List of moths of Nigeria

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Moths of Nigeria represent about 1,400 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 from Nigeria.

Anomoeotidae

Staphylinochrous pygmaea Bethune-Baker, 1911

Staphylinochrous whytei Butler, 1894

Arctiidae

Acantharctia metaleuca Hampson, 1901

Acantharctia mundata (Walker, 1865)

Acantharctia nivea Aurivillius, 1900

Acanthofrontia anacantha Hampson, 1914

Afraloa bifurca (Walker, 1855)

Afrasura dubitabilis Durante, 2009

Afrasura emma Durante, 2009

Afrasura hieroglyphica (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869)

Afrasura numida (Holland, 1893)

Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864)

Afrasura rivulosa (Walker, 1854)

Afroarctia sjostedti (Aurivillius, 1900)

Afrospilarctia flavida (Bartel, 1903)

Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855)

Aloa moloneyi (Druce, 1887)

Alpenus affiniola (Strand, 1919)

Alpenus intacta (Hampson, 1916)

Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)

Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)

Alpenus microsticta (Hampson, 1920)

Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)

Alpenus thomasi Watson, 1988

Amata borguensis (Hampson, 1901)

Amata interniplaga (Mabille, 1890)

Amata lagosensis (Hampson, 1907)

Amata tritonia (Hampson, 1911)

Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901)

Amerila castanea (Hampson, 1911)

Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887)

Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901)

Amerila metasarca (Hampson, 1911)

Amerila nigroapicalis (Aurivillius, 1900)

Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)

Amerila pannosa (Grünberg, 1908)

Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793)

Amerila roseomarginata (Rothschild, 1910)

Amerila rothi (Rothschild, 1910)

Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780)

Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880

Amphicallia pactolicus (Butler, 1888)

Amsacta bicoloria (Gaede, 1916)

Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933

Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855

Anapisa lamborni (Rothschild, 1913)

Anapisa monotica (Holland, 1893)

Archilema cinderella (Kiriakoff, 1958)

Archilema subumbrata (Holland, 1893)

Archilema uelleburgensis (Strand, 1912)

Archilema vilis Birket-Smith, 1965

Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)

Archithosia duplicata Birket-Smith, 1965

Archithosia flavifrontella (Strand, 1912)

Archithosia makomensis (Strand, 1912)

Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847)

Argina leonina (Walker, 1865)

Balacra batesi Druce, 1910

Balacra daphaena (Hampson, 1898)

Balacra ehrmanni (Holland, 1893)

Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856

Balacra herona (Druce, 1887)

Balacra humphreyi Rothschild, 1912

Balacra preussi (Aurivillius, 1904)

Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892

Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893

Binna penicillata Walker, 1865

Binna scita (Walker, 1865)

Caripodia albescens (Hampson, 1907)

Caryatis hersilia Druce, 1887

Caryatis phileta (Drury, 1782)

Caryatis syntomina Butler, 1878

Cragia distigmata (Hampson, 1901)

Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893

Creatonotos punctivitta (Walker, 1854)

Crocosia phaeocraspis Hampson, 1914

Cyana flammeostrigata Karisch, 2003

Cyana rubritermina (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Disparctia vittata (Druce, 1898)

Eilema albidula (Walker, 1864)

Eilema leia (Hampson, 1901)

Eilema mesosticta Hampson, 1911

Eilema minutissima Bethune-Baker, 1911

Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)

Epitoxis borguensis Hampson, 1901

Estigmene rothi Rothschild, 1910

Estigmene unilinea Rothschild, 1910

Euchromia guineensis (Fabricius, 1775)

Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)

Logunovium nigricosta (Holland, 1893)

Logunovium scortillum Wallengren, 1875

Meganaclia sippia (Plötz, 1880)

Melisa diptera (Walker, 1854)

Metarctia didyma Kiriakoff, 1957

Metarctia flavivena Hampson, 1901

Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893

Metarctia johanna (Kiriakoff, 1979)

Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)

Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893)

Nanna ceratopygia Birket-Smith, 1965

Nanna diplisticta (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Nanna eningae (Plötz, 1880)

Neuroxena fulleri (Druce, 1883)

Neuroxena funereus (Rothschild, 1933)

Neuroxena medioflavus (Rothschild, 1935)

Neuroxena obscurascens (Strand, 1909)

Nyctemera acraeina Druce, 1882

Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)

Nyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904)

Nyctemera restrictum (Butler, 1894)

Nyctemera xanthura (Plötz, 1880)

Ovenna guineacola (Strand, 1912)

Ovenna simplex Birket-Smith, 1965

Ovenna subgriseola (Strand, 1912)

Ovenna vicaria (Walker, 1854)

Paralpenus flavizonata (Hampson, 1911)

Phryganopsis asperatella (Walker, 1864)

Phryganopsis cinerella (Wallengren, 1860)

Poliosia nigrifrons Hampson, 1900

Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856)

Pusiola aureola Birket-Smith, 1965

Pusiola celida (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Pusiola minutissima (Kiriakoff, 1958)

Radiarctia lutescens (Walker, 1854)

Rhipidarctia conradti (Oberthür, 1911)

Rhipidarctia invaria (Walker, 1856)

Rhipidarctia postrosea (Rothschild, 1913)

Siccia conformis Hampson, 1914

Spilosoma aurantiaca (Holland, 1893)

Spilosoma batesi (Rothschild, 1910)

Spilosoma buryi (Rothschild, 1910)

Spilosoma castelli Rothschild, 1933

Spilosoma crossi (Rothschild, 1910)

Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855

Spilosoma holoxantha (Hampson, 1907)

Spilosoma immaculata Bartel, 1903

Spilosoma karschi Bartel, 1903

Spilosoma metaleuca (Hampson, 1905)

Spilosoma occidens (Rothschild, 1910)

Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898)

Spilosoma sinefascia (Hampson, 1916)

Spilosoma togoensis Bartel, 1903

Stenarctia griseipennis Hampson, 1911

Stenarctia rothi Rothschild, 1933

Teracotona buryi Rothschild, 1910

Tesma nigrapex (Strand, 1912)

Trichaeta schultzei Aurivillius, 1905

Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Yelva obscura Birket-Smith, 1965

Zobida trinitas (Strand, 1912)

Bombycidae

Ocinara ficicola (Westwood & Ormerod, 1889)

Brahmaeidae

Dactyloceras swanzii (Butler, 1871)

Choreutidae

Brenthia octogemmifera Walsingham, 1897

Choreutis inspirata Meyrick, 1916

Cosmopterigidae

Gisilia sclerodes (Meyrick, 1909)

Cossidae

Azygophleps albovittata Bethune-Baker, 1908

Azygophleps inclusa (Walker, 1856)

Azygophleps melanonephele Hampson, 1910

Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874

Phragmataecia fuscifusa Hampson, 1910

Phragmataecia sericeata Hampson, 1910

Phragmataecia pelostema (Hering, 1923)

Xyleutes biatra (Hampson, 1910)

Xyleutes polioplaga (Hampson, 1910)

Crambidae

Adelpherupa flavescens Hampson, 1919

Aethaloessa floridalis (Zeller, 1852)

Ancylolomia chrysargyria Hampson, 1919

Ancylolomia holochrea Hampson, 1919

Ancylolomia irrorata Hampson, 1919

Ancylolomia ophiralis Hampson, 1919

Bissetia poliella (Hampson, 1919)

Bocchoris labarinthalis Hampson, 1912

Cadarena sinuata (Fabricius, 1781)

Calamotropha diodonta (Hampson, 1919)

Charltona actinialis Hampson, 1919

Charltona albimixtalis Hampson, 1919

Charltona interstitalis Hampson, 1919

Chilo costifusalis (Hampson, 1919)

Chilo mesoplagalis (Hampson, 1919)

Chilo perfusalis (Hampson, 1919)

Chilo psammathis (Hampson, 1919)

Cirrhochrista grabczewskyi E. Hering, 1903

Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833)

Coniesta ignefusalis (Hampson, 1919)

Conotalis aurantifascia (Hampson, 1895)

Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875)

Crambus mesombrellus Hampson, 1919

Desmia incomposita (Bethune-Baker, 1909)

Dichocrocis xanthoplagalis Hampson, 1912

Diploptalis metallescens Hampson, 1919

Filodes normalis Hampson, 1912

Haimbachia proalbivenalis (Błeszyński, 1961)

Heliothela ophideresana (Walker, 1863)

Hyalea africalis Hampson, 1912

Lamprosema acyperalis (Hampson, 1912)

Mesolia albimaculalis Hampson, 1919

Mesolia microdontalis (Hampson, 1919)

Metasia arida Hampson, 1913

Metasia perirrorata Hampson, 1913

Mimudea ignitalis (Hampson, 1913)

Mimudea xanthographa (Hampson, 1913)

Nosophora trogobasalis (Hampson, 1912)

Obtusipalpis brunneata Hampson, 1919

Omiodes indicata (Fabricius, 1775)

Ostrinia erythrialis (Hampson, 1913)

Paratraea plumbipicta Hampson, 1919

Parerupa bipunctalis (Hampson, 1919)

Parerupa distictalis (Hampson, 1919)

Patissa fulvicepsalis Hampson, 1919

Patissa monostidzalis Hampson, 1919

Phostria tetrastictalis (Hampson, 1912)

Pilocrocis cuprealis Hampson, 1912

Prionapteryx rubricalis Hampson, 1919

Prionotalis peracutella Hampson, 1919

Prochoristis calamochroa (Hampson, 1919)

Pseudocatharylla argenticilia (Hampson, 1919)

Pseudocatharylla peralbellus (Hampson, 1919)

Pseudonoorda distigmalis (Hampson, 1913)

Pycnarmon sexpunctalis (Hampson, 1912)

Pyrausta melanocera Hampson, 1913

Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)

Sufetula nigrescens Hampson, 1912

Sufetula sufetuloides (Hampson, 1919)

Ulopeza conigeralis Zeller, 1852

Ulopeza nigricostata Hampson, 1912

Drepanidae

Callidrepana amaura (Warren, 1901)

Callidrepana macnultyi Watson, 1965

Callidrepana serena Watson, 1965

Epicampoptera pallida (Tams, 1925)

Epicampoptera strandi Bryk, 1913

Gonoreta contracta (Warren, 1897)

Gonoreta cymba Watson, 1965

Gonoreta gonioptera (Hampson, 1914)

Gonoreta opacifinis Watson, 1965

Isospidia angustipennis (Warren, 1904)

Negera confusa Walker, 1855

Negera disspinosa Watson, 1965

Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874)

Spidia excentrica Strand, 1912

Spidia fenestrata Butler, 1878

Spidia inangulata Watson, 1965

Spidia subviridis (Warren, 1899)

Uranometra oculata (Holland, 1893)

Eupterotidae

Acrojana salmonea Rothschild, 1932

Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893

Jana aurivilliusi Rothschild, 1917

Phiala cunina Cramer, 1780

Stenoglene bipartita (Rothschild, 1917)

Stenoglene citrinus (Druce, 1886)

Stenoglene roseus (Druce, 1886)

Vianga magnifica (Rothschild, 1917)

Gelechiidae

Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844)

Ptilothyris purpurea Walsingham, 1897

Theatrocopia roseoviridis Walsingham, 1897

Geometridae

Acrostatheusis apicitincta Prout, 1915

Agathia elenaria Swinhoe, 1904

Agathia multiscripta Warren, 1898

Agathia pauper Warren, 1904

Aletis helcita (Linnaeus, 1763)

Aletis vicina Gaede, 1917

Androzeugma tenuis (Warren, 1898)

Anoectomychus pudens (Swinhoe, 1904)

Antharmostes marginata (Warren, 1897)

Antharmostes mesoleuca Warren, 1899

Antitrygodes dysmorpha Prout, 1915

Apatadelpha biocellaria (Walker, 1863)

Aplochlora invisibilis Warren, 1897

Archichlora devoluta (Walker, 1861)

Archichlora marcescens Warren, 1904

Archichlora marginata (Warren, 1902)

Archichlora pulveriplaga (Warren, 1898)

Archichlora viridimacula Warren, 1898

Azyx consocia (Warren, 1899)

Bathycolpodes acoelopa Prout, 1912

Bathycolpodes excavata (Warren, 1898)

Bathycolpodes subfuscata (Warren, 1902)

Bathycolpodes vegeta Prout, 1912

Biston abruptaria (Walker, 1869)

Biston antecreta (Prout, 1938)

Biston subocularia (Mabille, 1893)

Cabera glabra (Warren, 1904)

Cartaletis forbesi (Druce, 1884)

Chiasmia albivia (Prout, 1915)

Chiasmia conturbata (Warren, 1898)

Chiasmia fulvisparsa (Warren, 1897)

Chiasmia impar (Warren, 1897)

Chiasmia majestica (Warren, 1901)

Chiasmia nana (Warren, 1898)

Chiasmia normata (Walker, 1861)

Chiasmia ostentosaria (Möschler, 1887)

Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858)

Chiasmia trirecurvata (Saalmüller, 1891)

Chiasmia umbrata (Warren, 1897)

Chloroclystis consobrina (Warren, 1901)

Chloroctenis similis Warren, 1899

Chlorodrepana rothi Warren, 1899

Chorodnodes rothi Warren, 1897

Chrysocraspeda hilaris (Warren, 1898)

Chrysocraspeda rosina Warren, 1898

Chrysocraspeda rubripennis (Warren, 1898)

Cleora cnephaea Prout, 1915

Cleora derogaria (Snellen, 1872)

Cleora inelegans (Warren, 1905)

Coenina aurivena Butler, 1898

Colocleora divisaria (Walker, 1860)

Colocleora expansa (Warren, 1899)

Colocleora smithi (Warren, 1904)

Colocleora spuria (Prout, 1915)

Comibaena esmeralda (Warren, 1898)

Comibaena flavitaenia (Warren, 1898)

Comibaena longipennis (Warren, 1904)

Comostolopsis rubristicta (Warren, 1899)

Ctenoberta dubia (Warren, 1899)

Cyclophora dewitzi (Prout, 1920)

Cyclophora hirtifemur (Prout, 1932)

Cyclophora leonaria (Walker, 1861)

Cyclophora misella (Prout, 1932)

Cyclophora poeciloptera (Prout, 1920)

Dithecodes ornithospila (Prout, 1911)

Ectropis nigripunctata Warren, 1897

Ectropis subapicata (Warren, 1904)

Eois grataria (Walker, 1861)

Epigynopteryx nigricola (Warren, 1897)

Epigynopteryx straminea (Warren, 1897)

Eucrostes disparata Walker, 1861

Euproutia aggravaria (Guenée, 1858)

Euproutia vernicoma (Prout, 1913)

Exeliopsis ansorgei (Warren, 1905)

Gelasmodes fasciata (Warren, 1899)

Geodena auridisca (Warren, 1904)

Geodena marginalis Walker, 1856

Geodena quadrigutta Walker, 1856

Geodena suffusa Swinhoe, 1904

Geodena surrendra Swinhoe, 1904

Geodena venata Prout, 1915

Gymnoscelis tenera Warren, 1901

Heterocrita bidentata (Bethune-Baker, 1913)

Heterorachis carpenteri Prout, 1915

Heterostegane flavata (Warren, 1905)

Hyalornis docta (Schaus & Clements, 1893)

Hylemeridia majuscula Prout, 1915

Hypocoela subfulva Warren, 1897

Hypocoela turpisaria (Swinhoe, 1904)

Hypomecis intrusilinea (Prout, 1915)

Idaea pulveraria (Snellen, 1872)

Idaea rufimixta (Warren, 1901)

Idaea submaculata (Warren, 1898)

Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1858)

Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858)

Lathochlora inornata Warren, 1900

Lophorrhachia palliata (Warren, 1898)

Lophorrhachia rubricorpus (Warren, 1898)

Luxiaria ansorgei (Warren, 1903)

Luxiaria curvivena (Warren, 1899)

Melinoessa amplissimata (Walker, 1863)

Melinoessa aureola Prout, 1934

Melinoessa palumbata (Warren, 1894)

Melinoessa perlimbata (Guenée, 1857)

Melinoessa stellata (Butler, 1878)

Melinoessa stramineata (Walker, 1869)

Mesocolpia marmorata (Warren, 1899)

Miantochora incolorata Warren, 1899

Miantochora rufaria (Swinhoe, 1904)

Mixocera albimargo Warren, 1901

Narthecusa tenuiorata Walker, 1862

Neostega flaviguttata Warren, 1903

Omphacodes minima Prout, 1913

Omphalucha brunnea (Warren, 1899)

Omphax rubriceps (Warren, 1904)

Paraptychodes costimaculata Prout, 1913

Perithalera oblongata (Warren, 1898)

Phaiogramma faustinata (Millière, 1868)

Pitthea continua Walker, 1854

Pitthea famula Drury, 1773

Plegapteryx anomalus Herrich-Schäffer, 1856

Plegapteryx sphingata (Warren, 1895)

Prasinocyma congrua (Walker, 1869)

Prasinocyma gemmatimargo Prout, 1915

Prasinocyma pulchraria Swinhoe, 1904

Pycnostega fumosa (Warren, 1897)

Pycnostega obscura Warren, 1905

Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878)

Racotis zebrina Warren, 1899

Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rhodophthitus myriostictus Prout, 1915

Scopula aphercta Prout, 1932

Scopula elegans (Prout, 1915)

Scopula euphemia Prout, 1920

Scopula flavissima (Warren, 1898)

Scopula habilis (Warren, 1899)

Scopula haemaleata (Warren, 1898)

Scopula inscriptata (Walker, 1863)

Scopula jejuna Prout, 1932

Scopula lactaria (Walker, 1861)

Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833)

Scopula ossicolor (Warren, 1897)

Scopula plionocentra Prout, 1920

Scopula proterocelis Prout, 1920

Scopula pyraliata (Warren, 1898)

Scopula serena Prout, 1920

Scopula subperlaria (Warren, 1897)

Scopula supina Prout, 1920

Scopula transsecta (Warren, 1898)

Somatina irregularis (Warren, 1898)

Somatina probleptica Prout, 1917

Sphingomima heterodoxa Warren, 1899

Terina charmione (Fabricius, 1793)

Terina doleris (Plötz, 1880)

Thalassodes opaca Warren, 1898

Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857

Thalassodes unicolor Warren, 1902

Traminda obversata (Walker, 1861)

Unnamed Ennominae genus ansorgeata (Warren, 1903)

Unnamed Ennominae genus rufigrisea (Warren, 1900)

Vaena eacleoides Walker, 1869

Victoria perornata Warren, 1898

Xanthisthisa brunnea (Warren, 1899)

Xanthorhoe euthytoma Prout, 1926

Xenimpia conformis (Warren, 1898)

Xenimpia informis (Swinhoe, 1904)

Xenochroma palimpais Prout, 1934

Xenostega tincta Warren, 1899

Xenostega tyana Swinhoe, 1904

Zamarada acosmeta Prout, 1921

Zamarada acrochra Prout, 1928

Zamarada adumbrata Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada aerata Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada aglae Oberthür, 1912

Zamarada anacantha Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada antimima Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada auratisquama Warren, 1897

Zamarada bastelbergeri Gaede, 1915

Zamarada bicuspida Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada catori Bethune-Baker, 1913

Zamarada chrysothyra Hampson, 1909

Zamarada corroborata Herbulot, 1954

Zamarada crystallophana Mabille, 1900

Zamarada cucharita Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada dentigera Warren, 1909

Zamarada dialitha Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada dilucida Warren, 1909

Zamarada dolorosa Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada episema Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada euerces Prout, 1928

Zamarada euphrosyne Oberthür, 1912

Zamarada excavata Bethune-Baker, 1913

Zamarada flavicosta Warren, 1897

Zamarada fumosa Gaede, 1915

Zamarada griseola Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada hero Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada ignicosta Prout, 1912

Zamarada ilaria Swinhoe, 1904

Zamarada intacta Herbulot, 1979

Zamarada ixiaria Swinhoe, 1904

Zamarada labifera Prout, 1915

Zamarada latimargo Warren, 1897

Zamarada lepta Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada longidens Fletcher, 1963

Zamarada melanopyga Herbulot, 1954

Zamarada melasma Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912

Zamarada mimesis Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897

Zamarada opala Carcasson, 1964

Zamarada paxilla Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada perlepidata (Walker, 1863)

Zamarada phoenopasta Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada phrontisaria Swinhoe, 1904

Zamarada pinheyi Fletcher, 1956

Zamarada polyctemon Prout, 1932

Zamarada protrusa Warren, 1897

Zamarada reflexaria (Walker, 1863)

Zamarada regularis Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada sagitta Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada schalida Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada sicula Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada sinecalcarata Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada subincolaris Gaede, 1915

Zamarada subinterrupta Gaede, 1915

Zamarada suda Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada terpsichore Oberthür, 1912

Zamarada tortura Fletcher, 1974

Zamarada triangularis Gaede, 1915

Zamarada undimarginata Warren, 1897

Zamarada urania Oberthür, 1912

Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897

Zamarada xyele Fletcher, 1974

Zeuctoboarmia pectinata (Warren, 1897)

Zeuctoboarmia sabinei (Prout, 1915)

Gracillariidae

Acrocercops bifasciata (Walsingham, 1891)

Acrocercops fuscapica Bland, 1980

Acrocercops pectinivalva Bland, 1980

Acrocercops rhothiastis Meyrick, 1921

Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)

Caloptilia fera Triberti, 1989

Caloptilia insolita Triberti, 1989

Caloptilia isotoma (Meyrick, 1914)

Caloptilia leptophanes (Meyrick, 1928)

Caloptilia maynei Ghesquière, 1940

Caloptilia pentaplaca (Meyrick, 1911)

Caloptilia prosticta (Meyrick, 1909)

Caloptilia pseudoaurita Triberti, 1989

Corythoxestis aletreuta (Meyrick, 1936)

Ectropina sclerochitoni Vári, 1961

Ectropina suttoni (Bland, 1980)

Lamprolectica apicistrigata (Walsingham, 1891)

Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856

Phyllonorycter caudasimplex Bland, 1980

Spulerina quadrifasciata Bland, 1980

Stomphastis adesa Triberti, 1988

Stomphastis conflua (Meyrick, 1914)

Stomphastis thraustica (Meyrick, 1908)

Himantopteridae

Pedoptila catori Bethune-Baker, 1911

Lasiocampidae

Cheligium lineatum (Aurivillius, 1893)

Chrysopsyche albicilia Bethune-Baker, 1911

Chrysopsyche imparilis Aurivillius, 1905

Chrysopsyche mirifica (Butler, 1878)

Cleopatrina bilinea (Walker, 1855)

Euphorea ondulosa (Conte, 1909)

Euwallengrenia reducta (Walker, 1855)

Filiola occidentale (Strand, 1912)

Gastroplakaeis idakum Bethune-Baker, 1913

Gelo anastella Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010

Gonometa christyi Sharpe, 1902

Grellada imitans (Aurivillius, 1893)

Hariola haigi (Tams, 1935)

Hypotrabala castanea Holland, 1893

Leipoxais dives Aurivillius, 1915

Leipoxais humfreyi Aurivillius, 1915

Leipoxais marginepunctata Holland, 1893

Leipoxais peraffinis Holland, 1893

Mallocampa audea (Druce, 1887)

Mimopacha cinerascens (Holland, 1893)

Mimopacha gerstaeckerii (Dewitz, 1881)

Mimopacha tripunctata (Aurivillius, 1905)

Morongea cruenta Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010

Morongea mastodont Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010

Odontocheilopteryx maculata Aurivillius, 1905

Opisthodontia afroio Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010

Opisthodontia axividia Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010

Opisthodontia pygmy Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010

Pachymeta contraria (Walker, 1855)

Pachymetana lamborni (Aurivillius, 1915)

Pachyna subfascia (Walker, 1855)

Pachytrina elygara Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009

Pachytrina gliharta Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009

Pachytrina regeria Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009

Pallastica lateritia (Hering, 1928)

Pallastica mesoleuca (Strand, 1911)

Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905

Pseudometa choba (Druce, 1899)

Pseudometa patagiata Aurivillius, 1905

Pseudometa tenebra (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Sena punctulata (Aurivillius, 1914)

Streblote splendens (Druce, 1887)

Theophasida cardinalli (Tams, 1926)

Trabala burchardii (Dewitz, 1881)

Trabala lambourni Bethune-Baker, 1911

Limacodidae

Altha ansorgei Bethune-Baker, 1911

Altha rubrifusalis Hampson, 1910

Baria elsa (Druce, 1887)

Casphalia citrimaculata Aurivillius, 1905

Chrysopoloma citrina Druce, 1886

Gavara lamborni (Bethune-Baker, 1915)

Hadraphe aprica Karsch, 1899

Latoia colini Mabille, 1881

Latoia loxotoma (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Latoia urda (Druce, 1887)

Macroplectra fuscifusa Hampson, 1910

Macroplectra obliquilinea Hampson, 1910

Micraphe lateritia Karsch, 1896

Miresa strigivena Hampson, 1910

Narosa albescens West, 1940

Narosana agbaja Bethune-Baker, 1915

Parasa carnapi Karsch, 1899

Parasa catori Bethune-Baker, 1911

Parasa dentina Hering, 1932

Parasa prussi Karsch, 1896

Parasa serratilinea Bethune-Baker, 1911

Rhypteira sordida Holland, 1893

Stroteroides albitibiata West, 1940

Thosea catori Bethune-Baker, 1908

Trachyptena agbaja (Bethune-Baker, 1915)

Trachyptena rufa Bethune-Baker, 1911

Lymantriidae

Aclonophlebia flaveola Hering, 1926

Batella acronictoides (Collenette, 1937)

Batella muscosa (Holland, 1893)

Bracharoa mixta (Snellen, 1872)

Conigephyra flava (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Conigephyra unipunctata (Möschler, 1887)

Cropera nigripes (Hampson, 1910)

Crorema mentiens Walker, 1855

Crorema setinoides (Holland, 1893)

Dasychira catori Bethune-Baker, 1911

Dasychira coeruleifascia (Holland, 1893)

Dasychira cromptoni Swinhoe, 1903

Dasychira euproctina (Aurivillius, 1904)

Dasychira griseinubes Hampson, 1910

Dasychira hodoepora Collenette, 1960

Dasychira horrida Swinhoe, 1903

Dasychira ilesha Collenette, 1931

Dasychira magnifica Hampson, 1910

Dasychira melochlora Hering, 1926

Dasychira obliqua (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Dasychira postalba (Swinhoe, 1906)

Dasychira pulchra Swinhoe, 1906

Dasychira remota Druce, 1887

Dasychira strigidentata Bethune-Baker, 1911

Dasychira umbricolora Hampson, 1910

Dasychirana crenulata Bethune-Baker, 1911

Dasychirana unilineata Bethune-Baker, 1911

Eudasychira anisozyga (Collenette, 1960)

Eudasychira dina (Hering, 1926)

Eudasychira georgiana (Fawcett, 1900)

Eudasychira isozyga (Collenette, 1960)

Eudasychira macnultyi (Collenette, 1957)

Eudasychira quinquepunctata Möschler, 1887

Euproctis aethiopica (Bethune-Baker, 1908)

Euproctis alba Swinhoe, 1903

Euproctis ceramozona Collenette, 1931

Euproctis onii Bethune-Baker, 1911

Euproctis pygmaea (Walker, 1855)

Euproctis quadrifascia Bethune-Baker, 1911

Euproctis tabida (Hering, 1926)

Euproctis utilis Swinhoe, 1903

Euproctoides acrisia Plötz, 1880

Hemerophanes enos (Druce, 1896)

Heteronygmia manicata (Aurivillius, 1892)

Hyaloperina nudiuscula Aurivillius, 1904

Knappetra fasciata (Walker, 1855)

Lacipa argyroleuca Hampson, 1910

Lacipa quadripunctata Dewitz, 1881

Laelia aegra Hering, 1926

Laelia aethiopica Bethune-Baker, 1908

Laelia batoides Plötz, 1880

Laelia fulvicosta Hampson, 1910

Laelia pheosia (Hampson, 1910)

Laelia rocana (Swinhoe, 1906)

Laelia straminea Hampson, 1910

Leucoma gracillima Holland, 1893

Leucoma luteipes (Walker, 1855)

Leucoma ogovensis (Holland, 1893)

Leucoma parva (Plötz, 1880)

Leucoma vata Swinhoe, 1903

Lomadonta saturata Swinhoe, 1904

Marbla affinis (Hering, 1926)

Marbla divisa (Walker, 1855)

Marblepsis flabellaria (Fabricius, 1787)

Marblepsis nyses (Druce, 1887)

Naroma signifera Walker, 1856

Neomardara africana (Holland, 1893)

Olapa tavetensis (Holland, 1892)

Opoboa chrysoparala Collenette, 1932

Opoboa schuetzei Tessmann, 1921

Otroeda cafra (Drury, 1780)

Otroeda nerina (Drury, 1780)

Otroeda vesperina Walker, 1854

Paraproctis osiris Bethune-Baker, 1911

Pseudonotodonta virescens (Möschler, 1887)

Rhypopteryx sordida Aurivillius, 1879

Stracena flavipectus (Swinhoe, 1903)

Stracena fuscivena Swinhoe, 1903

Stracena tottea (Swinhoe, 1903)

Terphothrix callima (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Metarbelidae

Lebedodes bassa (Bethune-Baker, 1908)

Lebedodes nigeriae Bethune-Baker, 1915

Melisomimas metallica Hampson, 1914

Metarbela bifasciata Gaede, 1929

Metarbela funebris Gaede, 1929

Moyencharia joeli Lehmann, 2013

Moyencharia ochreicosta (Gaede, 1929)

Stenagra multipunctata Hampson, 1920

Micronoctuidae

Micronola yemeni Fibiger, 2011

Noctuidae

Abrostola confusa Dufay, 1958

Aburina phoenocrosmena Hampson, 1926

Aburina tetragramma Hampson, 1926

Acanthodelta janata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Achaea albicilia (Walker, 1858)

Achaea albifimbria (Walker, 1869)

Achaea boris (Geyer, 1837)

Achaea catella Guenée, 1852

Achaea catocaloides Guenée, 1852

Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)

Achaea ezea (Cramer, 1779)

Achaea faber Holland, 1894

Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)

Achaea indicabilis Walker, 1858

Achaea intercisa Walker, 1865

Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)

Achaea mormoides Walker, 1858

Achaea obvia Hampson, 1913

Achaea thermopera Hampson, 1913

Achaea xanthodera (Holland, 1894)

Acontia antica Walker, 1862

Acontia citrelinea Bethune-Baker, 1911

Acontia ectorrida (Hampson, 1916)

Acontia fastrei Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010

Acontia gratiosa Wallengren, 1856

Acontia hemiselenias (Hampson, 1918)

Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856

Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)

Acontia nigrimacula Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008

Acontia sphaerophora (Hampson, 1914)

Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856

Acontia vaualbum (Hampson, 1914)

Acontia veroxanthia Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010

Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856

Acrapex aenigma (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)

Adisura affinis Rothschild, 1921

Aegocera anthina Jordan, 1926

Aegocera humphreyi (Hampson, 1911)

Aegocera obliqua Mabille, 1893

Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836

Aegocera tigrina (Druce, 1882)

Aethodes angustipennis Hampson, 1918

Agoma trimenii (Felder, 1874)

Agrotis bisignoides Poole, 1989

Agrotis melamesa Hampson, 1913

Amazonides rufescens (Hampson, 1913)

Amyna axis Guenée, 1852

Androlymnia torsivena (Hampson, 1902)

Anigraea siccata (Hampson, 1905)

Anoba microphaea Hampson, 1926

Anomis endochlora Hampson, 1926

Anomis microdonta Hampson, 1926

Anomis pyrocausta Hampson, 1926

Apaegocera argyrogramma Hampson, 1905

Araeopteron canescens (Walker, 1865)

Aspidifrontia berioi Hacker & Hausmann, 2010

Aspidifrontia hemileuca (Hampson, 1909)

Aspidifrontia pulverea Hampson, 1913

Aspidifrontia villiersi (Laporte, 1972)

Athetis magniplagia (Hampson, 1918)

Attatha metaleuca Hampson, 1913

Audea endophaea Hampson, 1913

Audea humeralis Hampson, 1902

Audea kathrina Kühne, 2005

Audea melaleuca Walker, 1865

Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005

Autoba brachygonia (Hampson, 1910)

Avatha ethiopica (Hampson, 1913)

Avitta insignifica Hampson, 1926

Avitta ionomesa Hampson, 1926

Baniana disticta Hampson, 1926

Bocula ichthyuropis Hampson, 1926

Bocula sticticraspis Hampson, 1926

Brevipecten confluens Hampson, 1926

Brevipecten politzari Hacker & Fibiger, 2007

Calesia fulviceps Hampson, 1926

Caligatus angasii Wing, 1850

Callophisma flavicornis Hampson, 1913

Callopistria complicata (Holland, 1894)

Callopistria cyanopera (Hampson, 1911)

Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)

Callopistria nana (Hampson, 1911)

Callopistria nephrosticta (Hampson, 1908)

Callopistria nigeriensis (Hampson, 1918)

Callopistria occidens (Hampson, 1908)

Callopistria thermochroa (Hampson, 1911)

Callyna holophaea Hampson, 1911

Capnodes albicostata Poole, 1989

Caryonopera triangularis (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Catada rex Bethune-Baker, 1911

Catephia cryptodisca Hampson, 1926

Catephia holophaea Hampson, 1926

Catephia microcelis Hampson, 1926

Cerocala albicornis Berio, 1966

Cerocala caelata Karsch, 1896

Chalciope pusilla (Holland, 1894)

Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775)

Chasmina vestae (Guenée, 1852)

Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])

Claterna gracillodina Hampson, 1926

Colbusa euclidica Walker, 1865

Colbusa restricta Hampson, 1918

Corgatha porphyrea Hampson, 1910

Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)

Cretonia platyphaeella Walker, 1866

Crypsotidia maculifera (Staudinger, 1898)

Crypsotidia mesosema Hampson, 1913

Crypsotidia parva Rothschild, 1921

Ctenoplusia dorfmeisteri (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)

Ctenusa pallida (Hampson, 1902)

Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)

Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)

Cyligramma magus (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])

Cyligramma simplex Grünberg, 1910

Deinopa lilacina Hampson, 1926

Diparopsis watersi (Rothschild, 1901)

Drepanopses rufipicta Hampson, 1926

Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)

Dysgonia humilis Holland, 1894

Dysgonia palpalis (Walker, 1865)

Dysgonia perexcurvata (Hampson, 1918)

Dysgonia pudica (Möschler, 1887)

Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)

Dysgonia trogosema (Hampson, 1913)

Egnasia microtype Hampson, 1926

Egnasia scotopasta Hampson, 1926

Egnasia trogocraspia Hampson, 1926

Enispa albipuncta Hampson, 1910

Enispa atriceps Hampson, 1910

Enispa lycaugesia Hampson, 1910

Enmonodiops ochrodiscata Hampson, 1926

Entomogramma pardus Guenée, 1852

Episparis fenestrifera Bryk, 1915

Ercheia subsignata (Walker, 1865)

Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)

Ethiopica exolivia Hampson, 1911

Ethiopica melanopa Bethune-Baker, 1911

Ethiopica polyastra Hampson, 1909

Euaethiops cyanopasta Hampson, 1926

Eublemma anachoresis (Wallengren, 1863)

Eublemma bifasciata (Moore, 1881)

Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)

Eublemma flaviciliata Hampson, 1910

Eublemma lacteicosta Hampson, 1910

Eublemma phaeapera Hampson, 1910

Eublemma proleuca Hampson, 1910

Eublemma ragusana (Freyer, 1844)

Eublemma robertsi Berio, 1969

Eublemma scotopis Bethune-Baker, 1911

Eublemma staudingeri (Wallengren, 1875)

Eudocima divitiosa (Walker, 1869)

Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)

Eudrapa lepraota Hampson, 1926

Eudrapa metathermeola Hampson, 1926

Eudrapa mollis Walker, 1857

Eudrapa olivaria Hampson, 1926

Euippodes euprepes Hampson, 1926

Euminucia conflua Hampson, 1913

Euneophlebia acutissima Berio, 1972

Eutelia albiluna Hampson, 1905

Eutelia cautabasis Hampson, 1905

Eutelia chlorobasis Hampson, 1905

Eutelia discitriga Walker, 1865

Eutelia ferridorsata Hampson, 1905

Eutelia holocausta Hampson, 1905

Eutelia leucodelta Hampson, 1905

Eutelia menalcas (Holland, 1894)

Eutelia metasarca Hampson, 1905

Eutelia nigridentula Hampson, 1905

Eutelia ochricostata Hampson, 1905

Eutelia polychorda Hampson, 1902

Eutelia porphyriota (Hampson, 1912)

Eutelia quadriliturata Walker, 1869

Eutelia snelleni Saalmüller, 1881

Eutelia subrubens (Mabille, 1890)

Eutelia violescens (Hampson, 1912)

Facidia luteilinea Hampson, 1926

Feliniopsis medleri (Laporte, 1973)

Feliniopsis nigribarbata (Hampson, 1908)

Feliniopsis wojtusiaki Hacker & Fibiger, 2007

Focillopis eclipsia Hampson, 1926

Fodina oxyprora (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Geniascota lacteata Hampson, 1926

Geniascota trichoptycha Hampson, 1926

Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859

Gesonia stictigramma Hampson, 1926

Gracilodes metopis Hampson, 1926

Gracilodes opisthenops Hampson, 1926

Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858

Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)

Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)

Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)

Heliophisma catocalina Holland, 1894

Heliophisma klugii (Boisduval, 1833)

Heraclia geryon (Fabricius, 1781)

Heraclia hornimani (Druce, 1880)

Heraclia longipennis (Walker, 1854)

Heraclia medeba (Druce, 1880)

Heraclia pallida (Walker, 1854)

Heraclia poggei (Dewitz, 1879)

Heraclia terminatis (Walker, 1856)

Herpeperas lavendula Hampson, 1926

Herpeperas phoenopasta Hampson, 1926

Hollandia spurrelli Hampson, 1926

Holocryptis melanosticta Hampson, 1910

Homodina argentifera Hampson, 1926

Hypena conscitalis Walker, 1866

Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]

Hypocala deflorata (Fabricius, 1794)

Hypocala rostrata (Fabricius, 1794)

Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

Hyposada melanosticta Hampson, 1910

Hypotacha isthmigera Wiltshire, 1968

Hypotuerta transiens (Hampson, 1901)

Iambia jansei Berio, 1966

Iambia thwaitesi (Moore, 1885)

Isadelphina albistellata Hampson, 1926

Isadelphina cheilosema Hampson, 1926

Isadelphina rufaria Hampson, 1926

Isadelphina xylochroa Hampson, 1926

Leucania fissifascia (Hampson, 1907)

Leucania insulicola Guenée, 1852

Leucania miasticta (Hampson, 1918)

Libystica crenata Hampson, 1926

Lophoptera litigiosa (Boisduval, 1833)

Loxioda ectherma Hampson, 1926

Lycophotia viridis Hampson, 1911

Macella euritiusalis Walker, 1859

Macellopis ustata Hampson, 1926

Marathyssa cuneata (Saalmüller, 1891)

Marcipa apicalis Hampson, 1926

Marcipa dimera Hampson, 1926

Marcipa eucrines (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Marcipa molybdea Hampson, 1926

Marcipa monosema Hampson, 1926

Marcipa ruptisigna Hampson, 1926

Masalia albiseriata (Druce, 1903)

Masalia bimaculata (Moore, 1888)

Masalia flaviceps (Hampson, 1903)

Masalia flavistrigata (Hampson, 1903)

Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)

Masalia nubila (Hampson, 1903)

Masalia rubristria (Hampson, 1903)

Masalia transvaalica (Distant, 1902)

Massaga angustifascia Rothschild, 1896

Massaga hesparia (Cramer, 1775)

Massaga maritona Butler, 1868

Massaga virescens Butler, 1874

Matopo selecta (Walker, 1865)

Maxera euryptera Hampson, 1926

Mazuca dulcis Jordan, 1933

Mazuca strigicincta Walker, 1866

Mecodina ochrigrapta Hampson, 1926

Mecodopsis conisema Hampson, 1926

Medlerana nigeriensis Laporte, 1979

Melanephia nigrescens (Wallengren, 1856)

Mesogenea excavata Hampson, 1926

Mesosciera picta Hampson, 1926

Mesosciera rubrinotata Hampson, 1926

Metagarista maenas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)

Metagarista triphaenoides Walker, 1854

Mimasura clara (Holland, 1893)

Miniodes discolor Guenée, 1852

Miniodes phaeosoma Hampson, 1913

Misa memnonia Karsch, 1895

Mitrophrys latreillii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)

Mitrophrys menete (Cramer, 1775)

Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)

Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)

Mocis mutuaria (Walker, 1858)

Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000

Mocis undata (Fabricius, 1775)

Mythimna atritorna (Hampson, 1911)

Mythimna natalensis (Butler, 1875)

Naarda unipunctata Bethune-Baker, 1911

Nagia evanescens Hampson, 1926

Nagia microsema Hampson, 1926

Nephelemorpha semaphora Hampson, 1926

Niphosticta stigmagrapta Hampson, 1926

Nyodes brevicornis (Walker, 1857)

Odontestra goniosema Hampson, 1913

Oglasa atristipata Hampson, 1926

Oglasa aulota Hampson, 1926

Oglasa confluens Hampson, 1926

Oglasa diagonalis Hampson, 1926

Oglasa holophaea Hampson, 1926

Oglasa phaeonephele Hampson, 1926

Oglasa rufimedia Hampson, 1926

Oglasa tessellata Hampson, 1926

Oligia ambigua (Walker, 1858)

Oligia melanodonta Hampson, 1908

Ophisma teterrima Hampson, 1913

Ophiusa conspicienda (Walker, 1858)

Ophiusa david (Holland, 1894)

Ophiusa despecta (Holland, 1894)

Ophiusa dilecta Walker, 1865

Ophiusa selenaris (Guenée, 1852)

Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794)

Oraesia politzari Behounek, Hacker & Speidel, 2010

Oraesia provocans Walker, [1858]

Oruza divisa (Walker, 1862)

Oruza dolichognatha Hampson, 1918

Oruza latifera (Walker, 1869)

Ozarba domina (Holland, 1894)

Ozarba epimochla Bethune-Baker, 1911

Ozarba rubrivena Hampson, 1910

Pangrapta seriopuncta Hampson, 1926

Panilla xylonea Hampson, 1926

Parachalciope benitensis (Holland, 1894)

Parachalciope binaria (Holland, 1894)

Parachalciope deltifera (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)

Parachalciope euclidicola (Walker, 1858)

Parafodina ectrogia (Hampson, 1926)

Paralephana camptocera Hampson, 1926

Paralephana incurvata Hampson, 1926

Paralephana leucopis Hampson, 1926

Paralephana metaphaea Hampson, 1926

Paralephana nigripalpis Hampson, 1926

Paralephana patagiata Hampson, 1926

Parallelura palumbiodes (Hampson, 1902)

Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)

Pericyma polygramma Hampson, 1913

Phaegorista similis Walker, 1869

Phaeoscia canipars Hampson, 1926

Phalerodes cauta (Hampson, 1902)

Phlogochroa albiguttula Hampson, 1926

Phlogochroa haemorrhanta (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Phlogochroa melanomesa Hampson, 1926

Phytometra nyctichroa (Hampson, 1926)

Plecoptera androconiata Hampson, 1926

Plecoptera costisignata Hampson, 1926

Plecoptera geminilinea Hampson, 1926

Plecoptera mesostriga Hampson, 1926

Plecoptera resistens (Walker, 1858)

Plecopterodes melliflua (Holland, 1897)

Plecopterodes moderata (Wallengren, 1860)

Plusia hemichalcea (Hampson, 1913)

Plusiodonta ionochrota Hampson, 1926

Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833

Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)

Polytelodes florifera (Walker, 1858)

Prionofrontia ochrosia Hampson, 1926

Prolymnia atrifera Hampson, 1911

Pseudoarcte melanis (Mabille, 1890)

Pseudogiria hypographa (Hampson, 1926)

Pseudozarba bipartita (Herrich-Schäffer, 1950)

Remigiodes remigina (Mabille, 1884)

Rhabdophera clathrum (Guenée, 1852)

Rhesalides nigeriensis Hampson, 1926

Rhynchina leucodonta Hampson, 1910

Rhynchina paliscia Bethune-Baker, 1911

Rhynchina tinctalis (Zeller, 1852)

Rougeotiana xanthoperas (Hampson, 1926)

Saroba isocyma Hampson, 1926

Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)

Schausia leona (Schaus, 1893)

Soloella guttivaga (Walker, 1854)

Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)

Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852

Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)

Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)

Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)

Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)

Stictoptera confluens (Walker, 1858)

Syngrapha circumflexa (Linnaeus, 1767)

Sypnoides equatorialis (Holland, 1894)

Tachosa acronyctoides Walker, 1869

Tathodelta furvitincta Hampson, 1926

Tatorinia pallidipennis Hampson, 1926

Tatorinia rufipennis Hampson, 1926

Tavia nana Hampson, 1926

Taviodes congenita Hampson, 1926

Taviodes discomma Hampson, 1926

Taviodes excisa Hampson, 1926

Thalatha occidens Hampson, 1911

Thiacidas dukei (Pinhey, 1968)

Thiacidas juvenis Hacker & Zilli, 2007

Thiacidas kanoensis Hacker & Zilli, 2007

Thiacidas meii Hacker & Zilli, 2007

Thiacidas mukim (Berio, 1977)

Thiacidas stassarti Hacker & Zilli, 2007

Thyas metaphaea (Hampson, 1913)

Thyas parallelipipeda (Guenée, 1852)

Thysanoplusia cupreomicans (Hampson, 1909)

Timora umbrifascia Hampson, 1913

Timora unifascia Bethune-Baker, 1911

Tolna sinifera Hampson, 1913

Tolna sypnoides (Butler, 1878)

Tolna versicolor Walker, 1869

Trichopalpina zethesia Hampson, 1926

Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)

Ugia duplicilinea Hampson, 1926

Ugia stigmaphora Hampson, 1926

Ugia straminilinea Hampson, 1926

Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)

Zethesides pusilla Hampson, 1926

Nolidae

Aiteta costiplaga Hampson, 1905

Aiteta escalerai Kheil, 1909

Aiteta gamma (Hampson, 1905)

Aiteta meterythra Hampson, 1905

Aiteta veluta Hampson, 1912

Arcyophora patricula (Hampson, 1902)

Blenina chloromelana (Mabille, 1890)

Blenina chrysochlora (Walker, 1865)

Blenina diagona Hampson, 1912

Bryophilopsis anomoiota (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Bryophilopsis lunifera Hampson, 1912

Bryophilopsis tarachoides Mabille, 1900

Bryothripa miophaea Hampson, 1912

Earias biplaga Walker, 1866

Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)

Earias glaucescens (Hampson, 1905)

Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)

Earias ogovana Holland, 1893

Eligma hypsoides (Walker, 1869)

Garella nephelota Hampson, 1912

Gigantoceras rectilinea Hampson, 1912

Hypodeva barbata Holland, 1894

Hypodeva nocturna (Hampson, 1905)

Iscadia glaucograpta (Hampson, 1912)

Leocyma camilla (Druce, 1887)

Lophocrama auritincta (Hampson, 1905)

Lophocrama phoenicochlora Hampson, 1912

Maurilia albirivula Hampson, 1905

Maurilia arcuata (Walker, [1858])

Maurilia atrirena Hampson, 1918

Maurilia heterochroa Hampson, 1905

Maurilia phaea Hampson, 1905

Maurilia rufirena Hampson, 1918

Meganola cretacea (Hampson, 1914)

Metaleptina albibasis Holland, 1893

Metaleptina albilinea Hampson, 1912

Metaleptina digramma (Hampson, 1905)

Metaleptina dileuca Hampson, 1912

Metaleptina geminastra (Hampson, 1905)

Metaleptina microcyma (Hampson, 1905)

Metaleptina nigribasis Holland, 1893

Neaxestis piperita (Hampson, 1905)

Negeta approximans Hampson, 1912

Negeta luminosa (Walker, 1858)

Negeta mesoleuca (Holland, 1894)

Negeta phaeopepla (Hampson, 1905)

Negeta stalactitis (Hampson, 1905)

Neonegeta purpurea Hampson, 1912

Neonegeta trigonica (Hampson, 1905)

Neonegeta xanthobasis (Hampson, 1905)

Nola apicalis (Hampson, 1903)

Nola atripuncta (Hampson, 1909)

Nola chionea Hampson, 1911

Nola melanoscelis (Hampson, 1914)

Nola omphalota (Hampson, 1903)

Nola perfusca Hampson, 1911

Nola phaeocraspis (Hampson, 1909)

Odontestis prosticta (Holland, 1894)

Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)

Periplusia cinerascens Holland, 1894

Periplusia nubilicosta Holland, 1894

Plusiocalpe pallida Holland, 1894

Risoba lunata (Möschler, 1887)

Selepa cumasia Hampson, 1912

Selepa docilis Butler, 1881

Selepa leucograpta Hampson, 1912

Westermannia anchorita Holland, 1893

Westermannia goodi Hampson, 1912

Notodontidae

Acroctena pallida (Butler, 1882)

Afroplitis dierli (Kiriakoff, 1979)

Afroplitis politzaria (Kiriakoff, 1979)

Amphiphalera leuconephra Hampson, 1910

Anaphe subsordida Butler, 1893

Anaphe venata Butler, 1878

Antheua bidentata (Hampson, 1910)

Antheua delicata Bethune-Baker, 1911

Antheua rufovittata (Aurivillius, 1901)

Aprosdocetos inexpectata (Rothschild, 1917)

Arciera lanuginosa (Rothschild, 1917)

Baliopteryx baccata (Hampson, 1910)

Boscawenia polioplaga (Hampson, 1910)

Bostrychogyna bella (Bethune-Baker, 1913)

Brachychira ferruginea Aurivillius, 1905

Catarctia subrosea Bethune-Baker, 1911

Chlorocalliope rivata (Hampson, 1910)

Chlorochadisra pinheyi Kiriakoff, 1975

Crestonica incisus (Rothschild, 1917)

Desmeocraera ardalio Kiriakoff, 1958

Desmeocraera dicax Kiriakoff, 1958

Desmeocraera formosa Kiriakoff, 1958

Desmeocraera glauca Gaede, 1928

Desmeocraera imploratrix Kiriakoff, 1958

Desmeocraera latex (Druce, 1901)

Desmeocraera latifasciata Gaede, 1928

Desmeocraera leucosticta (Hampson, 1910)

Desmeocraera mawa Kiriakoff, 1979

Desmeocraera mkabi Kiriakoff, 1979

Desmeocraera olivina Kiriakoff, 1958

Desmeocraera sincera Kiriakoff, 1958

Desmeocraera vicaria Kiriakoff, 1979

Desmeocraerula pallida Kiriakoff, 1963

Enomotarcha chloana (Holland, 1893)

Enomotarcha metaphaea Kiriakoff, 1979

Epicerura catori (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Epicerura tamsi Kiriakoff, 1963

Janthinisca badia Kiriakoff, 1979

Janthinisca gerda Kiriakoff, 1979

Janthinisca linda Kiriakoff, 1979

Janthinisca politzari Kiriakoff, 1979

Mainiella subterminalis Kiriakoff, 1962

Odontoperas obliqualinea (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Odontoperas rosacea Kiriakoff, 1959

Paradiastema monotonia Kiriakoff, 1979

Paradiastema nitens Bethune-Baker, 1911

Paradiastema pulverea Hampson, 1910

Phalera atrata (Grünberg, 1907)

Psalisodes bistriata (Kiriakoff, 1962)

Quista citrina Kiriakoff, 1979

Quista niveiplaga (Hampson, 1910)

Roppa rhabdophora (Hampson, 1910)

Scalmicauda ectoleuca Hampson, 1910

Scalmicauda macrosema Kiriakoff, 1959

Scalmicauda rubrolineata Kiriakoff, 1959

Scalmicauda vinacea Kiriakoff, 1959

Scalmicauda xanthogyna Hampson, 1910

Scrancia astur Kiriakoff, 1962

Scrancia cupreitincta Kiriakoff, 1962

Scrancia expleta Kiriakoff, 1962

Scrancia leucopera Hampson, 1910

Scrancia rothschildi Kiriakoff, 1965

Scrancia tephraea (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Scranciola rufula (Hampson, 1910)

Stauropussa chloe (Holland, 1893)

Stenostaura vittata Kiriakoff, 1965

Synete parallelis Kiriakoff, 1979

Synete subcaeca Kiriakoff, 1959

Tmetopteryx bisecta (Rothschild, 1917)

Tricholoba minuta Kiriakoff, 1979

Tricholoba unicolor Kiriakoff, 1979

Xanthodonta argyllacea Kiriakoff, 1961

Xanthodonta minima (Hampson, 1910)

Oecophoridae

Stathmopoda ficivora Kasy, 1973

Pantheidae

Raphia buchanani Rothschild, 1921

Psychidae

Eumeta cervina Druce, 1887

Eumeta rotunda Bourgogne, 1965

Eumeta rougeoti Bourgogne, 1955

Melasina immanis Meyrick, 1908

Melasina trichodyta Meyrick, 1924

Pterophoridae

Crocydoscelus ferrugineum Walsingham, 1897

Exelastis vuattouxi Bigot, 1970

Hellinsia aethiopicus (Amsel, 1963)

Hepalastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)

Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)

Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)

Platyptilia molopias Meyrick, 1906

Pterophorus albidus (Zeller, 1852)

Pterophorus spissa (Bigot, 1969)

Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)

Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Pyralidae

Acracona remipedalis (Karsch, 1900)

Lamoria imbella (Walker, 1864)

Palmia adustalis (Hampson, 1917)

Saturniidae

Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849)

Decachorda fletcheri Rougeot, 1970

Epiphora perspicuus (Butler, 1878)

Epiphora rectifascia Rothschild, 1907

Goodia hierax Jordan, 1922

Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836)

Holocerina angulata (Aurivillius, 1893)

Holocerina smilax (Westwood, 1849)

Imbrasia obscura (Butler, 1878)

Lobobunaea acetes (Westwood, 1849)

Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)

Ludia hansali Felder, 1874

Ludia obscura Aurivillius, 1893

Nudaurelia alopia Westwood, 1849

Orthogonioptilum adiegetum Karsch, 1892

Orthogonioptilum prox Karsch, 1892

Pseudantheraea discrepans (Butler, 1878)

Pseudantheraea imperator Rougeot, 1962

Rohaniella pygmaea (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)

Sesiidae

Melittia chalconota Hampson, 1910

Pseudomelittia cingulata Gaede, 1929

Sura rufitibia Hampson, 1919

Tipulamima sexualis (Hampson, 1910)

Trichocerata lambornella (Durrant, 1913)

Sphingidae

Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)

Andriasa contraria Walker, 1856

Antinephele anomala (Butler, 1882)

Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)

Falcatula cymatodes (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)

Hippotion irregularis (Walker, 1856)

Leucophlebia afra Karsch, 1891

Lophostethus dumolinii (Angas, 1849)

Neopolyptychus ancylus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)

Neopolyptychus consimilis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Neopolyptychus prionites (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)

Neopolyptychus pygarga (Karsch, 1891)

Nephele bipartita Butler, 1878

Nephele maculosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776)

Phylloxiphia bicolor (Rothschild, 1894)

Phylloxiphia vicina (Rothschild & Jordan, 1915)

Platysphinx constrigilis (Walker, 1869)

Platysphinx phyllis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Platysphinx stigmatica (Mabille, 1878)

Platysphinx vicaria Jordan, 1920

Polyptychoides digitatus (Karsch, 1891)

Polyptychus andosa Walker, 1856

Polyptychus anochus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906

Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1882)

Polyptychus coryndoni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Polyptychus hollandi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Polyptychus orthographus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Polyptychus wojtusiaki Pierre, 2001

Pseudenyo benitensis Holland, 1889

Pseudoclanis molitor (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)

Pseudoclanis rhadamistus (Fabricius, 1781)

Pseudopolyptychus foliaceus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Sphingonaepiopsis nana (Walker, 1856)

Temnora angulosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1906

Temnora avinoffi Clark, 1919

Temnora camerounensis Clark, 1923

Temnora griseata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Temnora hollandi Clark, 1920

Temnora reutlingeri (Holland, 1889)

Temnora stevensi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Theretra orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)

Theretra perkeo Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Theretra tessmanni Gehlen, 1927

Thyrididae

Amalthocera tiphys Boisduval, 1836

Byblisia albaproxima Bethune-Baker, 1911

Byblisia latipes Walker, 1865

Byblisia ochracea Jordan, 1907

Collinsa subscripta (Warren, 1899)

Cornuterus palairanta (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Dysodia collinsi Whalley, 1968

Dysodia intermedia (Walker, 1865)

Dysodia vitrina (Boisduval, 1829)

Dysodia zelleri (Dewitz, 1881)

Epaena trijuncta (Warren, 1898)

Hapana verticalis (Warren, 1899)

Heteroschista nigranalis Warren, 1903

Hypolamprus curviflua (Warren, 1898)

Kalenga ansorgei (Warren, 1899)

Kuja fractifascia (Warren, 1908)

Kuja gemmata (Hampson, 1906)

Marmax hyparchus (Cramer, 1779)

Marmax semiaurata (Walker, 1854)

Nemea eugrapha (Hampson, 1906)

Ninia plumipes (Drury, 1782)

Opula spilotata (Warren, 1898)

Rhodoneura serraticornis (Warren, 1899)

Sijua latizonalis (Hampson, 1897)

Sijua sigillata (Warren, 1898)

Striglina rothi Warren, 1898

Symphleps suffusa Warren, 1898

Trichobaptes auristrigata (Plötz, 1880)

Tineidae

Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915)

Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852)

Dasyses nigerica Gozmány, 1968

Edosa nigralba (Gozmány, 1968)

Edosa phlegethon (Gozmány, 1968)

Erechthias travestita (Gozmány, 1968)

Hyperbola pastoralis (Meyrick, 1931)

Monopis jacobsi Gozmány, 1967

Monopis megalodelta Meyrick, 1908

Perissomastix nigerica Gozmány, 1967

Perissomastix sericea Gozmány, 1966

Perissomastix similatrix Gozmány, 1968

Perissomastix stibarodes (Meyrick, 1908)

Phalloscardia semiumbrata (Meyrick, 1920)

Phereoeca praecox Gozmány & Vári, 1973

Phereoeca proletaria (Meyrick, 1921)

Phthoropoea oenochares (Meyrick, 1920)

Pitharcha chalinaea Meyrick, 1908

Sphallestasis cristata (Gozmány, 1967)

Syncalipsis optania (Meyrick, 1908)

Syncalipsis typhodes (Meyrick, 1917)

Tinemelitta ceriaula (Meyrick, 1914)

Tiquadra cultrifera Meyrick, 1914

Wegneria speciosa (Meyrick, 1914)

Tortricidae

Accra rubrothicta Razowski, 1986

Accra viridis (Walsingham, 1891)

Apotoforma fustigera Razowski, 1986

Basigonia anisoscia Diakonoff, 1983

Brachiolia wojtusiaki Razowski, 1986

Cornesia ormoperla Razowski, 1981

Ebodina lagoana Razowski & Tuck, 2000

Eccopsis incultana (Walker, 1863)

Eccopsis praecedens Walsingham, 1897

Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852

Nephograptis necropina Razowski, 1981

Panegyra sectatrix (Razowski, 1981)

Paraeccopsis insellata (Meyrick, 1920)

Plinthograptis clostos Razowski, 1990

Plinthograptis clyster Razowski, 1990

Plinthograptis pleroma Razowski, 1981

Plinthograptis rhytisma Razowski, 1981

Plinthograptis seladonia (Razowski, 1981)

Plinthograptis sipalia Razowski, 1981

Rubidograptis regulus Razowski, 1981

Rubrograptis recrudescentia Razowski, 1981

Russograptis callopista (Durrant, 1913)

Russograptis medleri Razowski, 1981

Russograptis solaris Razowski, 1981

Rutilograptis cornesi Razowski, 1981

Sanguinograptis obtrecator Razowski, 1981

Sanguinograptis ochrolegnia Razowski, 1986

Uraniidae

Acropteris nigrisquama Warren, 1897

Epiplema inelegans Warren, 1898

Zygaenidae

Astyloneura esmeralda (Hampson, 1920)

Tasema unxia (Druce, 1896)

References

List of moths of Nigeria Wikipedia

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