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List of moths of Zimbabwe

The moths of Zimbabwe represent about 1,000 known moth species. The moths and butterflies together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Adelidae
Ceromitia phaeocoma Meyrick, 1912 • Ceromitia pilularis Meyrick, 1921 • Ceromitia synneura Meyrick, 1921 ==Alucitidae==
Alucitidae
Alucita compsoxantha (Meyrick, 1924) • Alucita homotrocha (Meyrick, 1921) • Microschismus lenzi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2011 ==Anomoeotidae==
Anomoeotidae
Staphylinochrous euryperalis Hampson, 1910 • Thermochrous stenocraspis Hampson, 1910 ==Arctiidae==
Arctiidae
Acantharctia flavicosta (Hampson, 1900) • Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869) • Afrospilarctia lucida (Druce, 1898) • Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898) • Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781) • Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908) • Amata atricornis (Wallengren, 1863) • Amata croceizona (Hampson, 1910) • Amata endocrocis (Hampson, 1903) • Amata marina (Butler, 1876) • Amata miozona (Hampson, 1910) • Amerila affinis (Rothschild, 1910) • Amerila bubo (Walker, 1855) • Amerila lupia (Druce, 1887) • Amerila mulleri Häuser & Boppré, 1997 • Amsacta grammiphlebia Hampson, 1901 • Anaphosia astrigata Hampson, 1910 • Anaphosia cyanogramma Hampson, 1903 • Apisa grisescens (Dufrane, 1945) • Boadicea flavimacula Pinhey, 1968 • Caripodia chrysargyria Hampson, 1900 • Ceryx nacliodes Hampson, 1914 • Cyana pretoriae (Distant, 1897) • Eilema elegans (Butler, 1877) • Eilema sanguicosta (Hampson, 1901) • Eilema similipuncta Hampson, 1914 • Epitoxis nigra Hampson, 1903 • Estigmene tenuistrigata (Hampson, 1900) • Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880) • Lepista aposema Kühne, 2010 • Macrosia chalybeata Hampson, 1901 • Metarctia collocalia Kiriakoff, 1957 • Metarctia crocina (Kiriakoff, 1973) • Metarctia flavivena Hampson, 1901 • Metarctia quinta (Kiriakoff, 1973) • Metarctia tenera (Kiriakoff, 1973) • Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860) • Ochrota unicolor (Hopffer, 1857) • Paralacydes bomfordi (Pinhey, 1968) • Paralacydes destrictus Kühne, 2010 • Paralacydes ramosa (Hampson, 1907) • Paralpenus flavicosta (Hampson, 1909) • Paralpenus julius Kühne, 2010 • Phryganopsis cinerella (Wallengren, 1860) • Poecilarctia venata Aurivillius, 1921 • Popoudina lemniscata (Distant, 1898) • Pseudonaclia puella (Boisduval, 1847) • Radiarctia lutescens (Walker, 1854) • Radiarctia rhodesiana (Hampson, 1900) • Siccia eberti Kühne, 2007 • Spilosoma bipartita Rothschild, 1933 • Spilosoma gynephaea (Hampson, 1901) • Spilosoma lentifasciata (Hampson, 1916) • Spilosoma sinefascia (Hampson, 1916) • Spilosoma unipuncta (Hampson, 1905) • Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900 • Teracotona metaxantha Hampson, 1909 • Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) • Trichaeta pterophorina (Mabille, 1892) • Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) • Zobida avifex Kühne, 2010 ==Autostichidae==
Autostichidae
Autosticha emmetra Meyrick, 1921 • Autosticha nothropis Meyrick, 1921 ==Cecidosidae==
Cecidosidae
Scyrotis matoposensis Mey, 2007 ==Coleophoridae==
Coleophoridae
Blastobasis indigesta Meyrick, 1931 • Blastobasis trachelista Meyrick, 1921 • Coleophora molesta Meyrick, 1921 • Coleophora phaeocentra Meyrick, 1914 • Coleophora purifica Meyrick, 1921 ==Cosmopterigidae==
Cosmopterigidae
Alloclita plumbaria (Meyrick, 1921) • Ascalenia phaneracma Meyrick, 1921 • Chalcocolona cyananthes (Meyrick, 1911) • Limnaecia explanata Meyrick, 1921 • Limnaecia sarcanthes Meyrick, 1921 • Macrobathra fasciata (Walsingham, 1891) • Scaeosopha victoriensis Sinev & Li, 2012 ==Cossidae==
Cossidae
Phragmataecia irrorata Hampson, 1910 ==Crambidae==
Crambidae
Agathodes musivalis Guenée, 1854 • Ancylolomia albicostalis Hampson, 1919 • Ancylolomia perfasciata Hampson, 1919 • Calamoschoena stictalis Hampson, 1919 • Chilo argyropasta (Hampson, 1919) • Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875) • Crambus brachiiferus Hampson, 1919 • Crambus reducta Janse, 1922 • Diasemia monostigma Hampson, 1913 • Ercta scotialis Hampson, 1912 • Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973 • Ischnurges lancinalis (Guenée, 1854) • Mesolia uniformella Janse, 1922 • Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) • Patissa geminalis Hampson, 1919 • Pilocrocis dichocrosialis Hampson, 1912 • Pilocrocis melastictalis Hampson, 1912 • Pilocrocis pterygodia Hampson, 1912 • Prionapteryx flavipars (Hampson, 1919) • Prionapteryx plumbealis (Hampson, 1919) • Pyrausta apicalis (Hampson, 1913) • Pyrausta atricinctalis Hampson, 1913 • Pyrausta gazalis Hampson, 1913 • Pyrausta tetraplagialis Hampson, 1898 ==Drepanidae==
Drepanidae
Aethiopsestis austrina Watson, 1965 • Aethiopsestis echinata Watson, 1965 • Gonoreta opacifinis Watson, 1965 ==Elachistidae==
Elachistidae
Ethmia judicialis Meyrick, 1921 • Haplochrois picropa (Meyrick, 1921) • Orophia pachystoma (Meyrick, 1921) ==Eriocottidae==
Eriocottidae
Compsoctena delocrossa (Meyrick, 1921) • Compsoctena furciformis (Meyrick, 1921) • Compsoctena isopetra (Meyrick, 1921) • Compsoctena psammosticha (Meyrick, 1921) • Compsoctena quassa (Meyrick, 1921) • Compsoctena scriba (Meyrick, 1921) • Compsoctena spilophanes (Meyrick, 1921) ==Eupterotidae==
Eupterotidae
Hibrildes crawshayi Butler, 1896 • Hibrildes norax Druce, 1887 • Janomima mariana (White, 1843) • Stenoglene obtusus (Walker, 1864) ==Gelechiidae==
Gelechiidae
Anarsia agricola Walsingham, 1891 • Anarsia balioneura Meyrick, 1921 • Anarsia semnopa Meyrick, 1921 • Aphnogenes zonaea Meyrick, 1921 • Athrips phoenaula (Meyrick, 1913) • Athrips profusa (Meyrick, 1921) • Brachmia hemiopa Meyrick, 1921 • Brachmia neurograpta Meyrick, 1921 • Coniogyra dilucescens Meyrick, 1921 • Curvisignella leucogaea (Meyrick, 1921) • Dichomeris agathopa Meyrick, 1921 • Dichomeris aphanopa Meyrick, 1921 • Dichomeris attenta Meyrick, 1921 • Dichomeris condylodes (Meyrick, 1921) • Dichomeris erixantha (Meyrick, 1914) • Dichomeris eustacta Meyrick, 1921 • Dichomeris hylurga Meyrick, 1921 • Dichomeris pladarota Meyrick, 1921 • Dichomeris xestobyrsa Meyrick, 1921 • Dicranucha crateropis (Meyrick, 1921) • Dicranucha nephelopis (Meyrick, 1921) • Ephysteris promptella (Staudinger, 1859) • Epicharta chlorophracta (Meyrick, 1921) • Eporgastis maturata Meyrick, 1921 • Eporgastis syngrapta (Meyrick, 1921) • Eporgastis torrescens Meyrick, 1921 • Excommatica compsotoma (Meyrick, 1921) • Gelechia xylophaea Meyrick, 1921 • Hypatima isosema (Meyrick, 1921) • Lacistodes tauropis Meyrick, 1921 • Leuronoma oenochyta (Meyrick, 1921) • Macrocalcara undina (Meyrick, 1921) • Melitoxestis centrotypa Meyrick, 1921 • Microcraspedus synecta (Meyrick, 1909) • Neopachnistis autophanta (Meyrick, 1921) • Neopachnistis finitima (Meyrick, 1921) • Neopachnistis microphanta (Meyrick, 1921) • Parallactis ochrobyrsa (Meyrick, 1921) • Parapsectris konradi Bidzilya, 2010 • Polyhymno chionarcha Meyrick, 1913 • Polyhymno hostilis Meyrick, 1918 • Ptilothyris neuroplaca (Meyrick, 1933) • Radionerva collecta (Meyrick, 1921) • Schizovalva sphenopis (Meyrick, 1921) • Stomopteryx bathrarcha Meyrick, 1921 • Telphusa accensa Meyrick, 1921 • Telphusa objecta Meyrick, 1921 • Telphusa syndelta Meyrick, 1921 • Trichotaphe asteropis (Meyrick, 1921) • Trichotaphe hercogramma Meyrick, 1921 • Trichotaphe homaloxesta Meyrick, 1921 ==Geometridae==
Geometridae
Acanthovalva bilineata (Warren, 1895) • Acanthovalva inconspicuaria (Hübner, 1796) • Androzeugma mollior Prout, 1922 • Aphilopota phanerostigma Prout, 1917 • Aphilopota plethora Prout, 1938 • Ascotis selenaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) • Biston stringeri (Prout, 1938) • Cabera aquaemontana (Prout, 1913) • Cabera strigata (Warren, 1897) • Chiasmia abnormata (Prout, 1917) • Chiasmia costicommata (Prout, 1922) • Chiasmia curvifascia (Warren, 1897) • Chiasmia extrusilinea (Prout, 1925) • Chiasmia grisescens (Prout, 1916) • Chiasmia interrupta (Warren, 1897) • Chiasmia kilimanjarensis (Holland, 1892) • Chiasmia marmorata (Warren, 1897) • Chiasmia multistrigata (Warren, 1897) • Chiasmia normata (Walker, 1861) • Chiasmia nubilata (Warren, 1897) • Chiasmia parallacta (Warren, 1897) • Chiasmia procidata (Guenée, 1858) • Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858) • Chiasmia subcurvaria (Mabille, 1897) • Cleora betularia (Warren, 1897) • Cleora munda (Warren, 1899) • Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967 • Coenina poecilaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) • Colocleora grisea (Janse, 1932) • Colocleora proximaria (Walker, 1860) • Comibaena rhodolopha Prout, 1915 • Drepanogynis arcuifera Prout, 1934 • Drepanogynis costipicta (Prout, 1932) • Drepanogynis crassifurca Krüger, 2002 • Drepanogynis crenilinea Krüger, 2002 • Drepanogynis epione (Prout, 1913) • Drepanogynis mixtaria Guenée, 1858 • Drepanogynis olivescens (Warren, 1898) • Drepanogynis tripartita (Warren, 1898) • Drepanogynis unilineata (Warren, 1897) • Drepanogynis villaria (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) • Epigynopteryx maeviaria (Guenée, 1858) • Erastria leucicolor (Butler, 1875) • Euexia percnopus Prout, 1915 • Eulycia grisea (Warren, 1897) • Eupithecia rigida Swinhoe, 1892 • Eupithecia semipallida Janse, 1933 • Heterorachis insolens (Prout, 1917) • Heterostegane bifasciata (Warren, 1914) • Hypomecis ectropodes (Prout, 1913) • Idaea heres (Prout, 1932) • Idiodes flexilinea (Warren, 1898) • Isoplenodia arabukoensis Sihvonen & Staude, 2010 • Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861) • Isturgia exospilata (Walker, 1861) • Isturgia spissata (Walker, 1862) • Lomographa indularia (Guenée, 1858) • Mauna electa Prout, 1917 • Mauna perquisita Prout, 1922 • Menophra caeca (Prout, 1913) • Menophra obtusata (Warren, 1902) • Microligia luteitincta Prout, 1916 • Mimandria cataractae Prout, 1917 • Mimoclystia pudicata (Walker, 1862) • Neromia clavicornis Prout, 1915 • Omphalucha albosignata Janse, 1932 • Omphalucha maturnaria (Möschler, 1883) • Oneiliana multifera Prout, 1922 • Orbamia octomaculata (Wallengren, 1872) • Orbamia subaurata (Warren, 1899) • Pareclipsis anophthalma Prout, 1916 • Phoenicocampa terinata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) • Pingasa distensaria (Walker, 1860) • Pingasa rhadamaria (Guenée, 1858) • Pitthea trifasciata Dewitz, 1881 • Plateoplia acrobelia (Wallengren, 1875) • Rhodophthitus commaculata (Warren, 1897) • Rhodophthitus simplex Warren, 1897 • Scopula curvimargo (Warren, 1900) • Scopula latitans Prout, 1920 • Scopula ludibunda (Prout, 1915) • Somatina ioscia Prout, 1932 • Somatina virginalis Prout, 1917 • Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 • Xylopteryx oneili Prout, 1922 • Zamarada aclea Prout, 1912 • Zamarada ascaphes Prout, 1925 • Zamarada bathyscaphes Prout, 1912 • Zamarada consecuta Prout, 1922 • Zamarada crystallophana Mabille, 1900 • Zamarada deceptrix Warren, 1914 • Zamarada densisparsa Prout, 1922 • Zamarada denticatella Prout, 1922 • Zamarada differens Bastelberger, 1907 • Zamarada dorsiplaga Prout, 1922 • Zamarada eroessa Prout, 1915 • Zamarada erugata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada fessa Prout, 1912 • Zamarada flavicaput Warren, 1901 • Zamarada gamma D. S. Fletcher, 1958 • Zamarada glareosa Bastelberger, 1909 • Zamarada ignicosta Prout, 1912 • Zamarada ilma Prout, 1922 • Zamarada jansei D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912 • Zamarada metallicata Warren, 1914 • Zamarada metrioscaphes Prout, 1912 • Zamarada odontophora D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada ordinaria Bethune-Baker, 1913 • Zamarada plana Bastelberger, 1909 • Zamarada polyctemon Prout, 1932 • Zamarada pringlei D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada prionotos D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada psammites D. S. Fletcher, 1958 • Zamarada psectra D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada pulverosa Warren, 1895 • Zamarada purimargo Prout, 1912 • Zamarada scintillans Bastelberger, 1909 • Zamarada seydeli D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada transvisaria (Guenée, 1858) • Zamarada varii D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897 • Zeuctoboarmia sabinei (Prout, 1915) ==Glyphipterigidae==
Glyphipterigidae
Glyphipterix archimedica Meyrick, 1921 ==Gracillariidae==
Gracillariidae
Acrocercops chrysophylli Vári, 1961 • Acrocercops terminalina Vári, 1961 • Apistoneura psarochroma Vári, 1961 • Callicercops triceros (Meyrick, 1926) • Caloptilia cataractias (Meyrick, 1921) • Caloptilia isotoma (Meyrick, 1914) • Caloptilia vicinola Vári, 1961 • Conopobathra carbunculata (Meyrick, 1912) • Conopobathra gravissima (Meyrick, 1912) • Conopomorpha chionosema Vári, 1961 • Conopomorphina gypsochroma Vári, 1961 • Dialectica carcharota (Meyrick, 1912) • Diphtheroptila oxyloga (Meyrick, 1928) • Epicephala jansei Vári, 1961 • Epicephala pyrrhogastra Meyrick, 1908 • Graphiocephala polysticha Vári, 1961 • Metriochroa argyrocelis Vári, 1961 • Pareclectis prionota (Meyrick, 1928) • Phodoryctis thrypticosema (Vári, 1961) • Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856 • Phyllonorycter grewiaecola (Vári, 1961) • Phyllonorycter hibiscina (Vári, 1961) • Phyllonorycter melanosparta (Meyrick, 1912) • Phyllonorycter melhaniae (Vári, 1961) • Polysoma aenicta Vári, 1961 • Polysoma lithochrysa (Meyrick, 1930) • Polysoma tanysphena (Meyrick, 1928) • Porphyrosela teramni Vári, 1961 • Spulerina aphanosema Vári, 1961 • Stomphastis aphrocyma (Meyrick, 1918) • Stomphastis conflua (Meyrick, 1914) • Stomphastis polygoni Vári, 1961 • Stomphastis rorkei Vári, 1961 • Stomphastis thraustica (Meyrick, 1908) • Telamoptilia geyeri (Vári, 1961) ==Hepialidae==
Hepialidae
Eudalaca ammon (Wallengren, 1860) ==Himantopteridae==
Himantopteridae
Semioptila flavidiscata Hampson, 1910 • Semioptila marshalli Rothschild, 1907 • Semioptila torta Butler, 1887 ==Hyblaeidae==
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