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List of moths of Zambia

The moths of Zambia represent about 465 known moth species. The moths and butterflies together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Arctiidae
Acantharctia atriramosa Hampson, 1907 • Alpenus dollmani (Hampson, 1920) • Alpenus intacta (Hampson, 1916) • Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781) • Amata chariessa (Jordan, 1936) • Amata croceizona (Hampson, 1910) • Amata miozona (Hampson, 1910) • Amerila bubo (Walker, 1855) • Amerila lupia (Druce, 1887) • Amsacta aureolimbata Rothschild, 1910 • Amsacta grammiphlebia Hampson, 1901 • Anaphosia eurygrapha Hampson, 1910 • Balacra elegans Aurivillius, 1892 • Balacra rubrostriata (Aurivillius, 1892) • Bergeria haematochrysa Kiriakoff, 1952 • Binna scita (Walker, 1865) • Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 • Creatonotos punctivitta (Walker, 1854) • Eilema elegans (Butler, 1877) • Eilema heterogyna (Hampson, 1910) • Estigmene ansorgei Rothschild, 1910 • Estigmene neuriastis Hampson, 1907 • Estigmene sabulosa Romieux, 1943 • Estigmene trivitta (Walker, 1855) • Eyralpenus diplosticta (Hampson, 1900) • Eyralpenus meinhofi (Bartel, 1903) • Eyralpenus metaxantha (Hampson, 1920) • Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880) • Mecistorhabdia haematoessa (Holland, 1893) • Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 • Metarctia robusta (Kiriakoff, 1973) • Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860) • Nyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904) • Paralpenus flavicosta (Hampson, 1909) • Paramelisa dollmani Hampson, 1920 • Pseudlepista atrizona Hampson, 1910 • Secusio atrizonata Hampson, 1910 • Spilosoma latiradiata (Hampson, 1901) • Spilosoma lentifasciata (Hampson, 1916) • Spilosoma lineata Walker, 1855 • Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) • Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) ==Brahmaeidae==
Brahmaeidae
Dactyloceras lucina (Drury, 1872) ==Cossidae==
Cossidae
Phragmataecia irrorata Hampson, 1910 ==Crambidae==
Crambidae
Agathodes musivalis Guenée, 1854 • Classeya quadricuspis (Hampson, 1919) • Crocidophora caffralis Hampson, 1910 • Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973 • Nomophila brevispinalis Munroe, 1973 • Pilocrocis dichocrosialis Hampson, 1912 ==Drepanidae==
Drepanidae
Gonoreta forcipulata Watson, 1965 • Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874) ==Eupterotidae==
Eupterotidae
Epijana cosima (Plötz, 1880) • Hibrildes crawshayi Butler, 1896 • Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 • Phiala aurivillii (Bethune-Baker, 1915) ==Gelechiidae==
Gelechiidae
Anarsia agricola Walsingham, 1891 ==Geometridae==
Geometridae
Cacostegania australis Warren, 1901 • Cacostegania confusa (Warren, 1901) • Chiasmia ammodes (Prout, 1922) • Chiasmia crassata (Warren, 1897) • Chiasmia curvifascia (Warren, 1897) • Chiasmia kilimanjarensis (Holland, 1892) • Chiasmia procidata (Guenée, 1858) • Chlorissa albistrigulata (Warren, 1897) • Chrysocraspeda apseogramma (Prout, 1932) • Chrysocraspeda dollmani (Prout, 1932) • Chrysocraspeda subminiosa (Prout, 1932) • Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967 • Collesis mimica Warren, 1897 • Cyclophora inaequalis (Warren, 1902) • Discomiosis crescentifera (Warren, 1902) • Epigynopteryx flavedinaria (Guenée, 1857) • Erastria leucicolor (Butler, 1875) • Erastria madecassaria (Boisduval, 1833) • Idaea auriflua (Warren, 1902) • Oaracta maculata (Warren, 1897) • Omizodes rubrifasciata (Butler, 1896) • Omphalucha brunnea (Warren, 1899) • Orbamia octomaculata (Wallengren, 1872) • Orbamia subaurata (Warren, 1899) • Scopula argentidisca (Warren, 1902) • Scopula concurrens (Warren, 1897) • Scopula curvimargo (Warren, 1900) • Scopula natalica (Butler, 1875) • Syncollesis tiviae Prout, 1934 • Traminda neptunaria (Guenée, 1858) • Zamarada acosmeta Prout, 1921 • Zamarada aequilumata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada arguta D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada bathyscaphes Prout, 1912 • Zamarada crystallophana Mabille, 1900 • Zamarada deceptrix Warren, 1914 • Zamarada denticatella Prout, 1922 • Zamarada differens Bastelberger, 1907 • Zamarada dorsiplaga Prout, 1922 • Zamarada excavata Bethune-Baker, 1913 • Zamarada flavicaput Warren, 1901 • Zamarada gamma D. S. Fletcher, 1958 • Zamarada glareosa Bastelberger, 1909 • Zamarada gracilata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada ignicosta Prout, 1912 • Zamarada janata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada labifera Prout, 1915 • Zamarada metrioscaphes Prout, 1912 • Zamarada plana Bastelberger, 1909 • Zamarada polyctemon Prout, 1932 • Zamarada psi D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada purimargo Prout, 1912 • Zamarada rubrifascia Pinhey, 1962 • Zamarada rufilinearia Swinhoe, 1904 • Zamarada scintillans Bastelberger, 1909 • Zamarada seydeli D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada unisona D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada varii D. S. Fletcher, 1974 ==Gracillariidae==
Gracillariidae
Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908) ==Himantopteridae==
Himantopteridae
Pedoptila nigrocristata Joicey & Talbot, 1921 ==Lasiocampidae==
Lasiocampidae
Bombycopsis venosa (Butler, 1895) • Catalebeda jamesoni (Bethune-Baker, 1908) • Chrysopsyche pyriphlecta Tams, 1930 • Chrysopsyche pyrodes Tams, 1931 • Dollmania plinthochroa Tams, 1930 • Epitrabala nyassana (Aurivillius, 1909) • Eutricha morosa (Walker, 1865) • Euwallengrenia reducta (Walker, 1855) • Filiola lanceolata (Hering, 1932) • Gonometa griseocincta Hampson, 1910 • Grammodora nigrolineata (Aurivillius, 1895) • Grellada marshalli (Aurivillius, 1902) • Mallocampa cornutiventris Tams, 1929 • Mallocampa dollmani (Tams, 1925) • Metajana hypolispa Tams, 1930 • Pachymeta immunda (Holland, 1893) • Pachymetana horridula (Tams, 1925) • Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908) • Philotherma clara Bethune-Baker, 1908 • Pseudometa canescens Tams, 1925 • Pseudometa choba (Druce, 1899) • Pseudometa dollmani Tams, 1925 • Sonitha lila Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 • Stenophatna cymographa (Hampson, 1910) • Stenophatna marshalli Aurivillius, 1909 • Stenophatna rothschildi (Tams, 1936) • Stenophatna tamsi (Kiriakoff, 1963) • Stoermeriana graberi (Dewitz, 1881) • Stoermeriana sjostedti (Aurivillius, 1902) • Stoermeriana tessmanni (Strand, 1912) • Streblote rufaria (Bethune-Baker, 1908) • Theophasida superba (Aurivillius, 1914) • Trabala charon Druce, 1910 ==Lemoniidae==
Lemoniidae
Sabalia barnsi Prout, 1918 • Sabalia picarina Walker, 1865 ==Limacodidae==
Limacodidae
Chrysopoloma variegata Hering, 1937 • Hadraphe ethiopica (Bethune-Baker, 1915) • Latoiola viridifusca (Pinhey, 1968) • Niphadolepis griseicostalis West, 1940 • Oidemaskelis eurota Bethune-Baker, 1915 • Omocena dollmani West, 1940 • Thosea cataractae West, 1937 ==Lymantriidae==
Lymantriidae
Barlowia pyrilampes Collenette, 1931 • Crorema cartera Collenette, 1939 • Euproctis aethiopica (Bethune-Baker, 1908) • Euproctis apatela (Tams, 1930) • Homochira rendalli (Distant, 1897) • Hyaloperina nudiuscula Aurivillius, 1904 • Laelia marginepunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908 • Rhodesana crenulata Bethune-Baker, 1908 • Tamsita ochthoeba (Hampson, 1920) ==Metarbelidae==
Metarbelidae
Arbelodes claudiae Lehmann, 2010 • Arbelodes prochesi Lehmann, 2010 • Mountelgonia abercornensis Lehmann, 2013 ==Noctuidae==
Noctuidae
Achaea catella Guenée, 1852 • Achaea dasybasis Hampson, 1913 • Acontia atrisignata Hampson, 1918 • Acontia aurelia Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008 • Acontia niphogona (Hampson, 1909) • Acontia submutata Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008 • Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856 • Agoma trimenii (Felder, 1874) • Amyna ruptirena Hampson, 1910 • Andrhippuris caudaequina Karsch, 1895 • Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) • Aspidifrontia corticea (Hampson, 1910) • Athetis camptogramma (Hampson, 1910) • Attatha ethiopica Hampson, 1910 • Audea humeralis Hampson, 1902 • Carpostalagma signata Talbot, 1932 • Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858]) • Cirrodes phoenicea Hampson, 1910 • Colpocheilopteryx operatrix (Wallengren, 1860) • Corgatha hypoxantha Hampson, 1910 • Cortyta polycyma (Hampson, 1909) • Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773) • Ctenusa pallida (Hampson, 1902) • Cyligramma amblyops Mabille, 1891 • Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775) • Deinopa flavida Hampson, 1926 • Digama aganais (Felder, 1874) • Dysgonia erectata (Hampson, 1902) • Dysgonia macrorhyncha (Hampson, 1913) • Dysgonia mesonephele (Hampson, 1910) • Dysgonia porphyrescens (Hampson, 1910) • Dysgonia proxima (Hampson, 1902) • Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852) • Entomogramma pardus Guenée, 1852 • Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875) • Ethioterpia neavi Hampson, 1910 • Eublemma trigramma Hampson, 1910 • Eudrapa grisea Pinhey, 1968 • Eulocastra aethiops (Distant, 1898) • Eustrotia foedalis (Walker, 1866) • Eustrotia perirrorata Hampson, 1918 • Eutelia symphonica Hampson, 1902 • Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775) • Grammodes microgonia (Hampson, 1910) • Heliophisma xanthoptera (Hampson, 1910) • Heraclia aemulatrix (Westwood, 1881) • Heraclia atriventralis (Hampson, 1910) • Heraclia flavipennis (Bartel, 1903) • Heraclia limbomaculata (Strand, 1909) • Heraclia monslunensis (Hampson, 1901) • Hespagarista caudata (Dewitz, 1879) • Hespagarista eburnea Jordan, 1915 • Hoplarista haemaplaga Hampson, 1910 • Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 • Lepidodelta phoenicraspis (Hampson, 1910) • Leucovis alba (Rothschild, 1897) • Lophoptera litigiosa (Boisduval, 1833) • Masalia albipuncta (Hampson, 1910) • Masalia flavistrigata (Hampson, 1903) • Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856) • Masalia sublimis (Berio, 1962) • Masalia transvaalica (Distant, 1902) • Mimasura innotata Hampson, 1910 • Mimasura quadripuncta Hampson, 1910 • Mitrophrys gynandra Jordan, 1913 • Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775) • Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833) • Mocis mutuaria (Walker, 1858) • Mocis persinuosa (Hampson, 1910) • Ochropleura leucogaster (Freyer, 1831) • Ophisma albitermia (Hampson, 1910) • Ophiusa david (Holland, 1894) • Ophiusa gonoptera Hampson, 1910 • Ophiusa obsolescens (Hampson, 1918) • Ophiusa tettensis (Hopffer, 1857) • Ophiusa tumiditermina Hampson, 1910 • Oraesia wintgensi (Strand, 1909) • Ozarba apicalis Hampson, 1910 • Ozarba hemimelaena Hampson, 1910 • Ozarba subterminalis Hampson, 1910 • Parachalciope albifissa (Hampson, 1910) • Parachalciope benitensis (Holland, 1894) • Parachalciope deltifera (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) • Parachalciope mahura (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) • Phaegorista similis Walker, 1869 • Phaegorista xanthosoma Hampson, 1910 • Phytometra hypopsamma (Hampson, 1926) • Plecopterodes griseicilia (Hampson, 1910) • Plecopterodes heterochroa (Hampson, 1910) • Plecopterodes melliflua (Holland, 1897) • Plecopterodes molybdopasta (Hampson, 1910) • Pseudospiris paidiformis Butler, 1895 • Rhanidophora odontophora Hampson, 1926 • Rhynchina leucodonta Hampson, 1910 • Thyas parallelipipeda (Guenée, 1852) • Thyatirina achatina (Weymer, 1896) • Thysanoplusia cupreomicans (Hampson, 1909) ==Nolidae==
Nolidae
Aiteta thermistis (Hampson, 1910) • Arcyophora endoglauca (Hampson, 1910) • Chlorozada metaleuca (Hampson, 1905) • Neaxestis irrorata (Hampson, 1910) • Neaxestis piperitella (Strand, 1909) • Negeta albigrisea (Hampson, 1910) • Negeta lacteata (Hampson, 1910) • Nola foviferoides Poole, 1989 • Odontestis fuscicona (Hampson, 1910) • Odontestis striata Hampson, 1912 • Westermannia oediplaga Hampson, 1910 ==Notodontidae==
Notodontidae
Antizana sparsata Gaede, 1928 • Crestonica pinheyi Kiriakoff, 1968 • Deinarchia agramma (Hampson, 1910) • Epicerura pergrisea (Hampson, 1910) • Hampsonita esmeralda (Hampson, 1910) • Heraia thalassina (Hampson, 1910) • Iridoplitis iridescens Kiriakoff, 1955 • Janthinisca rosita Kiriakoff, 1968 • Paradrallia rhodesi Bethune-Baker, 1908 • Polelassothys callista Tams, 1930 • Polienus marginestriatus Kiriakoff, 1975 • Quista cinereomixta Kiriakoff, 1959 • Scalmicauda auribasis Kiriakoff, 1975 • Scranciola multilineata (Gaede, 1928) • Stauropida griseola Kiriakoff, 1962 • Synete vaumaculata Kiriakoff, 1962 • Trotonotus subapicalis Gaede, 1928 ==Psychidae==
Psychidae
Eumeta cervina Druce, 1887 ==Pterophoridae==
Pterophoridae
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864) ==Pyralidae==
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