List of moths of Togo explained
The moths of Togo represent about 180 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 Togo.
Anomoeotidae
Arctiidae
- Afraloa bifurca (Walker, 1855)
- Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864)
- Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855)
- Agylloides asurella Strand, 1912
- Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
- Amata waldowi (Grünberg, 1907)
- Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901)
- Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901)
- Amerila roseomarginata (Rothschild, 1910)
- Amphicallia pactolicus (Butler, 1888)
- Amsacta flavicostata (Gaede, 1916)
- Amsacta fuscosa (Bartel, 1903)
- Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855
- Argina leonina (Walker, 1865)
- Asura craigii (Holland, 1893)
- Balacra rubrostriata (Aurivillius, 1892)
- Cragia distigmata (Hampson, 1901)
- Cyana delicata (Walker, 1854)
- Cyana togoana (Strand, 1912)
- Eilema cuneata Strand, 1912
- Eilema pulverosa Aurivillius, 1904
- Nanna eningae (Plötz, 1880)
- Nyctemera acraeina Druce, 1882
- Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)
- Nyctemera perspicua (Walker, 1854)
- Nyctemera togoensis (Strand, 1909)
- Nyctemera xanthura (Plötz, 1880)
- Pusiola hemiphaea (Hampson, 1909)
- Spilosoma karschi Bartel, 1903
- Spilosoma semihyalina Bartel, 1903
- Spilosoma togoensis Bartel, 1903
- Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865)
- Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878
- Zobida trinitas (Strand, 1912)
Cossidae
Crambidae
Drepanidae
Geometridae
- Disclisioprocta natalata (Walker, 1862)
- Ereunetea minor (Holland, 1893)
- Ereunetea minor (Holland, 1893)
- Idaea prionodonta (Prout, 1932)
- Zamarada bicuspida D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada clementi Herbulot, 1975
- Zamarada corroborata Herbulot, 1954
- Zamarada crystallophana Mabille, 1900
- Zamarada cucharita D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada dilucida Warren, 1909
- Zamarada emaciata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada euerces Prout, 1928
- Zamarada iobathra Prout, 1932
- Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912
- Zamarada mimesis D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897
- Zamarada platycephala D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada polyctemon Prout, 1932
Lasiocampidae
- Eucraera minor (Gaede, 1915)
- Mimopacha similis Hering, 1935
- Morongea mastodont Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
- Odontocheilopteryx maculata Aurivillius, 1905
- Pachyna subfascia (Walker, 1855)
- Pallastica lateritia (Hering, 1928)
- Pallastica phronema (Hering, 1928)
- Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905
- Pseudolyra lineadentata (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Streblote misanum (Strand, 1912)
Limacodidae
- Cosuma rugosa Walker, 1855
- Ctenolita anacompa Karsch, 1896
- Ctenolita epargyra Karsch, 1896
- Delorhachis nigrivenosa Karsch, 1896
- Delorhachis viridiplaga Karsch, 1896
- Halseyia albovenosa (Hering, 1928)
- Halseyia fimbriata (Karsch, 1896)
- Halseyia separata (Karsch, 1896)
- Latoia cineracea (Karsch, 1896)
- Latoia nivosa (Felder, 1874)
- Latoia nivosa (Felder, 1874)
- Latoia phlebodes (Karsch, 1896)
- Micraphe lateritia Karsch, 1896
- Niphadolepis nivata Karsch, 1896
- Niphadolepis soluta Karsch, 1896
- Parasa ananii Karsch, 1896
- Parasa euchlora Karsch, 1895
- Parasa prussi Karsch, 1896
- Zinara ploetzi Schaus & Clements, 1893
Lymantriidae
- Aroa achrodisca Hampson, 1910
- Barobata trocta Karsch, 1895
- Conigephyra discolepia (Hampson, 1910)
- Conigephyra sericaria (Hering, 1926)
- Dasychira achatina Hering, 1926
- Dasychira albosignata Holland, 1893
- Dasychira bacchans (Karsch, 1898)
- Dasychira castor Hering, 1926
- Dasychira omissa Hering, 1926
- Dasychira solida (Karsch, 1895)
- Heteronygmia flavescens Holland, 1893
- Lacipa quadripunctata Dewitz, 1881
- Laelia curvivirgata Karsch, 1895
- Laelia diascia Hampson, 1905
- Laelia lignicolor Holland, 1893
- Laelia xyleutis Hampson, 1905
- Laelioproctis taeniosoma Hering, 1926
- Leucoma parva (Plötz, 1880)
- Lymantria vacillans Walker, 1855
- Paqueta chloroscia (Hering, 1926)
- Pseudonotodonta virescens (Möschler, 1887)
- Stracena oloris (Hering, 1926)
- Stracena promelaena (Holland, 1893)
- Viridichirana chlorophila (Hering, 1926)
Metarbelidae
Noctuidae
- Acontia hemiselenias (Hampson, 1918)
- Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
- Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898)
- Acontia veroxanthia Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
- Aegocera obliqua Mabille, 1893
- Agoma trimenii (Felder, 1874)
- Anoba biangulata (Walker, 1869)
- Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
- Brevipecten confluens Hampson, 1926
- Cerocala caelata Karsch, 1896
- Digama aganais (Felder, 1874)
- Eublemma tytrocoides Hacker & Hausmann, 2010
- Feliniopsis kuehnei Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
- Holoxanthina lutosa (Karsch, 1895)
- Masalia flavocarnea (Hampson, 1903)
- Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
- Misa cosmetica Karsch, 1898
- Misa memnonia Karsch, 1895
- Ozarba domina (Holland, 1894)
- Phaegorista leucomelas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
- Phaegorista similis Walker, 1869
- Thiacidas juvenis Hacker & Zilli, 2007
- Thiacidas stassarti Hacker & Zilli, 2007
Nolidae
- Maurilia conjuncta Gaede, 1915
Notodontidae
- Afrocerura leonensis (Hampson, 1910)
- Afrocerura leonensis (Hampson, 1910)
- Afropydna indistincta (Gaede, 1928)
- Amyops ingens Karsch, 1895
- Anaphe subsordida Butler, 1893
- Anaphe venata Butler, 1878
- Antheua bidentata (Hampson, 1910)
- Antheua bossumensis (Gaede, 1915)
- Antheua gallans (Karsch, 1895)
- Antheua simplex Walker, 1855
- Bisolita minuta (Holland, 1893)
- Bisolita strigata (Aurivillius, 1906)
- Desmeocraera albicans Gaede, 1928
- Desmeocraera vernalis Distant, 1897
- Eujansea afra (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Galona serena Karsch, 1895
- Hampsonita esmeralda (Hampson, 1910)
- Phalera atrata (Grünberg, 1907)
- Rhenea mediata (Walker, 1865)
- Scrancia stictica Hampson, 1910
- Subscrancia nigra (Aurivillius, 1904)
- Utidaviana citana (Schaus, 1893)
Psychidae
- Acanthopsyche carbonarius Karsch, 1900
Pyralidae
Saturniidae
- Aurivillius arata (Westwood, 1849)
- Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849)
- Bunaeopsis licharbas (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
- Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1772)
- Lobobunaea christyi (Sharpe, 1889)
- Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
- Micragone agathylla (Westwood, 1849)
- Micragone rougeriei Bouyer, 2008
- Nudaurelia alopia Westwood, 1849
- Nudaurelia emini (Butler, 1888)
- Pseudimbrasia deyrollei (J. Thomson, 1858)
Sesiidae
Sphingidae
Thyrididae
- Byblisia setipes (Plötz, 1880)
- Cecidothyris orbiferalis (Gaede, 1917)
- Lelymena misalis Karsch, 1900
- Marmax hyparchus (Cramer, 1779)
- Marmax semiaurata (Walker, 1854)
- Trichobaptes auristrigata (Plötz, 1880)
Tortricidae
Zygaenidae
- Saliunca aurifrons Walker, 1864
- Saliunca styx (Fabricius, 1775)
- Syringura triplex (Plötz, 1880)
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