Location of Botswana

Botswana moths represent about 115 known moth species. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Botswana.

Arctiidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Geometridae

  • Chiasmia diarmodia (Prout, 1925)
  • Chiasmia punctilinea (Prout, 1917)
  • Drepanogynis cambogiaria (Guenée, 1858)
  • Drepanogynis tripartita (Warren, 1898)
  • Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)
  • Melinoessa aemonia (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • Rhodophthitus atacta Prout, 1922
  • Zamarada ascaphes Prout, 1925
  • Zamarada deceptrix Warren, 1914
  • Zamarada ilma Prout, 1922
  • Zamarada pulverosa Warren, 1895
  • Zeuctoboarmia sabinei (Prout, 1915)

Gracillariidae

Lasiocampidae

  • Pachytrina verba Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009

Limacodidae

  • Crothaema sericea Butler, 1880

Lymantriidae

  • Rhypopteryx lugardi (Swinhoe, 1903)

Metarbelidae

Noctuidae

  • Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
  • Acontia antica Walker, 1862
  • Acontia aurelia Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Acontia bechuana Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
  • Acontia chrysoproctis (Hampson, 1902)
  • Acontia conifrons (Aurivillius, 1879)
  • Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857
  • Acontia dispar (Walker, [1858])
  • Acontia dorothea Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Acontia gratiosa Wallengren, 1856
  • Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)
  • Acontia melaphora (Hampson, 1910)
  • Acontia natalis (Guenée, 1852)
  • Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898)
  • Acontia simo Wallengren, 1860
  • Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
  • Acontia trimaculata Aurivillius, 1879
  • Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
  • Adisura straminea Hampson, 1902
  • Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Anedhella rectiradiata (Hampson, 1902)
  • Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
  • Athetis albirena (Hampson, 1902)
  • Athetis melanephra Hampson, 1909
  • Athetis singula (Möschler, 1883)
  • Audea humeralis Hampson, 1902
  • Audea melanoplaga Hampson, 1902
  • Autoba admota (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Brevipecten wolframmeyi Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
  • Catamecia connectens (Hampson, 1902)
  • Cerocala vermiculosa Herrich-Schäffer, [1858]
  • Chalciope delta (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
  • Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910
  • Ctenusa pallida (Hampson, 1902)
  • Ctenusa varians (Wallengren, 1863)
  • Cyclopera bucephalidia (Hampson, 1902)
  • Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
  • Eublemma rivula (Moore, 1882)
  • Euphiusa harmonica (Hampson, 1902)
  • Eutelia polychorda Hampson, 1902
  • Feliniopsis hosplitoides (Laporte, 1979)
  • Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865)
  • Hypopyra carneotincta (Hampson, 1913)
  • Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
  • Masalia leucosticta (Hampson, 1902)
  • Namangana adela (Hampson, 1902)
  • Ozarba consanguis (Hampson, 1902)
  • Ozarba subterminalis Hampson, 1910
  • Paracroria griseotincta (Hampson, 1902)
  • Pericyma atrifusa (Hampson, 1902)
  • Plecopterodes moderata (Wallengren, 1860)
  • Thiacidas duplicata (Grünberg, 1910)
  • Thiacidas fasciata (Fawcett, 1917)
  • Ulotrichopus primulina (Hampson, 1902)
  • Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)

Nolidae

  • Arcyophora longivalvis Guenée, 1852
  • Arcyophora stalii (Wallengren, 1863)
  • Blenina squamifera (Wallengren, 1860)
  • Negeta luminosa (Walker, 1858)
  • Risoba diplogramma Hampson, 1912

Notodontidae

  • Antheua aurifodinae (Distant, 1902)

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Saturniidae

Sesiidae

Sphingidae

Thyrididae

Tineidae

  • Ceratophaga tragoptila (Meyrick, 1917)
  • Monopis lamprostola Meyrick, 1918

Tortricidae

  • Paraeccopsis insellata (Meyrick, 1920)

Xyloryctidae

  • Scythris pangalactis Meyrick, 1933

References

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