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

References

External links

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