Moths of Burkina Faso represent about 68 known moth species. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera. 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

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...

Arctiidae

*'' Amerila niveivitrea'' (Bartel, 1903) *'' Creatonotos leucanioides'' Holland, 1893 *'' Cyana klausruedigerbecki'' Karisch, 2005

Lasiocampidae

*'' Euphorea ondulosa'' (Conte, 1909) *'' Morongea elfiora'' Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 *'' Odontocheilopteryx haribda'' Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009 *'' Odontocheilopteryx maculata'' Aurivillius, 1905 *'' Odontocheilopteryx pattersoni'' Tams, 1926 *'' Opisthodontia afroio'' Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 *'' Opisthodontia sidha'' Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 *'' Stenophatna hollandi'' (Tams, 1929) *'' Theophasida cardinalli'' (Tams, 1926)

Lymantriidae

*'' Otroeda hesperia'' (Cramer, 1779)

Metarbelidae

*''

Moyencharia herhausi ''Moyencharia herhausi'' is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in south-western Burkina Faso and probably south-eastern Mali. The habitat consists of a mosaic of wooded farmland and Sudanian woodland with pockets of dry and riparian forest ...

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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)

Noctuidae

*'' Abrostola confusa'' Dufay, 1958 *'' Achaea mercatoria'' (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Acontia esperiana'' Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 *'' Acontia insocia'' (Walker, 1857) *'' Acontia nigrimacula'' Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008 *'' Acontia wahlbergi'' Wallengren, 1856 *'' Argyrogramma signata'' (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Aspidifrontia hemileuca'' (Hampson, 1909) *'' Aspidifrontia villiersi'' (Laporte, 1972) *'' Attatha metaleuca'' Hampson, 1913 *''

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 *'' Brevipecten confluens'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Brevipecten politzari'' Hacker & Fibiger, 2007 *'' Cerocala albicornis'' Berio, 1966 *'' Cerocala caelata'' Karsch, 1896 *'' Chasmina vestae'' (Guenée, 1852) *'' Chrysodeixis acuta'' (Walker,

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*'' Chrysodeixis chalcites'' (Esper, 1789) *'' Crypsotidia maculifera'' (Staudinger, 1898) *'' Crypsotidia mesosema'' Hampson, 1913 *'' Diparopsis watersi'' (Rothschild, 1901) *'' Eublemma ragusana'' (Freyer, 1844) *'' Eublemma tytrocoides'' Hacker & Hausmann, 2010 *'' Eutelia polychorda'' Hampson, 1902 *'' Grammodes congenita'' Walker, 1858 *'' Hypotacha ochribasalis'' (Hampson, 1896) *'' Marathyssa cuneata'' (Saalmüller, 1891) *'' Masalia nubila'' (Hampson, 1903) *'' Parachalciope benitensis'' (Holland, 1894) *'' Polytela cliens'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) *'' Polytelodes florifera'' (Walker, 1858) *'' Rhabdophera arefacta'' (Swinhoe, 1884) *'' Rhabdophera clathrum'' (Guenée, 1852) *'' Rhabdophera hansali'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) *'' Saalmuellerana media'' (Walker, 1857) *'' Tachosa fumata'' (Wallengren, 1860) *'' Thiacidas meii'' Hacker & Zilli, 2007 *'' Thiacidas mukim'' (Berio, 1977) *'' Thiacidas politzari'' Hacker & Zilli, 2010 *'' Thiacidas stassarti'' Hacker & Zilli, 2007 *'' Ulotrichopus tinctipennis'' (Hampson, 1902)

Nolidae

*'' Xanthodes brunnescens'' (Pinhey, 1968)

Pyralidae

*'' Lepipaschia limbata'' Shaffer & Solis, 1994

Saturniidae

*'' Gynanisa jama'' Rebel, 1915 *'' Holocerina angulata'' (Aurivillius, 1893) *'' Holocerina istsariensis'' Stoneham, 1962 *'' Micragone rougeriei'' Bouyer, 2008 *'' Usta terpsichore'' (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)