staudingeri (Wallengren, 1875)
  • Eublemma trigramma Hampson, 1910
  • Eublemma tritonia (Hampson, 1902)
  • Eulocastra aethiops (Distant, 1898)
  • Eulymnia pulcherrima (Hampson, 1902)
  • Eustrotia decissima (Walker, 1865)
  • Eutelia discitriga Walker, 1865
  • Eutelia glaucocycla Hampson, 1912
  • Eutelia polychorda Hampson, 1902
  • Eutelia symphonica Hampson, 1902
  • Euterpiodes pienaari (Distant, 1898)
  • Euxoa pronycta Hampson, 1903
  • Feliniopsis satellitis (Berio, 1974)
  • Grammarctia bilinea (Walker, 1865)
  • Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858
  • Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Heliocheilus multiradiata (Hampson, 1902)
  • Heliothis flavigera (Hampson, 1907)
  • Heraclia aemulatrix (Westwood, 1881)
  • Heraclia butleri (Walker, 1869)
  • Heraclia limbomaculata (Strand, 1909)
  • Heraclia perdix (Druce, 1887)
  • Heraclia superba (Butler, 1875)
  • Honeyia secunda Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
  • Iambia transversa (Moore, 1882)
  • Leucania atrinota (Hampson, 1905)
  • Leucania cupreata (Hampson, 1905)
  • Leucania melianoides Möschler, 1883
  • Leucania micropis (Hampson, 1905)
  • Leucovis alba (Rothschild, 1897)
  • Lithacodia blandula (Guenée, 1862)
  • Lophonotidia nocturna Hampson, 1901
  • Lophoptera methyalea (Hampson, 1902)
  • Marathyssa cuneata (Saalmüller, 1891)
  • Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
  • Masalia sublimis (Berio, 1962)
  • Masalia transvaalica (Distant, 1902)
  • Matopo inangulata Hampson, 1909
  • Mesogenea costimacula Hampson, 1926
  • Micragrotis exusta Hampson, 1903
  • Micragrotis interstriata (Hampson, 1902)
  • Micragrotis microstigma Hampson, 1903
  • Micragrotis prosarca Hampson, 1903
  • Mimasura tripunctoides Poole, 1989
  • Mimasura unipuncta (Hampson, 1902)
  • Mitrophrys menete (Cramer, 1775)
  • Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Mocis mutuaria (Walker, 1858)
  • Mythimna poliastis (Hampson, 1902)
  • Ochrocalama xanthia (Hampson, 1905)
  • Ochropleura leucogaster (Freyer, 1831)
  • Odontestra vittigera (Hampson, 1902)
  • Oederastria ectorhoda Hampson, 1902
  • Omphalestra mesomelana (Hampson, 1902)
  • Omphaloceps daria (Druce, 1895)
  • Ophiusa melaconisia Hampson, 1905
  • Ophiusa selenaris (Guenée, 1852)
  • Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777)
  • Oraesia provocans Walker, [1858]
  • Oruza latifera (Walker, 1869)
  • Ovios capensis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
  • Ozarba africana Berio, 1940
  • Ozarba bipartita (Hampson, 1902)
  • Ozarba bisexualis Hampson, 1910
  • Ozarba consanguis (Hampson, 1902)
  • Ozarba corniculans (Wallengren, 1860)
  • Ozarba hemimelaena Hampson, 1910
  • Ozarba hypoxantha (Wallengren, 1860)
  • Ozarba jansei Berio, 1940
  • Ozarba metachrysea Hampson, 1910
  • Ozarba phaea (Hampson, 1902)
  • Ozarba subterminalis Hampson, 1910
  • Paratuerta marshalli Hampson, 1902
  • Pericyma scandulata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Phaegorista xanthosoma Hampson, 1910
  • Phalerodes cauta (Hampson, 1902)
  • Plecoptera melanoscia Hampson, 1926
  • Plecopterodes melliflua (Holland, 1897)
  • Plecopterodes moderata (Wallengren, 1860)
  • Polia cuprescens Hampson, 1905
  • Polydesma sagulata Wallengren, 1875
  • Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
  • Procrateria noloides Hampson, 1905
  • Pseudospiris paidiformis Butler, 1895
  • Pseudozarba opella (Swinhoe, 1885)
  • Ramesodes micropis Hampson, 1910
  • Rhynchina coniodes Vári, 1962
  • Saalmuellerana media (Walker, 1857)
  • Schausia langazana Kiriakoff, 1974
  • Selenistis annulella (Hampson, 1902)
  • Sesamia albivena Hampson, 1902
  • Sesamia calamistis Hampson, 1910
  • Sesamia coniota Hampson, 1902
  • Sesamia taenioleuca (Wallengren, 1866)
  • Soloe fumipennis Hampson, 1910
  • Spirama glaucescens (Butler, 1893)
  • Spirama griseisigna (Hampson, 1913)
  • Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
  • Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
  • Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Tanocryx pinheyi Viette, 1973
  • Thiacidas cookei (Pinhey, 1958)
  • Thiacidas dukei (Pinhey, 1968)
  • Thiacidas fasciata (Fawcett, 1917)
  • Thiacidas fractilinea (Pinhey, 1968)
  • Thiacidas nigrimacula (Pinhey, 1968)
  • Thiacidas postalbida (Gaede, 1939)
  • Thiacidas roseotincta (Pinhey, 1962)
  • Thyatirina achatina (Weymer, 1896)
  • Thysanoplusia indicator (Walker, [1858])
  • Timora daphoena Hampson, 1910
  • Tracheplexia lucia (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1974)
  • Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Tumidifrontia castaneotincta Hampson, 1902
  • Tytroca balnearia (Distant, 1898)
  • Ulotrichopus leucopasta Hampson, 1913
  • Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)
  • Uncula tristigmatias (Hampson, 1902)
  • Vietteania torrentium (Guenée, 1852)
  • Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856)
  • Zalaca snelleni (Wallengren, 1875)

Nolidae

  • Arcyophora longivalvis Guenée, 1852
  • Arcyophora patricula (Hampson, 1902)
  • Chlorozada verna (Hampson, 1902)
  • Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Maurilia arcuata (Walker, [1858])
  • Meganola infuscata (Hampson, 1903)
  • Megathripa rufimedia (Hampson, 1905)
  • Neaxestis griseata Hampson, 1902
  • Neaxestis rhoda Hampson, 1905
  • Negeta luminosa (Walker, 1858)
  • Negeta nivea (Hampson, 1902)
  • Nola argyrolepis Hampson, 1907
  • Nola foviferoides Poole, 1989
  • Nola imitata (van Son, 1933)
  • Nola major Hampson, 1891
  • Nola melanoscelis (Hampson, 1914)
  • Nola phaeocraspis (Hampson, 1909)
  • Nola socotrensis (Hampson, 1901)
  • Paranola bipartita van Son, 1933
  • Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)
  • Xanthodes brunnescens (Pinhey, 1968)

Notodontidae

  • Afrocerura leonensis (Hampson, 1910)
  • Afroplitis phyllocampa (Trimen, 1909)
  • Antheua aurifodinae (Distant, 1902)
  • Antheua croceipuncta Hampson, 1910
  • Antheua delicata Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • Antheua encausta (Hampson, 1910)
  • Antheua trimacula Kiriakoff, 1954
  • Archistilbia cineracea Kiriakoff, 1954
  • Archistilbia varii Kiriakoff, 1970
  • Atrasana callitoxa (Tams, 1930)
  • Atrasana grisea (Gaede, 1928)
  • Atrasana pinheyi Kiriakoff, 1962
  • Bisolita rubrifascia (Hampson, 1910)
  • Catastygne tristicolor (Gaede, 1928)
  • Cerurina marshalli (Hampson, 1910)
  • Chlorocalliope calliope (Hampson, 1910)
  • Chlorochadisra beltista (Tams, 1930)
  • Clostera distinguenda Kiriakoff, 1962
  • Clostera ferruginosa (Gaede, 1934)
  • Clostera formosa Kiriakoff, 1962
  • Clostera nubila Kiriakoff, 1962
  • Clostera semilunata Kiriakoff, 1971
  • Deinarchia agramma (Hampson, 1910)
  • Desmeocraera analis Kiriakoff, 1954
  • Desmeocraera basalis Distant, 1899
  • Desmeocraera canescens Janse, 1920
  • Desmeocraera decorata (Wichgraf, 1922)
  • Desmeocraera interpellatrix (Wallengren, 1860)
  • Desmeocraera latex (Druce, 1901)
  • Desmeocraera luteosticta Kiriakoff, 1968
  • Desmeocraera oliva Kiriakoff, 1968
  • Desmeocraera venusta Kiriakoff, 1954
  • Desmeocraera vernalis Distant, 1897
  • Drapetides uniformis (Swinhoe, 1907)
  • Elaphrodes lactea (Gaede, 1932)
  • Epicerura steniptera (Hampson, 1910)
  • Eubreyeria dasychiroides (Janse, 1920)
  • Eujansea afra (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
  • Galona serena Karsch, 1895
  • Hampsonita esmeralda (Hampson, 1910)
  • Helga infans Kiriakoff, 1962
  • Heraia thalassina (Hampson, 1910)
  • Induba nigrescens Kiriakoff, 1955
  • Leptolepida rhodesiae Kiriakoff, 1965
  • Leucophalera latipennis (Butler, 1897)
  • Metopteryx cinerea (Janse, 1920)
  • Metopteryx infans (Kiriakoff, 1964)
  • Notocerura spiritalis (Distant, 1899)
  • Notoxantha sesamiodes Hampson, 1910
  • Paradrallia rhodesi Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Pararethona hierax (Distant, 1897)
  • Parastaura divisa Gaede, 1928
  • Phalera imitata Druce, 1896
  • Phycitimorpha congruata Janse, 1920
  • Phycitimorpha stigmatica Janse, 1920
  • Plastystaura glis Kiriakoff, 1968
  • Plastystaura murina Kiriakoff, 1965
  • Polelassothys plumitarsus Janse, 1920
  • Polienus capillata (Wallengren, 1875)
  • Polienus fuscatus Janse, 1920
  • Polienus nigrosparsa Janse, 1920
  • Psalisodes dimorpha Kiriakoff, 1968
  • Pseudorethona albicans (Walker, 1855)
  • Quista albicostata (Hampson, 1910)
  • Rasemia macrodonta (Hampson, 1909)
  • Rheneina buceros Kiriakoff, 1971
  • Rosinella rosinaria (Hampson, 1910)
  • Sarimarais bicolor (Distant, 1899)
  • Sarimarais pinheyi Kiriakoff, 1962
  • Scrancia danieli Kiriakoff, 1962
  • Scrancia elanus Kiriakoff, 1971
  • Scrancia galactoperoides Kiriakoff, 1970
  • Scrancia milvus Kiriakoff, 1971
  • Scrancia stictica Hampson, 1910
  • Scrancia subscrancia Kiriakoff, 1970
  • Stenostaura rhodesiae (Kiriakoff, 1965)
  • Tricholoba glaphira (Kiriakoff, 1955)
  • Trotonotus bettoni Butler, 1898
  • Turnacoides basipuncta Gaede, 1928

Oecophoridae

  • Erotis hesperanthes Meyrick, 1921
  • Fabiola callipetala Meyrick, 1921
  • Ocyphron oxyphylla Meyrick, 1921
  • Plesiosticha galactaea (Meyrick, 1908)
  • Promalactis geometrica Meyrick, 1913
  • Stathmopoda revincta Meyrick, 1921

Opostegidae

Plutellidae

Psychidae

  • Ctenocompa halophanta Meyrick, 1921
  • Narycia copiosa Meyrick, 1921
  • Narycia prothyrodes Meyrick, 1921
  • Picrospora invia (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Picrospora monoplecta (Meyrick, 1921)

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Saturniidae

  • Adafroptilum incana (Sonthonnax, 1899)
  • Antistathmoptera daltonae Tams, 1935
  • Antistathmoptera rectangulata Pinhey, 1968
  • Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Athletes gigas (Sonthonnax, 1902)
  • Athletes semialba (Sonthonnax, 1904)
  • Aurivillius arata (Westwood, 1849)
  • Bunaeopsis bomfordi Pinhey, 1962
  • Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849)
  • Bunaeopsis jacksoni (Jordan, 1908)
  • Bunaeopsis oubie (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
  • Bunaeopsis princeps (Le Cerf, 1918)
  • Bunaeopsis vau (Fawcett, 1915)
  • Campimoptilum kuntzei (Dewitz, 1881)
  • Cinabra hyperbius (Westwood, 1881)
  • Cinabra kitalei Bouvier, 1930
  • Cirina forda (Westwood, 1849)
  • Decachorda aspersa (Felder, 1874)
  • Decachorda fulvia (Druce, 1886)
  • Decachorda pomona (Weymer, 1892)
  • Decachorda rosea Aurivillius, 1898
  • Epiphora bauhiniae (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
  • Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)
  • Gonimbrasia affinis (Bouvier, 1926)
  • Gonimbrasia tyrrhea (Cramer, 1775)
  • Gonimbrasia zambesina (Walker, 1865)
  • Gynanisa ata Strand, 1911
  • Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836)
  • Gynanisa zimba Darge, 2008
  • Heniocha apollonia (Cramer, 1779)
  • Heniocha marnois (Rogenhofer, 1891)
  • Holocerina agomensis (Karsch, 1896)
  • Holocerina angulata (Aurivillius, 1893)
  • Holocerina rhodesiensis (Janse, 1918)
  • Holocerina smilax (Westwood, 1849)
  • Imbrasia ertli Rebel, 1904
  • Lobobunaea angasana (Westwood, 1849)
  • Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
  • Ludia delegorguei (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Ludia orinoptena Karsch, 1892
  • Micragone ansorgei (Rothschild, 1907)
  • Nudaurelia carnegiei Janse, 1918
  • Nudaurelia gueinzii (Staudinger, 1872)
  • Nudaurelia macrops Rebel, 1917
  • Nudaurelia macrothyris (Rothschild, 1906)
  • Orthogonioptilum adiegetum Karsch, 1892
  • Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Pseudimbrasia deyrollei (J. Thomson, 1858)
  • Pseudobunaea irius (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Pseudobunaea tyrrhena (Westwood, 1849)
  • Rohaniella pygmaea (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
  • Tagoropsis hanningtoni (Butler, 1883)
  • Urota conjuncta Bouvier, 1930
  • Usta terpsichore (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)

Sesiidae

Sphingidae

Thyrididae

  • Arniocera cyanoxantha (Mabille, 1893)
  • Arniocera erythropyga (Wallengren, 1860)
  • Arniocera zambesina (Walker, 1866)
  • Bupota tranquilla Whalley, 1971
  • Dilophura caudata (Jordan, 1907)
  • Dysodia constellata Warren, 1908
  • Dysodia fenestratella Warren, 1900
  • Dysodia fumida Whalley, 1968
  • Dysodia incognita Whalley, 1968
  • Dysodia intermedia (Walker, 1865)
  • Dysodia subsignata Warren, 1908
  • Dysodia vitrina (Boisduval, 1829)
  • Epaena danista Whalley, 1971
  • Lamprochrysa scintillans (Butler, 1893)
  • Lamprochrysa triplex (Plötz, 1880)
  • Rhodoneura flavicilia Hampson, 1906
  • Rhodoneura lacunosa Whalley, 1971

Tineidae

  • Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915)
  • Amphixystis anachoreta (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Amphixystis cymataula (Meyrick, 1926)
  • Antigambra amphitrocta Meyrick, 1927
  • Ateliotum reluctans (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Ceratophaga ethadopa (Meyrick, 1938)
  • Ceratophaga lichmodes (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852)
  • Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917)
  • Cimitra horridella (Walker, 1863)
  • Crypsithyris cerodectis Meyrick, 1921
  • Crypsithyris hemiphracta Meyrick, 1926
  • Cylicobathra argocoma (Meyrick, 1914)
  • Cylicobathra chionarga Meyrick, 1920
  • Dasyses obliterata Gozmány, 1968
  • Drosica abjectella Walker, 1963
  • Edosa audens (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Edosa leucastis (Meyrick, 1908)
  • Edosa rhodesica (Gozmány, 1967)
  • Hapsifera glebata Meyrick, 1908
  • Hapsifera marmarota Meyrick, 1914
  • Hapsifera ochroptila Meyrick, 1908
  • Hapsifera septica Meyrick, 1908
  • Hapsiferona glareosa (Meyrick, 1912)
  • Hyperbola mellichroa (Gozmány, 1968)
  • Hyperbola phocina (Meyrick, 1908)
  • Miarotagmata penetrata (Meyrick, 1911)
  • Monopis megalodelta Meyrick, 1908
  • Monopis persimilis Gozmány, 1965
  • Perissomastix christinae Gozmány, 1965
  • Perissomastix dentifera Gozmány & Vári, 1973
  • Perissomastix fulvicoma (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Perissomastix mili Gozmány, 1965
  • Perissomastix mucrapex Gozmány, 1968
  • Perissomastix perlata Gozmány, 1967
  • Perissomastix recurvata Gozmány, 1968
  • Phaeoses lithacma (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Pitharcha chalinaea Meyrick, 1908
  • Silosca savannae Gozmány, 1968
  • Sphallestasis exarata (Gozmány, 1968)
  • Sphallestasis oenopis (Meyrick, 1908)
  • Sphallestasis spatulata (Gozmány, 1967)
  • Sphallestasis tanystis (Meyrick, 1908)
  • Tinea subalbidella Stainton, 1867
  • Tinea translucens Meyrick, 1917
  • Tineola bisselliella (Hummel, 1823)

Tischeriidae

Tortricidae

  • Bactra aciculata Diakonoff, 1963
  • Bactra legitima Meyrick, 1911
  • Bactra punctistrigana Mabille, 1900
  • Bactra pythonia Meyrick, 1909
  • Bactra stagnicolana Zeller, 1852
  • Brachioxena psammacta (Meyrick, 1908)
  • Cornesia ormoperla Razowski, 1981
  • Cydia campestris (Meyrick, 1914)
  • Cydia cyanocephala (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Cydia leucatma (Meyrick, 1925)
  • Cydia malesana (Meyrick, 1920)
  • Cydia nicomacha (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Cydia stelocosma (Meyrick, 1925)
  • Dasodis rimosa (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Doliochastis homograpta Meyrick, 1920
  • Eccopsis incultana (Walker, 1863)
  • Epichoristodes acerbella (Walker, 1864)
  • Eucosma florescens Meyrick, 1925
  • Eucosma gomphacma Meyrick, 1928
  • Eucosma habrotoma Meyrick, 1934
  • Eucosmocydia antidora (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Homona polyarcha Meyrick, 1924
  • Leguminovora ptychora (Meyrick, 1907)
  • Megalota lobotona (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Mesotes chromataspis (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Metendothenia balanacma (Meyrick, 1914)
  • Olethreutes mochlaspis (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Olethreutes transformis (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Olethreutes trithyra (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Paraeccopsis acroplecta (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Paraeccopsis exhilarata (Meyrick, 1918)
  • Rufeccopsis brunneograpta Razowski, 2008
  • Rufeccopsis rufescens (Meyrick, 1913)
  • Stenentoma plectocosma (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Thaumatotibia batrachopa (Meyrick, 1908)
  • Tortrix praeclinata Meyrick, 1921

Uraniidae

  • Leucoplema dohertyi (Warren, 1904)

Xyloryctidae

Yponomeutidae

  • Prays citri (Millière, 1873)
  • Yponomeuta octocentra Meyrick, 1921

Zygaenidae

  • Astyloneura glennia (Jordan, 1907)
  • Epiorna ochreipennis (Butler, 1874)
  • Malamblia flavipalpis Hampson, 1910

References

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