Location of Zambia

The moths of Zambia represent about 465 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 Zambia.

Arctiidae

Brahmaeidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Drepanidae

Eupterotidae

Gelechiidae

Geometridae

  • Cacostegania australis Warren, 1901
  • Cacostegania confusa (Warren, 1901)
  • Chiasmia ammodes (Prout, 1922)
  • Chiasmia crassata (Warren, 1897)
  • Chiasmia curvifascia (Warren, 1897)
  • Chiasmia kilimanjarensis (Holland, 1892)
  • Chiasmia procidata (Guenée, 1858)
  • Chlorissa albistrigulata (Warren, 1897)
  • Chrysocraspeda apseogramma (Prout, 1932)
  • Chrysocraspeda dollmani (Prout, 1932)
  • Chrysocraspeda subminiosa (Prout, 1932)
  • Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967
  • Collesis mimica Warren, 1897
  • Cyclophora inaequalis (Warren, 1902)
  • Discomiosis crescentifera (Warren, 1902)
  • Epigynopteryx flavedinaria (Guenée, 1857)
  • Erastria leucicolor (Butler, 1875)
  • Erastria madecassaria (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Idaea auriflua (Warren, 1902)
  • Oaracta maculata (Warren, 1897)
  • Omizodes rubrifasciata (Butler, 1896)
  • Omphalucha brunnea (Warren, 1899)
  • Orbamia octomaculata (Wallengren, 1872)
  • Orbamia subaurata (Warren, 1899)
  • Scopula argentidisca (Warren, 1902)
  • Scopula concurrens (Warren, 1897)
  • Scopula curvimargo (Warren, 1900)
  • Scopula natalica (Butler, 1875)
  • Syncollesis tiviae Prout, 1934
  • Traminda neptunaria (Guenée, 1858)
  • Zamarada acosmeta Prout, 1921
  • Zamarada aequilumata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada arguta D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada bathyscaphes Prout, 1912
  • Zamarada crystallophana Mabille, 1900
  • Zamarada deceptrix Warren, 1914
  • Zamarada denticatella Prout, 1922
  • Zamarada differens Bastelberger, 1907
  • Zamarada dorsiplaga Prout, 1922
  • Zamarada excavata Bethune-Baker, 1913
  • Zamarada flavicaput Warren, 1901
  • Zamarada gamma D. S. Fletcher, 1958
  • Zamarada glareosa Bastelberger, 1909
  • Zamarada gracilata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada ignicosta Prout, 1912
  • Zamarada janata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada labifera Prout, 1915
  • Zamarada metrioscaphes Prout, 1912
  • Zamarada plana Bastelberger, 1909
  • Zamarada polyctemon Prout, 1932
  • Zamarada psi D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada purimargo Prout, 1912
  • Zamarada rubrifascia Pinhey, 1962
  • Zamarada rufilinearia Swinhoe, 1904
  • Zamarada scintillans Bastelberger, 1909
  • Zamarada seydeli D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada unisona D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada varii D. S. Fletcher, 1974

Gracillariidae

Himantopteridae

Lasiocampidae

  • Bombycopsis venosa (Butler, 1895)
  • Catalebeda jamesoni (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
  • Chrysopsyche pyriphlecta Tams, 1930
  • Chrysopsyche pyrodes Tams, 1931
  • Dollmania plinthochroa Tams, 1930
  • Epitrabala nyassana (Aurivillius, 1909)
  • Eutricha morosa (Walker, 1865)
  • Euwallengrenia reducta (Walker, 1855)
  • Filiola lanceolata (Hering, 1932)
  • Gonometa griseocincta Hampson, 1910
  • Grammodora nigrolineata (Aurivillius, 1895)
  • Grellada marshalli (Aurivillius, 1902)
  • Mallocampa cornutiventris Tams, 1929
  • Mallocampa dollmani (Tams, 1925)
  • Metajana hypolispa Tams, 1930
  • Pachymeta immunda (Holland, 1893)
  • Pachymetana horridula (Tams, 1925)
  • Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
  • Philotherma clara Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Pseudometa canescens Tams, 1925
  • Pseudometa choba (Druce, 1899)
  • Pseudometa dollmani Tams, 1925
  • Sonitha lila Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
  • Stenophatna cymographa (Hampson, 1910)
  • Stenophatna marshalli Aurivillius, 1909
  • Stenophatna rothschildi (Tams, 1936)
  • Stenophatna tamsi (Kiriakoff, 1963)
  • Stoermeriana graberi (Dewitz, 1881)
  • Stoermeriana sjostedti (Aurivillius, 1902)
  • Stoermeriana tessmanni (Strand, 1912)
  • Streblote rufaria (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
  • Theophasida superba (Aurivillius, 1914)
  • Trabala charon Druce, 1910

Lemoniidae

Limacodidae

  • Chrysopoloma variegata Hering, 1937
  • Hadraphe ethiopica (Bethune-Baker, 1915)
  • Latoiola viridifusca (Pinhey, 1968)
  • Niphadolepis griseicostalis West, 1940
  • Oidemaskelis eurota Bethune-Baker, 1915
  • Omocena dollmani West, 1940
  • Thosea cataractae West, 1937

Lymantriidae

  • Barlowia pyrilampes Collenette, 1931
  • Crorema cartera Collenette, 1939
  • Euproctis aethiopica (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
  • Euproctis apatela (Tams, 1930)
  • Homochira rendalli (Distant, 1897)
  • Hyaloperina nudiuscula Aurivillius, 1904
  • Laelia marginepunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Rhodesana crenulata Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Tamsita ochthoeba (Hampson, 1920)

Metarbelidae

Noctuidae

Nolidae

  • Aiteta thermistis (Hampson, 1910)
  • Arcyophora endoglauca (Hampson, 1910)
  • Chlorozada metaleuca (Hampson, 1905)
  • Neaxestis irrorata (Hampson, 1910)
  • Neaxestis piperitella (Strand, 1909)
  • Negeta albigrisea (Hampson, 1910)
  • Negeta lacteata (Hampson, 1910)
  • Nola foviferoides Poole, 1989
  • Odontestis fuscicona (Hampson, 1910)
  • Odontestis striata Hampson, 1912
  • Westermannia oediplaga Hampson, 1910

Notodontidae

  • Antizana sparsata Gaede, 1928
  • Crestonica pinheyi Kiriakoff, 1968
  • Deinarchia agramma (Hampson, 1910)
  • Epicerura pergrisea (Hampson, 1910)
  • Hampsonita esmeralda (Hampson, 1910)
  • Heraia thalassina (Hampson, 1910)
  • Iridoplitis iridescens Kiriakoff, 1955
  • Janthinisca rosita Kiriakoff, 1968
  • Paradrallia rhodesi Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Polelassothys callista Tams, 1930
  • Polienus marginestriatus Kiriakoff, 1975
  • Quista cinereomixta Kiriakoff, 1959
  • Scalmicauda auribasis Kiriakoff, 1975
  • Scranciola multilineata (Gaede, 1928)
  • Stauropida griseola Kiriakoff, 1962
  • Synete vaumaculata Kiriakoff, 1962
  • Trotonotus subapicalis Gaede, 1928

Psychidae

  • Eumeta cervina Druce, 1887

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Saturniidae

  • Adafroptilum incana (Sonthonnax, 1899)
  • Antistathmoptera daltonae Tams, 1935
  • Argema kuhnei Pinhey, 1969
  • Athletes gigas (Sonthonnax, 1902)
  • Athletes semialba (Sonthonnax, 1904)
  • Aurivillius seydeli Rougeot, 1962
  • Bunaeopsis angolana (Le Cerf, 1918)
  • Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849)
  • Bunaeopsis jacksoni (Jordan, 1908)
  • Bunaeopsis licharbas (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
  • Bunaeopsis oubie (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
  • Bunaeopsis phidias (Weymer, 1909)
  • Bunaeopsis saffronica Pinhey, 1972
  • Campimoptilum kuntzei (Dewitz, 1881)
  • Cinabra hyperbius (Westwood, 1881)
  • Cirina forda (Westwood, 1849)
  • Decachorda bouvieri Hering, 1929
  • Decachorda pomona (Weymer, 1892)
  • Decachorda rosea Aurivillius, 1898
  • Epiphora antinorii (Oberthür, 1880)
  • Epiphora bauhiniae (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
  • Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)
  • Epiphora rectifascia Rothschild, 1907
  • Gonimbrasia desena Vinciguerra, 2009
  • Gonimbrasia rectilineata (Sonthonnax, 1899)
  • Gonimbrasia tyrrhea (Cramer, 1775)
  • Gonimbrasia zambesina (Walker, 1865)
  • Gynanisa albescens Sonthonnax, 1904
  • Gynanisa ata Strand, 1911
  • Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836)
  • Heniocha apollonia (Cramer, 1779)
  • Heniocha marnois (Rogenhofer, 1891)
  • Holocerina agomensis (Karsch, 1896)
  • Holocerina angulata (Aurivillius, 1893)
  • Holocerina smilax (Westwood, 1849)
  • Imbrasia ertli Rebel, 1904
  • Lobobunaea angasana (Westwood, 1849)
  • Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
  • Lobobunaea rosea (Sonthonnax, 1899)
  • Ludia orinoptena Karsch, 1892
  • Melanocera parva Rothschild, 1907
  • Melanocera sufferti (Weymer, 1896)
  • Micragone ansorgei (Rothschild, 1907)
  • Micragone cana (Aurivillius, 1893)
  • Micragone lichenodes (Holland, 1893)
  • Micragone nubifera Bouvier, 1936
  • Nudaurelia alopia Westwood, 1849
  • Nudaurelia carnegiei Janse, 1918
  • Nudaurelia dione (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Nudaurelia gueinzii (Staudinger, 1872)
  • Nudaurelia macrops Rebel, 1917
  • Nudaurelia macrothyris (Rothschild, 1906)
  • Orthogonioptilum adiegetum Karsch, 1892
  • Pseudantheraea imperator Rougeot, 1962
  • Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Pseudimbrasia deyrollei (J. Thomson, 1858)
  • Pseudobunaea callista (Jordan, 1910)
  • Pseudobunaea heyeri (Weymer, 1896)
  • Pseudobunaea irius (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Pseudobunaea tyrrhena (Westwood, 1849)
  • Rohaniella pygmaea (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
  • Tagoropsis hanningtoni (Butler, 1883)
  • Ubaena dolabella (Druce, 1886)
  • Ubaena fuelleborniana Karsch, 1900
  • Usta terpsichore (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)

Sesiidae

Sphingidae

Thyrididae

  • Arniocera chalcopasta Hampson, 1910
  • Arniocera cyanoxantha (Mabille, 1893)
  • Bupota tranquilla Whalley, 1971
  • Dilophura caudata (Jordan, 1907)
  • Dysodia constellata Warren, 1908
  • Dysodia crassa (Walker, 1865)
  • Dysodia intermedia (Walker, 1865)
  • Kalenga culanota Whalley, 1971
  • Kalenga maculanota Whalley, 1971
  • Netrocera hemichrysa (Hampson, 1910)

Tineidae

  • Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915)
  • Ceratophaga ethadopa (Meyrick, 1938)
  • Ceratophaga lichmodes (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852)
  • Cimitra texturata (Gozmány, 1967)
  • Criticonoma crassa Gozmány & Vári, 1973
  • Criticonoma episcardina (Gozmány, 1965)
  • Cubitofusa pseudoglebata (Gozmány, 1967)
  • Cubitofusa seydeli (Gozmány, 1967)
  • Drosica abjectella Walker, 1963
  • Hapsifera glebata Meyrick, 1908
  • Hapsifera marmarota Meyrick, 1914
  • Hapsifera septica Meyrick, 1908
  • Hyperbola hesperis Gozmány, 1967
  • Hyperbola homogena Gozmány, 1967
  • Hyperbola moschias (Meyrick, 1914)
  • Hyperbola phocina (Meyrick, 1908)
  • Monopis megalodelta Meyrick, 1908
  • Monopis rejectella (Walker, 1864)
  • Morophaga soror Gozmány, 1965
  • Organodesma erinacea (Walker, 1863)
  • Organodesma onomasta Gozmány & Vári, 1975
  • Organodesma petaloxantha (Meyrick, 1931)
  • Paraptica concinerata Meyrick, 1917
  • Perissomastix fulvicoma (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Perissomastix titanea Gozmány, 1967
  • Pitharcha atrisecta (Meyrick, 1918)
  • Pitharcha chalinaea Meyrick, 1908
  • Sphallestasis oenopis (Meyrick, 1908)
  • Tinea subalbidella Stainton, 1867

Tortricidae

Zygaenidae

  • Astyloneura trefurthi Gaede, 1914
  • Syringura triplex (Plötz, 1880)

References

    • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.
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