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List of moths of Sierra Leone

List of moths of Sierra Leone

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There are about 760 known moth species of Sierra Leone. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Location of Sierra Leone

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

Adelidae

Anomoeotidae

Arctiidae

Brachodidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Drepanidae

Elachistidae

Eriocottidae

Eupterotidae

Gelechiidae

Geometridae

  • Aletis helcita (Linnaeus, 1763)
  • Allochrostes impunctata (Warren, 1897)
  • Antitrygodes dentilinea Warren, 1897
  • Apatadelpha biocellaria (Walker, 1863)
  • Archichlora viridimacula Warren, 1898
  • Bathycolpodes kabaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • Bathycolpodes marginata (Warren, 1897)
  • Biston abruptaria (Walker, 1869)
  • Cartaletis gracilis (Möschler, 1887)
  • Chiasmia conturbata (Warren, 1898)
  • Chiasmia impar (Warren, 1897)
  • Chiasmia ostentosaria (Möschler, 1887)
  • Chiasmia rectistriaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
  • Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858)
  • Chlorissa afflictaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • Chlorissa malescripta (Warren, 1897)
  • Chloroclystis sierraria Swinhoe, 1904
  • Chlorodrepana angustimargo Warren, 1901
  • Coenina aurivena Butler, 1898
  • Cyclophora leonaria (Walker, 1861)
  • Derambila costipunctata Warren, 1905
  • Derambila syllaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • Epigynopteryx fimosa (Warren, 1905)
  • Ereunetea minor (Holland, 1893)
  • Eucrostes beatificata (Walker, 1863)
  • Geodena bandajoma Swinhoe, 1904
  • Geodena marginalis Walker, 1856
  • Geodena quadrigutta Walker, 1856
  • Geodena semihyalina Swinhoe, 1904
  • Gonochlora minutaria Swinhoe, 1904
  • Heterostegane pleninotata Warren, 1901
  • Hyalornis docta (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
  • Idaea macrostyla (Warren, 1900)
  • Idaea pulveraria (Snellen, 1872)
  • Idaea submaculata (Warren, 1898)
  • Idiochlora approximans (Warren, 1897)
  • Larentia attenuata (Walker, 1862)
  • Lophorrhachia palliata (Warren, 1898)
  • Melinoessa aureola Prout, 1934
  • Melinoessa fulvata (Drury, 1773)
  • Melinoessa perlimbata (Guenée, 1857)
  • Melinoessa sodaliata (Walker, 1862)
  • Mesocolpia marmorata (Warren, 1899)
  • Mesothisa flaccida Warren, 1905
  • Metallospora catori Warren, 1905
  • Miantochora incolorata Warren, 1899
  • Miantochora venerata (Mabille, 1879)
  • Mimaletis albipennis Warren, 1905
  • Narthecusa tenuiorata Walker, 1862
  • Neostega flaviguttata Warren, 1903
  • Oxyfidonia fulvida Warren, 1905
  • Oxyfidonia insolita (Warren, 1905)
  • Paramilionia rubroplagata Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Perithalera oblongata (Warren, 1898)
  • Pingasa rhadamaria (Guenée, 1858)
  • Pingasa ruginaria (Guenée, 1858)
  • Pitthea continua Walker, 1854
  • Pitthea famula Drury, 1773
  • Pitthea rubriplaga Warren, 1897
  • Plegapteryx anomalus Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
  • Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896
  • Problepsis flavistigma Swinhoe, 1904
  • Problepsis ochripicta Warren, 1901
  • Scopula cervinata (Warren, 1905)
  • Scopula inscriptata (Walker, 1863)
  • Scopula lactaria (Walker, 1861)
  • Scopula laevipennis (Warren, 1897)
  • Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Scopula natalica (Butler, 1875)
  • Scopula ossicolor (Warren, 1897)
  • Scopula planipennis (Warren, 1900)
  • Scopula pseudophema Prout, 1920
  • Scopula serena Prout, 1920
  • Somatina impunctulata (Warren, 1901)
  • Somatina nucleata Warren, 1905
  • Somatina subviridata Warren, 1901
  • Somatina virginalis Prout, 1917
  • Terina renifera Warren, 1897
  • Terina subfulva (Warren, 1905)
  • Thalassodes dentatilinea Prout, 1912
  • Thenopa nigraria (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • Thetidia undulilinea (Warren, 1905)
  • Traminda obversata (Walker, 1861)
  • Unnamed genus Ennominae penumbrata (Warren, 1905)
  • Xenochroma salsa (Warren, 1897)
  • Xenostega tincta Warren, 1899
  • Zamarada acrochra Prout, 1928
  • Zamarada adumbrata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada amymone Prout, 1934
  • Zamarada bicuspida D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada clementi Herbulot, 1975
  • Zamarada corroborata Herbulot, 1954
  • Zamarada cydippe Herbulot, 1954
  • Zamarada dilucida Warren, 1909
  • Zamarada eucharis (Drury, 1782)
  • Zamarada euerces Prout, 1928
  • Zamarada euphrosyne Oberthür, 1912
  • Zamarada flavicosta Warren, 1897
  • Zamarada ilaria Swinhoe, 1904
  • Zamarada indicata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada ixiaria Swinhoe, 1904
  • Zamarada labifera Prout, 1915
  • 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 perlepidata (Walker, 1863)
  • Zamarada platycephala D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada protrusa Warren, 1897
  • Zamarada reflexaria (Walker, 1863)
  • Zamarada regularis D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada sicula D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada subinterrupta Gaede, 1915
  • Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897

Glyphipterigidae

Gracillariidae

Himantopteridae

Hyblaeidae

Immidae

Lasiocampidae

  • Cheligium lineatum (Aurivillius, 1893)
  • Chrysopsyche mirifica (Butler, 1878)
  • Cleopatrina bilinea (Walker, 1855)
  • Eucraera magna (Aurivillius, 1908)
  • Filiola dogma Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
  • Filiola fulgurata (Aurivillius, 1909)
  • Filiola lanceolata (Hering, 1932)
  • Gelo calcarales Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
  • Gonometa nysa Druce, 1887
  • Gonopacha brotoessa (Holland, 1893)
  • Lechriolepis citrina Schaus, 1897
  • Lechriolepis heres Schaus, 1912
  • Leipoxais directa (Walker, 1865)
  • Leipoxais marginepunctata Holland, 1893
  • Mimopacha cinerascens (Holland, 1893)
  • Morongea lampara Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
  • Morongea mastodont Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
  • Odontocheilopteryx conzolia Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
  • Oplometa cassandra (Druce, 1887)
  • Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905
  • Schausinna clementsi (Schaus, 1897)
  • Stenophatna dentata (Aurivillius, 1899)
  • Stoermeriana basale (Walker, 1855)
  • Stoermeriana cervina (Aurivillius, 1927)
  • Streblote postalbidum Schaus
  • Streblote splendens (Druce, 1887)

Limacodidae

  • Altha rubrifusalis Hampson, 1910
  • Brachiopsis conjunctoides Hering, 1933
  • Cosuma rugosa Walker, 1855
  • Latoia canescens (Walker, 1855)
  • Latoia picta (Walker, 1855)
  • Miresa gliricidiae Hering, 1933
  • Natada desperata Hering, 1928
  • Niphadolepis seleniphora Hering, 1933
  • Parasa semiochracea Hering, 1933
  • Susica molybdea Hampson, 1910
  • Trachyptena nigromaculata Hering, 1928
  • Zinara ploetzi Schaus & Clements, 1893

Lymantriidae

  • Aroa danva Schaus & Clements, 1893
  • Aroa leonensis Hampson, 1910
  • Batella lampra (Hering, 1926)
  • Batella muscosa (Holland, 1893)
  • Conigephyra discolepia (Hampson, 1910)
  • Crorema mentiens Walker, 1855
  • Dasychira bacchans (Karsch, 1898)
  • Dasychira citana (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
  • Dasychira goodii (Holland, 1893)
  • Dasychira leucogramma Hampson, 1910
  • Dasychira lulua Collenette, 1937
  • Dasychira robusta (Walker, 1855)
  • Dasychira suspecta Hering, 1926
  • Dasychira thermoplaga Hampson, 1910
  • Dasychira ticana Schaus & Clements, 1893
  • Eudasychira georgiana (Fawcett, 1900)
  • Euproctis conizona Collenette, 1933
  • Euproctis consocia Walker, 1865
  • Euproctis discipuncta (Holland, 1893)
  • Euproctis pygmaea (Walker, 1855)
  • Griveaudyria ila (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • Heteronygmia manicata (Aurivillius, 1892)
  • Knappetra fasciata (Walker, 1855)
  • Laelia dochmia Collenette, 1960
  • Laelia eutricha Collenette, 1931
  • Laelia fracta Schaus & Clements, 1893
  • Laelia rosea Schaus & Clements, 1893
  • Laelia subrosea (Walker, 1855)
  • Leucoma luteipes (Walker, 1855)
  • Marbla divisa (Walker, 1855)
  • Marblepsis flabellaria (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Naroma signifera Walker, 1856
  • Naroma varipes (Walker, 1865)
  • Neomardara africana (Holland, 1893)
  • Olene basalis (Walker, 1855)
  • Otroeda aino (Bryk, 1915)
  • Otroeda cafra (Drury, 1780)
  • Otroeda hesperia (Cramer, 1779)
  • Otroeda nerina (Drury, 1780)
  • Paqueta chloroscia (Hering, 1926)
  • Paramarbla indentata (Holland, 1893)
  • Pseudostracilla infausta Hering, 1926
  • Rahona ladburyi (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
  • Somatoxena lasea (Druce, 1899)

Metarbelidae

Noctuidae

Nolidae

  • Arcyophora polla (Schaus, 1893)
  • Blenina chloromelana (Mabille, 1890)
  • Blenina miota Hampson, 1905
  • Characoma miophora Hampson, 1912
  • Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
  • Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
  • Hesperothripa dicyma Hampson, 1912
  • Leocyma camilla (Druce, 1887)
  • Nanarhyncha nolophaea Hampson, 1918
  • Negeta luminosa (Walker, 1858)
  • Negeta mesoleuca (Holland, 1894)
  • Neonegeta pollusca (Schaus, 1893)
  • Nola flaviciliata (Hampson, 1901)
  • Nola furvitincta (Hampson, 1914)
  • Nola major Hampson, 1891
  • Nola melanoscelis (Hampson, 1914)
  • Nola transecta Hampson, 1901
  • Pardasena minorella Walker, 1866
  • Pardasena roeselioides (Walker, 1858)
  • Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)
  • Selepa leucogonia (Hampson, 1905)
  • Westermannia agrapha Hampson, 1905

Notodontidae

  • Afrocerura leonensis (Hampson, 1910)
  • Amphiphalera leuconephra Hampson, 1910
  • Antheua rufovittata (Aurivillius, 1901)
  • Antheua simplex Walker, 1855
  • Antheua trifasciata (Hampson, 1909)
  • Antheua vittata (Walker, 1855)
  • Atrasana rectilinea (Gaede, 1928)
  • Brachychira elegans Aurivillius, 1907
  • Catarctia divisa (Walker, 1855)
  • Catarctia rothschildi (Kiriakoff, 1955)
  • Desmeocraera albicans Gaede, 1928
  • Desmeocraera bitioides (Holland, 1893)
  • Diopeithes cyamina Kiriakoff, 1958
  • Enomotarcha chloana (Holland, 1893)
  • Epidonta brunneomixta (Mabille, 1897)
  • Janthinisca flavipennis (Hampson, 1910)
  • Lamoriodes metaleuca Hampson, 1910
  • Odontoperas archonta Kiriakoff, 1959
  • Rasemia citaria (Schaus, 1893)
  • Rasemia macrodonta (Hampson, 1909)
  • Scalmicauda molestula Kiriakoff, 1959
  • Scrancia accipites (Schaus, 1893)
  • Stauropussa chloe (Holland, 1893)
  • Synete olivaceofusca (Rothschild, 1917)
  • Tmetopteryx bisecta (Rothschild, 1917)
  • Tricholoba atriclathrata Hampson, 1910
  • Ulinella xylostola (Hampson, 1910)
  • Utidaviana citana (Schaus, 1893)

Oecophoridae

  • Calliphractis phyllograpta Meyrick, 1928
  • Epiphractis superciliaris Meyrick, 1930
  • Stathmopoda auriferella (Walker, 1864)

Psychidae

  • Acanthopsyche sierricola (White, 1858)
  • Eumeta cervina Druce, 1887
  • Metisa aethiops (Hampson, 1910)

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Saturniidae

  • Aurivillius arata (Westwood, 1849)
  • Aurivillius triramis Rothschild, 1907
  • Carnegia mirabilis (Aurivillius, 1895)
  • Epiphora boolana Strand, 1909
  • Holocerina angulata (Aurivillius, 1893)
  • Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1772)
  • Lobobunaea acetes (Westwood, 1849)
  • Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
  • Micragone herilla (Westwood, 1849)
  • Micragone nenia (Westwood, 1849)
  • Nudaurelia alopia Westwood, 1849
  • Nudaurelia eblis Strecker, 1876
  • Nudaurelia jamesoni (Druce, 1890)
  • Nudaurelia mitfordi (Kirby, 1892)
  • Nudaurelia staudingeri Aurivillius, 1893
  • Nudaurelia xanthomma (Rothschild, 1907)
  • Pselaphelia gemmifera (Butler, 1878)
  • Pseudobunaea alinda (Sonthonnax, 1899)

Sesiidae

Sphingidae

Thyrididae

  • Byblisia albaproxima Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • Byblisia latipes Walker, 1865
  • Byblisia setipes (Plötz, 1880)
  • Chrysotypus dawsoni Distant, 1897
  • Dysodia vitrina (Boisduval, 1829)
  • Dysodia zelleri (Dewitz, 1881)
  • Marmax hyparchus (Cramer, 1779)
  • Marmax iridea (Mabille, 1892)
  • Marmax semiaurata (Walker, 1854)
  • Marmax vicaria (Walker, 1854)
  • Ninia plumipes (Drury, 1782)
  • Striglina clathrata (Hampson, 1897)
  • Trichobaptes auristrigata (Plötz, 1880)

Tineidae

  • Afrocelestis inanis Gozmány, 1968
  • Afrocelestis sacculata Gozmány, 1968
  • Agnathosia byrsinopa (Meyrick, 1933)
  • Ceratophaga tenebrosa Gozmány, 1968
  • Criticonoma doliopis (Meyrick, 1932)
  • Crypsithyris concolorella (Walker, 1863)
  • Cylicobathra cuspidata (Gozmány, 1968)
  • Ecpeptamena esotera Gozmány, 1968
  • Edosa endroedyi (Gozmány, 1966)
  • Erechthias travestita (Gozmány, 1968)
  • Galachrysis armata Gozmány, 1968
  • Hyperbola bradleyi Gozmány, 1966
  • Hyperbola pastoralis (Meyrick, 1931)
  • Machaeropteris euthysana Meyrick, 1931
  • Nannotinea holovalva Gozmány, 1968
  • Oinophila argyrospora Meyrick, 1931
  • Organodesma heptazona (Meyrick, 1931)
  • Perissomastix stibarodes (Meyrick, 1908)
  • Phalloscardia semiumbrata (Meyrick, 1920)
  • Phereoeca praecox Gozmány & Vári, 1973
  • Phereoeca proletaria (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Pitharcha atrisecta (Meyrick, 1918)
  • Pitharcha chalinaea Meyrick, 1908
  • Semeoloncha penicillata Gozmány, 1968
  • Setomorpha rutella Zeller, 1852
  • Silosca licziae Gozmány, 1967
  • Sphallestasis forficula (Gozmány, 1968)
  • Syncalipsis myrmecozelis Gozmány, 1968
  • Syncalipsis triangularis Gozmány, 1968
  • Tinea atomosella Walker, 1863
  • Tinea subalbidella Stainton, 1867

Tortricidae

  • Cosmorrhyncha acrocosma (Meyrick, 1908)
  • Cydia hemisphaerana (Walsingham, 1897)
  • Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852
  • Grapholita confertana Walker, 1864
  • Mictocommosis microctenota (Meyrick, 1933)
  • Olethreutes cybicopa (Meyrick, 1933)
  • Proschistis petromacha (Meyrick, 1931)
  • Rhodotoxotis arciferana (Mabille, 1900)
  • Thaumatotibia batrachopa (Meyrick, 1908)
  • Tortrix dinota Meyrick, 1918

Uraniidae

  • Dirades theclata (Guenée, 1858)
  • Epiplema confuscata Warren, 1909
  • Epiplema rotunda Warren, 1909
  • Epiplema subdistincta Warren, 1905

Xyloryctidae

Zygaenidae

  • Homophylotis catori Jordan, 1907
  • Metanycles contracta Walker, 1864
  • Saliunca aurifrons Walker, 1864
  • Saliunca solora (Plötz, 1880)
  • Saliunca styx (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Syringura triplex (Plötz, 1880)
  • Tascia instructa (Walker, 1854)

See also

References

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