List of moths of Ethiopia explained

The moths of Ethiopia represent about 700 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 Ethiopia.

Arctiidae

• Acantharctia nigrivena Rothschild, 1935
• Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869)
• Afrasura rivulosa (Walker, 1854)
• Afrasura terlinea Durante, 2009
• Alpenus diversata (Hampson, 1916)
• Alpenus geminipuncta (Hampson, 1916)
• Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)
• Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
• Alpenus schraderi (Rothschild, 1910)
• Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)
• Amata rufina (Oberthür, 1878)
• Amata shoa (Hampson, 1898)
• Amata velatipennis (Walker, 1864)
• Amerila affinis (Rothschild, 1910)
• Amerila bubo (Walker, 1855)
• Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)
• Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793)
• Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780)
• Amphicallia kostlani Strand, 1911
• Amphicallia solai (Druce, 1907)
• Amsacta melanogastra (Holland, 1897)
• Amsacta nigrisignata Gaede, 1923
• Amsactarctia radiosa (Pagenstecher, 1903)
• Amsactarctia venusta (Toulgoët, 1980)
• Automolis crassa (Felder, 1874)
• Automolis pallida (Hampson, 1901)
• Carcinarctia rougeoti Toulgoët, 1977
• Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
• Cyana ugandana (Strand, 1912)
• Diota rostrata (Wallengren, 1860)
• Eilema elegans (Butler, 1877)
• Estigmene multivittata Rothschild, 1910
• Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
• Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880)
• Galtara doriae (Oberthür, 1880)
• Galtara elongata (Swinhoe, 1907)
• Ischnarctia cinerea (Pagenstecher, 1903)
• Metarctia carmel Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia flavivena Hampson, 1901
• Metarctia fulvia Hampson, 1901
• Metarctia galla Rougeot, 1977
• Metarctia haematricha Hampson, 1905
• Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
• Metarctia negusi Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia noctis Druce, 1910
• Metarctia tenebrosa (Le Cerf, 1922)
• Metarctia unicolor (Oberthür, 1880)
• Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
• Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)
• Nyctemera restrictum (Butler, 1894)
• Ovenna hailesellassiei Birket-Smith, 1965
• Paralacydes minorata (Berio, 1935)
• Paraonagylla zavattarii Berio, 1939
• Radiarctia jacksoni (Rothschild, 1910)
• Secusio strigata Walker, 1854
• Seydelia geometrica (Oberthür, 1883)
• Spilosoma lineata Walker, 1855
• Spilosoma mediopunctata (Pagenstecher, 1903)
• Spilosoma quadrimacula Toulgoët, 1977
• Stenilema aurantiaca Hampson, 1909
• Teracotona abyssinica (Rothschild, 1933)
• Teracotona clara Holland, 1892
• Teracotona jacksoni (Rothschild, 1910)
• Teracotona neumanni Rothschild, 1933
• Teracotona postalbida (Gaede, 1926)
• Teracotona proditrix (Berio, 1939)
• Teracotona pruinosa de Joannis, 1912
• Teracotona seminigra (Hampson, 1905)
• Teracotona subterminata Hampson, 1901
• Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878
• Utetheisa amhara Jordan, 1939

Carposinidae

• Carposina candace Meyrick, 1932

Choreutidae

• Brenthia leucatoma Meyrick, 1918
• Choreutis argyrastra Meyrick, 1932
• Telosphrantis aethiopica Meyrick, 1932

Coleophoridae

• Blastobasis eridryas Meyrick, 1932
• Blastobasis industria Meyrick, 1913

Cosmopterigidae

• Ascalenia secretifera Meyrick, 1932
• Cosmopterix epismaragda Meyrick, 1932

Cossidae

• Cossus abyssinica Hampson, 1910
• Oreocossus ungemachi Rougeot, 1977

Crambidae

• Ancylolomia perfasciata Hampson, 1919
• Crambus arnaudiae Rougeot, 1977
• Crambus bachi Bassi, 2012
• Crambus boislamberti Rougeot, 1977
• Crambus caligula Błeszyński, 1961
• Crambus dedalus Bassi, 2000
• Crambus descarpentriesi (Rougeot, 1977)
• Crambus diarhabdellus Hampson, 1919
• Crambus jupiter Błeszyński, 1963
• Crambus mesombrellus Hampson, 1919
• Crambus netuncus Bassi, 2012
• Crambus richteri Błeszyński, 1963
• Culladia achroellum (Mabille, 1900)
• Euctenospila castalis Warren, 1892
• Ghesquierellana hirtusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Prionapteryx selenalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Pyrausta centralis Maes, 2009
• Syllepte ovialis (Walker, 1859)
• Tegostoma richteri Amsel, 1963
• Tegostoma subterminalis Hampson, 1918
• Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)

Elachistidae

• Elachista delocharis Meyrick, 1932

Eupterotidae

• Hoplojana abyssinica Rothschild, 1917

Gelechiidae

• Ochrodia subdiminutella (Stainton, 1867)
• Stomopteryx ochrosema Meyrick, 1932

Geometridae

• Aphilopota calaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
• Asthenotricha anisobapta Prout, 1932
• Asthenotricha ansorgei Warren, 1899
• Chiasmia butaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
• Chiasmia dentilineata (Warren, 1899)
• Chiasmia inconspicua (Warren, 1897)
• Chiasmia maculosa (Warren, 1899)
• Chiasmia obliquilineata (Warren, 1899)
• Chiasmia observata (Walker, 1861)
• Chiasmia procidata (Guenée, 1858)
• Chiasmia sororcula (Warren, 1897)
• Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858)
• Chiasmia subcurvaria (Mabille, 1897)
• Chiasmia sufflata (Guenée, 1858)
• Chiasmia umbratilis (Butler, 1875)
• Chiasmia unifilata (Warren, 1899)
• Cleora thyris D. S. Fletcher, 1967
• Coenina aurivena Butler, 1898
• Coenina dentataria Swinhoe, 1904
• Disclisioprocta natalata (Walker, 1862)
• Dithecodes ornithospila (Prout, 1911)
• Drepanogynis nigerrima (Swinhoe, 1904)
• Dysrhoe rhiogyra (Prout, 1932)
• Ecpetala carnifasciata (Warren, 1899)
• Epigynopteryx flavedinaria (Guenée, 1857)
• Epigynopteryx scotti D. S. Fletcher, 1959
• Erastria leucicolor (Butler, 1875)
• Erastria marginata (Swinhoe, 1904)
• Eupithecia angulata D. S. Fletcher, 1951
• Eupithecia devestita (Warren, 1899)
• Eupithecia dilucida (Warren, 1899)
• Eupithecia dinshoensis Herbulot, 1983
• Eupithecia incommoda Herbulot, 1983
• Eupithecia isotenes Prout, 1932
• Eupithecia ochralba Herbulot, 1983
• Eupithecia pseudoabbreviata D. S. Fletcher, 1951
• Eupithecia rigida Swinhoe, 1892
• Eupithecia rougeoti Herbulot, 1983
• Eupithecia rubristigma Prout, 1932
• Eupithecia semipallida Janse, 1933
• Eupithecia urbanata D. S. Fletcher, 1956
• Geodena brunneomarginata Karisch, 2003
• Hemidromodes unicolorata Hausmann, 1996
• Hydrelia candace Prout, 1929
• Hypochrosis chiarinii (Oberthür, 1883)
• Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)
• Lhommeia biskraria (Oberthür, 1885)
• Lomographa indularia (Guenée, 1858)
• Mimoclystia deplanata (de Joannis, 1913)
• Mimoclystia pudicata (Walker, 1862)
• Nothofidonia xenoleuca Prout, 1928
• Odontopera integraria Guenée, 1858
• Odontopera protecta Herbulot, 1983
• Omphacodes pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902)
• Oreometra ras Herbulot, 1983
• Orthonama obstipata (Fabricius, 1794)
• Pachypalpella subalbata (Warren, 1900)
• Piercia zukwalensis Debauche, 1937
• Prasinocyma albivenata Herbulot, 1983
• Prasinocyma germinaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Prasinocyma perpulverata Prout, 1916
• Prasinocyma tranquilla Prout, 1917
• Problepsis neumanni Prout, 1932
• Protosteira spectabilis (Warren, 1899)
• Pseudolarentia megalaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Pseudolarentia monosticta (Butler, 1894)
• Pseudosterrha rufistrigata (Hampson, 1896)
• Rhodometra intervenata Warren, 1902
• Rhodometra plectaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Rougeotiella pseudonoctua Herbulot, 1983
• Scopula erymna Prout, 1928
• Scopula lactaria (Walker, 1861)
• Scopula nemorivagata (Wallengren, 1863)
• Scopula silonaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Scopula simplificata Prout, 1928
• Scotopteryx nictitaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
• Sesquialtera lonchota Prout, 1931
• Sesquialtera ridicula Prout, 1916
• Somatina pythiaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Tephronia aethiopica Herbulot, 1983
• Traminda neptunaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858
• Xanthorhoe abyssinica Herbulot, 1983
• Xanthorhoe alta Debauche, 1937
• Xanthorhoe cadra (Debauche, 1937)
• Xanthorhoe excelsissima Herbulot, 1977
• Xanthorhoe exorista Prout, 1922
• Xylopteryx raphaelaria (Oberthür, 1880)
• Zamarada calypso Prout, 1926
• Zamarada deceptrix Warren, 1914
• Zamarada delta D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada erugata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada excavata Bethune-Baker, 1913
• Zamarada hyalinaria (Guenée, 1857)
• Zamarada melasma D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912
• Zamarada phaeozona Hampson, 1909
• Zamarada secutaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Zamarada torrida D. S. Fletcher, 1974

Glyphipterigidae

• Ussara semicoronis Meyrick, 1932

Gracillariidae

• Acrocercops heteroloba Meyrick, 1932
• Acrocercops orianassa Meyrick, 1932
• Caloptilia macropleura (Meyrick, 1932)
• Corythoxestis aletreuta (Meyrick, 1936)
• Dialectica carcharota (Meyrick, 1912)
• Dialectica ehretiae (Vári, 1961)
• Metacercops hexactis (Meyrick, 1932)
• Metriochroa carissae Vári, 1963
• Metriochroa scotinopa Vári, 1963
• Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856
• Porphyrosela homotropha Vári, 1963
• Stomphastis heringi Vári, 1963
• Stomphastis horrens (Meyrick, 1932)

Lasiocampidae

• Anadiasa obsoleta (Klug, 1830)
• Beriola anagnostarai (Berio, 1939)
• Braura elgonensis (Kruck, 1940)
• Mallocampa toulgoeti Rougeot, 1977
• Odontocheilopteryx eothina Tams, 1931
• Odontocheilopteryx lajonquieri Rougeot, 1977
• Odontocheilopteryx maculata Aurivillius, 1905
• Odontocheilopteryx myxa Wallengren, 1860
• Pallastica hararia Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• Schausinna affinis Aurivillius, 1910
• Sena donaldsoni (Holland, 1901)
• Sena scotti (Tams, 1931)
• Stoermeriana abyssinicum (Aurivillius, 1908)
• Stoermeriana das (Hering, 1928)
• Stoermeriana laportei Rougeot, 1977
• Stoermeriana tamsi Rougeot, 1977
• Stoermeriana viettei Rougeot, 1977
• Streblote badaglioi (Berio, 1937)
• Streblote panda Hübner, 1822
• Theophasida cardinalli (Tams, 1926)

Limacodidae

• Hamartia johanni Rougeot, 1977
• Hamartia medora Hering, 1937

Lymantriidae

• Aroa quadriplagata Pagenstecher, 1903
• Bracharoa reducta Hering, 1926
• Casama impura (Hering, 1926)
• Casama vilis (Walker, 1865)
• Croperoides negrottoi (Berio, 1940)
• Crorema collenettei Hering, 1932
• Dasychira grisea Pagenstecher, 1903
• Euproctis chrysophaea (Walker, 1865)
• Euproctis melalepia Hampson, 1909
• Laelia diascia Hampson, 1905
• Marblepsis flabellaria (Fabricius, 1787)
• Pteredoa atripalpia Hampson, 1910
• Stracilla translucida (Oberthür, 1880)

Metarbelidae

• Aethiopina semicirculata Gaede, 1929
• Salagena fetlaworkae Rougeot, 1977
• Teragra lemairei Rougeot, 1977
• Teragra villiersi Rougeot, 1977

Noctuidae

• Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
• Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)
• Achaea regularidia (Strand, 1912)
• Acontia akbar Wiltshire, 1985
• Acontia albatrigona Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia amarei Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia amhara Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia antica Walker, 1862
• Acontia apatelia (Swinhoe, 1907)
• Acontia asbenensis (Rothschild, 1921)
• Acontia aurelia Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia basifera Walker, 1857
• Acontia binominata (Butler, 1892)
• Acontia buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
• Acontia caeruleopicta Hampson, 1916
• Acontia carnescens (Hampson, 1910)
• Acontia chiaromontei Berio, 1936
• Acontia dichroa (Hampson, 1914)
• Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857
• Acontia discoidoides Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia ectorrida (Hampson, 1916)
• Acontia hampsoni Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia hemixanthia (Hampson, 1910)
• Acontia homonyma Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia hoppei Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1884
• Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
• Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)
• Acontia karachiensis Swinhoe, 1889
• Acontia lanzai (Berio, 1985)
• Acontia melaphora (Hampson, 1910)
• Acontia miogona (Hampson, 1916)
• Acontia natalis (Guenée, 1852)
• Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
• Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898)
• Acontia praealba Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia proesei Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia purpurata Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia purpureofacta Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia robertbecki Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia ruficincta Hampson, 1910
• Acontia secta Guenée, 1852
• Acontia semialba Hampson, 1910
• Acontia sublactea Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia szunyoghyi Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
• Acontia trimaculata Aurivillius, 1879
• Acontia uhlenhuthi Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia versicolora Hacker, 2010
• Acroriesis ignifusa Hampson, 1916
• Aegleoides paolii Berio, 1937
• Aegocera brevivitta Hampson, 1901
• Aegocera ferrugo Jordan, 1926
• Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
• Agrotis cinchonina Guenée, 1852
• Agrotis segetum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Agrotis separata Guenée, 1852
• Amazonides dubiomeodes Laporte, 1977
• Amazonides koffoleense Laporte, 1977
• Amazonides laheuderiae Laporte, 1984
• Amazonides putrefacta (Guenée, 1852)
• Amazonides zarajakobi Laporte, 1984
• Amphia hepialoides Guenée, 1852
• Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
• Anoba trigonosema (Hampson, 1916)
• Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
• Anomis sabulifera (Guenée, 1852)
• Apospasta claudicans (Guenée, 1852)
• Apospasta sabulosa D. S. Fletcher, 1959
• Ariathisa abyssinia (Guenée, 1852)
• Aspidifrontia ungemachi Laporte, 1978
• Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
• Athetis micra (Hampson, 1902)
• Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
• Autoba admota (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Axylia destefanii Berio, 1944
• Brevipecten hypocornuta Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
• Brevipecten niloticus Wiltshire, 1977
• Brevipecten tessenei Berio, 1939
• Calliodes appollina Guenée, 1852
• Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827)
• Caradrina atriluna Guenée, 1852
• Caradrina torpens Guenée, 1852
• Catephia albirena Hampson, 1926
• Cerocala confusa Warren, 1913
• Cerocala illustrata Holland, 1897
• Cerocala masaica Hampson, 1913
• Chitasida diplogramma (Hampson, 1905)
• Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
• Clytie sancta (Staudinger, 1900)
• Crambiforma leucostrepta Hampson, 1926
• Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
• Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910
• Crypsotidia woolastoni Rothschild, 1901
• Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1857)
• Ctenoplusia camptogamma (Hampson, 1910)
• Ctenusa curvilinea Hampson, 1913
• Cucullia ennatae (Laporte, 1984)
• Cucullia magdalenae (Laporte, 1976)
• Cucullia simoneuai Laporte, 1976
• Cucullia tedjicolora Laporte, 1977
• Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
• Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
• Cyligramma magus (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
• Digama aganais (Felder, 1874)
• Digama meridionalis Swinhoe, 1907
• Diparopsis watersi (Rothschild, 1901)
• Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
• Eublemma bifasciata (Moore, 1881)
• Eublemma costivinata Berio, 1945
• Eublemma debivar Berio, 1947
• Eublemma nyctichroa Hampson, 1910
• Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Eulocastra zavattarii Berio, 1944
• Eutelia discitriga Walker, 1865
• Eutelia favillatrix (Guenée, 1852)
• Feliniopsis africana (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
• Feliniopsis annosa (Viette, 1963)
• Feliniopsis connivens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Feliniopsis consummata (Walker, 1857)
• Feliniopsis duponti (Laporte, 1974)
• Feliniopsis hosplitoides (Laporte, 1979)
• Feliniopsis insolita Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
• Feliniopsis jinka Hacker, 2010
• Feliniopsis nigribarbata (Hampson, 1908)
• Feliniopsis satellitis (Berio, 1974)
• Feliniopsis talhouki (Wiltshire, 1983)
• Grammodes exclusiva Pagenstecher, 1907
• Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
• Hadena bulgeri (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808])
• Heliocheilus perdentata (Hampson, 1903)
• Hemituerta mahdi (Pagenstecher, 1903)
• Heraclia superba (Butler, 1875)
• Heraclia viettei Kiriakoff, 1973
• Heteropalpia exarata (Mabille, 1890)
• Heteropalpia robusta Wiltshire, 1988
• Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865)
• Hiccoda clarae Berio, 1947
• Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854
• Hyposada zavattarii Berio, 1944
• Hypotacha fiorii Berio, 1943
• Hypotacha ochribasalis (Hampson, 1896)
• Iambiodes incerta (Rothschild, 1913)
• Iambiodes postpallida Wiltshire, 1977
• Janseodes melanospila (Guenée, 1852)
• Leucania melianoides Möschler, 1883
• Leumicamia oreias (D. S. Fletcher, 1959)
• Lithacodia blandula (Guenée, 1862)
• Lyncestoides unilinea (Swinhoe, 1885)
• Masalia bimaculata (Moore, 1888)
• Masalia fissifascia (Hampson, 1903)
• Masalia flaviceps (Hampson, 1903)
• Masalia flavistrigata (Hampson, 1903)
• Masalia flavocarnea (Hampson, 1903)
• Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
• Masalia hololeuca (Hampson, 1903)
• Masalia latinigra (Hampson, 1907)
• Masalia leucosticta (Hampson, 1902)
• Masalia perstriata (Hampson, 1903)
• Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857)
• Micraxylia antemedialis Laporte, 1975
• Micraxylia hypericoides Berio, 1963
• Mitrophrys menete (Cramer, 1775)
• Mocis repanda (Fabricius, 1794)
• Neolaphygma leucoplagoides Berio, 1941
• Oedicodia grisescens Berio, 1947
• Oedicodia limbata Butler, 1898
• Oedicodia rubrofusca Berio, 1947
• Oligia adactricula (Guenée, 1852)
• Ophiusa dianaris (Guenée, 1852)
• Oraesia cerne (Fawcett, 1916)
• Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794)
• Oraesia intrusa (Krüger, 1939)
• Oraesia provocans Walker, [1858]
• Oraesia wintgensi (Strand, 1909)
• Ozarba albimarginata (Hampson, 1896)
• Ozarba boursini Berio, 1940
• Ozarba cryptica Berio, 1940
• Ozarba diaphora Berio, 1937
• Ozarba isocampta Hampson, 1910
• Ozarba lepida Saalmüller, 1891
• Ozarba malaisei Berio, 1940
• Ozarba parvula Berio, 1940
• Ozarba phaea (Hampson, 1902)
• Ozarba pluristriata (Berio, 1937)
• Ozarba punctifascia Le Cerf, 1922
• Ozarba rufula Hampson, 1910
• Ozarba semitorrida Hampson, 1916
• Ozarba terribilis Berio, 1940
• Pandesma anysa Guenée, 1852
• Pandesma muricolor Berio, 1966
• Pericyma metaleuca Hampson, 1913
• Plecoptera melanoscia Hampson, 1926
• Plecopterodes melliflua (Holland, 1897)
• Plecopterodes moderata (Wallengren, 1860)
• Plecopterodes molybdena Berio, 1954
• Pluxilloides hartigi Berio, 1944
• Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
• Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Pseudomicrodes varia Berio, 1944
• Rhabdophera clathrum (Guenée, 1852)
• Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866)
• Rhynchina endoleuca (Hampson, 1916)
• Rhynchina revolutalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Rougeotia abyssinica (Hampson, 1918)
• Rougeotia aethiopica Laporte, 1974
• Rougeotia ludovici Laporte, 1974
• Rougeotia ludovicoides Laporte, 1977
• Rougeotia obscura Laporte, 1974
• Rougeotia roseogrisea Laporte, 1974
• Simplicia extinctalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
• Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
• Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
• Stenosticta grisea Hampson, 1912
• Stenosticta schreieri Hacker, 2010
• Stilbotis berioi Laporte, 1984
• Stilbotis ezanai Laporte, 1984
• Stilbotis fumigera Laporte, 1977
• Stilbotis ungemachi (Laporte, 1984)
• Tathorhynchus leucobasis Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Thiacidas acronictoides (Berio, 1950)
• Thiacidas cerurodes (Hampson, 1916)
• Thiacidas leonie Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas permutata Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas robertbecki Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Timora zavattarii Berio, 1944
• Tracheplexia richinii Berio, 1973
• Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])
• Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
• Trigonodes exportata Guenée, 1852
• Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
• Tycomarptes inferior (Guenée, 1852)
• Tytroca alabuensis Wiltshire, 1970
• Tytroca leucoptera (Hampson, 1896)
• Uollega ungemachi Berio, 1945

Nolidae

• Arcyophora longivalvis Guenée, 1852
• Arcyophora patricula (Hampson, 1902)
• Arcyophora zanderi Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
• Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
• Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
• Leocyma camilla (Druce, 1887)
• Maurilia arcuata (Walker, [1858])
• Meganola reubeni Agassiz, 2009
• Neaxestis mesogonia (Hampson, 1905)
• Negeta luminosa (Walker, 1858)
• Nola pumila Snellen, 1875
• Odontestis striata Hampson, 1912
• Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)

Notodontidae

• Afroplitis dasychirina (Gaede, 1928)
• Anaphe stellata Guérin-Méneville, 1844
• Antheua birbirana Viette, 1954
• Antheua gaedei Kiriakoff, 1962
• Antheua ochriventris (Strand, 1912)
• Antheua ornata (Walker, 1865)
• Antheua tricolor Walker, 1855
• Antheua trivitta (Hampson, 1910)
• Antistaura decorata Kiriakoff, 1965
• Desmeocraera kiriakoffi Thiaucourt, 1977
• Polelassothys callista Tams, 1930
• Psalisodes saalfeldi Kiriakoff, 1979
• Scalmicauda azebeae Thiaucourt, 1977
• Thaumetopoea apologetica Strand, 1909

Oecophoridae

• Eucleodora chalybeella Walsingham, 1881

Plutellidae

• Lepocnemis metapelista Meyrick, 1932
• Plutella dryoxyla Meyrick, 1932
• Plutella oxylopha Meyrick, 1932
• Plutella stichocentra Meyrick, 1932

Pterophoridae

• Agdistis obstinata Meyrick, 1920
• Amblyptilia direptalis (Walker, 1864)
• Arcoptilia gizan Arenberger, 1985
• Exelastis atomosa (Walsingham, 1885)
• Exelastis phlyctaenias (Meyrick, 1911)
• Hellinsia aethiopicus (Amsel, 1963)
• Hellinsia bigoti (Rougeot, 1983)
• Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
• Oidaematophorus negus Gibeaux, 1994
• Paracapperia esuriens Meyrick, 1932
• Platyptilia daemonica Meyrick, 1932
• Platyptilia gondarensis Gibeaux, 1994
• Platyptilia implacata Meyrick, 1932
• Platyptilia morophaea Meyrick, 1920
• Platyptilia sabius (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Pterophorus candidalis (Walker, 1864)
• Pterophorus lindneri (Amsel, 1963)
• Pterophorus rhyparias (Meyrick, 1908)
• Stenoptilia aethiopica Gibeaux, 1994
• Stenoptilia rougeoti Gibeaux, 1994
• Stenoptilia tyropiesta Meyrick, 1932

Pyralidae

• Endotricha ellisoni Whalley, 1963
• Epicrocis pseudodiscomaculella (Amsel, 1935)
• Harraria rufipicta Hampson, 1930

Saturniidae

• Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847)
• Bunaea alcinoe (Stoll, 1780)
• Bunaeopsis birbiri Bouvier, 1930
• Bunaeopsis oubie (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
• Eosia digennaroi Bouyer, 2008
• Epiphora antinorii (Oberthür, 1880)
• Epiphora bauhiniae (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
• Epiphora elianae Rougeot, 1973
• Gonimbrasia belina (Westwood, 1849)
• Gonimbrasia ellisoni Lemaire, 1962
• Gonimbrasia fletcheri Rougeot, 1960
• Gonimbrasia fucata Rougeot, 1978
• Gynanisa arba Darge, 2008
• Holocerina digennariana Darge, 2008
• Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
• Ludia hansali Felder, 1874
• Ludia orinoptena Karsch, 1892
• Nudaurelia fasciata Gaede, 1927
• Nudaurelia staudingeri Aurivillius, 1893
• Nudaurelia ungemachti Bouvier, 1926
• Parusta thelxione Fawcett, 1915
• Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Boisduval, 1847)
• Pseudobunaea heyeri (Weymer, 1896)
• Urota melichari Bouyer, 2008
• Urota sinope (Westwood, 1849)
• Usta terpsichore (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
• Usta wallengrenii (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1859)
• Yatanga smithi (Holland, 1892)

Sesiidae

• Melittia abyssiniensis Hampson, 1919
• Melittia aethiopica Le Cerf, 1917

Sphingidae

• Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cephonodes apus (Boisduval, 1833)
• Ceridia heuglini (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1874)
• Chaerocina ellisoni Hayes, 1963
• Chaerocina jordani Berio, 1938
• Dovania neumanni Jordan, 1926
• Falcatula tamsi Carcasson, 1968
• Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hippotion moorei Jordan, 1926
• Hippotion pentagramma (Hampson, 1910)
• Hippotion rebeli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Hippotion roseipennis (Butler, 1882)
• Hippotion socotrensis (Rebel, 1899)
• Hippotion stigma (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Leucophlebia neumanni Rothschild, 1902
• Leucostrophus alterhirundo d'Abrera, 1987
• Lophostethus negus Jordan, 1926
• Macropoliana natalensis (Butler, 1875)
• Microclanis erlangeri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776)
• Nephele vau (Walker, 1856)
• Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910
• Polyptychoides grayii (Walker, 1856)
• Polyptychoides niloticus (Jordan, 1921)
• Pseudoclanis abyssinicus (Lucas, 1857)
• Pseudoclanis bianchii (Oberthür, 1883)
• Temnora pseudopylas (Rothschild, 1894)

Thyrididae

• Arniocera cyanoxantha (Mabille, 1893)
• Arniocera guttulosa Jordan, 1915
• Lamprochrysa amata (Druce, 1910)
• Marmax vicaria (Walker, 1854)
• Netrocera setioides Felder, 1874

Tineidae

• Afrocelestis minuta (Gozmány, 1965)
• Ateliotum convicta (Meyrick, 1932)
• Ceratophaga luridula (Meyrick, 1932)
• Ceratophaga nephelotorna (Meyrick, 1932)
• Ceratophaga tragoptila (Meyrick, 1917)
• Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852)
• Cimitra efformata (Gozmány, 1965)
• Cimitra estimata (Gozmány, 1965)
• Criticonoma spinulosa Gozmány, 1965
• Crypsithyris stenovalva (Gozmány, 1965)
• Cylicobathra chionarga Meyrick, 1920
• Dasyses rugosella (Stainton, 1859)
• Dryadaula glycinoma (Meyrick, 1932)
• Ectabola pygmina (Gozmány, 1965)
• Edosa torrifacta (Gozmány, 1965)
• Hapsifera gypsophaea Gozmány, 1965
• Hapsifera ignobilis Meyrick, 1919
• Hapsifera nidicola Meyrick, 1935
• Hapsifera pachypsaltis Gozmány, 1965
• Hapsifera revoluta Meyrick, 1914
• Hapsifera rhodoptila Meyrick, 1920
• Hapsifera richteri Gozmány, 1965
• Hyperbola somphota (Meyrick, 1920)
• Leptozancla zelotica (Meyrick, 1932)
• Monopis addenda Gozmány, 1965
• Monopis leopardina Gozmány, 1965
• Monopis sciagrapha Bradley, 1965
• Monopis speculella (Zeller, 1852)
• Monopis triplacopa Meyrick, 1932
• Myrmecozela isopsamma Meyrick, 1920
• Opogona omoscopa (Meyrick, 1893)
• Perissomastix lucifer Gozmány, 1965
• Perissomastix othello (Meyrick, 1907)
• Perissomastix perdita Gozmány, 1965
• Perissomastix taeniaecornis (Walsingham, 1896)
• Scalmatica separata Gozmány, 1965
• Silosca mariae Gozmány, 1965
• Tinissa spaniastra Meyrick, 1932

Tortricidae

• Capua spilonoma Meyrick, 1932
• Cydia calliglypta (Meyrick, 1932)
• Eccopsis aegidia (Meyrick, 1932)
• Eccopsis maschalista (Meyrick, 1932)
• Eucosma vulpecularis Meyrick, 1932
• Gypsonoma paradelta (Meyrick, 1925)
• Metamesia physetopa (Meyrick, 1932)
• Olethreutes polymorpha (Meyrick, 1932)
• Phtheochroa lonnvei Aarvik, 2010
• Procrica ophiograpta (Meyrick, 1932)
• Tortrix diametrica Meyrick, 1932
• Trachybyrsis chionochlaena Meyrick, 1932

Yponomeutidae

• Yponomeuta ocypora (Meyrick, 1932)

Zygaenidae

• Alteramenelikia jordani (Alberti, 1954)
• Astyloneura bicoloria Röber, 1929
• Epiorna abessynica (Koch, 1865)
• Saliunca anhyalina Alberti, 1957
• Saliunca meruana Aurivillius, 1910
• Saliunca pallida Alberti, 1957

External links

• Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2017 . Advanced search: Distribution: country . Afromoths.