List of moths of Senegal

Moths of Senegal represent about 190 known moth species. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Location of Senegal

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

Arctiidae

Cosmopterigidae

Cossidae
  • Azygophleps psyche Le Cerf, 1919
  • Eremocossus senegalensis Le Cerf, 1919

Crambidae

Drepanidae

Geometridae
  • Erastria albosignata (Walker, 1863)
  • Euproutia aggravaria (Guenée, 1858)
  • Idaea prionodonta (Prout, 1932)
  • Isturgia inaequivirgaria (Mabille, 1890)
  • Neromia propinquilinea Prout, 1920
  • Orbamia octomaculata (Wallengren, 1872)
  • Orbamia renimacula (Prout, 1926)
  • Scopula paradelpharia Prout, 1920
  • Thalassodes albifimbria Warren, 1897
  • Zamarada acrochra Prout, 1928
  • Zamarada anacantha D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada bicuspida D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada crystallophana Mabille, 1900
  • Zamarada dilucida Warren, 1909
  • Zamarada emaciata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada euerces Prout, 1928
  • Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897
  • Zygophyxia relictata (Walker, 1866)

Gracillariidae

Lasiocampidae
  • Beralade bistrigata Strand, 1909
  • Chrysopsyche imparilis Aurivillius, 1905
  • Euphorea ondulosa (Conte, 1909)
  • Lasiocampa bilineata (Mabille, 1884)
  • Leipoxais proboscidea (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
  • Mimopacha rotundata Hering, 1941
  • Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909)
  • Streblote bakeri (Riel, 1911)
  • Theophasida cardinalli (Tams, 1926)

Lecithoceridae

Limacodidae
  • Latoia colini Mabille, 1881
  • Latoia privativa Hering, 1928

Lymantriidae

Metarbelidae

Noctuidae
  • Acantholipes aurea Berio, 1966
  • Acantholipes semiaurea Berio, 1966
  • Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
  • Acontia basifera Walker, 1857
  • Acontia buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
  • Acontia citrelinea Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • Acontia fastrei Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
  • Acontia hampsoni Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
  • Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)
  • Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898)
  • Acontia stassarti Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
  • Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
  • Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
  • Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
  • Agoma trimenii (Felder, 1874)
  • Amazonides tabida (Guenée, 1852)
  • Aspidifrontia hemileuca (Hampson, 1909)
  • Aspidifrontia senegalensis Berio, 1966
  • Aspidifrontia villiersi (Laporte, 1972)
  • Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
  • Brevipecten calimanii (Berio, 1939)
  • Calliodes appollina Guenée, 1852
  • Cerocala albicornis Berio, 1966
  • Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Chasmina vestae (Guenée, 1852)
  • Clytie tropicalis Rungs, 1975
  • Crypsotidia maculifera (Staudinger, 1898)
  • Crypsotidia mesosema Hampson, 1913
  • Crypsotidia remanei Wiltshire, 1977
  • Ctenusa pallida (Hampson, 1902)
  • Dysmilichia flavonigra (Swinhoe, 1884)
  • Euclidia limbosa Guenée, 1852
  • Gesonia nigripalpa Wiltshire, 1977
  • Gnamptonyx innexa (Walker, 1858)
  • Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
  • Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
  • Hypotacha isthmigera Wiltshire, 1968
  • Iambia jansei Berio, 1966
  • Masalia albiseriata (Druce, 1903)
  • Masalia bimaculata (Moore, 1888)
  • Masalia cheesmanae Seymour, 1972
  • Masalia decorata (Moore, 1881)
  • Masalia flaviceps (Hampson, 1903)
  • Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
  • Masalia nubila (Hampson, 1903)
  • Masalia rubristria (Hampson, 1903)
  • Masalia terracottoides (Rothschild, 1921)
  • Matopo selecta (Walker, 1865)
  • Melanephia nigrescens (Wallengren, 1856)
  • Misa memnonia Karsch, 1895
  • Mitrophrys magna (Walker, 1854)
  • Mitrophrys menete (Cramer, 1775)
  • Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Mythimna languida (Walker, 1858)
  • Ophiusa mejanesi (Guenée, 1852)
  • Ozarba corniculantis Berio, 1947
  • Ozarba leptocyma Hampson, 1914
  • Ozarba rubrivena Hampson, 1910
  • Pandesma muricolor Berio, 1966
  • Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
  • Phaegorista agaristoides Boisduval, 1836
  • Phaegorista leucomelas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
  • Plecopterodes moderata (Wallengren, 1860)
  • Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
  • Rhabdophera clathrum (Guenée, 1852)
  • Rhabdophera hansali (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Rhynchina leucodonta Hampson, 1910
  • Saalmuellerana media (Walker, 1857)
  • Schausia gladiatoria (Holland, 1893)
  • Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
  • Thiacidas kanoensis Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Thiacidas meii Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Thiacidas mukim (Berio, 1977)
  • Thiacidas stassarti Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Thiacidas submutata Hacker & Zilli, 2007
  • Thyas parallelipipeda (Guenée, 1852)
  • Timora senegalensis (Guenée, 1852)

Nolidae
  • Blenina chloromelana (Mabille, 1890)

Notodontidae
  • Anaphe stellata Guérin-Méneville, 1844
  • Epanaphe vuilleti (de Joannis, 1907)

Psychidae
  • Eumeta rotunda Bourgogne, 1965
  • Melasina murifica Meyrick, 1922

Pyralidae
  • Pempelia morosalis (Saalmüller, 1880)

Saturniidae
  • Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849)
  • Epiphora bauhiniae (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
  • Gonimbrasia occidentalis Rothschild, 1907
  • Holocerina angulata (Aurivillius, 1893)
  • Imbrasia senegalensis (Olivier, 1792)
  • Micragone nenia (Westwood, 1849)
  • Micragone nenioides Rougeot, 1979
  • Pseudimbrasia deyrollei (J. Thomson, 1858)
  • Pseudobunaea irius (Fabricius, 1793)

Sesiidae
  • Metasphecia vuilleti Le Cerf, 1917

Sphingidae

Thyrididae
  • Amalthocera tiphys Boisduval, 1836

Tineidae
  • Agnathosia byrsinopa (Meyrick, 1933)
  • Ceratophaga tragoptila (Meyrick, 1917)
  • Endromarmata lutipalpis (Meyrick, 1922)
  • Hapsifera luteata Gozmány, 1965
  • Hapsifera niphoxantha Gozmány, 1965
  • Syncalipsis optania (Meyrick, 1908)

Tortricidae

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