There are about 380 known moth species of Somaliland. 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 Somaliland.

Arctiidae

• Alpenus diversata (Hampson, 1916)
• Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)
• Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
• Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)
• Amata chrysozona (Hampson, 1898)
• Amata romeii Berio, 1941
• Amata velatipennis (Walker, 1864)
• Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880
• Amsacta melanogastra (Holland, 1897)
• Amsacta paolii Berio, 1936
• Amsactarctia radiosa (Pagenstecher, 1903)
• Amsactarctia venusta (Toulgoët, 1980)
• Apisa canescens Walker, 1855
• Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847)
• Argina astrea (Drury, 1773)
• Automolis meteus (Stoll, 1781)
• Estigmene griseata Hampson, 1916
• Galtara somaliensis (Hampson, 1916)
• Micralarctia tolgoeti Watson, 1988
• Nanna eningae (Plötz, 1880)
• Ochrota unicolor (Hopffer, 1857)
• Paralacydes arborifera (Butler, 1875)
• Paralacydes fiorii (Berio, 1937)
• Paralacydes minorata (Berio, 1935)
• Secusio discoidalis Talbot, 1929
• Secusio strigata Walker, 1854
• Spilosoma mediopunctata (Pagenstecher, 1903)
• Spilosoma semihyalina Bartel, 1903
• Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865)
• Teracotona submacula (Walker, 1855)
• Trichaeta fulvescens (Walker, 1854)
• Trichaeta pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)
• Utetheisa amhara Jordan, 1939
• Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bombycidae

• Ocinara ficicola (Westwood & Ormerod, 1889)

Cossidae

• Aethalopteryx tristis (Gaede, 1915)
• Nomima prophanes Durrant, 1916

Crambidae

• Bocchoris inspersalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Crocidolomia pavonana (Fabricius, 1794)
• Herpetogramma mutualis (Zeller, 1852)
• Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794)
• Pyrausta phaenicealis (Hübner, 1818)

Gelechiidae

• Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844)

Geometridae

• Acidaliastis subbrunnescens Prout, 1916
• Aetheometra iconoclasis Prout, 1931
• Antharmostes papilio Prout, 1912
• Chiasmia calvifrons (Prout, 1916)
• Chiasmia inconspicua (Warren, 1897)
• Chiasmia semialbida (Prout, 1915)
• Chiasmia subcurvaria (Mabille, 1897)
• Cyclophora imperialis (Berio, 1937)
• Hemidromodes subbrunnescens Prout, 1915
• Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)
• Lomographa indularia (Guenée, 1858)
• Pachypalpella subalbata (Warren, 1900)
• Phaiogramma stibolepida (Butler, 1879)
• Prasinocyma perpulverata Prout, 1916
• Scopula africana Berio, 1937
• Scopula minoa (Prout, 1916)
• Scopula nepheloperas (Prout, 1916)
• Scopula sagittilinea (Warren, 1897)
• Sesquialtera ridicula Prout, 1916
• Traminda acuta (Warren, 1897)
• Traminda neptunaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Tricentroscelis protrusifrons Prout, 1916
• Zamarada mesotaenia Prout, 1931
• Zamarada secutaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Zamarada torrida D. S. Fletcher, 1974

Gracillariidae

• Acrocercops bifasciata (Walsingham, 1891)

Lasiocampidae

• Anadiasa colenettei Hartig, 1940
• Anadiasa nicotrai Hartig, 1940
• Anadiasa simplex Pagenstecher, 1903
• Beralade fulvostriata Pagenstecher, 1903
• Beralade sobrina (Druce, 1900)
• Bombycopsis hyatti Tams, 1931
• Chionopsyche grisea Aurivillius, 1914
• Gonometa negrottoi Berio, 1940
• Odontocheilopteryx myxa Wallengren, 1860
• Odontocheilopteryx politzari Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
• Odontopacha fenestrata Aurivillius, 1909
• Sena donaldsoni (Holland, 1901)
• Sena prompta (Walker, 1855)
• Stenophatna marshalli Aurivillius, 1909
• Stoermeriana abyssinicum (Aurivillius, 1908)
• Stoermeriana collenettei Tams, 1931
• Streblote finitorum Tams, 1931

Limacodidae

• Coenobasis chloronoton Hampson, 1916
• Coenobasis postflavida Hampson, 1910
• Gavara caprai Berio, 1937
• Gavara leucomera Hampson, 1916
• Gavara velutina Walker, 1857
• Latoia vivida (Walker, 1865)
• Scotinochroa minor Hampson, 1916

Lymantriidae

• Aclonophlebia inconspicua Hampson, 1910
• Casama impura (Hering, 1926)
• Casama vilis (Walker, 1865)
• Cropera confalonierii Berio, 1937
• Croperoides negrottoi Berio, 1940
• Dasychira daphne Hering, 1926
• Knappetra fasciata (Walker, 1855)
• Laelia subrosea (Walker, 1855)
• Rhypopteryx rhodea (Hampson, 1905

Metarbelidae

• Metarbela erecta Gaede, 1929

Noctuidae

• Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858)
• Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
• Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
• Achaea mercatoria (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acontia apatelia (Swinhoe, 1907)
• Acontia basifera Walker, 1857
• Acontia berioi Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia caeruleopicta Hampson, 1916
• Acontia caffraria (Cramer, 1777)
• Acontia chiaromontei Berio, 1936
• Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857
• Acontia ectorrida (Hampson, 1916)
• Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1884
• Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
• Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)
• Acontia lanzai (Berio, 1985)
• Acontia mascheriniae (Berio, 1985)
• Acontia miogona (Hampson, 1916)
• Acontia notha Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia nubila Hampson, 1910
• Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
• Acontia pergratiosa Berio, 1937
• Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898)
• Acontia rigatoi Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia semialba Hampson, 1910
• Acontia somaliensis (Berio, 1977)
• Acontia sublactea Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
• Acontia trimaculata Aurivillius, 1879
• Adisura bella Gaede, 1915
• Aegleoides paolii Berio, 1937
• Aegocera brevivitta Hampson, 1901
• Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
• Agrotis bialbifasciata Berio, 1953
• Agrotis negrottoi Berio, 1938
• Agrotis nicotrai Berio, 1945
• Agrotis pictifascia (Hampson, 1896)
• Amazonides menieri Laporte, 1974
• Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
• Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
• Androlymnia clavata Hampson, 1910
• Anoba trigonosema (Hampson, 1916)
• Anomis erosa (Hübner, 1818)
• Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
• Anomis involuta Walker, 1857
• Anomis mesogona (Walker, 1857)
• Anomis sabulifera (Guenée, 1852)
• Antarchaea digramma (Walker, 1863)
• Antarchaea fragilis (Butler, 1875)
• Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833)
• Ariathisa abyssinia (Guenée, 1852)
• Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
• Athetis discopuncta Hampson, 1916
• Athetis satellitia (Hampson, 1902)
• Audea melanoplaga Hampson, 1902
• Beihania diascota (Hampson, 1916)
• Brevipecten calimanii (Berio, 1939)
• Brevipecten cornuta Hampson, 1902
• Brevipecten discolora Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
• Brevipecten marmoreata Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
• Brevipecten tessenei Berio, 1939
• Calesia zambesita Walker, 1865
• Callhyccoda viriditrina Berio, 1935
• Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827)
• Callopistria yerburii Butler, 1884
• Caranilla uvarovi (Wiltshire, 1949)
• Catephia mesonephele Hampson, 1916
• Cerocala albimacula Hampson, 1916
• Cerocala grandirena Berio, 1954
• Cerocala illustrata Holland, 1897
• Cerocala munda Druce, 1900
• Cerocala oppia (Druce, 1900)
• Cetola vicina de Joannis, 1913
• Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
• Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
• Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday, 1843)
• Clytie tropicalis Rungs, 1975
• Condica capensis (Guenée, 1852)
• Craterestra definiens (Walker, 1857)
• Crionica cervicornis (Fawcett, 1917)
• Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1857)
• Ctenusa curvilinea Hampson, 1913
• Cyligramma fluctuosa (Drury, 1773)
• Diparopsis castanea Hampson, 1902
• Discestra quercii Berio, 1941
• Donuctenusa fiorii Berio, 1940
• Dysgonia algira (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
• Ecthymia lemonia Berio, 1940
• Epharmottomena sublimbata Berio, 1894
• Erebus macrops (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Ethiopica hesperonota Hampson, 1909
• Ethiopica ignecolora Hampson, 1916
• Ethiopica phaeocausta Hampson, 1916
• Eublemma daphoenoides Berio, 1941
• Eublemma exigua (Walker, 1858)
• Eublemma galacteoides Berio, 1937
• Eublemma olmii Berio, 1937
• Eublemma postrosea Gaede, 1935
• Eublemma reninigra Berio, 1945
• Eublemma rivula (Moore, 1882)
• Eublemma scitula (Rambur, 1833)
• Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Eulocastra tamsi Berio, 1938
• Eustrotia decissima (Walker, 1865)
• Eustrotia extranea Berio, 1937
• Eutelia discitriga Walker, 1865
• Eutelia grisescens Hampson, 1916
• Giubicolanta orientalis Berio, 1937
• Grammodes exclusiva Pagenstecher, 1907
• Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
• Hadjina plumbeogrisea (Hampson, 1916)
• Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850)
• Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
• Hemituerta mahdi (Pagenstecher, 1903)
• Heraclia thruppi (Butler, 1886)
• Heteropalpia robusta Wiltshire, 1988
• Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865)
• Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854
• Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1790)
• Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
• Hypena obsitalis (Hübner, [1813])
• Hypotacha bubo Berio, 1941
• Hypotacha indecisa Walker, [1858]
• Hypotacha retracta (Hampson, 1902)
• Janseodes melanospila (Guenée, 1852)
• Leucania inangulata (Gaede, 1935)
• Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
• Leucania melanostrota (Hampson, 1905)
• Leucania negrottoi (Berio, 1940)
• Leucania patrizii (Berio, 1935)
• Lophotavia incivilis Walker, 1865
• Lyncestoides unilinea (Swinhoe, 1885)
• Masalia fissifascia (Hampson, 1903)
• Masalia leucosticta (Hampson, 1902)
• Masalia perstriata (Hampson, 1903)
• Matopo descarpentriesi (Laporte, 1975)
• Mentaxya muscosa Geyer, 1837
• Microraphe fiorii Berio, 1937
• Mimasura innotata Hampson, 1910
• Mimasura pseudopyralis Berio, 1937
• Mimasura unipuncta (Hampson, 1902)
• Mitrophrys menete (Cramer, 1775)
• Odontoretha featheri Hampson, 1916
• Oedicodia melanographa Hampson, 1916
• Oedicodia strigipennis Hampson, 1916
• Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777)
• Oraesia intrusa (Krüger, 1939)
• Oraesia provocans Walker, [1858]
• Ozarba albimarginata (Hampson, 1896)
• Ozarba albomediovittata Berio, 1937
• Ozarba aloisiisabaudiae Berio, 1937
• Ozarba boursini Berio, 1940
• Ozarba deficiens Berio, 1935
• Ozarba endoplaga Hampson, 1916
• Ozarba endoscota Hampson, 1916
• Ozarba negrottoi Berio, 1940
• Ozarba nicotrai Berio, 1950
• Ozarba parvula Berio, 1940
• Ozarba pluristriata (Berio, 1937)
• Ozarba scorpio Berio, 1935
• Ozarba semiluctuosa Berio, 1937
• Ozarba semitorrida Hampson, 1916
• Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
• Pericyma metaleuca Hampson, 1913
• Pericyma umbrina (Guenée, 1852)
• Phytometra pentheus Fawcett, 1916
• Plecoptera reflexa Guenée, 1852
• Plecopterodes clytie Gaede, 1936
• Polydesma scriptilis Guenée, 1852
• Pseudozarba bipartita (Herrich-Schäffer, 1950)
• Pseudozarba mianoides (Hampson, 1893)
• Pseudozarba opella (Swinhoe, 1885)
• Rabila albiviridis (Hampson, 1916)
• Radara subcupralis (Walker, [1866])
• Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866)
• Rhynchina albiscripta Hampson, 1916
• Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857
• Speia vuteria (Stoll, 1790)
• Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
• Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
• Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
• Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
• Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
• Teucocranon microcallia Berio, 1937
• Thermesia incedens (Walker, 1858)
• Thiacidas acronictoides (Berio, 1950)
• Thiacidas cerurodes (Hampson, 1916)
• Thiacidas fasciata (Fawcett, 1917)
• Thiacidas roseotincta (Pinhey, 1962)
• Thiacidas somaliensis Hacker & Zilli, 2010
• Thiacidas triangulata (Gaede, 1939)
• Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])
• Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
• Trigonodes exportata Guenée, 1852
• Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
• Tuerta pastocyana Berio, 1940
• Tytroca leucoptera (Hampson, 1896)
• Ulotrichopus primulina (Hampson, 1902)
• Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)
• Xanthomera leucoglene (Mabille, 1880)
• Zethesides bettoni (Butler, 1898)

Nolidae

• Arcyophora longivalvis Guenée, 1852
• Bryophilopsis tarachoides Mabille, 1900
• Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
• Leocyma candace Fawcett, 1916
• Leocyma discophora Hampson, 1912
• Maurilia arcuata (Walker, [1858])
• Nola doggeensis Strand, 1920

Notodontidae

• Antheua grisea (Gaede, 1928)
• Phalera imitata Druce, 1896
• Scrancia discomma Jordan, 1916
• Simesia balachowskyi Kiriakoff, 1973
• Simesia olmii (Berio, 1937)

Plutellidae

• Paraxenistis africana Mey, 2007

Psychidae

• Melasina psephota Durrant, 1916
• Melasina recondita Durrant, 1916

Pterophoridae

• Agdistis arabica Amsel, 1958
• Arcoptilia gizan Arenberger, 1985
• Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907
• Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)

Saturniidae

• Bunaeopsis oubie (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
• Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836)
• Ludia arguta Jordan, 1922
• Ludia hansali Felder, 1874
• Ludia jordani Bouyer, 1997
• Melanocera menippe (Westwood, 1849)
• Orthogonioptilum ianthinum Rougeot, 1959
• Yatanga smithi (Holland, 1892)

Sesiidae

• Echidgnathia vitrifasciata (Hampson, 1910)
• Melittia pyropis Hampson, 1919
• Melittia ursipes Walker, 1856

Sphingidae

• Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)
• Ellenbeckia monospila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hippotion moorei Jordan, 1926
• Hippotion pentagramma (Hampson, 1910)
• Hippotion rebeli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Hippotion rosae (Butler, 1882)
• Hippotion socotrensis (Rebel, 1899)
• Hippotion stigma (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Leucostrophus alterhirundo d'Abrera, 1987
• Likoma crenata Rothschild & Jordan, 1907
• Microclanis erlangeri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Nephele argentifera (Walker, 1856)
• Nephele funebris (Fabricius, 1793)
• Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910
• Poliana micra Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Poliodes roseicornis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Polyptychoides grayii (Walker, 1856)
• Polyptychoides niloticus (Jordan, 1921)
• Praedora marshalli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856)
• Rufoclanis erlangeri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Thyrididae

• Kuja hamatypex (Hampson, 1916)

Tineidae

• Phthoropoea halogramma (Meyrick, 1927)
• Trichophaga abruptella (Wollaston, 1858)

Tortricidae

• Ancylis spinicola Meyrick, 1927
• Eucosma somalica Durrant, 1916

Xyloryctidae

• Eretmocera fasciata Walsingham, 1896

Zygaenidae

• Epiorna abessynica (Koch, 1865)
• Saliunca homochroa (Holland, 1897)

References

• Hampson,G.F., 1916, Description of new species [in] Poulton,E.B., On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr.W.Feather. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1916: 91: 91-182, 2 Pls.
• Holland,W.J., 1895, List of the Lepidoptera collected in Somaliland, East Africa, by Mr. William Astor Chanler and Lieut. von Hoehnel. Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 18: 259-264.
• Poulton,E.B., 1916, On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W.Feather. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1916: 91: 91-182, 2 Pls
• Walsingham,M.A. & G.F.Hampson, 1896, On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896: 257-283, Pl.10.

External links

• "Moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland".
• De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Advanced search: Distribution: country". Afromoths.