List Of Moths Of Mozambique
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The moths of Mozambique represent approximately 520 known species. 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
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. This is a list of
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species which have been recorded in
Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
.


Adelidae

*'' Ceromitia aphroneura'' Meyrick, 1930 *''
Ceromitia crinigerella ''Ceromitia crinigerella'' is a species of moth of the family Adelidae. It is known from Mozambique and South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the ...
'' (Zeller, 1850) *''
Ceromitia systelitis ''Ceromitia systelitis'' is a species of moth of the family Adelidae. It is known from the Republic of Congo and Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, ...
'' Meyrick, 1921 *'' Nemophora humilis'' (Walsingham, 1891)


Alucitidae

*'' Alucita flaviserta'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Alucita granata'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Alucita myriodesma'' (Meyrick, 1929)


Arctiidae

*'' Acanthofrontia dicycla'' Hampson, 1918 *''
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) *'' Amata alicia'' (Butler, 1876) *'' Amata bifasciata'' (Hopffer, 1857) *'' Amata caerulescens'' (Druce, 1898) *'' Amata francisca'' (Butler, 1876) *'' Amerila affinis'' (Rothschild, 1910) *'' Amerila lupia'' (Druce, 1887) *'' Amerila magnifica'' (Rothschild, 1910) *'' Amphicallia bellatrix'' (Dalman, 1823) *''
Apisa grisescens ''Apisa grisescens'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Abel Dufrane in 1945. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a ...
'' (Dufrane, 1945) *''
Argina amanda ''Argina amanda'', the cheetah, is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1847. Description ''Argina amanda'' has a wingspan up to across. The uppersides of the forewings are orange, except ...
'' (Boisduval, 1847) *'' Asura sagenaria'' (Wallengren, 1860) *'' Caripodia consimilis'' Hampson, 1918 *'' Diota rostrata'' (Wallengren, 1860) *'' Eilema bifasciata'' Hampson, 1900 *'' Eilema phaeopera'' Hampson, 1900 *'' Epitoxis nigra'' Hampson, 1903 *'' Estigmene linea'' (Walker, 1855) *'' Euchromia amoena'' (Möschler, 1872) *'' Euchromia folletii'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) *'' Eyralpenus diplosticta'' (Hampson, 1900) *'' Eyralpenus scioana'' (Oberthür, 1880) *'' Lepista aposema'' Kühne, 2010 *'' Lepista pandula'' (Boisduval, 1847) *'' Metarctia flavivena'' Hampson, 1901 *'' Metarctia rufescens'' Walker, 1855 *''
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) *'' Nudaria quilimanensis'' Strand, 1922 *'' Nudaria quilimanicola'' Strand, 1922 *'' Nyctemera apicalis'' (Walker, 1854) *'' Nyctemera leuconoe'' Hopffer, 1857 *'' Ochrota unicolor'' (Hopffer, 1857) *'' Paralacydes arborifera'' (Butler, 1875) *'' Paralacydes ramosa'' (Hampson, 1907) *'' Paurophleps reducta'' (Janse, 1964) *'' Phryganopsis cinerella'' (Wallengren, 1860) *'' Pseudonaclia puella'' (Boisduval, 1847) *''
Rhodogastria amasis ''Rhodogastria amasis'', the tri-coloured tiger moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1779. It is found in Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The larvae feed on '' Acacia'', ''Calodendrum'', ...
'' (Cramer, 1779) *'' Pusiola holoxantha'' (Hampson, 1918) *'' Secusio mania'' Druce, 1887 *'' Secusio monteironis'' Rothschild, 1933 *'' Siccia quilimania'' Strand, 1922 *'' Spilosoma lineata'' Walker, 1855 *'' Thyretes caffra'' Wallengren, 1863 *''
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)


Autostichidae

*'' Holcopogon scaeocentra'' Meyrick, 1921


Batrachedridae

*'' Idioglossa triumphalis'' Meyrick, 1918


Brachodidae

*'' Nigilgia mochlophanes'' (Meyrick, 1921)


Choreutidae

*'' Brenthia pleiadopa'' Meyrick, 1921 *''
Choreutis dryodora ''Choreutis dryodora'' is a species of moth in the family Choreutidae. It is found in Mozambique. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boe ...
'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Choreutis irridens'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Choreutis stereocrossa'' (Meyrick, 1921)


Cosmopterigidae

*'' Alloclita zelotypa'' Meyrick, 1918 *'' Labdia macrobela'' Meyrick, 1918 *'' Limnaecia conjuncta'' Meyrick, 1921 *'' Macrobathra peraeota'' Meyrick, 1921 *'' Stilbosis cyclocosma'' (Meyrick, 1921)


Cossidae

*'' Eulophonotus stephania'' (Druce, 1887) *'' Phragmataecia innominata'' Dalla Torre, 1923 *'' Phragmataecia irrorata'' Hampson, 1910


Crambidae

*'' Adelpherupa flavescens'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Agathodes musivalis'' Guenée, 1854 *''
Ancylolomia capensis ''Ancylolomia capensis'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. this species is known from central, eastern and southern Africa ( Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa and Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), offi ...
'' Zeller, 1852 *'' Ancylolomia obscurella'' de Joannis, 1927 *'' Ancylolomia parentii'' Bassi, 2014 *'' Angustalius casandra'' Bassi,2014 *'' Angustalius malacellus'' (Duponchel, 1836) *'' Bocchoris nuclealis'' de Joannis, 1927 *'' Calamoschoena stictalis'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Calamotropha dagamae'' Bassi, 2014 *'' Calamotropha mesostrigalis'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Calamotropha paludella'' (Hübner, 1824) *'' Calamotropha toxophorus'' (de Joannis, 1927) *'' Calamotropha virginiae'' Bassi, 2014 *'' Chilo diffusilinea'' (de Joannis, 1927) *'' Chilo orichalcociliella'' (Strand, 1911) *''
Chilo partellus ''Chilo partellus'', the spotted stalk borer or spotted stem borer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1885. It is found in India, Pakistan, Iran, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, South Africa, Sudan, ...
'' (Swinhoe, 1885) *''
Chilo sacchariphagus ''Chilo sacchariphagus'', the spotted borer, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Wenceslas Bojer in 1856 and was originally found in South and South-East Asia, where there are three subspecies: * ''C. sacchariphagus saccharip ...
'' (Bojer, 1856) *'' Chilo williami'' (de Joannis, 1927) *'' Chrysocatharylla agraphellus'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Chrysocatharylla oenescentellus'' (Hampson, 1886) *'' Classeya bicuspidalis'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Cotachena smaragdina'' (Butler, 1875) *'' Crambus bellinii'' Bassi, 2014 *''
Culladia achroellum ''Culladia achroellum'' is a species of grass moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Africa from Sudan to South Africa and on the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~ ...
'' (Mabille, 1900) *'' Dejoannisia pallidella'' (de Joannis, 1927) *'' Epichilo obscurefasciellus'' (de Joannis, 1927) *'' Euchromius klimeschi'' Błeszyński, 1961 *'' Euchromius mythus'' Błeszyński, 1970 *'' Euclasta varii'' Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973 *''
Ischnurges lancinalis ''Stenochora'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Stenochora lancinalis'', the lanced pearl, which is found in southern and south-eastern Africa and the African islands of the Indian Ocean. The range incl ...
'' (Guenée, 1854) *'' Nomophila noctuella'' ( enis & Schiffermüller 1775) *'' Orphanostigma excisa'' (Martin, 1956) *'' Parapoynx stagnalis'' (Zeller, 1852) *'' Parotis invernalis'' (de Joannis, 1927) *''
Pediasia ematheudellus ''Pediasia ematheudellus'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Joseph de Joannis in 1927. It is found in Mozambique and Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblika ...
'' (de Joannis, 1927) *'' Pediasia nephelostictus'' (de Joannis, 1927) *'' Prochoristis calamochroa'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prochoristis lophopedalis'' (de Joannis, 1927) *'' Scirpophaga marginepunctellus'' (de Joannis, 1927) *''
Spoladea recurvalis ''Spoladea recurvalis'', the beet webworm moth or Hawaiian beet webworm moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found worldwide, but mainly in the tropics. The wingspan is 22–24 mm. The moth flies from May to September ...
'' (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Surattha africalis'' Hampson, 1919


Elachistidae

*''
Cryphioxena haplomorpha ''Cryphioxena'' is a genus of moths in subfamily Elachistinae that was described in 1921 by Edward Meyrick. Although it is generally considered part of family Elachistidae, subfamily Elachistinae, some authors place the genus in family Bucculatr ...
'' Meyrick, 1921 *'' Ethmia sabiella'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *'' Orophia hadromacha'' (Meyrick, 1937) *'' Orophia languidula'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Trachydora scandalotis'' Meyrick, 1921


Eriocottidae

*'' Compsoctena rudis'' (Meyrick, 1921)


Eupterotidae

*''
Hemijana variegata ''Hemijana variegata'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1917. It is found in Mozambique. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other ...
'' 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 roseata'' Rothschild, 1917 *'' Janomima mariana'' (White, 1843) *'' Stenoglene hilaris'' Felder, 1874 *'' Stenoglene obtusus'' (Walker, 1864) *'' Stenoglene roseus'' (Druce, 1886) *'' Striphnopteryx edulis'' (Boisduval, 1847)


Gelechiidae

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Anarsia agricola ''Anarsia agricola'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1891. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Gambia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The larvae feed ...
'' Walsingham, 1891 *'' Anarsia citromitra'' Meyrick, 1921 *'' Anarsia eriozona'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Anarsia semnopa'' Meyrick, 1921 *'' Apotactis drimylota'' Meyrick, 1918 *'' Araeophylla spiladias'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Asapharcha crateropa'' Meyrick, 1930 *'' Brachmia craticula'' Meyrick, 1921 *'' Brachyacma palpigera'' (Walsingham, 1891) *'' Dicranucha legalis'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Excommatica compsotoma'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Gelechia lactiflora'' Meyrick, 1921 *'' Hedma microcasis'' (Meyrick, 1929) *'' Iochares straminis'' (Walsingham, 1881) *'' Neotelphusa melicentra'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Parallactis plaesiodes'' (Meyrick, 1920) *''
Pectinophora gossypiella The pink bollworm (''Pectinophora gossypiella''; es, lagarta rosada) is an insect known for being a pest in cotton farming. The adult is a small, thin, gray moth with fringed wings. The larva is a dull white caterpillar with eight pairs of legs w ...
'' (Saunders, 1844) *'' Scrobipalpa sibila'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Stomopteryx biangulata'' Meyrick, 1921 *'' Tricerophora commaculata'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Trichotaphe monococca'' Meyrick, 1921


Geometridae

*'' Acanthovalva bilineata'' (Warren, 1895) *'' Acanthovalva inconspicuaria'' (Hübner, 1819) *'' Biston exsilia'' Karisch, 2005 *'' Cartaletis libyssa'' (Hopffer, 1857) *'' Chiasmia alternata'' (Warren, 1899) *'' Chiasmia amarata'' (Guenée, 1858) *'' Chiasmia ammodes'' (Prout, 1922) *'' Chiasmia assimilis'' (Warren, 1899) *''
Chiasmia boarmioides ''Chiasmia'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. Species Species of this genus include: *'' Chiasmia abnormata'' (Prout, 1917) *'' Chiasmia abyssinica'' Krüger, 2001 *'' Chiasmia acutiapex' ...
'' Krüger, 2001 *''
Chiasmia brongusaria ''Chiasmia'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. Species Species of this genus include: *'' Chiasmia abnormata'' (Prout, 1917) *'' Chiasmia abyssinica'' Krüger, 2001 *'' Chiasmia acutiapex' ...
'' (Walker, 1860) *'' Chiasmia confuscata'' (Warren, 1899) *'' Chiasmia curvifascia'' (Warren, 1897) *'' Chiasmia deceptrix'' Krüger, 2001 *'' Chiasmia extrusilinea'' (Prout 1925) *'' Chiasmia feraliata'' (Guenée, 1858) *'' Chiasmia fuscataria'' (Möschler, 1887) *'' Chiasmia grisescens'' (Prout, 1916) *'' Chiasmia inconspicua'' (Warren, 1897) *'' Chiasmia inquinata'' Krüger, 2001 *'' Chiasmia kilimanjarensis'' (Holland, 1892) *'' Chiasmia majestica'' (Warren, 1901) *'' Chiasmia marmorata'' Warren, 1897 *'' Chiasmia maronga'' Krüger, 2001 *'' Chiasmia nana'' (Warren, 1898) *'' Chiasmia orientalis'' Krüger, 2001 *'' Chiasmia paucimacula'' Krüger, 2001 *'' Chiasmia rectistriaria'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) *'' Chiasmia rhabdophora'' (Holland, 1892) *'' Chiasmia separata'' (Druce, 1882) *'' Chiasmia simplicilinea'' (Warren, 1905) *'' Chiasmia sororcula'' (Warren, 1897) *'' Chiasmia streniata'' (Guenée, 1858) *'' Chiasmia subcurvaria'' (Mabille, 1897) *'' Chiasmia tecnium'' (Prout 1916) *'' Chiasmia threnopsis'' (D. S. Fletcher, 1963) *'' Chiasmia umbrata'' (Warren, 1897) *'' Chiasmia umbratilis'' (Butler, 1875) *'' Comibaena leucospilata'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Diptychis meraca'' Prout, 1928 *'' Heterorachis devocata'' (Walker, 1861) *'' Isturgia arizeloides'' Krüger, 2001 *'' Isturgia catalaunaria'' (Guenée, 1857) *'' Isturgia deerraria'' (Walker, 1861) *'' Isturgia exospilata'' (Walker, 1861) *'' Isturgia spissata'' (Walker, 1862) *'' Isturgia supergressa'' (Prout 1913) *'' Metallochlora dyscheres'' Prout, 1922 *'' Mixocera albistrigata'' (Pagenstecher, 1893) *'' Nassinia aurantiaca'' Prout, 1928 *'' Neromia rhodomadia'' Prout, 1922 *'' Nychiodes tyttha'' Prout, 1915 *'' Omizodes ocellata'' Warren, 1894 *'' Omizodes rubrifasciata'' (Butler, 1896) *'' Paragathia albimarginata'' Warren, 1902 *'' Plateoplia acrobelia'' Wallengren 1875 *'' Platypepla spurcata'' Warren 1897 *'' Racotis apodosima'' Prout, 1931 *'' Racotis squalida'' (Butler, 1878) *'' Rhodesia viridalbata'' Warren, 1905 *'' Rhodometra audeoudi'' Prout, 1928 *''
Rhodometra sacraria ''Rhodometra sacraria'', the vestal, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. Distribution It can be found throughout Europe, in the Near East, in No ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1767) *''
Traminda neptunaria ''Traminda'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Saalmüller in 1891. Species Some species of this genus are: *'' Traminda acuta'' (Warren, 1897) *''Traminda aequipuncta'' Herbulot, 1984 *'' Traminda atroviridaria'' (Mabil ...
'' (Guenée, 1858) *'' Xanthisthisa tergorinota'' Prout, 1928 *'' Xenimpia erosa'' Warren, 1895 *'' Zamarada adiposata'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *'' Zamarada bathyscaphes'' Prout, 1912 *'' Zamarada crystallophana'' Mabille, 1900 *'' Zamarada deceptrix'' Warren, 1914 *'' Zamarada delosis'' D. S. Fletcher, 1974 *'' Zamarada dentigera'' Warren, 1909 *''
Zamarada differens ''Zamarada differens'' is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Max Bastelberger in 1907. It is found in subtropical Africa and is known from the Central African Republic, Chad, the Comoros, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, ...
'' Bastelberger, 1907 *'' Zamarada erugata'' D. S. Fletcher, 1974 *'' Zamarada euerces'' Prout, 1928 *'' Zamarada flavicaput'' Warren, 1901 *'' Zamarada glareosa'' Bastelberger, 1909 *'' Zamarada ignicosta'' Prout, 1912 *'' Zamarada ilma'' Prout, 1922 *'' Zamarada inermis'' D. S. Fletcher, 1974 *'' Zamarada metrioscaphes'' Prout, 1912 *'' Zamarada phaeozona'' Hampson, 1909 *'' Zamarada plana'' Bastelberger, 1909 *'' Zamarada psammites'' D. S. Fletcher, 1958 *'' Zamarada psectra'' D. S. Fletcher, 1974 *'' Zamarada pulverosa'' Warren, 1895 *'' Zamarada purimargo'' Prout, 1912 *'' Zamarada rufilinearia'' Swinhoe, 1904 *'' Zamarada scintillans'' Bastelberger, 1909 *'' Zamarada seydeli'' D. S. Fletcher, 1974 *'' Zamarada transvisaria'' (Guenée, 1858) *'' Zamarada varii'' D. S. Fletcher, 1974 *'' Zamarada vulpina'' Warren, 1897


Gracillariidae

*'' Aristaea bathracma'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Epicephala haplodoxa'' Vári, 1961 *'' Pareclectis mimetis'' Vári, 1961 *''
Phyllocnistis citrella The citrus leafminer (''Phyllocnistis citrella'') is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is also known as CLM in agriculture. It was first found in Florida in 1993, but is now found all over the world, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, ...
'' Stainton, 1856 *'' Stomphastis conflua'' (Meyrick, 1914) *'' Stomphastis thraustica'' (Meyrick, 1908)


Hepialidae

*'' Gorgopis libania'' (Stoll, 1781)


Lacturidae

*'' Gymnogramma flavivitella'' (Walsingham, 1881)


Lasiocampidae

*'' Anadiasa affinis'' Aurivillius, 1911 *'' Anadiasa schoenheiti'' (Wichgraf, 1922) *'' Anadiasa swierstrai'' Aurivillius, 1922 *'' Braura truncatum'' (Walker, 1855) *'' Cleopatrina phocea'' (Druce, 1887) *'' Dinometa maputuana'' (Wichgraf, 1906) *'' Eucraera gemmata'' (Distant, 1897) *'' Eucraera koellikerii'' (Dewitz, 1881) *'' Eucraera salammbo'' (Vuillot, 1892) *'' Eutricha morosa'' (Walker, 1865) *'' Gonometa postica'' Walker, 1855 *'' Gonometa robusta'' (Aurivillius, 1909) *'' Grammodora nigrolineata'' (Aurivillius, 1895) *'' Laeliopsis punctuligera'' Aurivillius, 1911 *'' Pallastica pallens'' (Bethune-Baker, 1908) *'' Philotherma rosa'' (Druce, 1887) *'' Sophyrita argibasis'' (Mabille, 1893) *'' Stenophatna cymographa'' (Hampson, 1910) *'' Stenophatna hollandi'' (Tams, 1929) *'' Streblote polydora'' (Druce, 1887) *'' Trichopisthia monteiroi'' (Druce, 1887)


Lecithoceridae

*'' Odites cuculans'' Meyrick, 1918 *'' Odites incolumis'' Meyrick, 1918 *'' Odites sucinea'' Meyrick, 1915


Limacodidae

250px, ''Chrysopoloma isabellina'' *'' Chrysopoloma isabellina'' Aurivillius, 1895 *'' Chrysopoloma rosea'' Druce, 1886 *'' Crothaema sericea'' Butler, 1880 *'' Halseyia rectifascia'' (Hering, 1937) *'' Latoia vivida'' (Walker, 1865) *'' Latoia viridifascia'' Holland, 1893 *'' Micraphe lateritia'' Karsch, 1896 *'' Miresa habenichti'' Wichgraf, 1913 *'' Omocenoides isophanes'' Janse, 1964 *'' Scotinochroa inconsequens'' Butler, 1897 *'' Scotinochroa rufescens'' Janse, 1964 *'' Taeda gemmans'' (Felder, 1874) *'' Thosea rufimacula'' Joicey & Talbot, 1921 *'' Trogocrada deleter'' Tams, 1953 *'' Zinara discophora'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Zinara nervosa'' Walker, 1869


Lymantriidae

*'' Aclonophlebia rhodea'' Hampson, 1905 *'' Aroa discalis'' Walker, 1855 *'' Cimola opalina'' Walker, 1855 *'' Crorema fulvinotata'' (Butler, 1893) *'' Dasychira cangia'' Druce, 1887 *'' Euproctis dewitzi'' (Grünberg, 1907) *'' Euproctis pallida'' (Kirby, 1896) *'' Euproctis punctifera'' (Walker, 1855) *'' Griveaudyria cangia'' (Druce, 1887) *'' Homochira poecilosticta'' Collenette, 1938 *'' Lacipa gracilis'' Hopffer, 1857 *''
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) *'' Palasea albimacula'' Wallengren, 1863 *'' Pteredoa subapicalis'' Hering, 1926


Lyonetiidae

*''
Cycloponympha hermione ''Cycloponympha hermione'' is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Xinavane, Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a count ...
'' Meyrick, 1921


Noctuidae

*'' Achaea echo'' (Walker, 1858) *''
Achaea finita ''Achaea finita'', the finite achaea, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Réunion, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Z ...
'' (Guenée, 1852) *'' Achaea lienardi'' (Boisduval, 1833) *'' Achaea mercatoria'' (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Achaea praestans'' (Guenée, 1852) *''
Acontia caffraria ''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 ...
'' (Cramer, 1777) *''
Acontia discoidea ''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 ...
'' Hopffer, 1857 *''
Acontia guttifera ''Acontia guttifera'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Africa, where it is known from Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a l ...
'' Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 *'' Acontia hampsoni'' Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008 *''
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 natalis'' (Guenée, 1852) *''
Acontia niphogona ''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 ...
'' (Hampson, 1909) *''
Acontia psaliphora ''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 ...
'' (Hampson, 1910) *'' Acontia trimaculata'' Aurivillius, 1879 *'' Aegocera rectilinea'' Boisduval, 1836 *'' Amazonides tabida'' (Guenée, 1852) *'' Anomis polymorpha'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Antiophlebia bracteata'' Felder, 1874 *''
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) *'' Athetis satellitia'' (Hampson, 1902) *'' Attatha ethiopica'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Brephos decora'' (Linnaeus, 1764) *'' Brevipecten cornuta'' Hampson, 1902 *'' Brevipecten wolframmeyi'' Hacker & Fibiger, 2007 *''
Busseola fusca ''Busseola fusca'' is a species of moth that is also known as the maize stalk borer. It is known from Ethiopia. The wingspan is 35–40 mm. Adults are pale brown. The caterpillars are light or dark violet to pinkish white and about 1 to 2  ...
'' (Fuller, 1901) *'' Calliodes pretiosissima'' Holland, 1892 *''Cerocala vermiculosa'' Herrich-Schäffer, [1858] *''Chrysodeixis chalcites'' (Esper, 1789) *''Cometaster pyrula'' (Hopffer, 1857) *''Compsotata elegantissima'' (Guenée, 1852) *''Cuneisigna obstans'' (Walker, 1858) *''Cyligramma latona'' (Cramer, 1775) *''Cyligramma limacina'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) *''Deinopa flavida'' Hampson, 1926 *''Diaphone eumela'' (Stoll, 1781) *''Diaphone mossambicensis'' Hopffer, 1862 *''Diparopsis castanea'' Hampson, 1902 *''Dysgonia algira'' Linnaeus, 1767 *''Dysgonia albilinea'' (Hampson, 1918) *''Dysgonia torrida'' (Guenée, 1852) *''Egybolis vaillantina'' (Stoll, 1790) *''Entomogramma pardus'' Guenée, 1852 *''Episparis leucotessellis'' Hampson, 1902 *''Erebus macrops'' (Linnaeus, 1767) *''Erebus walkeri'' (Butler, 1875) *''Ethiopica cupricolor'' (Hampson, 1902) *''Eublemma anachoresis'' (Wallengren, 1863) *''Eulocastra poliogramma'' Hampson, 1918 *''Eutelia callichroma'' (Distant, 1901) *''Eutelia vulgaris'' Mabille, 1900 *''Feliniopsis africana'' (Schaus & Clements, 1893) *''Gesonia stictigramma'' Hampson, 1926 *''Grammodes exclusiva'' Pagenstecher, 1907 *''Grammodes stolida'' (Fabricius, 1775) *''Helicoverpa armigera'' (Hübner, 1808) *''Heliophisma xanthoptera'' (Hampson, 1910) *''Heraclia mozambica'' (Mabille, 1890) *''Heraclia pentelia'' (Druce, 1887) *''Heraclia perdix'' (Druce, 1887) *''Heraclia superba'' (Butler, 1875) *''Hespagarista echione'' (Boisduval, 1847) *''Hydrillodes uliginosalis'' Guenée, 1854 *''Hypopyra capensis'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 *''Leucovis alba'' (Rothschild, 1897) *''Marcipa mediana'' Hampson, 1926 *''Marcipa phaeodonta'' Hampson, 1926 *''Maxera brachypecten'' Hampson, 1926 *''Mecodina rufipalpis'' Hampson, 1926 *''Mentaxya ignicollis'' (Walker, 1857) *''Mesogenea costimacula'' Hampson, 1926 *''Miniodes discolor'' Guenée, 1852 *''Mocis mayeri'' (Boisduval, 1833) *''Mocis mutuaria'' (Walker, 1858) *''Mocis undata'' (Fabricius, 1775) *''Mythimna umbrigera'' (Saalmüller, 1891) *''Oedebasis ovipennis'' Hampson, 1902 *''Ophiusa hypoxantha'' (Hampson, 1918) *''Ophiusa legendrei'' Viette, 1967 *''Ophiusa tettensis'' (Hopffer, 1857) *''Ozarba cryptochrysea'' (Hampson, 1902) *''Ozarba fasciata'' (Wallengren, 1860) *''Pangrapta melacleptra'' Hampson, 1926 *''Paralephana argyresthia'' Hampson, 1926 *''Plecopterodes moderata'' (Wallengren, 1860) *''Proschaliphora albida'' Hampson, 1909 *''Pseudogyrtona nigrivitta'' Hampson, 1926 *''Sergiusia pentelia'' (Druce, 1887) *''Sesamia calamistis'' Hampson, 1910 *''Sphingomorpha chlorea'' (Cramer, 1777) *''Sommeria culta'' Hübner, 1831 *''Syngatha semipurpurea'' Hampson, 1918 *''Tavia latebra'' Hampson, 1926 *''Tephrialia vausema'' Hampson, 1926 *''Trigonodes hyppasia'' (Cramer, 1779) *''Tycomarptes inferior'' (Guenée, 1852) *''Zekelita angularis'' (Mabille, 1880)


Nolidae

*''Acaenica diaperas'' Hampson, 1918 *''Blenina quadripuncta'' Hampson, 1902 *''Bryothripa miophaea'' Hampson, 1912 *''Chlorozada metaleuca'' (Hampson, 1905) *''Earias biplaga'' Walker, 1866 *''Earias insulana'' (Boisduval, 1833) *''Megathripa rufimedia'' (Hampson, 1905) *''Nola quilimanensis'' Strand, 1920 *''Nola socotrensis'' (Hampson, 1901) *''Nola taeniata'' Snellen, 1874 *''Odontestis fuscicona'' (Hampson, 1910) *''Paranola bipartita'' van Son, 1933 *''Paranola nigristriga'' van Son, 1933


Notodontidae

*''Amyops ingens'' Karsch, 1895 *''Antheua simplex'' Walker, 1855 *''Atrasana nigrosignata'' Kiriakoff, 1975 *''Bisolita rubrifascia'' (Hampson, 1910) *''Deinarchia agramma'' (Hampson, 1910) *''Desmeocraera moza'' Kiriakoff, 1962 *''Eurystauridia iphis'' Kiriakoff, 1968 *''Fentonina exacta'' Kiriakoff, 1962 *''Odontoperas heterogyna'' (Hampson, 1910) *''Phalera atrata'' (Grünberg, 1907) *''Pinheyia lymantrioides'' Kiriakoff, 1971 *''Psalisodes dimorpha'' Kiriakoff, 1968 *''Scrancia pinheyi'' Kiriakoff, 1965 *''Ulinodes costalis'' Kiriakoff, 1968


Oecophoridae

*''Isocrita phlyctidopa'' Meyrick, 1921 *''Lasiomactra acharista'' Meyrick, 1921 *''Oedematopoda princeps'' (Zeller, 1852) *''Orygocera recordata'' Meyrick, 1921 *''Porthmologa deltophanes'' Meyrick, 1918 *''Stathmopoda aegotricha'' Meyrick, 1921 *''Stathmopoda teleozona'' Meyrick, 1921


Psychidae

*''Acanthopsyche emiliae'' (Heylaerts, 1890) *''Albidopsis major'' (Heylaerts, 1890) *''Barbaroscardia fasciata'' Walsingham, 1891 *''Diaphanopsyche rogenhoferi'' (Heylaerts, 1890) *''Eumeta cervina'' Druce, 1887 *''Eumeta hardenbergeri'' Bourgogne, 1955 *''Gymnelema rougemontii'' Heylaerts, 1891 *''Melasina hippias'' Meyrick, 1921 *''Psyche trimeni'' Heylaerts, 1891 *''Typhonia linodyta'' (Meyrick, 1921)


Pterophoridae

*''Adaina propria'' Meyrick, 1921 *''Pselnophorus pachyceros'' Meyrick, 1921 *''Pterophorus albidus'' (Zeller, 1852)


Pyralidae

*''Aglossa suppunctalis'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Ancylosis platynephes'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Anobostra punctilimbalis'' (Ragonot, 1891) *''Audeoudia grisella'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Bostra fumosa'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Eldana saccharina'' Walker, 1865 *''Emmalocera unitella'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Epicrocis nigrilinea'' (de Joannis, 1927) *''Epicrocis striaticosta'' (de Joannis, 1927) *''Epicrocis vicinella'' (de Joannis, 1927) *''Epilepia melapastalis'' (Hampson, 1906) *''Episindris albimaculalis'' Ragonot, 1891 *''Eucarphia hemityrella'' (de Joannis, 1927) *''Eulophota bipars'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Eulophota floridella'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Eulophota pretoriella'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Eulophota simplex'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Euzophera hemileuca'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Euzophera specula'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Faveria albilinea'' (de Joannis, 1927) *''Herculia cineralis'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Hypargyria impecuniosa'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Hypsotropa makulanella'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Joannisia hypolepias'' (de Joannis, 1927) *''Laetilia hebraica'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Laodamia polygraphella'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Nephopterix cometella'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Oncocera bibasella'' (de Joannis, 1927) *''Oncocera floridana'' (de Joannis, 1927) *''Oncocera leucosticta'' (de Joannis, 1927) *''Orthaga umbrimargo'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Ortholepis cretaciella'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Paralaodamia scalaris'' (de Joannis, 1927) *''Pempelia apicella'' (de Joannis, 1927) *''Pempelia morosalis'' (Saalmüller, 1880) *''Phycita venalbella'' (de Joannis, 1927) *''Pima difficilis'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Pima flavidorsella'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Pretoria audeoudi'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Prophtasia rosa'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Rhinaphe scripta'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Saluria nimbelloides'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Spatulipalpia monstrosa'' Balinsky, 1994 *''Stemmatophora bicincta'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Tegulifera audeoudi'' de Joannis, 1927 *''Trachylepidia fructicassiella'' Ragonot, 1887


Saturniidae

file:Lunar Prince (Campimoptilum kuntzei) (14015129611).jpg, 250px, ''Campimoptilum kuntzei'' *''Adafroptilum austriorientale'' Darge, 2008 *''Adafroptilum incana'' (Sonthonnax, 1899) *''Antistathmoptera daltonae'' Tams, 1935 *''Antistathmoptera rectangulata'' Pinhey, 1968 *''Argema mimosae'' (Boisduval, 1847) *''Aurivillius arata'' (Westwood, 1849) *''Bunaea alcinoe'' (Stoll, 1780) *''Bunaeopsis hersilia'' (Westwood, 1849) *''Bunaeopsis oubie'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) *''Campimoptilum kuntzei'' (Dewitz, 1881) *''Cinabra hyperbius'' (Westwood, 1881) *''Cirina forda'' (Westwood, 1849) *''Epiphora mythimnia'' (Westwood, 1849) *''Gonimbrasia affinis'' (Bouvier, 1926) *''Gonimbrasia belina'' (Westwood, 1849) *''Gonimbrasia wahlbergii'' (Boisduval, 1847) *''Gonimbrasia zambesina'' (Walker, 1865) *''Gynanisa maja'' (Klug, 1836) *''Holocerina angulata'' (Aurivillius, 1893) *''Holocerina smilax'' (Westwood, 1849) *''Imbrasia ertli'' Rebel, 1904 *''Lobobunaea angasana'' (Westwood, 1849) *''Ludia delegorguei'' (Boisduval, 1847) *''Ludia goniata'' Rothschild, 1907 *''Melanocera menippe'' (Westwood, 1849) *''Micragone cana'' (Aurivillius, 1893) *''Micragone nubifera'' Bouvier, 1936 *''Pselaphelia flavivitta'' (Walker, 1862) *''Pseudaphelia apollinaris'' (Boisduval, 1847) *''Pseudimbrasia deyrollei'' (J. Thomson, 1858) *''Pseudobunaea irius'' (Fabricius, 1793) *''Pseudobunaea tyrrhena'' (Westwood, 1849) *''Usta terpsichore'' (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)


Sesiidae

*''Chamanthedon amorpha'' Hampson, 1919 *''Chamanthedon critheis'' (Druce, 1899) *''Chamanthedon elymais'' (Druce, 1899) *''Chamanthedon tiresa'' (Druce, 1899) *''Episannina melanochalcia'' Le Cerf, 1917 *''Melittia boulleti'' Le Cerf, 1917 *''Melittia endoxantha'' Hampson, 1919 *''Melittia natalensis'' Butler, 1874 *''Paranthrene cuprescens'' Hampson, 1919 *''Sura pyrocera'' Hampson, 1919 *''Synanthedon vassei'' (Le Cerf, 1917) *''Tipulamima sophax'' (Druce, 1899) *''Vespanthedon cerceris'' Le Cerf, 1917


Sphingidae

*''Acherontia atropos'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Agrius convolvuli'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Afroclanis calcareus'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1907) *''Basiothia medea'' (Fabricius, 1781) *''Centroctena imitans'' (Butler, 1882) *''Coelonia fulvinotata'' (Butler, 1875) *''Euchloron megaera'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Falcatula falcata'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) *''Hippotion balsaminae'' (Walker, 1856) *''Hippotion celerio'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Hippotion osiris'' (Dalman, 1823) *''Hippotion rosae'' (Butler, 1882) *''Hippotion roseipennis'' (Butler, 1882) *''Likoma crenata'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1907 *''Macroglossum trochilus'' (Hübner, 1823) *''Nephele accentifera'' (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821) *''Nephele argentifera'' (Walker, 1856) *''Nephele bipartita'' Butler, 1878 *''Nephele comma'' Hopffer, 1857 *''Nephele peneus'' (Cramer, 1776) *''Nephele rosae'' Butler, 1875 *''Odontosida magnificum'' (Rothschild, 1894) *''Oligographa juniperi'' (Boisduval, 1847) *''Phylloxiphia metria'' (Jordan, 1920) *''Platysphinx piabilis'' (Distant, 1897) *''Polyptychus baxteri'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1908 *''Sphingonaepiopsis nana'' (Walker, 1856) *''Temnora marginata'' (Walker, 1856) *''Temnora zantus'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) *''Theretra capensis'' (Linnaeus, 1764) *''Theretra monteironis'' (Butler, 1882)


Thyrididae

*''Arniocera auriguttata'' Hopffer, 1857 *''Arniocera erythropyga'' (Wallengren, 1860) *''Banisia joccatia'' (Whalley, 1971) *''Banisia myrsusalis'' (Walker, 1859) *''Cecidothyris pexa'' (Hampson, 1906) *''Chrysotypus splendida'' (Warren, 1899) *''Dysodia constellata'' Warren, 1908 *''Dysodia intermedia'' (Walker, 1865) *''Dysodia vitrina'' (Boisduval, 1829) *''Epaena candida'' Whalley, 1971 *''Gnathodes helvella'' Whalley, 1971 *''Hapana minima'' Whalley, 1971 *''Hapana verticalis'' (Warren, 1899) *''Kalenga ansorgei'' (Warren, 1899) *''Kalenga culanota'' Whalley, 1971 *''Kuja squamigera'' (Pagenstecher, 1892) *''Marmax smaragdina'' (Butler, 1888) *''Netrocera jordani'' Joicey & Talbot, 1921 *''Rhodoneura flavicilia'' Hampson, 1906 *''Rhodoneura roseola'' Whalley, 1971 *''Rhodoneura sordidula'' (Plötz, 1880)


Tineidae

*''Acridotarsa melipecta'' (Meyrick, 1915) *''Ateliotum crymodes'' (Meyrick, 1908) *''Ceratophaga vastellus'' (Zeller, 1852) *''Crypsithyris insolita'' Meyrick, 1918 *''Drosica abjectella'' Walker, 1963 *''Ellochotis ectocharis'' Gozmány, 1976 *''Ellochotis lyncodes'' (Meyrick, 1921) *''Enargocrasis galactopis'' (Meyrick, 1921) *''Lysitona euryacta'' Meyrick, 1918 *''Machaeropteris eribapta'' Meyrick, 1915 *''Monopis megalodelta'' Meyrick, 1908 *''Opogona amphichorda'' Meyrick, 1921 *''Oxymachaeris euryzancla'' Meyrick, 1918 *''Perissomastix montis'' Gozmány, 1968 *''Perissomastix pyroxantha'' (Meyrick, 1914) *''Pitharcha atrisecta'' (Meyrick, 1918) *''Scalmatica myelodes'' (Meyrick, 1921) *''Scalmatica phaulocentra'' (Meyrick, 1921) *''Sphallestasis mahunkai'' Gozmány, 1976


Tortricidae

*''Afroploce karsholti'' Aarvik, 2004 *''Ancylis impatiens'' (Meyrick, 1921) *''Bactra triceps'' Diakonoff, 1963 *''Choristoneura heliaspis'' (Meyrick, 1909) *''Coniostola calculosa'' (Meyrick, 1913) *''Coniostola lobostola'' (Meyrick, 1918) *''Crocidosema leptozona'' (Meyrick, 1921) *''Cydia trigonoptila'' (Meyrick, 1921) *''Eccopsis affluens'' (Meyrick, 1921) *''Eccopsis wahlbergiana'' Zeller, 1852 *''Eucosma haematospila'' Meyrick, 1921 *''Fulcrifera aphrospila'' (Meyrick, 1921) *''Geita micrograpta'' (Meyrick, 1921) *''Lobesia deltophora'' (Meyrick, 1921) *''Metendothenia balanacma'' (Meyrick, 1914) *''Olethreutes lutipennis'' (Meyrick, 1921) *''Olethreutes niphadastra'' (Meyrick, 1921) *''Paraeccopsis insellata'' (Meyrick, 1920) *''Paraeccopsis phoeniodes'' (Meyrick, 1921)


Uraniidae

*''Epiplema anomala'' Janse, 1932


Xyloryctidae

*''Scythris clemens'' Meyrick, 1921 *''Scythris concurrens'' Meyrick, 1921


Yponomeutidae

*''Amalthina lacteata'' Meyrick, 1914 *''Teinoptila puncticornis'' (Walsingham, 1891) *''Yponomeuta strigillatus'' Zeller, 1852


Zygaenidae

*''Astyloneura meridionalis'' (Hampson, 1920) *''Epiorna ochreipennis'' (Butler, 1874) *''Tasema fulvithorax'' Hampson, 1920


References


Bassi & Trematerra, 2014. The Crambinae from Ethiopia and Mozambique collected by the University of Molise expeditions in 2008 and 2009 (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae, Crambinae). Entomologia 2014; 2:160


External links

* {{Africa in topic, List of moths of Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa, *Moths Lists of biota of Mozambique, Moths Lists of moths by country, Mozambique Lepidoptera of Mozambique,