List of moths of Senegal

Location 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.

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

Arctiidae

• Acantharctia lacteata Rothschild, 1933
• Acantharctia nivea Aurivillius, 1900
• Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855)
• Aloa moloneyi (Druce, 1887)
• Alpenus affiniola (Strand, 1919)
• Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
• Amata lateralis (Boisduval, 1836)
• Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887)
• Amerila pannosa (Grünberg, 1908)
• Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793)
• Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880
• Apisa subcanescens Rothschild, 1910
• Automolis subulva (Mabille, 1884)
• Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)
• Estigmene flaviceps Hampson, 1907
• Estigmene laglaizei Rothschild, 1910
• Estigmene senegalensis Rothschild, 1933
• Estigmene testaceoflava Rothschild, 1933
• Estigmene unilinea Rothschild, 1910
• Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
• Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)
• Logunovium nigricosta (Holland, 1893)
• Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
• Spilosoma castelli Rothschild, 1933
• Spilosoma occidens (Rothschild, 1910)
• Spilosoma quadrilunata (Hampson, 1901)
• Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898)
• Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865)
• Teracotona senegalensis Rothschild, 1933
• Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878
• Trichaeta parva Aurivillius, 1910
• Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cosmopterigidae

• Anatrachyntis risbeci (Ghesquière, 1940)
• Cosmopterix luteoapicalis Sinev, 2002

Cossidae

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

Crambidae

• Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973
• Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798)
• Synclera traducalis (Zeller, 1852)

Drepanidae

• Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874)

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

• Stomphastis thraustica (Meyrick, 1908)

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

• Torodora hybrista (Meyrick, 1922)

Limacodidae

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

Lymantriidae

• Aroa achrodisca Hampson, 1910
• Dasychira colini (Mabille, 1893)

Metarbelidae

• Kroonia carteri Lehmann, 2010
• Lebedodes wichgrafi (Grünberg, 1910)
• Salagena discata Gaede, 1929
• Salagena inversa Gaede, 1929
• Salagena nigropuncta Le Cerf, 1919

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

• Leucophlebia afra Karsch, 1891
• Neopolyptychus spurrelli (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
• Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)
• Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776)
• Platysphinx phyllis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Pseudoclanis boisduvali (Aurivillius, 1898)
• Pseudoclanis molitor (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
• Pseudoclanis rhadamistus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Rufoclanis rosea (Druce, 1882)
• Theretra perkeo Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

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

• Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852

External links

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