List of moths of Uganda

There are about 1,400 known moth species of Uganda. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Location of Uganda

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

Alucitidae

Anomoeotidae

Arctiidae

Brahmaeidae

Carposinidae

Choreutidae

Cosmopterigidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Drepanidae

Elachistidae

Eupterotidae

Gelechiidae

Geometridae
  • Acanthovalva inconspicuaria (Hübner, 1796)
  • Acollesis umbrata Warren, 1899
  • Aletis erici Kirby, 1896
  • Aletis helcita (Linnaeus, 1763)
  • Ansorgia divergens Warren, 1899
  • Antitrygodes callibotrys Prout, 1918
  • Aphilopota calaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • Aphilopota fletcheri Carcasson, 1965
  • Archichlora ansorgei (Warren, 1901)
  • Asthenotricha anisobapta Prout, 1932
  • Asthenotricha ansorgei Warren, 1899
  • Asthenotricha barnsae Prout, 1935
  • Asthenotricha flavicoma Warren, 1899
  • Asthenotricha inutilis Warren, 1901
  • Asthenotricha proschora D. S. Fletcher, 1958
  • Asthenotricha pycnoconia Janse, 1933
  • Asthenotricha semidivisa Warren, 1901
  • Asthenotricha serraticornis Warren, 1902
  • Azyx consocia (Warren, 1899)
  • Biston abruptaria (Walker, 1869)
  • Biston edwardsi (Prout, 1938)
  • Biston gloriosaria Karisch, 2005
  • Blaboplutodes parvistictus Carcasson, 1965
  • Cancellalata subumbrata D. S. Fletcher, 1956
  • Cartaletis libyssa (Hopffer, 1857)
  • Cartaletis variabilis (Butler, 1878)
  • Centrochria aphthona (Prout, 1934)
  • Chiasmia anguifera (Prout, 1934)
  • Chiasmia assimilis (Warren, 1899)
  • Chiasmia brongusaria (Walker, 1860)
  • Chiasmia confuscata (Warren, 1899)
  • Chiasmia curvilineata (Warren, 1899)
  • Chiasmia dentilineata (Warren, 1899)
  • Chiasmia fulvimargo (Warren, 1899)
  • Chiasmia geminilinea (Prout, 1932)
  • Chiasmia gyliura (Prout, 1932)
  • Chiasmia maculosa (Warren, 1899)
  • Chiasmia nana (Warren, 1898)
  • Chiasmia observata (Walker, 1861)
  • Chiasmia pervittata (Hampson, 1909)
  • Chiasmia procidata (Guenée, 1858)
  • Chiasmia rectistriaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
  • Chiasmia semicolor (Warren, 1899)
  • Chiasmia subcretata (Warren, 1905)
  • Chiasmia subcurvaria (Mabille, 1897)
  • Chiasmia trizonaria (Hampson, 1909)
  • Chiasmia umbrata (Warren, 1897)
  • Chiasmia umbratilis (Butler, 1875)
  • Chiasmia unifilata (Warren, 1899)
  • Chlorodrepana allevata Prout, 1915
  • Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967
  • Coenina aurivena Butler, 1898
  • Colocleora ankolensis Carcasson, 1965
  • Colocleora hegemonica (Prout, 1932)
  • Colocleora simulatrix (Warren, 1899)
  • Comibaena biviaria Hampson, 1909
  • Comostolopsis rubristicta (Warren, 1899)
  • Comostolopsis tmematica Prout, 1934
  • Conolophia rectistrigaria Rebel, 1914
  • Derambila hyperphyes (Prout, 1911)
  • Disclisioprocta natalata (Walker, 1862)
  • Dithecodes brunneifrons (Hampson, 1909)
  • Dithecodes delicata (Warren, 1899)
  • Ecpetala carnifasciata (Warren, 1899)
  • Ecpetala indentata (Warren, 1902)
  • Ecpetala meridionata Walker, 1862
  • Ecpetala obtusa (Warren, 1902)
  • Ectropis anisa Prout, 1915
  • Ectropis ocellata Warren, 1902
  • Encoma irisaria Swinhoe, 1904
  • Eois grataria (Walker, 1861)
  • Eois laxipecten Herbulot, 2000
  • Epicosymbia spectrum Prout, 1923
  • Epigynopteryx curvimargo (Hampson, 1909)
  • Epigynopteryx flavedinaria (Guenée, 1857)
  • Epigynopteryx impunctata (Warren, 1898)
  • Epigynopteryx nigricola (Warren, 1897)
  • Epigynopteryx stictigramma (Hampson, 1909)
  • Epigynopteryx subspersa (Warren, 1897)
  • Epigynopteryx tabitha Warren, 1901
  • Epigynopteryx termininota Prout, 1934
  • Erastria albosignata (Walker, 1863)
  • Erastria madecassaria (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Eupithecia celatisigna (Warren, 1902)
  • Eupithecia connexa (Warren, 1899)
  • Eupithecia devestita (Warren, 1899)
  • Eupithecia dilucida (Warren, 1899)
  • Eupithecia dohertyi Prout, 1935
  • Eupithecia edwardsi D. S. Fletcher, 1951
  • Eupithecia fuscata D. S. Fletcher, 1951
  • Eupithecia nigropolata D. S. Fletcher, 1951
  • Eupithecia ochrata D. S. Fletcher, 1951
  • Eupithecia rigida Swinhoe, 1892
  • Eupithecia semipallida Janse, 1933
  • Eupithecia tricuspis Prout, 1932
  • Eupithecia undiculata Prout, 1932
  • Geodena ansorgei (Warren, 1899)
  • Geodena discinota (Warren, 1899)
  • Geodena disticta (Bethune-Baker, 1909)
  • Geodena funesta (Warren, 1899)
  • Geodena monostigma Hampson, 1910
  • Geodena venata Prout, 1915
  • Heterorachis carpenteri Prout, 1915
  • Horisme pallidimacula Prout, 1925
  • Hydrelia argyridia (Butler, 1894)
  • Hylemeridia nigricosta Prout, 1915
  • Hypochrosis banakaria (Plötz, 1880)
  • Hypochrosis glaucaria Hampson, 1909
  • Hypochrosis maculifera Hampson, 1909
  • Hypocoela subfulva Warren, 1897
  • Hypocoela turpisaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • Idaea amputata (Warren, 1899)
  • Idaea prucholoma (Prout, 1932)
  • Idaea subscutulata (Warren, 1899)
  • Idiodes flexilinea (Warren, 1898)
  • Isoplenodia kisubiensis Sihvonen & Staude, 2010
  • Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)
  • Isturgia exospilata (Walker, 1861)
  • Isturgia presbitaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • Lathochlora perversa Prout, 1915
  • Mauna diasporas Prout, 1932
  • Medasina ugandaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • Megadrepana cinerea Holland, 1893
  • Melinoessa aemonia (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • Melinoessa perlimbata (Guenée, 1857)
  • Melinoessa sodaliata (Walker, 1862)
  • Melinoessa subalbida Warren, 1905
  • Melinoessa tanyglochis Prout, 1928
  • Menophra aborta (Warren, 1898)
  • Mimaletis reducta Prout, 1915
  • Mimoclystia cancellata (Warren, 1899)
  • Mimoclystia euthygramma (Prout, 1921)
  • Mimoclystia thermochroa (Hampson, 1909)
  • Narthecusa perplexata (Walker, 1862)
  • Nothofidonia ansorgei (Warren, 1901)
  • Oaracta maculata (Warren, 1897)
  • Omphacodes divergens (Warren, 1899)
  • Omphalucha brunnea (Warren, 1899)
  • Pachypalpella subalbata (Warren, 1900)
  • Piercia ansorgei (Bethune-Baker, 1913)
  • Piercia chlorostola (Hampson, 1909)
  • Piercia subrufaria (Warren, 1903)
  • Pigiopsis convergens Warren, 1899
  • Pingasa distensaria (Walker, 1860)
  • Pitthea continua Walker, 1854
  • Pitthea cyanomeris Prout, 1915
  • Pitthea trifasciata Dewitz, 1881
  • Prasinocyma centralis Prout, 1915
  • Prasinocyma congrua (Walker, 1869)
  • Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784)
  • Prasinocyma nigrimacula Prout, 1915
  • Prasinocyma nigripunctata (Warren, 1897)
  • Prasinocyma oculata Prout, 1915
  • Prasinocyma rubrimacula (Warren, 1899)
  • Prasinocyma stictoloma Prout, 1928
  • Problepsis aegretta Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896
  • Protosteira spectabilis (Warren, 1899)
  • Pseudolarentia megalaria (Guenée, 1858)
  • Pseudolarentia monosticta (Butler, 1894)
  • Pseudosoloe thalassina (Warren, 1909)
  • Psilocerea pulverosa (Warren, 1894)
  • Racotis angulosa Herbulot, 1973
  • Rhodophthitus roseovittata (Butler, 1895)
  • Rhodophthitus tricoloraria (Mabille, 1890)
  • Scopula agrapta (Warren, 1902)
  • Scopula albida (Warren, 1899)
  • Scopula ansorgei (Warren, 1899)
  • Scopula elegans (Prout, 1915)
  • Scopula fuscobrunnea (Warren, 1901)
  • Scopula improba (Warren, 1899)
  • Scopula internataria (Walker, 1861)
  • Scopula luxipuncta Prout, 1932
  • Scopula ochreofusa (Warren, 1899)
  • Scopula plionocentra Prout, 1920
  • Scopula pulchellata (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Scopula serena Prout, 1920
  • Scopula silonaria (Guenée, 1858)
  • Scopula subpectinata (Prout, 1915)
  • Scopula suda Prout, 1932
  • Scopula supina Prout, 1920
  • Scopula tenera (Warren, 1899)
  • Scopula tricommata (Warren, 1899)
  • Somatina figurata Warren, 1897
  • Somatina virginalis Prout, 1917
  • Syndromodes invenusta (Wallengren, 1863)
  • Terina chrysoptera Hampson, 1909
  • Terina doleris (Plötz, 1880)
  • Thalassodes albifimbria Warren, 1897
  • Traminda acuta (Warren, 1897)
  • Traminda drepanodes Prout, 1915
  • Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858
  • Victoria fuscithorax Warren, 1905
  • Xanthisthisa tarsispina (Warren, 1901)
  • Xanthorhoe alluaudi (Prout, 1932)
  • Xanthorhoe ansorgei (Warren, 1899)
  • Xanthorhoe conchata Warren, 1898
  • Xanthorhoe exorista Prout, 1922
  • Xanthorhoe heliopharia (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • Xanthorhoe heteromorpha (Hampson, 1909)
  • Xanthorhoe procne (Fawcett, 1916)
  • Xanthorhoe tamsi D. S. Fletcher, 1963
  • Xanthorhoe transcissa (Warren, 1902)
  • Xanthorhoe transjugata Prout, 1923
  • Xanthorhoe trientata (Warren, 1901)
  • Xenimpia angusta Prout, 1915
  • Xenostega fallax Warren, 1899
  • Xenostega irrorata Prout, 1915
  • Xylopteryx prasinaria Hampson, 1909
  • Zamarada acalantis Herbulot, 2001
  • Zamarada acosmeta Prout, 1921
  • Zamarada adumbrata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada amicta Prout, 1915
  • Zamarada amymone Prout, 1934
  • Zamarada ariste D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada astales D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada bastelbergeri Gaede, 1915
  • Zamarada bonaberiensis Strand, 1915
  • Zamarada candelabra D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada carcassoni D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada chrysothyra Hampson, 1909
  • Zamarada clenchi D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada collarti Debauche, 1938
  • Zamarada consummata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada crystallophana Mabille, 1900
  • Zamarada cucharita D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada cydippe Herbulot, 1954
  • Zamarada deceptrix Warren, 1914
  • Zamarada delta D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada dentata D. S. Fletcher, 1958
  • Zamarada dentigera Warren, 1909
  • Zamarada differens Bastelberger, 1907
  • Zamarada erosa D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada euerces Prout, 1928
  • Zamarada euphrosyne Oberthür, 1912
  • Zamarada excavata Bethune-Baker, 1913
  • Zamarada exigua D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada flavicosta Warren, 1897
  • Zamarada gamma D. S. Fletcher, 1958
  • Zamarada ignicosta Prout, 1912
  • Zamarada latimargo Warren, 1897
  • Zamarada lepta D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada longidens D. S. Fletcher, 1963
  • Zamarada melanopyga Herbulot, 1954
  • Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912
  • Zamarada metrioscaphes Prout, 1912
  • Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897
  • Zamarada ostracodes D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada paxilla D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada pelobasis D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada phaeozona Hampson, 1909
  • Zamarada phoenopasta D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada prolata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada radula D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada reflexaria (Walker, 1863)
  • Zamarada rufilinearia Swinhoe, 1904
  • Zamarada setosa D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada sicula D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada terpsichore Oberthür, 1912
  • Zamarada townsendi D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada variola D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada vigilans Prout, 1915
  • Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897

Glyphipterigidae

Gracillariidae

Himantopteridae

Lasiocampidae
  • Anadiasa fuscofasciata (Aurivillius, 1922)
  • Beralade continua Aurivillius, 1905
  • Braura elgonensis (Kruck, 1940)
  • Catalebeda tamsi Hering, 1932
  • Cheligium choerocampoides (Holland, 1893)
  • Epicnapteroides lobata Strand, 1912
  • Eutricha morosa (Walker, 1865)
  • Euwallengrenia reducta (Walker, 1855)
  • Filiola lanceolata (Hering, 1932)
  • Gastroplakaeis meridionalis Aurivillius, 1901
  • Gelo joannoui Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
  • Gelo jordani (Tams, 1936)
  • Gonometa nysa Druce, 1887
  • Gonometa podocarpi Aurivillius, 1925
  • Gonometa regia Aurivillius, 1905
  • Grellada imitans (Aurivillius, 1893)
  • Lechriolepis griseola Aurivillius, 1927
  • Lechriolepis jacksoni (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
  • Lechriolepis leucostigma (Hampson, 1909)
  • Lechriolepis ochraceola Strand, 1912
  • Lechriolepis tessmanni Strand, 1912
  • Leipoxais batesi Bethune-Baker, 1927
  • Leipoxais humfreyi Aurivillius, 1915
  • Leipoxais marginepunctata Holland, 1893
  • Leipoxais peraffinis Holland, 1893
  • Leipoxais proboscidea (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
  • Leipoxais rufobrunnea Strand, 1912
  • Leipoxais siccifolia Aurivillius, 1902
  • Leipoxais tamsi D. S. Fletcher, 1968
  • Mallocampa audea (Druce, 1887)
  • Mallocampa leucophaea (Holland, 1893)
  • Mimopacha bryki Aurivillius, 1927
  • Mimopacha cinerascens (Holland, 1893)
  • Mimopacha gerstaeckerii (Dewitz, 1881)
  • Mimopacha tripunctata (Aurivillius, 1905)
  • Morongea arnoldi (Aurivillius, 1909)
  • Odontocheilopteryx corvus Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
  • Odontocheilopteryx maculata Aurivillius, 1905
  • Odontocheilopteryx myxa Wallengren, 1860
  • Odontocheilopteryx pattersoni Tams, 1926
  • Odontogama nigricans Aurivillius, 1914
  • Opisthodontia sonithella Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
  • Opisthodontia supramalis Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
  • Opisthodontia varezhka Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
  • Opisthoheza heza Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
  • Pachymeta contraria (Walker, 1855)
  • Pachymeta immunda (Holland, 1893)
  • Pachymetana guttata (Aurivillius, 1914)
  • Pachyna subfascia (Walker, 1855)
  • Pachytrina gliharta Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
  • Pachytrina honrathii (Dewitz, 1881)
  • Pachytrina philargyria (Hering, 1928)
  • Pachytrina trilineata (Aurivillius, 1911)
  • Pallastica litlura Zolotuhin & Gurukovich, 2009
  • Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909)
  • Philotherma jacchus Möschler, 1887
  • Philotherma leucocyma (Hampson, 1909)
  • Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905
  • Philotherma thoracica (Butler, 1895)
  • Pseudolyra cervina (Aurivillius, 1905)
  • Pseudolyra parva Tams, 1931
  • Pseudometa andersoni Tams, 1925
  • Pseudometa castanea Hampson, 1909
  • Pseudometa choba (Druce, 1899)
  • Pseudometa pagetodes Tams, 1929
  • Sena strigifascia (Hampson, 1909)
  • Sonitha lila Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
  • Sonitha myoctona Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
  • Stenophatna tamsi (Kiriakoff, 1963)
  • Stoermeriana eccrita D. S. Fletcher, 1968
  • Stoermeriana fusca (Aurivillius, 1905)
  • Stoermeriana graberi (Dewitz, 1881)
  • Stoermeriana ocellata Tams, 1929
  • Stoermeriana sjostedti (Aurivillius, 1902)
  • Stoermeriana tessmanni (Strand, 1912)
  • Streblote butiti (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
  • Streblote diplocyma (Hampson, 1909)
  • Trabala charon Druce, 1910
  • Trabala prasinophena Tams, 1931

Limacodidae
  • Coenobasis amoena Felder, 1874
  • Halseyia latifascia (Hering, 1937)
  • Halseyia rufilinea (Bethune-Baker, 1909)
  • Halseyia tenuifascia (Hering, 1937)
  • Halseyia ugandensis (Hering, 1937)
  • Latoia viridicosta (Hampson, 1910)
  • Macroplectra cinnamomea West, 1940
  • Macroplectra fuscifusa Hampson, 1910
  • Macroplectra jacksoni West, 1937
  • Macroplectra mesocyma Hampson, 1910
  • Macroplectra obliquilinea Hampson, 1910
  • Macroplectra rufopallens Hampson, 1910
  • Narosa hedychroa (Bethune-Baker, 1909)
  • Parapluda incincta (Hampson, 1909)
  • Parapluda invitabilis (Wallengren, 1860)
  • Parasa hexamitobalia Tams, 1930
  • Parasa parva Hering, 1938
  • Tetraphleba ruficeps (Hampson, 1909)

Lymantriidae
  • Aroa interrogationis Collenette, 1938
  • Bracharoa quadripunctata (Wallengren, 1875)
  • Carpenterella chionobosca Collenette, 1960
  • Collenettema crocipes (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Conigephyra sericaria (Hering, 1926)
  • Creagra atricosta (Hampson, 1909)
  • Crorema evanescens (Hampson, 1910)
  • Crorema fuscinotata (Hampson, 1910)
  • Dasychira aeschra (Hampson, 1926)
  • Dasychira glovera (Swinhoe, 1906)
  • Dasychira nigroplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1913)
  • Dasychira phoca Hampson, 1910
  • Dyasma thaumatopoeides (Schultze, 1934)
  • Eudasychira geoffreyi (Bethune-Baker, 1913)
  • Eudasychira quinquepunctata Möschler, 1887
  • Eudasychira umbrensis (Bethune-Baker, 1913)
  • Euproctis aethiopica (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
  • Euproctis aplegia Collenette, 1953
  • Euproctis audeoudi Collenette, 1938
  • Euproctis bigutta Holland, 1893
  • Euproctis carcassoni Collenette, 1960
  • Euproctis ceramozona Collenette, 1931
  • Euproctis coniorta Collenette, 1960
  • Euproctis conizona Collenette, 1933
  • Euproctis croceisticta Hampson, 1909
  • Euproctis disticta Bethune-Baker, 1909
  • Euproctis melalepia Hampson, 1909
  • Euproctis nessa Swinhoe, 1903
  • Euproctis perpusilla Hering, 1926
  • Euproctis pygmaea (Walker, 1855)
  • Euproctis ugandicola Strand, 1911
  • Homoeomeria hololeuca (Hampson, 1910)
  • Jacksoniana striata (Collenette, 1937)
  • Lacipa flavitincta Hampson, 1910
  • Lacipa gemmata Distant, 1897
  • Lacipa heterosticta Hampson, 1910
  • Lacipa melanosticta Hampson, 1910
  • Lacipa sundara (Swinhoe, 1903)
  • Laelia acuta Bethune-Baker, 1913
  • Laelia aethiopica Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Laelia bethuneana Strand, 1914
  • Laelia diascia Hampson, 1905
  • Laelia extorta (Distant, 1897)
  • Laelia gigantea Hampson, 1910
  • Laelia rivularis Hampson, 1910
  • Leucoma costalis Swinhoe, 1906
  • Leucoma discissa (Grünberg, 1910)
  • Marblepsis kakamega Collenette, 1937
  • Mylantria xanthospila (Plötz, 1880)
  • Naroma nigrolunata Collenette, 1931
  • Naroma signifera Walker, 1856
  • Orgyia hopkinsi Collenette, 1937
  • Orgyia nigrocristata Joicey & Talbot, 1924
  • Otroeda hesperia (Cramer, 1779)
  • Paraxena esquamata Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • Pseudarctia nivea Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • Pseudobazisa sericea (Hampson, 1910)
  • Rahona ladburyi (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
  • Rhypopteryx psoloconiama Collenette, 1960
  • Sphragista basipuncta Joicey & Talbot, 1924
  • Stilpnaroma melanocera (Hampson, 1909)
  • Stracena kamengo Collenette, 1936
  • Stracena promelaena (Holland, 1893)
  • Stracena striata Schultze, 1934
  • Tamsita habrotima (Tams, 1930)
  • Tamsita ochthoeba (Hampson, 1920)

Metarbelidae

Noctuidae
  • Ableptina nephelopera (Hampson, 1909)
  • Aburina phoenocrosmena Hampson, 1926
  • Achaea albifimbria (Walker, 1869)
  • Achaea boris (Geyer, 1837)
  • Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
  • Achaea catocaloides Guenée, 1852
  • Achaea cupreitincta Hampson, 1918
  • Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)
  • Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Achaea phaeobasis Hampson, 1913
  • Achaea sordida (Walker, 1865)
  • Acontia buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
  • Acontia citrelinea Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • Acontia hemixanthia (Hampson, 1910)
  • Acontia holoxantha (Hampson, 1910)
  • Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)
  • Acontia natalis (Guenée, 1852)
  • Acontia niphogona (Hampson, 1909)
  • Acontia secta Guenée, 1852
  • Acontia veroxanthia Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
  • Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
  • Acrapex brunnea Hampson, 1910
  • Acrapex spoliata (Walker, 1863)
  • Aegocera obliqua Mabille, 1893
  • Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
  • Aegocera tigrina (Druce, 1882)
  • Aletia phaeopasta (Hampson, 1907)
  • Aletia pyrausta (Hampson, 1913)
  • Amazonides elaeopis (Hampson, 1907)
  • Amblyprora acholi (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
  • Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
  • Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Anomis benitensis (Holland, 1894)
  • Anomis erosa (Hübner, 1818)
  • Anomis leucosema Hampson, 1926
  • Anomis luperca Möschler, 1883
  • Anomis sabulifera (Guenée, 1852)
  • Apaegocera aurantipennis Hampson, 1912
  • Arboricornus chrysopepla (Hampson, 1908)
  • Ariathisa semiluna (Hampson, 1909)
  • Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
  • Aspidifrontia bussindii Berio, 1937
  • Athetis nitens (Saalmüller, 1891)
  • Athetis transversistriata Strand, 1911
  • Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
  • Autoba costimacula (Saalmüller, 1880)
  • Axylia rhodopea (Hampson, 1907)
  • Bareia incidens Walker, 1858
  • Busseola obliquifascia (Hampson, 1909)
  • Carpostalagma pulverulentus Talbot, 1929
  • Carpostalagma viridis (Plötz, 1880)
  • Catada phaeopasta Hampson, 1909
  • Catephia iridocosma (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
  • Charitosemia geraldi (Kirby, 1896)
  • Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
  • Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
  • Claterna gracillodina Hampson, 1926
  • Corgatha ochrida Hampson, 1918
  • Cortyta polycyma (Hampson, 1909)
  • Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
  • Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1857)
  • Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852)
  • Ctenoplusia phocea (Hampson, 1910)
  • Cucullia perstriata Hampson, 1906
  • Cyligramma amblyops Mabille, 1891
  • Cyligramma fluctuosa (Drury, 1773)
  • Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
  • Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
  • Cyligramma magus (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
  • Cyligramma simplex Grünberg, 1910
  • Diascia nubilata (Hampson, 1909)
  • Digama budonga Bethune-Baker, 1913
  • Digama rileyi (Kiriakoff, 1958)
  • Diparopsis castanea Hampson, 1902
  • Dysgonia algira (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Dysgonia conjunctura (Walker, 1858)
  • Dysgonia derogans (Walker, 1858)
  • Dysgonia prorasigna (Hampson, 1913)
  • Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
  • Ectolopha viridescens Hampson, 1902
  • Egybolis vaillantina (Stoll, 1790)
  • Elyptron ethiopica (Hampson, 1909)
  • Erebus atavistis (Hampson, 1913)
  • Erebus macrops (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
  • Ericeia inangulata (Guenée, 1852)
  • Ericeia lituraria (Saalmüller, 1880)
  • Ethiopica acrothecta D. S. Fletcher, 1961
  • Ethiopica eclecta D. S. Fletcher, 1961
  • Ethiopica glauchroa D. S. Fletcher, 1961
  • Eublemma foedosa (Guenée, 1852)
  • Eublemma misturata Hampson, 1910
  • Eublemma ragusana (Freyer, 1844)
  • Eudocima divitiosa (Walker, 1869)
  • Eudocima fullonia (Clerck, 1764)
  • Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Eudrapa mollis Walker, 1857
  • Eutelia discitriga Walker, 1865
  • Euxootera leucoplaga (Hampson, 1907)
  • Feliniopsis politzari Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
  • Feliniopsis subsagula (D. S. Fletcher, 1961)
  • Gesonia stictigramma Hampson, 1926
  • Gracilodes nyctichroa Hampson, 1926
  • Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850)
  • Heliocheilus multiradiata (Hampson, 1902)
  • Heraclia aemulatrix (Westwood, 1881)
  • Heraclia aisha (Kirby, 1891)
  • Heraclia atrifusa (Hampson, 1912)
  • Heraclia gruenbergi (Wichgraf, 1911)
  • Heraclia hornimani (Druce, 1880)
  • Heraclia hypercompoides (Butler, 1895)
  • Heraclia karschi (Holland, 1897)
  • Heraclia longipennis (Walker, 1854)
  • Heraclia monslunensis (Hampson, 1901)
  • Heraclia poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
  • Heraclia superba (Butler, 1875)
  • Hypena obacerralis Walker, 1859
  • Hypena recurvata Hampson, 1909
  • Hypocala deflorata (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Leucania melanostrota (Hampson, 1905)
  • Leucania melianoides Möschler, 1883
  • Leucania sarca Hampson, 1902
  • Leucania tacuna Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Loxioda ochrota (Hampson, 1909)
  • Manga melanodonta (Hampson, 1910)
  • Marathyssa cuneata (Saalmüller, 1891)
  • Marcipa aequatorialis Pelletier, 1975
  • Marcipa pinheyi Pelletier, 1975
  • Marcipalina hayesi (Pelletier, 1975)
  • Masalia bimaculata (Moore, 1888)
  • Masalia flavistrigata (Hampson, 1903)
  • Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
  • Masalia latinigra (Hampson, 1907)
  • Massaga maritona Butler, 1868
  • Maxera brachypecten Hampson, 1926
  • Maxera nigriceps (Walker, 1858)
  • Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837)
  • Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857)
  • Metagarista maenas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
  • Metagarista triphaenoides Walker, 1854
  • Metatacha excavata (Bethune-Baker, 1909)
  • Miniodes discolor Guenée, 1852
  • Miniodes maculifera Hampson, 1913
  • Mitrophrys ansorgei (Rothschild, 1897)
  • Mitrophrys menete (Cramer, 1775)
  • Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Mocis mutuaria (Walker, 1858)
  • Mocis repanda (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Mocis undata (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Nyodes brevicornis (Walker, 1857)
  • Oligia ambigua (Walker, 1858)
  • Oligia parathermes Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • Omphalestra semifusca (Hampson, 1905)
  • Omphaloceps triangularis (Mabille, 1893)
  • Ophiusa cancellata (Saalmüller, 1891)
  • Ophiusa conspicienda (Walker, 1858)
  • Ophiusa violisparsa (L. B. Prout, 1919)
  • Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Ozarba diaphora Berio, 1937
  • Ozarba hypoxantha (Wallengren, 1860)
  • Ozarba rosescens Hampson, 1910
  • Ozarba semitorrida Hampson, 1916
  • Ozarba subtilimba Berio, 1963
  • Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852
  • Parachalciope agonia Hampson, 1913
  • Parachalciope binaria (Holland, 1894)
  • Parachalciope longiplaga Hampson, 1913
  • Parachalciope monoplaneta Hampson, 1913
  • Paralephana westi D. S. Fletcher, 1961
  • Pericyma scandulata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Perigea ethiopica Hampson, 1908
  • Phaegorista leucomelas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
  • Phaegorista similis Walker, 1869
  • Phaegorista trialbata Prout, 1918
  • Phaeoscia canipars Hampson, 1926
  • Plecoptera dentilinea Hampson, 1926
  • Plecoptera diplogramma Hampson, 1926
  • Plecoptera melanoscia Hampson, 1926
  • Plecopterodes melliflua (Holland, 1897)
  • Pleuronodes anconia Hampson, 1926
  • Pleuronodes lepticyma (Hampson, 1909)
  • Plusia aranea Hampson, 1909
  • Poeonoma serrata (Hampson, 1910)
  • Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
  • Prospalta sessei (Berio, 1937)
  • Pseudcraspedia punctata Hampson, 1898
  • Pseudoarcte melanis (Mabille, 1890)
  • Pseudotuerta argyrochlora (Carcasson, 1964)
  • Remigiodes remigina (Mabille, 1884)
  • Rhanidophora agrippa Druce, 1899
  • Rhanidophora flava Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • Rhanidophora phedonia (Stoll, 1781)
  • Rhanidophora piguerator Hampson, 1926
  • Rothia rhaeo (Druce, 1894)
  • Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)
  • Sciatta inconcisa Walker, 1869
  • Sesamia albivena Hampson, 1902
  • Sesamia sabulosa Hampson, 1910
  • Soloe fumipennis Hampson, 1910
  • Soloella orientis Kühne, 2007
  • Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
  • Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
  • Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Syngrapha circumflexa (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Thiacidas senex (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
  • Thysanoplusia chalcedona (Hampson, 1902)
  • Thysanoplusia cupreomicans (Hampson, 1909)
  • Thysanoplusia rostrata (D. S. Fletcher, 1963)
  • Thysanoplusia sestertia (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Timora margarita Le Cerf, 1911
  • Trachea atriplaga Hampson, 1911
  • Tracheplexia amaranta (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1974)
  • Tracheplexia schista D. S. Fletcher, 1961
  • Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
  • Ugia scopulina Hampson, 1926
  • Uncula tristigmatias (Hampson, 1902)
  • Vietteania pyrostrota (Hampson, 1907)
  • Vittaplusia petraea Dufay, 1972
  • Xanthomera leucoglene (Mabille, 1880)
  • Xylostola olivata Hampson, 1909

Nolidae
  • Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
  • Eligma duplicata Aurivillius, 1892
  • Maurilia arcuata (Walker, [1858])
  • Meganola reubeni Agassiz, 2009
  • Nola costimaculata Kiriakoff, 1958
  • Nola melaleuca (Hampson, 1901)
  • Nola ochrographa Hampson, 1907
  • Plusiocalpe pallida Holland, 1894
  • Trogobriga albifera Hampson, 1912
  • Westermannia argyroplaga Hampson, 1905

Notodontidae
  • Amphiphalera leuconephra Hampson, 1910
  • Amphiphalera nigripuncta Kiriakoff, 1975
  • Antheua anomala Berio, 1937
  • Antheua eriostepta Tams, 1932
  • Antheua ochriventris (Strand, 1912)
  • Antheua trifasciata (Hampson, 1909)
  • Bugandita bisignata Kiriakoff, 1965
  • Desmeocraera adusta Kiriakoff, 1962
  • Desmeocraera analis Kiriakoff, 1954
  • Desmeocraera dambae (Bethune-Baker, 1913)
  • Desmeocraera esmeraldina Kiriakoff, 1958
  • Desmeocraera geminata Gaede, 1928
  • Desmeocraera gonerilla Kiriakoff, 1973
  • Desmeocraera jucunda Kiriakoff, 1968
  • Desmeocraera minima Kiriakoff, 1962
  • Desmeocraera oliva Kiriakoff, 1968
  • Diopeithes barnesi Kiriakoff, 1958
  • Epanaphe moloneyi (Druce, 1887)
  • Odontoperas dentigera Kiriakoff, 1962
  • Oreocerura dissodectes (Kiriakoff, 1958)
  • Pararheneades plumosa Kiriakoff, 1965
  • Peratodonta gypsitea (Kiriakoff, 1968)
  • Peratodonta nigriventris Kiriakoff, 1962
  • Phalera atrata (Grünberg, 1907)
  • Polienus capillata (Wallengren, 1875)
  • Rasemia citaria (Schaus, 1893)
  • Rasemia euzopherodes (Hampson, 1910)
  • Rasemia macrodonta (Hampson, 1909)
  • Rhenea monotonia Kiriakoff, 1965
  • Rheneades flavescens Kiriakoff, 1962
  • Scalmicauda corinna Kiriakoff, 1968
  • Scalmicauda tricolor Kiriakoff, 1965
  • Sidisca zika Kiriakoff, 1962
  • Stenostaura impeditus (Walker, 1865)
  • Xanthodonta diatrecta (Hampson, 1910)

Oecophoridae
  • Diocosma rhodopola Meyrick, 1930

Psychidae
  • Eumeta rougeoti Bourgogne, 1955
  • Monda bicolor Strand, 1911
  • Monda immunda Joicey & Talbot, 1924
  • Monda junctimacula Hampson, 1910

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Saturniidae
  • Aurivillius seydeli Rougeot, 1962
  • Aurivillius xerophilus Rougeot, 1977
  • Bunaea alcinoe (Stoll, 1780)
  • Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849)
  • Bunaeopsis jacksoni (Jordan, 1908)
  • Bunaeopsis licharbas (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
  • Bunaeopsis oubie (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
  • Campimoptilum kuntzei (Dewitz, 1881)
  • Decachorda pomona (Weymer, 1892)
  • Epiphora antinorii (Oberthür, 1880)
  • Epiphora intermedia (Rougeot, 1955)
  • Epiphora lugardi Kirby, 1894
  • Epiphora marginimacula Joicey & Talbot, 1924
  • Epiphora rectifascia Rothschild, 1907
  • Epiphora vacuna (Westwood, 1849)
  • Gonimbrasia rectilineata (Sonthonnax, 1899)
  • Goodia oxytela Jordan, 1922
  • Goodia unguiculata Bouvier, 1936
  • Gynanisa uganda Darge, 2008
  • Holocerina smilax (Westwood, 1849)
  • Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1772)
  • Lobobunaea acetes (Westwood, 1849)
  • Lobobunaea goodi (Holland, 1893)
  • Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
  • Ludia hansali Felder, 1874
  • Ludia orinoptena Karsch, 1892
  • Micragone cana (Aurivillius, 1893)
  • Micragone elisabethae Bouvier, 1930
  • Nudaurelia alopia Westwood, 1849
  • Nudaurelia anthinoides Rougeot, 1978
  • Nudaurelia dione (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Nudaurelia eblis Strecker, 1876
  • Orthogonioptilum adiegetum Karsch, 1892
  • Orthogonioptilum vestigiata (Holland, 1893)
  • Pseudantheraea imperator Rougeot, 1962
  • Pseudaphelia ansorgei Rothschild, 1898
  • Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Pseudaphelia luteola Bouvier, 1930
  • Pseudimbrasia deyrollei (J. Thomson, 1858)
  • Pseudobunaea cleopatra (Aurivillius, 1893)
  • Pseudobunaea tyrrhena (Westwood, 1849)
  • Tagoropsis flavinata (Walker, 1865)
  • Tagoropsis hanningtoni (Butler, 1883)
  • Tagoropsis rougeoti D. S. Fletcher, 1952
  • Urota centralis Bouyer, 2008
  • Yatanga smithi (Holland, 1892)

Sesiidae

Sphingidae

Thyrididae
  • Arniocera cyanoxantha (Mabille, 1893)
  • Arniocera poecila Jordan, 1907
  • Cecidothyris affinia Whalley, 1971
  • Chrysotypus circumfuscus Whalley, 1971
  • Chrysotypus dawsoni Distant, 1897
  • Chrysotypus vittiferalis (Gaede, 1917)
  • Dysodia fenestratella Warren, 1900
  • Dysodia intermedia (Walker, 1865)
  • Dysodia magnifica Whalley, 1968
  • Dysodia zelleri (Dewitz, 1881)
  • Hypolamprus distrinctus Whalley, 1971
  • Kalenga ansorgei (Warren, 1899)
  • Kuja kibala Whalley, 1971
  • Lamprochrysa scintillans (Butler, 1893)
  • Lamprochrysa triplex (Plötz, 1880)
  • Lelymena misalis Karsch, 1900
  • Marmax semiaurata (Walker, 1854)
  • Marmax smaragdina (Butler, 1888)
  • Marmax vicaria (Walker, 1854)
  • Nemea ankole Whalley, 1971
  • Nemea nivosa Whalley, 1971
  • Netrocera setioides Felder, 1874
  • Rhodoneura serraticornis (Warren, 1899)
  • Trichobaptes auristrigata (Plötz, 1880)
  • Tridesmodes ramiculata Warren, 1899

Tineidae
  • Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915)
  • Afrocelestis minuta (Gozmány, 1965)
  • Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852)
  • Ceratophaga xanthastis (Meyrick, 1908)
  • Cimitra estimata (Gozmány, 1965)
  • Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917)
  • Cimitra platyloxa (Meyrick, 1930)
  • Cimitra spinignatha (Gozmány, 1968)
  • Criticonoma esoterica (Gozmány, 1966)
  • Crypsithyris miranda (Gozmány, 1966)
  • Crypsithyris ruwenzorica (Gozmány, 1966)
  • Cylicobathra chionarga Meyrick, 1920
  • Dasyses incrustata (Meyrick, 1930)
  • Dinica diana Gozmány, 1966
  • Dinica hyacinthopa (Meyrick, 1932)
  • Dinica orphnospila (Meyrick, 1934)
  • Ectabola deviata (Gozmány, 1966)
  • Edosa ensigera (Gozmány, 1966)
  • Emblematodes aberrans Gozmány, 1966
  • Hapsifera refalcata Gozmány, 1967
  • Hapsifera revoluta Meyrick, 1914
  • Hoplocentra mucronata Gozmány, 1968
  • Hyperbola bradleyi Gozmány, 1966
  • Leptozancla cultellata Gozmány & Vári, 1973
  • Machaeropteris irritabilis Meyrick, 1932
  • Monopis liparota Meyrick, 1920
  • Monopis malescripta Meyrick, 1938
  • Monopis megalodelta Meyrick, 1908
  • Monopis persimilis Gozmány, 1965
  • Monopis sciagrapha Bradley, 1965
  • Morophaga capnochalca (Meyrick, 1932)
  • Morophaga soror Gozmány, 1965
  • Organodesma leucomicra (Gozmány, 1966)
  • Organodesma ornata Gozmány, 1966
  • Perissomastix breviberbis (Meyrick, 1933)
  • Perissomastix ruwenzorica Gozmány & Vári, 1973
  • Phalloscardia semiumbrata (Meyrick, 1920)
  • Phereoeca barysticta (Meyrick, 1927)
  • Phthoropoea oenochares (Meyrick, 1920)
  • Phthoropoea pycnosaris (Meyrick, 1932)
  • Pitharcha atrisecta (Meyrick, 1918)
  • Pitharcha chalinaea Meyrick, 1908
  • Scalmatica ascendens Gozmány, 1966
  • Scalmatica zernyi Gozmány, 1967
  • Silosca hypsocola Gozmány, 1968
  • Silosca licziae Gozmány, 1967
  • Silosca savannae Gozmány, 1968
  • Sphallestasis epixena (Gozmány, 1966)
  • Sphallestasis extraphalla (Gozmány, 1966)
  • Sphallestasis fletcheri (Gozmány, 1966)
  • Sphallestasis sinuosa (Gozmány, 1966)
  • Tinea allomella Bradley, 1965
  • Tinea amphitrite Meyrick, 1932
  • Tinemelitta ceriaula (Meyrick, 1914)
  • Tineola bisselliella (Hummel, 1823)
  • Tinissa poliophasma Bradley, 1965
  • Tinissa ruwenzorica Gozmány, 1966
  • Tiquadra lichenea Walsingham, 1897
  • Wegneria astragalodes (Meyrick, 1922)
  • Wegneria chrysophthalma (Meyrick, 1934)
  • Xerantica tephroclysta Meyrick, 1930

Tortricidae

Uraniidae
  • Aploschema albaria (Plötz, 1880)
  • Dissoprumna erycinaria (Guenée, 1857)
  • Epiplema barbara Warren, 1899

Zygaenidae
  • Astyloneura difformis (Jordan, 1907)
  • Astyloneura esmeralda (Hampson, 1920)
  • Astyloneura nitens Jordan, 1907
  • Chalconycles vetulina Jordan, 1907
  • Epiorna abessynica (Koch, 1865)
  • Saliunca aenescens Hampson, 1920
  • Saliunca chalconota Hampson, 1920
  • Saliunca cyanea Hampson, 1920
  • Saliunca cyanothorax Hampson, 1920
  • Saliunca egeria Bethune-Baker, 1913
  • Saliunca flavifrons (Plötz, 1880)
  • Saliunca homochroa (Holland, 1897)
  • Saliunca sapphirina Hampson, 1920
  • Saliunca styx (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Saliunca ugandana Jordan, 1908
  • Saliunca ventralis Jordan, 1907
  • Syringura triplex (Plötz, 1880)
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References
    • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Advanced search: Distribution: country". Afromoths.
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