List of moths 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.

Location of Zambia

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
  • Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
  • Achaea dasybasis Hampson, 1913
  • Acontia atrisignata Hampson, 1918
  • Acontia aurelia Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Acontia niphogona (Hampson, 1909)
  • Acontia submutata Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
  • Agoma trimenii (Felder, 1874)
  • Amyna ruptirena Hampson, 1910
  • Andrhippuris caudaequina Karsch, 1895
  • Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
  • Aspidifrontia corticea (Hampson, 1910)
  • Athetis camptogramma (Hampson, 1910)
  • Attatha ethiopica Hampson, 1910
  • Audea humeralis Hampson, 1902
  • Carpostalagma signata Talbot, 1932
  • Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
  • Cirrodes phoenicea Hampson, 1910
  • Colpocheilopteryx operatrix (Wallengren, 1860)
  • Corgatha hypoxantha Hampson, 1910
  • Cortyta polycyma (Hampson, 1909)
  • Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
  • Ctenusa pallida (Hampson, 1902)
  • Cyligramma amblyops Mabille, 1891
  • Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
  • Deinopa flavida Hampson, 1926
  • Digama aganais (Felder, 1874)
  • Dysgonia erectata (Hampson, 1902)
  • Dysgonia macrorhyncha (Hampson, 1913)
  • Dysgonia mesonephele (Hampson, 1910)
  • Dysgonia porphyrescens (Hampson, 1910)
  • Dysgonia proxima (Hampson, 1902)
  • Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
  • Entomogramma pardus Guenée, 1852
  • Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
  • Ethioterpia neavi Hampson, 1910
  • Eublemma trigramma Hampson, 1910
  • Eudrapa grisea Pinhey, 1968
  • Eulocastra aethiops (Distant, 1898)
  • Eustrotia foedalis (Walker, 1866)
  • Eustrotia perirrorata Hampson, 1918
  • Eutelia symphonica Hampson, 1902
  • Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Grammodes microgonia (Hampson, 1910)
  • Heliophisma xanthoptera (Hampson, 1910)
  • Heraclia aemulatrix (Westwood, 1881)
  • Heraclia atriventralis (Hampson, 1910)
  • Heraclia flavipennis (Bartel, 1903)
  • Heraclia limbomaculata (Strand, 1909)
  • Heraclia monslunensis (Hampson, 1901)
  • Hespagarista caudata (Dewitz, 1879)
  • Hespagarista eburnea Jordan, 1915
  • Hoplarista haemaplaga Hampson, 1910
  • Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Lepidodelta phoenicraspis (Hampson, 1910)
  • Leucovis alba (Rothschild, 1897)
  • Lophoptera litigiosa (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Masalia albipuncta (Hampson, 1910)
  • Masalia flavistrigata (Hampson, 1903)
  • Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
  • Masalia sublimis (Berio, 1962)
  • Masalia transvaalica (Distant, 1902)
  • Mimasura innotata Hampson, 1910
  • Mimasura quadripuncta Hampson, 1910
  • Mitrophrys gynandra Jordan, 1913
  • Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Mocis mutuaria (Walker, 1858)
  • Mocis persinuosa (Hampson, 1910)
  • Ochropleura leucogaster (Freyer, 1831)
  • Ophisma albitermia (Hampson, 1910)
  • Ophiusa david (Holland, 1894)
  • Ophiusa gonoptera Hampson, 1910
  • Ophiusa obsolescens (Hampson, 1918)
  • Ophiusa tettensis (Hopffer, 1857)
  • Ophiusa tumiditermina Hampson, 1910
  • Oraesia wintgensi (Strand, 1909)
  • Ozarba apicalis Hampson, 1910
  • Ozarba hemimelaena Hampson, 1910
  • Ozarba subterminalis Hampson, 1910
  • Parachalciope albifissa (Hampson, 1910)
  • Parachalciope benitensis (Holland, 1894)
  • Parachalciope deltifera (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Parachalciope mahura (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Phaegorista similis Walker, 1869
  • Phaegorista xanthosoma Hampson, 1910
  • Phytometra hypopsamma (Hampson, 1926)
  • Plecopterodes griseicilia (Hampson, 1910)
  • Plecopterodes heterochroa (Hampson, 1910)
  • Plecopterodes melliflua (Holland, 1897)
  • Plecopterodes molybdopasta (Hampson, 1910)
  • Pseudospiris paidiformis Butler, 1895
  • Rhanidophora odontophora Hampson, 1926
  • Rhynchina leucodonta Hampson, 1910
  • Thyas parallelipipeda (Guenée, 1852)
  • Thyatirina achatina (Weymer, 1896)
  • Thysanoplusia cupreomicans (Hampson, 1909)

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
  • Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)

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