There are about 760 known moth species of Sierra Leone. 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 Sierra Leone.
Adelidae
Anomoeotidae
Arctiidae
- Acantharctia mundata <small>(Walker, 1865)</small>
- Afraloa bifurca <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Afrasura hyporhoda <small>(Hampson, 1900)</small>
- Afrasura obliterata <small>(Walker, 1864)</small>
- Afrowatsonius marginalis <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Alpenus investigatorum <small>(Karsch, 1898)</small>
- Alpenus maculosa <small>(Stoll, 1781)</small>
- Amata basithyris <small>Hampson, 1914</small>
- Amata divalis <small>(Schaus & Clements, 1893)</small>
- Amata francisca <small>(Butler, 1876)</small>
- Amata marina <small>(Butler, 1876)</small>
- Amata tomasina <small>(Butler, 1876)</small>
- Amerila brunnea <small>(Hampson, 1901)</small>
- Amerila leucoptera <small>(Hampson, 1901)</small>
- Amerila luteibarba <small>(Hampson, 1901)</small>
- Amerila puella <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
- Amerila vidua <small>(Cramer, 1780)</small>
- Amerila vitrea <small>Plötz, 1880</small>
- Amsacta latimarginalis <small>Rothschild, 1933</small>
- Amsacta marginalis <small>Walker, 1855</small>
- Anapisa preussi <small>(Gaede, 1926)</small>
- Anapisa tristigma <small>(Mabille, 1893)</small>
- Apisa canescens <small>Walker, 1855</small>
- Argina leonina <small>(Walker, 1865)</small>
- Asura atricraspeda <small>Hampson, 1914</small>
- Balacra caeruleifascia <small>Walker, 1856</small>
- Balacra humphreyi <small>Rothschild, 1912</small>
- Binna penicillata <small>Walker, 1865</small>
- Binna scita <small>(Walker, 1865)</small>
- Caripodia albescens <small>(Hampson, 1907)</small>
- Caripodia metaleuca <small>Hampson, 1900</small>
- Caryatis phileta <small>(Drury, 1782)</small>
- Caryatis syntomina <small>Butler, 1878</small>
- Ceryx albimacula <small>(Walker, 1854)</small>
- Creatonotos leucanioides <small>Holland, 1893</small>
- Cyana basisticta <small>(Hampson, 1914)</small>
- Cyana delicata <small>(Walker, 1854)</small>
- Cyana rejecta <small>(Walker, 1854)</small>
- Cyana trigutta <small>(Walker, 1854)</small>
- Disparctia vittata <small>(Druce, 1898)</small>
- Eilema albidula <small>(Walker, 1864)</small>
- Eilema apicalis <small>(Walker, 1862)</small>
- Eilema monochroma <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Epilacydes scita <small>(Walker, 1865)</small>
- Estigmene flaviceps <small>Hampson, 1907</small>
- Estigmene ochreomarginata <small>Bethune-Baker, 1909</small>
- Estigmene unilinea <small>Rothschild, 1910</small>
- Euchromia folletii <small>(Guérin-Méneville, 1832)</small>
- Euchromia guineensis <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
- Euchromia hampsoni <small>Seitz, 1926</small>
- Euchromia lethe <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
- Meganaclia perpusilla <small>(Walker, 1856)</small>
- Meganaclia sippia <small>(Plötz, 1880)</small>
- Metarctia burra <small>(Schaus & Clements, 1893)</small>
- Myopsyche makomensis <small>Strand, 1912</small>
- Myopsyche notoplagia <small>Hampson, 1898</small>
- Neuroxena flammea <small>(Schaus, 1893)</small>
- Nyctemera acraeina <small>Druce, 1882</small>
- Nyctemera apicalis <small>(Walker, 1854)</small>
- Nyctemera perspicua <small>(Walker, 1854)</small>
- Nyctemera xanthura <small>(Plötz, 1880)</small>
- Oedaleosia nigricosta <small>Hampson, 1900</small>
- Palaeosiccia punctata <small>Hampson, 1900</small>
- Paralpenus flavicosta <small>(Hampson, 1909)</small>
- Phryganopsis cinerella <small>(Wallengren, 1860)</small>
- Phryganopsis flavicosta <small>Hampson, 1901</small>
- Pseudlepista flavicosta <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Pseudothyretes perpusilla <small>(Walker, 1856)</small>
- Pusiola celida <small>(Bethune-Baker, 1911)</small>
- Radiarctia lutescens <small>(Walker, 1854)</small>
- Rhipidarctia invaria <small>(Walker, 1856)</small>
- Siccia cretata <small>Hampson, 1914</small>
- Siccia paucipuncta <small>Hampson, 1918</small>
- Spilosoma affinis <small>Bartel, 1903</small>
- Spilosoma aurantiaca <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Spilosoma batesi <small>(Rothschild, 1910)</small>
- Spilosoma curvilinea <small>Walker, 1855</small>
- Spilosoma immaculata <small>Bartel, 1903</small>
- Spilosoma occidens <small>(Rothschild, 1910)</small>
- Spilosoma quadrilunata <small>(Hampson, 1901)</small>
- Stenarctia abdominalis <small>Rothschild, 1910</small>
- Thyretes negus <small>Oberthür, 1878</small>
- Trichaeta bivittata <small>(Walker, 1864)</small>
Brachodidae
Cossidae
Crambidae
- Aethaloessa floridalis <small>(Zeller, 1852)</small>
- Anania epipaschialis <small>(Hampson, 1912)</small>
- Anania fusalis <small>(Hampson, 1912)</small>
- Bissetia leucomeralis <small>(Hampson, 1919)</small>
- Charltona albidalis <small>Hampson, 1919</small>
- Chilo mesoplagalis <small>(Hampson, 1919)</small>
- Cirrhochrista saltusalis <small>Schaus & Clements, 1893</small>
- Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis <small>(Guenée, 1854)</small>
- Conotalis aurantifascia <small>(Hampson, 1895)</small>
- Cotachena smaragdina <small>(Butler, 1875)</small>
- Diptychophora minimalis <small>Hampson, 1919</small>
- Eporidia dariusalis <small>Walker, 1859</small>
- Euclasta varii <small>Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973</small>
- Herpetogramma licarsisalis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
- Lamprosema leucographalis <small>(Hampson, 1912)</small>
- Lygropia amyntusalis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
- Mesolia microdontalis <small>(Hampson, 1919)</small>
- Metasia arida <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Obtusipalpis albidalis <small>Hampson, 1919</small>
- Orphanostigma fervidalis <small>(Zeller, 1852)</small>
- Palpita elealis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
- Patissa rufitinctalis <small>Hampson, 1919</small>
- Pediasia melanerges <small>(Hampson, 1919)</small>
- Phostria hesusalis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
- Phostria ledereralis <small>(Strand, 1920)</small>
- Phostria quadriguttata <small>(Walker, 1869)</small>
- Phryganodes biguttata <small>Hampson, 1898</small>
- Platytes duplicilinea <small>(Hampson, 1919)</small>
- Pseudocatharylla argenticilia <small>(Hampson, 1919)</small>
- Pycnarmon cribrata <small>(Fabricius, 1794)</small>
- Pycnarmon sexpunctalis <small>(Hampson, 1912)</small>
- Pycnarmon subpictalis <small>(Hampson, 1912)</small>
- Pyrausta approximalis <small>(Guenée, 1854)</small>
- Pyrausta phaenicealis <small>(Hübner, 1818)</small>
- Scirpophaga ochritinctalis <small>(Hampson, 1919)</small>
- Spoladea recurvalis <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
- Stemorrhages sericea <small>(Drury, 1773)</small>
- Sufetula nigrescens <small>Hampson, 1912</small>
- Sufetula sufetuloides <small>(Hampson, 1919)</small>
- Syllepte leonalis <small>(Schaus & Clements, 1893)</small>
- Syllepte torsipex <small>(Hampson, 1898)</small>
- Zebronia phenice <small>(Cramer, 1780)</small>
Drepanidae
Elachistidae
Eriocottidae
Eupterotidae
- Acrojana sciron <small>(Druce, 1887)</small>
- Acrojana simillima <small>Rothschild, 1932</small>
- Acrojana splendida <small>Rothschild, 1917</small>
- Camerunia orphne <small>(Schaus, 1893)</small>
- Drepanojana fasciata <small>Aurivillius, 1893</small>
- Hoplojana soricis <small>Rothschild, 1917</small>
- Jana eurymas <small>Herrich-Schäffer, 1854</small>
- Jana strigina <small>Westwood, 1849</small>
- Phiala cunina <small>Cramer, 1780</small>
- Phiala odites <small>Schaus, 1893</small>
- Phiala venusta <small>(Walker, 1865)</small>
- Stenoglene giganteus <small>(Rothschild, 1917)</small>
- Stenoglene nivalis <small>(Rothschild, 1917)</small>
- Stenoglene thelda <small>(Druce, 1887)</small>
Gelechiidae
Geometridae
- Aletis helcita <small>(Linnaeus, 1763)</small>
- Allochrostes impunctata <small>(Warren, 1897)</small>
- Antitrygodes dentilinea <small>Warren, 1897</small>
- Apatadelpha biocellaria <small>(Walker, 1863)</small>
- Archichlora viridimacula <small>Warren, 1898</small>
- Bathycolpodes kabaria <small>(Swinhoe, 1904)</small>
- Bathycolpodes marginata <small>(Warren, 1897)</small>
- Biston abruptaria <small>(Walker, 1869)</small>
- Cartaletis gracilis <small>(Möschler, 1887)</small>
- Chiasmia conturbata <small>(Warren, 1898)</small>
- Chiasmia impar <small>(Warren, 1897)</small>
- Chiasmia ostentosaria <small>(Möschler, 1887)</small>
- Chiasmia rectistriaria <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)</small>
- Chiasmia streniata <small>(Guenée, 1858)</small>
- Chlorissa afflictaria <small>(Swinhoe, 1904)</small>
- Chlorissa malescripta <small>(Warren, 1897)</small>
- Chloroclystis sierraria <small>Swinhoe, 1904</small>
- Chlorodrepana angustimargo <small>Warren, 1901</small>
- Coenina aurivena <small>Butler, 1898</small>
- Cyclophora leonaria <small>(Walker, 1861)</small>
- Derambila costipunctata <small>Warren, 1905</small>
- Derambila syllaria <small>(Swinhoe, 1904)</small>
- Epigynopteryx fimosa <small>(Warren, 1905)</small>
- Ereunetea minor <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Eucrostes beatificata <small>(Walker, 1863)</small>
- Geodena bandajoma <small>Swinhoe, 1904</small>
- Geodena marginalis <small>Walker, 1856</small>
- Geodena quadrigutta <small>Walker, 1856</small>
- Geodena semihyalina <small>Swinhoe, 1904</small>
- Gonochlora minutaria <small>Swinhoe, 1904</small>
- Heterostegane pleninotata <small>Warren, 1901</small>
- Hyalornis docta <small>(Schaus & Clements, 1893)</small>
- Idaea macrostyla <small>(Warren, 1900)</small>
- Idaea pulveraria <small>(Snellen, 1872)</small>
- Idaea submaculata <small>(Warren, 1898)</small>
- Idiochlora approximans <small>(Warren, 1897)</small>
- Larentia attenuata <small>(Walker, 1862)</small>
- Lophorrhachia palliata <small>(Warren, 1898)</small>
- Melinoessa aureola <small>Prout, 1934</small>
- Melinoessa fulvata <small>(Drury, 1773)</small>
- Melinoessa perlimbata <small>(Guenée, 1857)</small>
- Melinoessa sodaliata <small>(Walker, 1862)</small>
- Mesocolpia marmorata <small>(Warren, 1899)</small>
- Mesothisa flaccida <small>Warren, 1905</small>
- Metallospora catori <small>Warren, 1905</small>
- Miantochora incolorata <small>Warren, 1899</small>
- Miantochora venerata <small>(Mabille, 1879)</small>
- Mimaletis albipennis <small>Warren, 1905</small>
- Narthecusa tenuiorata <small>Walker, 1862</small>
- Neostega flaviguttata <small>Warren, 1903</small>
- Oxyfidonia fulvida <small>Warren, 1905</small>
- Oxyfidonia insolita <small>(Warren, 1905)</small>
- Paramilionia rubroplagata <small>Bethune-Baker, 1906</small>
- Perithalera oblongata <small>(Warren, 1898)</small>
- Pingasa rhadamaria <small>(Guenée, 1858)</small>
- Pingasa ruginaria <small>(Guenée, 1858)</small>
- Pitthea continua <small>Walker, 1854</small>
- Pitthea famula <small>Drury, 1773</small>
- Pitthea rubriplaga <small>Warren, 1897</small>
- Plegapteryx anomalus <small>Herrich-Schäffer, 1856</small>
- Problepsis digammata <small>Kirby, 1896</small>
- Problepsis flavistigma <small>Swinhoe, 1904</small>
- Problepsis ochripicta <small>Warren, 1901</small>
- Scopula cervinata <small>(Warren, 1905)</small>
- Scopula inscriptata <small>(Walker, 1863)</small>
- Scopula lactaria <small>(Walker, 1861)</small>
- Scopula laevipennis <small>(Warren, 1897)</small>
- Scopula minorata <small>(Boisduval, 1833)</small>
- Scopula natalica <small>(Butler, 1875)</small>
- Scopula ossicolor <small>(Warren, 1897)</small>
- Scopula planipennis <small>(Warren, 1900)</small>
- Scopula pseudophema <small>Prout, 1920</small>
- Scopula serena <small>Prout, 1920</small>
- Somatina impunctulata <small>(Warren, 1901)</small>
- Somatina nucleata <small>Warren, 1905</small>
- Somatina subviridata <small>Warren, 1901</small>
- Somatina virginalis <small>Prout, 1917</small>
- Terina renifera <small>Warren, 1897</small>
- Terina subfulva <small>(Warren, 1905)</small>
- Thalassodes dentatilinea <small>Prout, 1912</small>
- Thenopa nigraria <small>(Swinhoe, 1904)</small>
- Thetidia undulilinea <small>(Warren, 1905)</small>
- Traminda obversata <small>(Walker, 1861)</small>
- Unnamed genus Ennominae penumbrata <small>(Warren, 1905)</small>
- Xenochroma salsa <small>(Warren, 1897)</small>
- Xenostega tincta <small>Warren, 1899</small>
- Zamarada acrochra <small>Prout, 1928</small>
- Zamarada adumbrata <small>D. S. Fletcher, 1974</small>
- Zamarada amymone <small>Prout, 1934</small>
- Zamarada bicuspida <small>D. S. Fletcher, 1974</small>
- Zamarada clementi <small>Herbulot, 1975</small>
- Zamarada corroborata <small>Herbulot, 1954</small>
- Zamarada cydippe <small>Herbulot, 1954</small>
- Zamarada dilucida <small>Warren, 1909</small>
- Zamarada eucharis <small>(Drury, 1782)</small>
- Zamarada euerces <small>Prout, 1928</small>
- Zamarada euphrosyne <small>Oberthür, 1912</small>
- Zamarada flavicosta <small>Warren, 1897</small>
- Zamarada ilaria <small>Swinhoe, 1904</small>
- Zamarada indicata <small>D. S. Fletcher, 1974</small>
- Zamarada ixiaria <small>Swinhoe, 1904</small>
- Zamarada labifera <small>Prout, 1915</small>
- Zamarada leona <small>Gaede, 1915</small>
- Zamarada lepta <small>D. S. Fletcher, 1974</small>
- Zamarada melanopyga <small>Herbulot, 1954</small>
- Zamarada melpomene <small>Oberthür, 1912</small>
- Zamarada mimesis <small>D. S. Fletcher, 1974</small>
- Zamarada nasuta <small>Warren, 1897</small>
- Zamarada perlepidata <small>(Walker, 1863)</small>
- Zamarada platycephala <small>D. S. Fletcher, 1974</small>
- Zamarada protrusa <small>Warren, 1897</small>
- Zamarada reflexaria <small>(Walker, 1863)</small>
- Zamarada regularis <small>D. S. Fletcher, 1974</small>
- Zamarada sicula <small>D. S. Fletcher, 1974</small>
- Zamarada subinterrupta <small>Gaede, 1915</small>
- Zamarada vulpina <small>Warren, 1897</small>
Glyphipterigidae
Gracillariidae
Himantopteridae
Hyblaeidae
Immidae
Lasiocampidae
- Cheligium lineatum <small>(Aurivillius, 1893)</small>
- Chrysopsyche mirifica <small>(Butler, 1878)</small>
- Cleopatrina bilinea <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Eucraera magna <small>(Aurivillius, 1908)</small>
- Filiola dogma <small>Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009</small>
- Filiola fulgurata <small>(Aurivillius, 1909)</small>
- Filiola lanceolata <small>(Hering, 1932)</small>
- Gelo calcarales <small>Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010</small>
- Gonometa nysa <small>Druce, 1887</small>
- Gonopacha brotoessa <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Lechriolepis citrina <small>Schaus, 1897</small>
- Lechriolepis heres <small>Schaus, 1912</small>
- Leipoxais directa <small>(Walker, 1865)</small>
- Leipoxais marginepunctata <small>Holland, 1893</small>
- Mimopacha cinerascens <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Morongea lampara <small>Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010</small>
- Morongea mastodont <small>Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010</small>
- Odontocheilopteryx conzolia <small>Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009</small>
- Oplometa cassandra <small>(Druce, 1887)</small>
- Philotherma sordida <small>Aurivillius, 1905</small>
- Schausinna clementsi <small>(Schaus, 1897)</small>
- Stenophatna dentata <small>(Aurivillius, 1899)</small>
- Stoermeriana basale <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Stoermeriana cervina <small>(Aurivillius, 1927)</small>
- Streblote postalbidum <small>Schaus</small>
- Streblote splendens <small>(Druce, 1887)</small>
Limacodidae
- Altha rubrifusalis <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Brachiopsis conjunctoides <small>Hering, 1933</small>
- Cosuma rugosa <small>Walker, 1855</small>
- Latoia canescens <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Latoia picta <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Miresa gliricidiae <small>Hering, 1933</small>
- Natada desperata <small>Hering, 1928</small>
- Niphadolepis seleniphora <small>Hering, 1933</small>
- Parasa semiochracea <small>Hering, 1933</small>
- Susica molybdea <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Trachyptena nigromaculata <small>Hering, 1928</small>
- Zinara ploetzi <small>Schaus & Clements, 1893</small>
Lymantriidae
- Aroa danva <small>Schaus & Clements, 1893</small>
- Aroa leonensis <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Batella lampra <small>(Hering, 1926)</small>
- Batella muscosa <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Conigephyra discolepia <small>(Hampson, 1910)</small>
- Crorema mentiens <small>Walker, 1855</small>
- Dasychira bacchans <small>(Karsch, 1898)</small>
- Dasychira citana <small>(Schaus & Clements, 1893)</small>
- Dasychira goodii <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Dasychira leucogramma <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Dasychira lulua <small>Collenette, 1937</small>
- Dasychira robusta <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Dasychira suspecta <small>Hering, 1926</small>
- Dasychira thermoplaga <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Dasychira ticana <small>Schaus & Clements, 1893</small>
- Eudasychira georgiana <small>(Fawcett, 1900)</small>
- Euproctis conizona <small>Collenette, 1933</small>
- Euproctis consocia <small>Walker, 1865</small>
- Euproctis discipuncta <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Euproctis pygmaea <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Griveaudyria ila <small>(Swinhoe, 1904)</small>
- Heteronygmia manicata <small>(Aurivillius, 1892)</small>
- Knappetra fasciata <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Laelia dochmia <small>Collenette, 1960</small>
- Laelia eutricha <small>Collenette, 1931</small>
- Laelia fracta <small>Schaus & Clements, 1893</small>
- Laelia rosea <small>Schaus & Clements, 1893</small>
- Laelia subrosea <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Leucoma luteipes <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Marbla divisa <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Marblepsis flabellaria <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small>
- Naroma signifera <small>Walker, 1856</small>
- Naroma varipes <small>(Walker, 1865)</small>
- Neomardara africana <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Olene basalis <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Otroeda aino <small>(Bryk, 1915)</small>
- Otroeda cafra <small>(Drury, 1780)</small>
- Otroeda hesperia <small>(Cramer, 1779)</small>
- Otroeda nerina <small>(Drury, 1780)</small>
- Paqueta chloroscia <small>(Hering, 1926)</small>
- Paramarbla indentata <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Pseudostracilla infausta <small>Hering, 1926</small>
- Rahona ladburyi <small>(Bethune-Baker, 1911)</small>
- Somatoxena lasea <small>(Druce, 1899)</small>
Metarbelidae
Noctuidae
- Achaea albicilia <small>(Walker, 1858)</small>
- Achaea albifimbria <small>(Walker, 1869)</small>
- Achaea boris <small>(Geyer, 1837)</small>
- Achaea catocaloides <small>Guenée, 1852</small>
- Achaea echo <small>(Walker, 1858)</small>
- Achaea ezea <small>(Cramer, 1779)</small>
- Achaea faber <small>Holland, 1894</small>
- Achaea finita <small>(Guenée, 1852)</small>
- Achaea illustrata <small>Walker, 1858</small>
- Achaea indicabilis <small>Walker, 1858</small>
- Achaea intercisa <small>Walker, 1865</small>
- Achaea lienardi <small>(Boisduval, 1833)</small>
- Achaea occidens <small>(Hampson, 1913)</small>
- Acontia citrelinea <small>Bethune-Baker, 1911</small>
- Acontia glaphyra <small>Holland, 1894</small>
- Acontia hemiselenias <small>(Hampson, 1918)</small>
- Acontia insocia <small>(Walker, 1857)</small>
- Acrapex spoliata <small>(Walker, 1863)</small>
- Agoma trimenii <small>(Felder, 1874)</small>
- Agrotis talda <small>(Schaus & Clements, 1893)</small>
- Amblyprora magnifica <small>(Schaus & Clements, 1893)</small>
- Amyna axis <small>Guenée, 1852</small>
- Anachrostis metaphaea <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Anigraea siccata <small>(Hampson, 1905)</small>
- Anomis fulvida <small>Guenée, 1852</small>
- Anomis leona <small>(Schaus & Clements, 1893)</small>
- Araeopteron canescens <small>(Walker, 1865)</small>
- Araeopteron griseata <small>Hampson, 1907</small>
- Argyrogramma signata <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
- Asota speciosa <small>(Drury, 1773)</small>
- Aspidifrontia hemileuca <small>(Hampson, 1909)</small>
- Athyrma discimacula <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Audea endophaea <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Authadistis nyctichroa <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Autoba brachygonia <small>(Hampson, 1910)</small>
- Avitta atripuncta <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Blasticorhinus trichopoda <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Brithodes bathisalis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
- Caligatus angasii <small>Wing, 1850</small>
- Callopistria maillardi <small>(Guenée, 1862)</small>
- Campydelta campyla <small>(Hampson, 1909)</small>
- Cerynea trichobasis <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Condica pauperata <small>(Walker, 1858)</small>
- Cophanta occidentalis <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Crameria amabilis <small>(Drury, 1773)</small>
- Cretonia platyphaeella <small>Walker, 1866</small>
- Cyligramma amblyops <small>Mabille, 1891</small>
- Cyligramma fluctuosa <small>(Drury, 1773)</small>
- Cyligramma limacina <small>(Guérin-Méneville, 1832)</small>
- Dysgonia abnegans <small>(Walker, 1858)</small>
- Dysgonia conjunctura <small>(Walker, 1858)</small>
- Dysgonia humilis <small>Holland, 1894</small>
- Dysgonia multilineata <small>(Holland, 1894)</small>
- Dysgonia palpalis <small>(Walker, 1865)</small>
- Dysgonia torrida <small>(Guenée, 1852)</small>
- Dysgonia trogosema <small>(Hampson, 1913)</small>
- Elaphria plectilis <small>(Guenée, 1852)</small>
- Entomogramma pardus <small>Guenée, 1852</small>
- Episparis fenestrifera <small>Bryk, 1915</small>
- Episparis gomphiona <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Ercheia subsignata <small>(Walker, 1865)</small>
- Ericeia congregata <small>(Walker, 1858)</small>
- Eublemma albicosta <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Eublemma apicipunctum <small>(Saalmüller, 1891)</small>
- Eublemma carneotincta <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Eublemma colla <small>(Schaus, 1893)</small>
- Eublemma exigua <small>(Walker, 1858)</small>
- Eublemma ochrochroa <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Eublemma orthogramma <small>(Snellen, 1872)</small>
- Eublemma sciaphora <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Eudrapa basipunctum <small>Walker, 1858</small>
- Eutelia melanopis <small>Hampson, 1905</small>
- Eutelia nigridentula <small>Hampson, 1905</small>
- Eutelia snelleni <small>Saalmüller, 1881</small>
- Eutelia subrubens <small>(Mabille, 1890)</small>
- Feliniopsis africana <small>(Schaus & Clements, 1893)</small>
- Feliniopsis gueneei <small>(Laporte, 1973)</small>
- Feliniopsis thoracica <small>(Walker, 1858)</small>
- Gesonia obeditalis <small>Walker, 1859</small>
- Grammodes stolida <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
- Helicoverpa assulta <small>(Guenée, 1852)</small>
- Heliophisma catocalina <small>Holland, 1894</small>
- Heliophisma klugii <small>(Boisduval, 1833)</small>
- Heliophisma xanthoptera <small>(Hampson, 1910)</small>
- Heraclia catori <small>(Jordan, 1904)</small>
- Heraclia geryon <small>(Fabricius, 1781)</small>
- Heraclia hornimani <small>(Druce, 1880)</small>
- Heraclia pallida <small>(Walker, 1854)</small>
- Heraclia terminatis <small>(Walker, 1856)</small>
- Holocryptis melanosticta <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Holocryptis permaculata <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Hydrillodes janalis <small>Schaus & Clements, 1893</small>
- Hypena ducalis <small>Schaus & Clemens, 1893</small>
- Hypena saltalis <small>Schaus & Clemens, 1893</small>
- Hypena laceratalis <small>Walker, 1859</small>
- Hypena obacerralis <small>Walker, [1859]</small>
- Hypocala tenuis <small>Walker, 1866</small>
- Hypopyra capensis <small>Herrich-Schäffer, 1854</small>
- Hyposada hydrocampata <small>(Guenée, 1858)</small>
- Hyposada juncturalis <small>(Walker, 1866)</small>
- Ilyrgis ethiopica <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Leoniloma convergens <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Leucania insulicola <small>Guenée, 1852</small>
- Libystica crenata <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Libystica eucampima <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Lithacodia blandula <small>(Guenée, 1862)</small>
- Lophiophora purpurata <small>(Hampson, 1926)</small>
- Lophoptera litigiosa <small>(Boisduval, 1833)</small>
- Marcipa secticona <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Marcipa talusina <small>(Schaus & Clements, 1893)</small>
- Massaga hesparia <small>(Cramer, 1775)</small>
- Massaga maritona <small>Butler, 1868</small>
- Maxera nigriceps <small>(Walker, 1858)</small>
- Melionica bertha <small>(Schaus, 1893)</small>
- Metagarista aziyade <small>Vuillot, 1892</small>
- Metagarista maenas <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)</small>
- Metagarista triphaenoides <small>Walker, 1854</small>
- Mimasura asticta <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Mimasura disticta <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Miniodes discolor <small>Guenée, 1852</small>
- Miniodes phaeosoma <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Mitrophrys magna <small>(Walker, 1854)</small>
- Mitrophrys menete <small>(Cramer, 1775)</small>
- Mocis conveniens <small>(Walker, 1858)</small>
- Mocis mayeri <small>(Boisduval, 1833)</small>
- Neostichtis nigricostata <small>(Hampson, 1908)</small>
- Oglasa holophaea <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Ophiusa conspicienda <small>(Walker, 1858)</small>
- Ophiusa dilecta <small>Walker, 1865</small>
- Ophiusa rufescens <small>(Hampson, 1913)</small>
- Oruza latifera <small>(Walker, 1869)</small>
- Orygmophora mediofoveata <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Pangrapta eucraspeda <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Pangrapta seriopuncta <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Panilla hadrastis <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Parachalciope benitensis <small>(Holland, 1894)</small>
- Parachalciope euclidicola <small>(Walker, 1858)</small>
- Parafodina ectrogia <small>(Hampson, 1926)</small>
- Paralephana consocia <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Paralephana costisignata <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Phytometra duplicalis <small>(Walker, 1866)</small>
- Phytometra silona <small>(Schaus & Clements, 1893)</small>
- Plecoptera leucosticha <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Plecopterodes moderata <small>(Wallengren, 1860)</small>
- Polytelodes florifera <small>(Walker, 1858)</small>
- Pseudoarcte melanis <small>(Mabille, 1890)</small>
- Pseudogiria hypographa <small>(Hampson, 1926)</small>
- Rhesala moestalis <small>(Walker, 1866)</small>
- Rivula craspisticta <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Schausia gladiatoria <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Schausia leona <small>(Schaus, 1893)</small>
- Soloe trigutta <small>Walker, 1854</small>
- Spodoptera cilium <small>Guenée, 1852</small>
- Spodoptera exempta <small>(Walker, 1857)</small>
- Spodoptera mauritia <small>(Boisduval, 1833)</small>
- Spodoptera triturata <small>(Walker, 1857)</small>
- Tavia nyctombra <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Tavia polycyma <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Thiacidas schausi <small>(Hampson, 1905)</small>
- Toana acidalica <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Tolna sypnoides <small>(Butler, 1878)</small>
- Tolna versicolor <small>Walker, 1869</small>
- Trigonodes hyppasia <small>(Cramer, 1779)</small>
- Ugia rufilinea <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Uripao albizonata <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
Nolidae
- Arcyophora polla <small>(Schaus, 1893)</small>
- Blenina chloromelana <small>(Mabille, 1890)</small>
- Blenina miota <small>Hampson, 1905</small>
- Characoma miophora <small>Hampson, 1912</small>
- Earias biplaga <small>Walker, 1866</small>
- Earias cupreoviridis <small>(Walker, 1862)</small>
- Hesperothripa dicyma <small>Hampson, 1912</small>
- Leocyma camilla <small>(Druce, 1887)</small>
- Nanarhyncha nolophaea <small>Hampson, 1918</small>
- Negeta luminosa <small>(Walker, 1858)</small>
- Negeta mesoleuca <small>(Holland, 1894)</small>
- Neonegeta pollusca <small>(Schaus, 1893)</small>
- Nola flaviciliata <small>(Hampson, 1901)</small>
- Nola furvitincta <small>(Hampson, 1914)</small>
- Nola major <small>Hampson, 1891</small>
- Nola melanoscelis <small>(Hampson, 1914)</small>
- Nola transecta <small>Hampson, 1901</small>
- Pardasena minorella <small>Walker, 1866</small>
- Pardasena roeselioides <small>(Walker, 1858)</small>
- Pardoxia graellsii <small>(Feisthamel, 1837)</small>
- Selepa leucogonia <small>(Hampson, 1905)</small>
- Westermannia agrapha <small>Hampson, 1905</small>
Notodontidae
- Afrocerura leonensis <small>(Hampson, 1910)</small>
- Amphiphalera leuconephra <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Antheua rufovittata <small>(Aurivillius, 1901)</small>
- Antheua simplex <small>Walker, 1855</small>
- Antheua trifasciata <small>(Hampson, 1909)</small>
- Antheua vittata <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Atrasana rectilinea <small>(Gaede, 1928)</small>
- Brachychira elegans <small>Aurivillius, 1907</small>
- Catarctia divisa <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
- Catarctia rothschildi <small>(Kiriakoff, 1955)</small>
- Desmeocraera albicans <small>Gaede, 1928</small>
- Desmeocraera bitioides <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Diopeithes cyamina <small>Kiriakoff, 1958</small>
- Enomotarcha chloana <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Epidonta brunneomixta <small>(Mabille, 1897)</small>
- Janthinisca flavipennis <small>(Hampson, 1910)</small>
- Lamoriodes metaleuca <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Odontoperas archonta <small>Kiriakoff, 1959</small>
- Rasemia citaria <small>(Schaus, 1893)</small>
- Rasemia macrodonta <small>(Hampson, 1909)</small>
- Scalmicauda molestula <small>Kiriakoff, 1959</small>
- Scrancia accipites <small>(Schaus, 1893)</small>
- Stauropussa chloe <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Synete olivaceofusca <small>(Rothschild, 1917)</small>
- Tmetopteryx bisecta <small>(Rothschild, 1917)</small>
- Tricholoba atriclathrata <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Ulinella xylostola <small>(Hampson, 1910)</small>
- Utidaviana citana <small>(Schaus, 1893)</small>
Oecophoridae
Psychidae
Pterophoridae
Pyralidae
Saturniidae
- Aurivillius arata <small>(Westwood, 1849)</small>
- Aurivillius triramis <small>Rothschild, 1907</small>
- Carnegia mirabilis <small>(Aurivillius, 1895)</small>
- Epiphora boolana <small>Strand, 1909</small>
- Holocerina angulata <small>(Aurivillius, 1893)</small>
- Imbrasia epimethea <small>(Drury, 1772)</small>
- Lobobunaea acetes <small>(Westwood, 1849)</small>
- Lobobunaea phaedusa <small>(Drury, 1782)</small>
- Micragone herilla <small>(Westwood, 1849)</small>
- Micragone nenia <small>(Westwood, 1849)</small>
- Nudaurelia alopia <small>Westwood, 1849</small>
- Nudaurelia eblis <small>Strecker, 1876</small>
- Nudaurelia jamesoni <small>(Druce, 1890)</small>
- Nudaurelia mitfordi <small>(Kirby, 1892)</small>
- Nudaurelia staudingeri <small>Aurivillius, 1893</small>
- Nudaurelia xanthomma <small>(Rothschild, 1907)</small>
- Pselaphelia gemmifera <small>(Butler, 1878)</small>
- Pseudobunaea alinda <small>(Sonthonnax, 1899)</small>
Sesiidae
- Camaegeria exochiformis <small>(Walker, 1856)</small>
- Camaegeria monogama <small>(Meyrick, 1932)</small>
- Chamanthedon brillians <small>(Beutenmüller, 1899)</small>
- Chamanthedon striata <small>Gaede, 1929</small>
- Episannina zygaenura <small>(Meyrick, 1933)</small>
- Lepidopoda sylphina <small>Hampson, 1919</small>
- Lophoceps quinquepuncta <small>Hampson, 1919</small>
- Melittia chlorophila <small>(Hering, 1935)</small>
- Paranthrene anthrax <small>Le Cerf, 1916</small>
- Synanthedon rubripicta <small>Hampson, 1919</small>
- Tipulamima nigriceps <small>Hampson, 1919</small>
- Vespaegeria typica <small>Strand, 1913</small>
Sphingidae
- Acanthosphinx guessfeldti <small>(Dewitz, 1879)</small>
- Acherontia atropos <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Antinephele achlora <small>Holland, 1893</small>
- Antinephele anomala <small>(Butler, 1882)</small>
- Antinephele lunulata <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1903</small>
- Antinephele maculifera <small>Holland, 1889</small>
- Atemnora westermannii <small>(Boisduval, 1875)</small>
- Basiothia medea <small>(Fabricius, 1781)</small>
- Centroctena rutherfordi <small>(Druce, 1882)</small>
- Cephonodes hylas <small>(Linnaeus, 1771)</small>
- Chloroclanis virescens <small>(Butler, 1882)</small>
- Daphnis nerii <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Hippotion celerio <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Hippotion eson <small>(Cramer, 1779)</small>
- Hypaedalea butleri <small>Rothschild, 1894</small>
- Hypaedalea insignis <small>Butler, 1877</small>
- Leucostrophus commasiae <small>(Walker, 1856)</small>
- Macroglossum trochilus <small>(Hübner, 1823)</small>
- Macropoliana natalensis <small>(Butler, 1875)</small>
- Neopolyptychus pygarga <small>(Karsch, 1891)</small>
- Nephele accentifera <small>(Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)</small>
- Nephele funebris <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
- Nephele oenopion <small>(Hübner, [1824])</small>
- Nephele peneus <small>(Cramer, 1776)</small>
- Nephele rectangulata <small>Rothschild, 1895</small>
- Nephele rosae <small>Butler, 1875</small>
- Phylloxiphia bicolor <small>(Rothschild, 1894)</small>
- Phylloxiphia formosa <small>(Schultze, 1914)</small>
- Phylloxiphia goodii <small>(Holland, 1889)</small>
- Phylloxiphia illustris <small>(Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)</small>
- Phylloxiphia oweni <small>(Carcasson, 1968)</small>
- Platysphinx phyllis <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1903</small>
- Platysphinx vicaria <small>Jordan, 1920</small>
- Polyptychus affinis <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1903</small>
- Polyptychus andosa <small>Walker, 1856</small>
- Polyptychus anochus <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1906</small>
- Polyptychus carteri <small>(Butler, 1882)</small>
- Polyptychus nigriplaga <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1903</small>
- Polyptychus orthographus <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1903</small>
- Polyptychus retusus <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1908</small>
- Pseudoclanis occidentalis <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1903</small>
- Pseudoclanis postica <small>(Walker, 1856)</small>
- Pseudoclanis rhadamistus <small>(Fabricius, 1781)</small>
- Rufoclanis rosea <small>(Druce, 1882)</small>
- Temnora crenulata <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Temnora eranga <small>(Holland, 1889)</small>
- Temnora funebris <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Temnora iapygoides <small>(Holland, 1889)</small>
- Temnora plagiata <small>Walker, 1856</small>
- Temnora pseudopylas <small>(Rothschild, 1894)</small>
- Temnora sardanus <small>(Walker, 1856)</small>
- Temnora spiritus <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Temnora stevensi <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1903</small>
- Theretra jugurtha <small>(Boisduval, 1875)</small>
- Theretra orpheus <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)</small>
Thyrididae
- Byblisia albaproxima <small>Bethune-Baker, 1911</small>
- Byblisia latipes <small>Walker, 1865</small>
- Byblisia setipes <small>(Plötz, 1880)</small>
- Chrysotypus dawsoni <small>Distant, 1897</small>
- Dysodia vitrina <small>(Boisduval, 1829)</small>
- Dysodia zelleri <small>(Dewitz, 1881)</small>
- Marmax hyparchus <small>(Cramer, 1779)</small>
- Marmax iridea <small>(Mabille, 1892)</small>
- Marmax semiaurata <small>(Walker, 1854)</small>
- Marmax vicaria <small>(Walker, 1854)</small>
- Ninia plumipes <small>(Drury, 1782)</small>
- Striglina clathrata <small>(Hampson, 1897)</small>
- Trichobaptes auristrigata <small>(Plötz, 1880)</small>
Tineidae
- Afrocelestis inanis <small>Gozmány, 1968</small>
- Afrocelestis sacculata <small>Gozmány, 1968</small>
- Agnathosia byrsinopa <small>(Meyrick, 1933)</small>
- Ceratophaga tenebrosa <small>Gozmány, 1968</small>
- Criticonoma doliopis <small>(Meyrick, 1932)</small>
- Crypsithyris concolorella <small>(Walker, 1863)</small>
- Cylicobathra cuspidata <small>(Gozmány, 1968)</small>
- Ecpeptamena esotera <small>Gozmány, 1968</small>
- Edosa endroedyi <small>(Gozmány, 1966)</small>
- Erechthias travestita <small>(Gozmány, 1968)</small>
- Galachrysis armata <small>Gozmány, 1968</small>
- Hyperbola bradleyi <small>Gozmány, 1966</small>
- Hyperbola pastoralis <small>(Meyrick, 1931)</small>
- Machaeropteris euthysana <small>Meyrick, 1931</small>
- Nannotinea holovalva <small>Gozmány, 1968</small>
- Oinophila argyrospora <small>Meyrick, 1931</small>
- Organodesma heptazona <small>(Meyrick, 1931)</small>
- Perissomastix stibarodes <small>(Meyrick, 1908)</small>
- Phalloscardia semiumbrata <small>(Meyrick, 1920)</small>
- Phereoeca praecox <small>Gozmány & Vári, 1973</small>
- Phereoeca proletaria <small>(Meyrick, 1921)</small>
- Pitharcha atrisecta <small>(Meyrick, 1918)</small>
- Pitharcha chalinaea <small>Meyrick, 1908</small>
- Semeoloncha penicillata <small>Gozmány, 1968</small>
- Setomorpha rutella <small>Zeller, 1852</small>
- Silosca licziae <small>Gozmány, 1967</small>
- Sphallestasis forficula <small>(Gozmány, 1968)</small>
- Syncalipsis myrmecozelis <small>Gozmány, 1968</small>
- Syncalipsis triangularis <small>Gozmány, 1968</small>
- Tinea atomosella <small>Walker, 1863</small>
- Tinea subalbidella <small>Stainton, 1867</small>
Tortricidae
- Cosmorrhyncha acrocosma <small>(Meyrick, 1908)</small>
- Cydia hemisphaerana <small>(Walsingham, 1897)</small>
- Eccopsis wahlbergiana <small>Zeller, 1852</small>
- Grapholita confertana <small>Walker, 1864</small>
- Mictocommosis microctenota <small>(Meyrick, 1933)</small>
- Olethreutes cybicopa <small>(Meyrick, 1933)</small>
- Proschistis petromacha <small>(Meyrick, 1931)</small>
- Rhodotoxotis arciferana <small>(Mabille, 1900)</small>
- Thaumatotibia batrachopa <small>(Meyrick, 1908)</small>
- Tortrix dinota <small>Meyrick, 1918</small>
Uraniidae
Xyloryctidae
Zygaenidae
See also
References
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