There are about 830 known moth species of Ghana. The moths (mostly

nocturnal Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. The common adjective is "nocturnal", versus diurnal meaning the opposite. Nocturnal creatures generally have highly developed sens ...

) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the

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order

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...

. This is a list of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

species which have been recorded in

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

Anomoeotidae

*'' Staphylinochrous euryphaea'' Hampson, 1920

Arctiidae

*'' Acantharctia mundata'' (Walker, 1865) *'' Afraloa bifurca'' (Walker, 1855) *'' Afrasura discocellularis'' (Strand, 1912) *'' Afrasura indecisa'' (Walker, 1869) *'' Afrasura numida'' (Holland, 1893) *'' Afrasura obliterata'' (Walker, 1864) *'' Afrowatsonius marginalis'' (Walker, 1855) *''

Aloa moloneyi ''Aloa moloneyi'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Cameroon, Eritrea, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan and the Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا offic ...

'' (Druce, 1887) *''

Alpenus affiniola ''Alpenus affiniola'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Embrik Strand in 1919. It is found in Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya ...

'' (Strand, 1919) *''

Alpenus investigatorum ''Alpenus investigatorum'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1898. It is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Angola and Ghana. The larvae feed on ''Begonia'', ''Carica ...

'' (Karsch, 1898) *'' Alpenus maculosa'' (Stoll, 1781) *'' Alpenus nigropunctata'' (Bethune-Baker, 1908) *''

Alpenus schraderi ''Alpenus schraderi'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The larvae feed on ''Amaryllis belladonna'', '' Averhoa carambola'', '' Albizzia ...

'' (Rothschild, 1910) *'' Amata basithyris'' Hampson, 1914 *'' Amata nigrobasalis'' Rothschild, 1910 *'' Amerila brunnea'' (Hampson, 1901) *'' Amerila fennia'' (Druce, 1887) *'' Amerila leucoptera'' (Hampson, 1901) *'' Amerila luteibarba'' (Hampson, 1901) *'' Amerila metasarca'' (Hampson, 1911) *'' Amerila niveivitrea'' (Bartel, 1903) *'' Amerila puella'' (Fabricius, 1793) *'' Amerila roseomarginata'' (Rothschild, 1910) *'' Amerila vidua'' (Cramer, 1780) *'' Amsacta bicoloria'' (Gaede, 1916) *''

Amsacta fuscosa ''Amsacta fuscosa'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Max Bartel in 1903. It is found in Ghana and Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordere ...

'' (Bartel, 1903) *''

Amsacta latimarginalis ''Amsacta latimarginalis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1933. It is found in the Central African Republic, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, ...

'' Rothschild, 1933 *''

Amsacta marginalis ''Amsacta marginalis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is ...

'' Walker, 1855 *'' Anapisa sjoestedti'' (Aurivillius, 1904) *'' Archithosia makomensis'' (Strand, 1912) *''

Argina astrea ''Argina'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. They are distributed throughout Africa, Mauritius, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, New Guinea and Australia. Description Palpi upturned, reaching the vertex of hea ...

'' (Drury, 1773) *'' Asura atricraspeda'' Hampson, 1914 *'' Asura distyi'' Kühne, 2007 *'' Asura spurrelli'' (Hampson, 1914) *'' Automolis pallida'' (Hampson, 1901) *'' Balacra batesi'' Druce, 1910 *''

Balacra caeruleifascia ''Balacra caeruleifascia'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo ...

'' Walker, 1856 *''

Balacra ehrmanni ''Balacra caeruleifascia'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo ...

'' (Holland, 1893) *'' Balacra flavimacula'' Walker, 1856 *'' Balacra furva'' Hampson, 1911 *'' Balacra herona'' (Druce, 1887) *'' Balacra rubricincta'' Holland, 1893 *'' Balacra rubrostriata'' (Aurivillius, 1892) *'' Binna penicillata'' Walker, 1865 *'' Binna scita'' (Walker, 1865) *'' Caryatis phileta'' (Drury, 1782) *'' Ceryx semihyalina'' Kirby, 1896 *'' Cragia distigmata'' (Hampson, 1901) *'' Creatonotos leucanioides'' Holland, 1893 *'' Crocosia phaeocraspis'' Hampson, 1914 *''

Cyana basisticta ''Cyana basisticta'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1914. It is found in Ghana and Sierra Leone. References

Cyana Moths described in 1914 Moths of Africa Insects of West Africa {{Cyana-stub ...

'' (Hampson, 1914) *'' Cyana delicata'' (Walker, 1854) *'' Cyana rubritermina'' (Bethune-Baker, 1911) *''

Disparctia vittata ''Disparctia vittata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1898. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda. The larvae feed on ''Veronia amygda ...

'' (Druce, 1898) *'' Dubatolovia neurophaea'' (Hampson, 1911) *'' Eilema angustipennis'' Strand, 1912 *'' Eilema apicalis'' (Walker, 1862) *'' Eilema conisphora'' (Hampson, 1914) *'' Eilema proleuca'' (Hampson, 1914) *''

Epilacydes scita ''Epilacydes scita'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Gambia, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania ...

'' (Walker, 1865) *'' Estigmene flaviceps'' Hampson, 1907 *'' Euchromia guineensis'' (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Euchromia hampsoni'' Seitz, 1926 *'' Eugoa gemina'' Hampson, 1914 *'' Eugoa winneba'' Kühne, 2007 *'' Euproctosia cretata'' Hampson, 1914 *'' Exilisia disticha'' (Hampson, 1914) *'' Logunovium nigricosta'' (Holland, 1893) *'' Melisa croceipes'' (Aurivillius, 1892) *'' Melisa diptera'' (Walker, 1854) *'' Metarctia flavicincta'' Aurivillius, 1900 *'' Metarctia haematica'' Holland, 1893 *'' Metarctia inconspicua'' Holland, 1892 *'' Metarctia kumasina'' Strand, 1920 *'' Metarctia priscilla'' Kiriakoff, 1957 *''

Micralarctia punctulatum ''Micralarctia punctulatum'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1860. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Moz ...

'' (Wallengren, 1860) *'' Muxta xanthopa'' (Holland, 1893) *'' Myopsyche notoplagia'' Hampson, 1898 *'' Nanna eningae'' (Plötz, 1880) *''

Nanna melanosticta ''Nanna melanosticta'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1911. It is found in Angola and Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West A ...

'' (Bethune-Baker, 1911) *''

Neuroxena flammea ''Neuroxena flammea'' is a moth of the family Erebidae described by William Schaus and W. G. Clements in 1893. It is found in Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the s ...

'' (Schaus, 1893) *''

Neuroxena medioflavus ''Neuroxena medioflavus'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It is found in Ghana and Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of N ...

'' (Rothschild, 1935) *'' Neuroxena sulphureovitta'' (Strand, 1909) *'' Neuroxena truncatus'' (Rothschild, 1933) *'' Nyctemera acraeina'' Druce, 1882 *'' Nyctemera apicalis'' (Walker, 1854) *'' Nyctemera druna'' (Swinhoe, 1904) *'' Nyctemera perspicua'' (Walker, 1854) *'' Nyctemera restrictum'' (Butler, 1894) *'' Nyctemera xanthura'' (Plötz, 1880) *'' Ovenna guineacola'' (Strand, 1912) *'' Ovenna subgriseola'' (Strand, 1912) *'' Paralpenus atripes'' (Hampson, 1909) *'' Paralpenus flavizonata'' (Hampson, 1911) *'' Paremonia argentata'' Hampson, 1914 *'' Phryganopsis angulifascia'' (Strand, 1912) *'' Pseudothyretes nigrita'' (Kiriakoff, 1961) *'' Pusiola celida'' (Bethune-Baker, 1911) *'' Pusiola minutissima'' (Kiriakoff, 1958) *'' Radiarctia lutescens'' (Walker, 1854) *'' Siccia cretata'' Hampson, 1914 *''

Siccia gypsia ''Siccia gypsia'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1914. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana and Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map ...

'' Hampson, 1914 *''

Siccia microsticta ''Siccia microsticta'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1914. It is found in Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of ...

'' Hampson, 1914 *'' Siccia stictica'' Hampson, 1914 *'' Spilosoma affinis'' Bartel, 1903 *'' Spilosoma aurantiaca'' (Holland, 1893) *''

Spilosoma buryi ''Spilosoma buryi'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Ghana and Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya ...

'' (Rothschild, 1910) *''

Spilosoma curvilinea ''Spilosoma curvilinea'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, ...

'' Walker, 1855 *''

Spilosoma karschi ''Spilosoma karschi'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Max Bartel in 1903. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Nigeria, Togo and Uganda }), is a landlocked country in Ea ...

'' Bartel, 1903 *'' Spilosoma occidens'' (Rothschild, 1910) *'' Spilosoma pellucida'' (Rothschild, 1910) *'' Spilosoma quadrilunata'' (Hampson, 1901) *'' Spilosoma rava'' (Druce, 1898) *'' Spilosoma sulphurea'' Bartel, 1903 *'' Spilosoma togoensis'' Bartel, 1903 *'' Teracotona buryi'' Rothschild, 1910 *''

Utetheisa pulchella ''Utetheisa pulchella'', the crimson-speckled flunkey, crimson-speckled footman, or crimson-speckled moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. Subs ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Zobida trinitas'' (Strand, 1912)

Copromorphidae

*''

Rhynchoferella simplex ''Rhynchoferella simplex'' is a moth in the Copromorphidae family. It is found in Cameroon and Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlan ...

'' Strand, 1915

Cossidae

*'' Cossus fanti'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Eulophonotus myrmeleon'' Felder, 1874 *'' Phragmataecia sericeata'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Xyleutes biatra'' (Hampson, 1910)

Crambidae

*'' Aethaloessa floridalis'' (Zeller, 1852) *'' Argyractis accra'' (Strand, 1913) *'' Chalcidoptera argyrophoralis'' Hampson, 1912 *''

Charltona albimixtalis ''Charltona albimixtalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Benin, Ghana, Nigeria and the Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gam ...

'' Hampson, 1919 *''

Chilo orichalcociliella ''Chilo orichalcociliella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Strand in 1911. It is found in Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Tanzania. The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Zea mays'' and ...

'' (Strand, 1911) *'' Cirrhochrista grabczewskyi'' E. Hering, 1903 *'' Conotalis aurantifascia'' (Hampson, 1895) *'' Cotachena smaragdina'' (Butler, 1875) *'' Filodes normalis'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Haritalodes derogata'' (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Lamprosema pervulgalis'' (Hampson, 1912) *'' Mesolia microdontalis'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Nausinoe geometralis ''Nausinoe geometralis'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It can be found in western, southern and eastern Africa, from Ghana to South Africa and some islands of the Indian Ocean as well as in Aust ...

'' (Guenée, 1854) *'' Obtusipalpis albidalis'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Obtusipalpis fusipartalis'' Hampson, 1919 *''

Orphanostigma abruptalis ''Orphanostigma abruptalis'' is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1859. It occurs in the tropics of the Old World from Africa to Australia. The adult's wingspan is ...

'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Phostria hampsonialis'' Schaus, 1920 *'' Pilocrocis pterygodia'' Hampson, 1912 *''

Platytes duplicilinea ''Platytes duplicilinea'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Ghana and Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast o ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionotalis peracutella ''Prionotalis peracutella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeri ...

'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Psara brunnealis'' (Hampson, 1913) *'' Psara minoralis'' (Warren, 1892) *'' Pseudocatharylla argenticilia'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Pseudocatharylla peralbellus'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Pyrausta violascens'' Hampson, 1918 *'' Sufetula trichophysetis'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Ulopeza conigeralis'' Zeller, 1852

Drepanidae

*'' Epicampoptera ivoirensis'' Watson, 1965 *'' Isospidia angustipennis'' (Warren, 1904) *'' Negera bimaculata'' (Holland, 1893) *'' Negera confusa'' Walker, 1855 *'' Negera disspinosa'' Watson, 1965 *'' Negera natalensis'' (Felder, 1874) *'' Spidia fenestrata'' Butler, 1878 *'' Uranometra oculata'' (Holland, 1893)

Elachistidae

*'' Ethmia livida'' (Zeller, 1852) *'' Ethmia oculigera'' (Möschler, 1883) *'' Ptilobola inornatella'' (Walsingham, 1891)

Eupterotidae

*'' Acrojana rosacea'' Butler, 1874 *'' Acrojana splendida'' Rothschild, 1917 *'' Hoplojana soricis'' Rothschild, 1917 *''

Jana eurymas ''Jana eurymas'', the banded monkey, is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guin ...

'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 *'' Jana gracilis'' Walker, 1855 *'' Jana obscura'' Aurivillius, 1893 *'' Stenoglene plagiatus'' (Aurivillius, 1911)

Gelechiidae

*'' Prasodryas fracticostella'' (Walsingham, 1891)

Geometridae

*'' Acrostatheusis apicitincta'' Prout, 1915 *'' Aletis helcita'' (Linnaeus, 1763) *'' Allochrostes impunctata'' (Warren, 1897) *'' Antharmostes interalbicans'' Warren, 1902 *'' Aphilopota cardinalli'' Prout, 1954 *'' Aphilopota statuta'' Prout, 1954 *'' Cartaletis gracilis'' (Möschler, 1887) *'' Chiasmia albivia'' (Prout, 1915) *'' Chiasmia feraliata'' (Guenée, 1858) *'' Chiasmia impar'' (Warren, 1897) *'' Chiasmia majestica'' (Warren, 1901) *'' Coenina aurivena'' Butler, 1898 *'' Comostolopsis stillata'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *'' Cyclophora sublunata'' (Swinhoe, 1904) *'' Epicosymbia chrysoparalias'' (Prout, 1917) *'' Epigynopteryx ansorgei'' (Warren, 1901) *'' Ereunetea flava'' Warren, 1909 *'' Gelasmodes fasciata'' (Warren, 1899) *'' Geodena partita'' Swinhoe, 1904 *'' Geodena surrendra'' Swinhoe, 1904 *'' Heterostegane monilifera'' Prout, 1915 *'' Idaea prucholoma'' (Prout, 1932) *'' Isturgia catalaunaria'' (Guenée, 1858) *'' Lophostola cara'' Prout, 1913 *'' Malgassapeira mixtilinea'' (Warren, 1909) *'' Melinoessa aemonia'' (Swinhoe, 1904) *'' Melinoessa aureola'' Prout, 1934 *'' Mixocera albimargo'' Warren, 1901 *'' Narthecusa tenuiorata'' Walker, 1862 *'' Oedicentra gerydaria'' Swinhoe, 1904 *'' Pitthea continua'' Walker, 1854 *'' Prasinocyma hadrata'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *'' Prasinocyma niveisticta'' Prout, 1912 *''

Prasinocyma rhodocycla ''Prasinocyma'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. Selected species * '' Prasinocyma absimilis'' Warren, 1901 * '' Prasinocyma acutipennis'' Wiltshire, 1994 * '' Prasinocyma aetheraea'' Debauche, 1937 * '' Prasinocyma agglomerata'' H ...

'' Prout, 1917 *'' Prasinocyma rugistrigula'' Prout, 1912 *'' Racotis squalida'' (Butler, 1878) *''

Scopula minorata ''Scopula minorata'' is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. It is found in Africa south of the Sahara, the Arabian Peninsula and on the islands of the Indian Ocean. Furthermore, it is found in sou ...

'' (Boisduval, 1833) *'' Somatina accraria'' Swinhoe, 1904 *'' Somatina apicipuncta'' Prout, 1915 *'' Somatina chalyboeata'' (Walker, 1869) *'' Syncollesis coerulea'' (Warren, 1896) *'' Terina doleris'' (Plötz, 1880) *'' Thetidia undulilinea'' (Warren, 1905) *'' Xenimpia erosa'' Warren, 1895 *'' Xenimpia sillaria'' (Swinhoe, 1904) *'' Xylopteryx nacaria'' (Swinhoe, 1904) *'' Zamarada acrochra'' Prout, 1928 *'' Zamarada adumbrata'' D. S. Fletcher, 1974 *'' Zamarada anacantha'' D. S. Fletcher, 1974 *'' Zamarada bicuspida'' D. S. Fletcher, 1974 *'' Zamarada corroborata'' Herbulot, 1954 *'' Zamarada crystallophana'' Mabille, 1900 *'' Zamarada cucharita'' D. S. Fletcher, 1974 *'' Zamarada cydippe'' Herbulot, 1954 *'' Zamarada dentigera'' Warren, 1909 *'' Zamarada dilucida'' Warren, 1909 *'' Zamarada dolorosa'' D. S. Fletcher, 1974 *'' Zamarada dyscapna'' D. S. Fletcher, 1974 *''

Zamarada eucharis ''Zamarada eucharis'' is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1782, from Sierra Leone (not Brazil as mentioned in the original description). It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Sie ...

'' (Drury, 1782) *'' Zamarada euerces'' Prout, 1928 *'' Zamarada euphrosyne'' Oberthür, 1912 *'' Zamarada flavicosta'' Warren, 1897 *'' Zamarada ignicosta'' Prout, 1912 *'' Zamarada indicata'' D. S. Fletcher, 1974 *'' Zamarada leona'' Gaede, 1915 *'' Zamarada lepta'' D. S. Fletcher, 1974 *'' Zamarada melanopyga'' Herbulot, 1954 *'' Zamarada melpomene'' Oberthür, 1912 *'' Zamarada mimesis'' D. S. Fletcher, 1974 *'' Zamarada nasuta'' Warren, 1897 *'' Zamarada paxilla'' D. S. Fletcher, 1974 *'' Zamarada perlepidata'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Zamarada protrusa'' Warren, 1897 *'' Zamarada reflexaria'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Zamarada regularis'' D. S. Fletcher, 1974 *'' Zamarada vigilans'' Prout, 1915 *'' Zamarada vulpina'' Warren, 1897

Gracillariidae

*'' Caloptilia pseudoaurita'' Triberti, 1989 *'' Stomphastis thraustica'' (Meyrick, 1908)

Lasiocampidae

*'' Euphorea ondulosa'' (Conte, 1909) *'' Filiola dogma'' Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 *'' Filiola fulgurata'' (Aurivillius, 1909) *''

Gastroplakaeis delicatulus ''Gastroplakaeis'' is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1887. Species *''Gastroplakaeis annuligera'' Strand, 1913 *'' Gastroplakaeis delicatulus'' Aurivillius, 1911 *'' Gastroplakaeis elo ...

'' Aurivillius, 1911 *''

Gastroplakaeis forficulatus ''Gastroplakaeis forficulatus'' is a moth species in the family of Lasiocampidae found in Ghana and Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central ...

'' (Möschler, 1887) *'' Gonometa imperialis'' Aurivillius, 1915 *'' Grellada imitans'' (Aurivillius, 1893) *'' Leipoxais dives'' Aurivillius, 1915 *'' Leipoxais humfreyi'' Aurivillius, 1915 *'' Leipoxais manica'' Hering, 1928 *'' Leipoxais proboscidea'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) *'' Odontocheilopteryx haribda'' Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009 *'' Odontocheilopteryx pattersoni'' Tams, 1926 *'' Odontocheilopteryx phoneus'' Hering, 1928 *'' Odontogama nigricans'' Aurivillius, 1914 *'' Opisthodontia spodopasta'' Tams, 1931 *'' Pachymeta immunda'' (Holland, 1893) *'' Pachymetana guttata'' (Aurivillius, 1914) *'' Pachyna subfascia'' (Walker, 1855) *'' Pachytrina elygara'' Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 *'' Pachytrina honrathii'' (Dewitz, 1881) *'' Pallastica lateritia'' (Hering, 1928) *'' Pallastica pallens'' (Bethune-Baker, 1908) *'' Philotherma jacchus'' Möschler, 1887 *'' Pseudometa choba'' (Druce, 1899) *'' Pseudometa pagetodes'' Tams, 1929 *''

Sena cardinalli Sena may refer to: Places * Sanandaj or Sena, city in northwestern Iran * Sena (state constituency), represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly * Sena, Dashtestan, village in Bushehr Province, Iran * Sena, Huesca, municipality in Huesc ...

'' (Tams, 1931) *'' Stoermeriana sjostedti'' (Aurivillius, 1902) *'' Theophasida cardinalli'' (Tams, 1926) *'' Theophasida serafim'' Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 *'' Trabala burchardii'' (Dewitz, 1881)

Limacodidae

*'' Altha rubrifusalis'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Casphalia elegans'' Jordan, 1915 *'' Ctenolita argyrobapta'' Karsch, 1899 *'' Hadraphe aprica'' Karsch, 1899 *'' Hyphorma subterminalis'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Latoia albilinea'' (Hampson, 1910) *'' Macroplectra bilineata'' West, 1940 *'' Macroplectra fuscifusa'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Miresa gilba'' Karsch, 1899 *'' Narosa irrorata'' West, 1940 *'' Niphadolepis lampra'' Hering, 1933 *'' Niphadolepis schultzei'' Hering, 1932 *'' Parapluda syngrapha'' (Hampson, 1910) *'' Parasa divisa'' West, 1940 *'' Parasa mesochloris'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Perola cardinalli'' (West, 1940) *'' Semyrilla lineata'' (Holland, 1893) *'' Sporetolepis argyrolepia'' (Hampson, 1910) *'' Susica molybdea'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Zinara recurvata'' Hampson, 1910

Lymantriidae

*'' Bracharoa mixta'' (Snellen, 1872) *'' Conigephyra unipunctata'' (Möschler, 1887) *'' Cropera testacea'' Walker, 1855 *'' Crorema mentiens'' Walker, 1855 *'' Crorema ochracea'' (Snellen, 1872) *'' Dasychira bergmannii'' (Swinhoe, 1904) *'' Dasychira endophaea'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Dasychira goodii'' (Holland, 1893) *'' Dasychira hieroglyphica'' (Swinhoe, 1904) *'' Dasychira libella'' Swinhoe, 1904 *'' Dasychira punctifera'' (Walker, 1857) *'' Dasychira sordida'' Möschler, 1887 *'' Dasychira sphaleroides'' Hering, 1926 *'' Dasychira stegmanni'' Grünberg, 1910 *'' Dasychira subflava'' (Walker, 1855) *'' Eudasychira dina'' (Hering, 1926) *'' Eudasychira quinquepunctata'' Möschler, 1887 *'' Euproctis cryphia'' Collenette, 1960 *'' Euproctis fumitincta'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Euproctis lepidographa'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Euproctis melanopholis'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Euproctis pygmaea'' (Walker, 1855) *'' Euproctis rufiterga'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Euproctoides acrisia'' Plötz, 1880 *'' Griveaudyria ila'' (Swinhoe, 1904) *'' Heteronygmia chismona'' Swinhoe, 1903 *'' Heteronygmia manicata'' (Aurivillius, 1892) *'' Laelia atrisquamata'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Laelia fracta'' Schaus & Clements, 1893 *'' Laelia gigantea'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Laelia pheosia'' (Hampson, 1910) *'' Laelia pulcherrima'' (Hering, 1926) *'' Leucoma ogovensis'' (Holland, 1893) *'' Leucoma parva'' (Plötz, 1880) *'' Lomadonta obscura'' Swinhoe, 1904 *'' Lomadonta ochriaria'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Marblepsis flabellaria'' (Fabricius, 1787) *'' Mylantria xanthospila'' (Plötz, 1880) *'' Naroma signifera'' Walker, 1856 *''

Naroma varipes ''Naroma varipes'', the fig tree moth, is a moth in the subfamily Lymantriinae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is native to tropical and southern Africa. Its larval food plants include the fig species ''Ficus thon ...

'' (Walker, 1865) *'' Neomardara africana'' (Holland, 1893) *'' Opoboa chrysoparala'' Collenette, 1932 *'' Otroeda hesperia'' (Cramer, 1779) *'' Otroeda nerina'' (Drury, 1780) *'' Otroeda planax'' (Drury, 1780) *'' Paqueta chloroscia'' (Hering, 1926) *'' Pseudonotodonta virescens'' (Möschler, 1887) *'' Stracena fuscivena'' Swinhoe, 1903 *'' Stracena promelaena'' (Holland, 1893)

Metarbelidae

*'' Haberlandia otfriedi'' Lehmann, 2011 *'' Haberlandia rohdei'' Lehmann, 2011 *'' Metarbela cremorna'' Hampson, 1920 *''

Metarbela laguna ''Metarbela laguna'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, s ...

'' Hampson, 1920 *''

Moyencharia ochreicosta ''Moyencharia ochreicosta'' is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found from western Burkina Faso south through north-eastern and south-eastern Ghana to south-eastern and east-central Nigeria. It is probably also present in Togo and Benin. The h ...

'' (Gaede, 1929) *'' Ortharbela diagonalis'' (Hampson, 1910) *'' Salagena fuscata'' Gaede, 1929

Noctuidae

*'' Aburina leucocharagma'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Aburina phoenocrosmena'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Achaea boris'' (Geyer, 1837) *'' Achaea catocaloides'' Guenée, 1852 *'' Achaea ezea'' (Cramer, 1779) *'' Achaea faber'' Holland, 1894 *'' Achaea indicabilis'' Walker, 1858 *'' Achaea jamesoni'' L. B. Prout, 1919 *'' Achaea lienardi'' (Boisduval, 1833) *'' Achaea mercatoria'' (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Achaea mormoides'' Walker, 1858 *'' Achaea occidens'' (Hampson, 1913) *'' Acontia citrelinea'' Bethune-Baker, 1911 *''

Acontia gratiosa ''Acontia gratiosa'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1856. Distribution It is found in continental Africa and Farquhar Atoll in the Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Repub ...

'' Wallengren, 1856 *'' Acontia hampsoni'' Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008 *'' Acontia hemiselenias'' (Hampson, 1918) *''

Acontia imitatrix ''Acontia imitatrix'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in most countries in Africa, from Morocco to Nigeria, Ghana to South Africa, Angola to Somalia, Yemen and Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabi ...

'' Wallengren, 1856 *'' Acontia insocia'' (Walker, 1857) *'' Acontia nigrimacula'' Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008 *''

Acontia porphyrea ''Acontia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was named by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. ''Eusceptis'', ''Pseudalypia'' and ''Spragueia'' are sometimes included in the present genus, but here they are tentatively treated ...

'' (Butler, 1898) *''

Acontia transfigurata ''Acontia transfigurata'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in most countries of subtropical Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 milli ...

'' Wallengren, 1856 *'' Acontia veroxanthia'' Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 *''

Acontia wahlbergi ''Acontia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was named by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. ''Eusceptis'', ''Pseudalypia'' and ''Spragueia'' are sometimes included in the present genus, but here they are tentatively treated ...

'' Wallengren, 1856 *'' Aegocera rectilinea'' Boisduval, 1836 *'' Aegocera tigrina'' (Druce, 1882) *'' Amyna punctum'' (Fabricius, 1794) *'' Andobana multipunctata'' (Druce, 1899) *'' Androlymnia torsivena'' (Hampson, 1902) *'' Anigraea purpurascens'' Hampson, 1912 *''

Anoba glyphica ''Anoba'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was previously classified in the subfamily Calpinae of the family Noctuidae, but now is classified as part of the subfamily Anobinae, of which ''Anoba'' is the type genus. Species * ...

'' (Bethune-Baker, 1911) *'' Anoba sinuata'' (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Anomis endochlora'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Antarchaea signifera'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Anticarsia albilineata'' Hampson, 1926 *''

Argyrogramma signata ''Argyrogramma signata'', the green semilooper, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. Distribution It is found in Africa, it is found on the Canary Islands, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mauritius, São Tomé, the Seychelles, Sierra Leo ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) *''

Asota speciosa ''Asota speciosa'', the specious tiger, formerly ''Aganais speciosa'', is a moth of the subfamily Aganainae, now regarded as being within the family Erebidae. Formerly it was regarded variously as a member of the Arctiidae, the Hypsidae, and sub ...

'' (Drury, 1773) *'' Athyrma discimacula'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Audea endophaea'' Hampson, 1913 *''

Audea kathrina ''Audea kathrina'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria and Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the ...

'' Kühne, 2005 *''

Audea paulumnodosa ''Audea paulumnodosa'' is a moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximatel ...

'' Kühne, 2005 *'' Avitta atripuncta'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Baniopis pulverea'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Belciana euchlora'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Blasticorhinus trichopoda'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Brevipecten politzari'' Hacker & Fibiger, 2007 *'' Calligraphidia opulenta'' (Möschler, 1887) *'' Callixena versicolora'' Saalmüller, 1891 *'' Caryonopera conifera'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Catephia cryptodisca'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Catephia dipterygia'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Catephia endoplaga'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Cautatha phoenicea'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Cerynea flavibasalis'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Cerynea trichobasis'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Colbusa euclidica'' Walker, 1865 *'' Corgatha enispodes'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Corgatha macariodes'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Corgatha ozolica'' Hampson, 1910 *''

Corgatha regula ''Corgatha'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1859. Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae. Description Its pal ...

'' Gaede, 1916 *'' Crameria amabilis'' (Drury, 1773) *'' Crypsotidia mesosema'' Hampson, 1913 *'' Crypsotidia remanei'' Wiltshire, 1977 *'' Cyligramma amblyops'' Mabille, 1891 *'' Cyligramma latona'' (Cramer, 1775) *'' Digama budonga'' Bethune-Baker, 1913 *''

Digama costimacula ''Digama costimacula'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1907. It is found in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naij ...

'' Swinhoe, 1907 *'' Drepanophiletis castaneata'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Dysgonia conjunctura'' (Walker, 1858) *'' Dysgonia derogans'' (Walker, 1858) *'' Dysgonia palpalis'' (Walker, 1865) *'' Dysgonia pudica'' (Möschler, 1887) *'' Dysgonia rectivia'' (Hampson, 1913) *''

Dysgonia torrida ''Dysgonia torrida'', the jigsaw, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found from the tropical and subtropical areas of Africa to Spain, southern Italy, Greece, Syria, Israel, Iran, ...

'' (Guenée, 1852) *'' Egnasia microsema'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Enispa albicosta'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Enispa atriceps'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Enmonodiops ochrodiscata'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Ercheia subsignata'' (Walker, 1865) *'' Erebus walkeri'' (Butler, 1875) *'' Eublemma albicosta'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Eublemma albifascia'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Eublemma anachoresis'' (Wallengren, 1863) *'' Eublemma atrifusa'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Eublemma aurantiaca'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Eublemma cochylioides'' (Guenée, 1852) *'' Eublemma exigua'' (Walker, 1858) *'' Eublemma ragusana'' (Freyer, 1844) *'' Eublemma scitula'' (Rambur, 1833) *'' Eudrapa metathermeola'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Eudrapa mollis'' Walker, 1857 *'' Euippodes euprepes'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Euminucia conflua'' Hampson, 1913 *'' Euminucia orthogona'' Hampson, 1913 *'' Eutelia distorta'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Eutelia poliochroa'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Eutelia subrubens'' (Mabille, 1890) *'' Eutelia symphonica'' Hampson, 1902 *'' Exophyla melanocleis'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Feliniopsis africana'' (Schaus & Clements, 1893) *'' Feliniopsis grisea'' (Laporte, 1973) *'' Feliniopsis gueneei'' (Laporte, 1973) *'' Feliniopsis hosplitoides'' (Laporte, 1979) *'' Feliniopsis laportei'' Hacker & Fibiger, 2007 *'' Feliniopsis nigribarbata'' (Hampson, 1908) *'' Focillopis eclipsia'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Gonelydna acutangula'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Gonioscia meroleuca'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Haemaphlebia atripalpis'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Hamodes simplicia'' Weymer, 1892 *''

Helicoverpa assulta ''Helicoverpa assulta'', the oriental tobacco budworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. ''H. assulta'' adults are migratory and are found all over the Old World Tropics including Asia, Africa, and Australia. This species has a brown coloured ...

'' (Guenée, 1852) *'' Heliophisma catocalina'' Holland, 1894 *'' Heliophisma klugii'' (Boisduval, 1833) *'' Heraclia aemulatrix'' (Westwood, 1881) *'' Heraclia longipennis'' (Walker, 1854) *'' Heraclia medeba'' (Druce, 1880) *'' Heraclia pallida'' (Walker, 1854) *'' Herpeperas atrapex'' Hampson, 1926 *''

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'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Holocryptis albida'' Hampson, 1918 *'' Hypena obacerralis'' Walker,

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/small> *'' Hypopyra capensis'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 *'' Hypotacha ochribasalis'' (Hampson, 1896) *'' Iambiodes incerta'' (Rothschild, 1913) *'' Isadelphina lacteifascia'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Leucania metasarca'' (Hampson, 1907) *'' Libystica crenata'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Lobophyllodes miniatus'' (Grünberg, 1907) *'' Lophiophora fulminans'' Bryk, 1915 *'' Lophodaxa labandina'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Lophoptera litigiosa'' (Boisduval, 1833) *'' Lophoruza semiscripta'' (Mabille, 1893) *'' Loxioda alternans'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Marathyssa cuneata'' (Saalmüller, 1891) *'' Marcipa amaba'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Marcipa argyrosema'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Marcipa disrupta'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Marcipa endoselene'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Marcipa magniplaga'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Marcipa monosema'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Marcipa ruptisigna'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Marcipalina confluens'' (Hampson, 1926) *'' Marcipalina melanoconia'' (Hampson, 1926) *'' Masalia albiseriata'' (Druce, 1903) *'' Masalia bimaculata'' (Moore, 1888) *'' Masalia decorata'' (Moore, 1881) *'' Masalia flaviceps'' (Hampson, 1903) *'' Masalia flavistrigata'' (Hampson, 1903) *'' Masalia galatheae'' (Wallengren, 1856) *'' Masalia nubila'' (Hampson, 1903) *'' Masalia rubristria'' (Hampson, 1903) *'' Massaga hesparia'' (Cramer, 1775) *'' Massaga maritona'' Butler, 1868 *'' Massaga noncoba'' Kiriakoff, 1974 *'' Maxera euryptera'' Hampson, 1926 *''

Mazuca haemagrapha ''Mazuca'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae found in Sub-Saharan Africa. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1866. Species *'' Mazuca amoena'' Jordan, 1933 Zaire *''Mazuca dulcis'' Jordan, 1933 Nigeria *''Mazuca elegantissim ...

'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Mecodina apicia'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Mecodina nigripuncta'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Mecodopsis conisema'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Mesosciera typica'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Metagarista maenas'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853) *'' Metagarista triphaenoides'' Walker, 1854 *'' Micraxylia nyei'' Berio, 1964 *'' Mimasura miltochristodes'' Hampson, 1918 *'' Miniodes discolor'' Guenée, 1852 *'' Miniodes phaeosoma'' Hampson, 1913 *'' Mitrophrys magna'' (Walker, 1854) *'' Mocis mayeri'' (Boisduval, 1833) *'' Mocis proverai'' Zilli, 2000 *'' Mythimna languida'' (Walker, 1858) *'' Nagia homotona'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Nagia microsema'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Nagia monosema'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Oglasa annulisigna'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Oglasa atristipata'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Oglasa aulota'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Oglasa diagonalis'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Oglasa griselda'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Oglasa microsema'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Oglasa parallela'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Oglasa phaeonephele'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Oglasodes atrisignata'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Oglasodes bisinuata'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Ogovia aliena'' (Holland, 1920) *'' Oligia hypothermes'' Hampson, 1908 *'' Ophiusa conspicienda'' (Walker, 1858) *'' Ophiusa recurvata'' (Hampson, 1913) *'' Ophiusa subdiversa'' (L. B. Prout, 1919) *''

Oraesia cerne ''Oraesia cerne'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by James Farish Malcolm Fawcett in 1916. It is found in Ghana Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, ...

'' (Fawcett, 1916) *'' Oruza divisa'' (Walker, 1862) *'' Ozarba domina'' (Holland, 1894) *'' Ozarba ochrozona'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Pangrapta elassa'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Paralephana flavilinea'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Paralephana incurvata'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Paralephana monogona'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Paralephana nigripalpis'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Paralephana obliqua'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Paralephana sarcochroa'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Parallelura palumbiodes'' (Hampson, 1902) *'' Pericyma mendax'' (Walker, 1858) *'' Phaegorista leucomelas'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) *'' Phaegorista similis'' Walker, 1869 *'' Platyscia mesoscia'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Plusia microstigma'' Hampson, 1910 *''

Plusiodonta ionochrota ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Plusiophaes scotaea'' (Hampson, 1926) *'' Polygrapta argyropasta'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Polytelodes florifera'' (Walker, 1858) *'' Prolymnia viola'' Hampson, 1911 *'' Pseudoarcte melanis'' (Mabille, 1890) *'' Pseudogiria hypographa'' (Hampson, 1926) *'' Pseudomicrodes polysticta'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Rhynchina leucodonta'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Rivula erebina'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Rougeotiana xanthoperas'' (Hampson, 1926) *'' Sarothroceras banaka'' (Plötz, 1880) *'' Schausia gladiatoria'' (Holland, 1893) *''

Simplicia extinctalis ''Simplicia extinctalis'' is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in most countries of subtropical Africa, from Sierra Leone to Somalia and from Ethiopia to South Africa, including some islands of the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocea ...

'' (Zeller, 1852) *''

Spodoptera exempta The African armyworm (''Spodoptera exempta''), also called ''okalombo'', ''kommandowurm'', or nutgrass armyworm, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. The larvae often exhibit marching behavior when traveling to feeding sites, leading t ...

'' (Walker, 1857) *''

Spodoptera exigua The beet armyworm or small mottled willow moth (''Spodoptera exigua'') is one of the best-known agriculture, agricultural pest insects. It is also known as the asparagus fern caterpillar. It is native to Asia, but has been introduced Cosmopolitan ...

'' (Hübner, 1808) *'' Strongylosia semiflava'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Sypnoides equatorialis'' (Holland, 1894) *'' Taviodes discomma'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Thiacidas berenice'' (Fawcett, 1916) *'' Thiacidas schausi'' (Hampson, 1905) *'' Thiacidas stassarti'' Hacker & Zilli, 2007 *'' Thyas metaphaea'' (Hampson, 1913) *'' Thyas parallelipipeda'' (Guenée, 1852) *'' Thyas rubricata'' (Holland, 1894) *'' Toana craspedica'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Tolna macrosema'' Hampson, 1913 *'' Tolna sypnoides'' (Butler, 1878) *'' Trachea euryscia'' Hampson, 1918 *''

Trichoplusia orichalcea ''Thysanoplusia orichalcea'', the slender burnished brass, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is a polyphagous pest of vegetable crops that originated in Indonesia, from wh ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Trigonodes hyppasia'' (Cramer, 1779) *''

Tuerta chrysochlora ''Tuerta chrysochlora'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. References

Moths described in 1869 Agaristinae Ins ...

'' Walker, 1869 *'' Ugiodes cinerea'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Zethesides pusilla'' Hampson, 1926

Nolidae

*'' Aiteta paralella'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Bryophilopsis anomoiota'' (Bethune-Baker, 1911) *'' Bryophilopsis cometes'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Chlorozada endophaea'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Chlorozada pyrites'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Earias ogovana'' Holland, 1893 *'' Giaura plumbeofusa'' Hampson, 1920 *'' Gigantoceras rectilinea'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Gigantoceras solstitialis'' Holland, 1893 *''

Iscadia glaucograpta ''Iscadia'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1,700 described species worldwide. They are mostly small with dull coloration, the main distinguishing feature being a silk cocoon with a vertical e ...

'' (Hampson, 1912) *'' Leocyma camilla'' (Druce, 1887) *'' Leocyma discophora'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Lophocrama phoenicochlora'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Metaleptina albibasis'' Holland, 1893 *'' Metaleptina obliterata'' Holland, 1893 *'' Microzada anaemica'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Negeta mesoleuca'' (Holland, 1894) *'' Negeta molybdota'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Negeta purpurascens'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Negeta semialba'' Hampson, 1918 *'' Neonegeta atriflava'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Neonegeta pollusca'' (Schaus, 1893) *'' Neonegeta purpurea'' Hampson, 1912 *''

Nola apicalis ''Nola apicalis'' is a moth in the family Nolidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1903. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is th ...

'' (Hampson, 1903) *''

Nola argyropasta Nola is a town and a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, southern Italy. It lies on the plain between Mount Vesuvius and the Apennines. It is traditionally credited as the diocese that introduced bells to Christian worship. ...

'' (Hampson, 1914) *'' Nola chionea'' Hampson, 1911 *'' Nola cretaceoides'' Poole, 1989 *'' Nola endoscota'' Hampson, 1914 *'' Nola foviferoides'' Poole, 1989 *''

Nola melalopha Nola is a town and a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, southern Italy. It lies on the plain between Mount Vesuvius and the Apennines. It is traditionally credited as the diocese that introduced bells to Christian worship. ...

'' (Hampson, 1900) *'' Nola melanoscelis'' (Hampson, 1914) *''

Nola mesonephele Nola is a town and a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, southern Italy. It lies on the plain between Mount Vesuvius and the Apennines. It is traditionally credited as the diocese that introduced bells to Christian worship. ...

'' (Hampson, 1914) *'' Nola mesothermoides'' Poole, 1989 *'' Nola microlopha'' (Hampson, 1900) *''

Nola phaeocraspis Nola is a town and a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, southern Italy. It lies on the plain between Mount Vesuvius and the Apennines. It is traditionally credited as the diocese that introduced bells to Christian worship. ...

'' (Hampson, 1909) *'' Nola tornalis'' (Hampson, 1914) *'' Odontestis cyphonota'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Odontestis prosticta'' (Holland, 1894) *'' Pardasena lativia'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Pardoxia graellsii'' (Feisthamel, 1837) *'' Periplusia nubilicosta'' Holland, 1894 *'' Petrinia lignosa'' Walker, 1869 *'' Selepa cumasia'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Westermannia cuprea'' Hampson, 1905

Notodontidae

*'' Afropteryx angulata'' (Gaede, 1928) *'' Amphiphalera leuconephra'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Andocidia tabernaria'' Kiriakoff, 1958 *'' Antheua amphiaraus'' (Kiriakoff, 1955) *'' Antheua delicata'' Bethune-Baker, 1911 *'' Antheua elongata'' Gaede, 1928 *'' Antheua extenuata'' Walker, 1869 *'' Antheua ruficosta'' (Hampson, 1910) *'' Antheua trifasciata'' (Hampson, 1909) *'' Antheua vittata'' (Walker, 1855) *'' Arciera nigripuncta'' (Rothschild, 1917) *'' Arciera sexpunctata'' Kiriakoff, 1979 *'' Bisolita minuta'' (Holland, 1893) *'' Brachychira excellens'' (Rothschild, 1917) *'' Catarctia terminipuncta'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Daulopaectes trichosa'' (Hampson, 1910) *'' Desmeocraera aquamarina'' Kiriakoff, 1958 *'' Desmeocraera bitioides'' (Holland, 1893) *'' Desmeocraera confluens'' Gaede, 1928 *'' Desmeocraera leucophaea'' Gaede, 1928 *'' Desmeocraera sagittata'' Gaede, 1928 *'' Desmeocraera sincera'' Kiriakoff, 1958 *'' Desmeocraerula pallida'' Kiriakoff, 1963 *'' Enomotarcha chloana'' (Holland, 1893) *'' Epanaphe parva'' (Aurivillius, 1891) *'' Epicerura pulverulenta'' (Hampson, 1910) *'' Eurystauridia triangularis'' (Gaede, 1928) *'' Lamoriodes metaphaea'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Macronadata collaris'' Möschler, 1887 *'' Odontoperas aureomixta'' Kiriakoff, 1959 *'' Paradiastema pulverea'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Polienus rubritincta'' (Hampson, 1910) *'' Psalisodes leuca'' (Hampson, 1910) *'' Scalmicauda evadne'' Kiriakoff, 1979 *'' Scalmicauda melasema'' Kiriakoff, 1959 *'' Scalmicauda molestula'' Kiriakoff, 1959 *'' Scalmicauda terminalis'' Kiriakoff, 1959 *'' Scrancia atrifasciata'' Gaede, 1928 *'' Scrancia lactea'' Gaede, 1928 *'' Scranciola habilis'' Kiriakoff, 1965 *'' Synete argentescens'' (Hampson, 1910) *'' Synete subarcuata'' Kiriakoff, 1979 *'' Trabanta rufisquamata'' (Hampson, 1910) *'' Xanthodonta isabellina'' Kiriakoff, 1979 *'' Xanthodonta minima'' (Hampson, 1910)

Psychidae

*''

Eumeta cervina ''Eumeta'' is a genus of bagworm moths. There are 18 described species found in Africa, Asia and Oceania. Species *'' Eumeta bougainvillea'' *'' Eumeta cervina'' *''Eumeta crameri'' *''Eumeta hardenbergi'' *''Eumeta layardi'' *''Eumeta maxima'' ...

'' Druce, 1887 *''

Eumeta rougeoti ''Eumeta'' is a genus of bagworm moths. There are 18 described species found in Africa, Asia and Oceania. Species *'' Eumeta bougainvillea'' *'' Eumeta cervina'' *''Eumeta crameri'' *'' Eumeta hardenbergi'' *''Eumeta layardi'' *'' Eumeta maxima' ...

'' Bourgogne, 1955

Pterophoridae

*'' Exelastis ebalensis'' (Rebel, 1907) *'' Pterophorus candidalis'' (Walker, 1864) *'' Pterophorus spissa'' (Bigot, 1969) *'' Walsinghamiella eques'' (Walsingham, 1891) *'' Xyroptila africana'' Bigot, 1969

Pyralidae

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Eldana saccharina ''Eldana'' is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae containing only one species, the African sugar-cane borer (''Eldana saccharina''), which is commonly found in Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and South Africa. Adults hav ...

'' Walker, 1865 *'' Ematheudes straminella'' Snellen, 1872 *'' Endotricha consobrinalis'' Zeller, 1852 *'' Endotricha vinolentalis'' Ragonot, 1891 *'' Gauna pyralodes'' (Hampson, 1916) *'' Lepidogma melanospila'' Hampson, 1916 *'' Macalla olivaris'' Hampson, 1916 *'' Perula apicalis'' (Hampson, 1916) *'' Rhynchopaschia virescens'' Hampson, 1916 *'' Triphassa flavifrons'' (Warren, 1892)

Saturniidae

*'' Aurivillius arata'' (Westwood, 1849) *'' Bunaeopsis macrophthalma'' (Kirby, 1881) *'' Carnegia mirabilis'' (Aurivillius, 1895) *'' Epiphora albidus'' (Druce, 1886) *'' Epiphora lineata'' (Bouvier, 1930) *'' Epiphora vacuna'' (Westwood, 1849) *'' Gonimbrasia occidentalis'' Rothschild, 1907 *'' Goodia hierax'' Jordan, 1922 *'' Holocerina angulata'' (Aurivillius, 1893) *'' Lobobunaea melanoneura'' (Rothschild, 1907) *'' Lobobunaea phaedusa'' (Drury, 1782) *'' Ludia obscura'' Aurivillius, 1893 *'' Micragone nubifera'' Bouvier, 1936 *'' Nudaurelia dione'' (Fabricius, 1793) *'' Nudaurelia eblis'' Strecker, 1876 *'' Nudaurelia emini'' (Butler, 1888) *'' Nudaurelia xanthomma'' (Rothschild, 1907) *'' Orthogonioptilum brunneum'' Jordan, 1922 *'' Orthogonioptilum deletum'' Jordan, 1922 *'' Orthogonioptilum prox'' Karsch, 1892 *'' Orthogonioptilum vestigiata'' (Holland, 1893) *'' Pseudantheraea discrepans'' (Butler, 1878)

Sesiidae

*'' Barbasphecia ares'' Pühringer & Sáfián, 2011 *'' Barbasphecia hephaistos'' Pühringer & Sáfián, 2011 *'' Episannina albifrons'' (Hampson, 1910) *'' Episannina flavicincta'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Melittia chalconota'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Sphecosesia brachyptera'' Hampson, 1919 *''

Synanthedon auripes ''Synanthedon auripes'' is a moth of the family Sesiidae The Sesiidae or clearwing moths are a diurnal moth family in the order Lepidoptera known for their Batesian mimicry in both appearance and behaviour of various Hymenoptera. The famil ...

'' (Hampson, 1910) *''

Synanthedon exochiformis ''Camaegeria exochiformis'' is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Ghana and Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia ...

'' (Walker, 1856) *''

Synanthedon flavipectus ''Synanthedon flavipectus'' is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

'' (Hampson, 1910)

Sphingidae

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Antinephele anomala ''Antinephele anomala'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882 and is known from Ivory Coast and Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya ...

'' (Butler, 1882) *''

Antinephele muscosa ''Antinephele muscosa'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Ghana to Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Locate ...

'' Holland, 1889 *'' Chloroclanis virescens'' (Butler, 1882) *''

Falcatula cymatodes ''Falcatula cymatodes'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from lowland forests in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda and the Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a ...

'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912) *''

Hippotion aporodes ''Hippotion aporodes'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Ivory Coast to the Congo Basin and Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by ...

'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1912 *'' Hypaedalea butleri'' Rothschild, 1894 *'' Leucophlebia afra'' Karsch, 1891 *'' Lophostethus dumolinii'' (Angas, 1849) *'' Neopolyptychus ancylus'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916) *'' Neopolyptychus spurrelli'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912) *'' Nephele discifera'' Karsch, 1891 *''

Nephele peneus ''Nephele peneus'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests and woodland from Senegal to East Africa, Angola and Delagoa Bay Maputo Bay ( pt, Baía de Maputo), formerly also known as Delagoa Bay from ''Baía da Lagoa'' in Port ...

'' (Cramer, 1776) *''Phylloxiphia bicolor'' (Rothschild, 1894) *''Phylloxiphia illustris'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) *''Platysphinx constrigilis'' (Walker, 1869) *''Platysphinx phyllis'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *''Platysphinx stigmatica'' (Mabille, 1878) *''Platysphinx vicaria'' Jordan, 1920 *''Polyptychus andosa'' Walker, 1856 *''Polyptychus carteri'' (Butler, 1882) *''Polyptychus hollandi'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *''Polyptychus lapidatus'' Joicey & Kaye, 1917 *''Polyptychus murinus'' Rothschild, 1904 *''Polyptychus orthographus'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *''Polyptychus paupercula'' (Holland, 1889) *''Polyptychus retusus'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1908 *''Pseudopolyptychus foliaceus'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) *''Temnora iapygoides'' (Holland, 1889) *''Theretra jugurtha'' (Boisduval, 1875) *''Theretra perkeo'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Thyrididae

*''Banisia fuliginea'' (Whalley, 1971) *''Banisia inoptata'' (Whalley, 1971) *''Byblisia setipes'' (Plötz, 1880) *''Cecidothyris chrysotherma'' (Hampson, 1914) *''Cecidothyris tyrannica'' Whalley, 1971 *''Dysodia vitrina'' (Boisduval, 1829) *''Epaena candida'' Whalley, 1971 *''Heteroschista nigranalis'' Warren, 1903 *''Marmax hyparchus'' (Cramer, 1779) *''Marmax vicaria'' (Walker, 1854) *''Nemea eugrapha'' (Hampson, 1906) *''Ninia plumipes'' (Drury, 1782) *''Opula perigrapha'' (Hampson, 1914) *''Rhodoneura sordidula'' (Plötz, 1880) *''Striglina clathrata'' (Hampson, 1897)

Tineidae

*''Acridotarsa melipecta'' (Meyrick, 1915) *''Afrocelestis sacculata'' Gozmány, 1968 *''Ceratophaga vastellus'' (Zeller, 1852) *''Cimitra fetialis'' (Meyrick, 1917) *''Edosa endroedyi'' (Gozmány, 1966) *''Erechthias travestita'' (Gozmány, 1968) *''Hyperbola pastoralis'' (Meyrick, 1931) *''Monopis addenda'' Gozmány, 1965 *''Monopis immaculata'' Gozmány, 1967 *''Monopis megalodelta'' Meyrick, 1908 *''Monopis ministrans'' Gozmány, 1968 *''Monopis rejectella'' (Walker, 1864) *''Morophaga soror'' Gozmány, 1965 *''Organodesma leucomicra'' (Gozmány, 1966) *''Perissomastix sericea'' Gozmány, 1966 *''Perissomastix stibarodes'' (Meyrick, 1908) *''Perissomastix styx'' Gozmány, 1966 *''Phereoeca praecox'' Gozmány & Vári, 1973 *''Phereoeca proletaria'' (Meyrick, 1921) *''Phthoropoea oenochares'' (Meyrick, 1920) *''Silosca licziae'' Gozmány, 1967 *''Sphallestasis spinifurca'' (Gozmány, 1969) *''Syncalipsis optania'' (Meyrick, 1908) *''Syncalipsis scotochrysis'' Gozmány, 1969 *''Syncalipsis typhodes'' (Meyrick, 1917) *''Tiquadra cultrifera'' Meyrick, 1914 *''Tiquadra goochii'' Walsingham, 1881

Tortricidae

*''Accra viridis'' (Walsingham, 1891) *''Afroploce karsholti'' Aarvik, 2004 *''Bactra aletha'' Diakonoff, 1963 *''Coccothera ferrifracta'' Diakonoff, 1968 *''Cydia taocosma'' (Meyrick, 1914) *''Eccopsis incultana'' (Walker, 1863) *''Eccopsis wahlbergiana'' Zeller, 1852 *''Eupoecilia aburica'' Razowski, 1993 *''Olethreutes molybdachtha'' (Meyrick, 1930) *''Tortrix dinota'' Meyrick, 1918 *''Xeneboda kumasiana'' Razowski & Tuck, 2000

Uraniidae

*''Acropteris costinigrata'' Warren, 1897

Xyloryctidae

*''Eretmocera scatospila'' Zeller, 1852

References

External links

* {{Africa in topic, List of moths of Lepidoptera of West Africa, *Ghana Lists of biota of Ghana, Moths Lists of moths of Africa, Ghana Lists of moths by country, Ghana