List of moths of Benin explained

Benin moths represent about 25 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 Benin.

Anomoeotidae

• Anomoeotes infuscata Talbot, 1929

Alucitidae

• Alucita chloracta (Meyrick, 1908)

Arctiidae

• Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901)
• Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901)
• Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)

Cossidae

• Phragmataecia psyche (Le Cerf, 1919)

Crambidae

• Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798)

Geometridae

• Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897

Gracillariidae

• Acrocercops hedymopa Turner, 1913

Noctuidae

• Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
• Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
• Metagarista maenas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
• Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)

Notodontidae

• Epicerura tamsi Kiriakoff, 1963
• Pseudoscrancia africana (Holland, 1893)

Saturniidae

• Aurivillius horsini Bouvier, 1927
• Imbrasia obscura (Butler, 1878)
• Nudaurelia eblis Strecker, 1876
• Nudaurelia emini (Butler, 1888)

Sesiidae

• Tipulamima sexualis (Hampson, 1910)
• Trichocerata bicolor (Le Cerf, 1917)

Tineidae

• Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917)
• Syncalipsis typhodes (Meyrick, 1917)
• Tiquadra cultrifera Meyrick, 1914

Tortricidae

• Rubrograptis recrudescentia Razowski, 1981
• Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick, 1913)

External links

• AfroMoths