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List of moths of Sierra Leone

There are about 760 known moth species of Sierra Leone. The moths and butterflies together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Adelidae
Nemophora parvella (Walker, 1863) ==Anomoeotidae==
Anomoeotidae
Anomoeotes leucolena Holland, 1893 • Anomoeotes tenellula Holland, 1893 • Anomoeotes triangularis Jordan, 1907 ==Arctiidae==
Arctiidae
Acantharctia mundata (Walker, 1865) • Afraloa bifurca (Walker, 1855) • Afrasura hyporhoda (Hampson, 1900) • Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864) • Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855) • Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898) • Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781) • Amata basithyris Hampson, 1914 • Amata divalis (Schaus & Clements, 1893) • Amata francisca (Butler, 1876) • Amata marina (Butler, 1876) • Amata tomasina (Butler, 1876) • Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901) • Amerila leucoptera (Hampson, 1901) • Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901) • Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793) • Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) • Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880 • Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933 • Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855 • Anapisa preussi (Gaede, 1926) • Anapisa tristigma (Mabille, 1893) • Apisa canescens Walker, 1855 • Argina leonina (Walker, 1865) • Asura atricraspeda Hampson, 1914 • Balacra caeruleifascia Walker, 1856 • Balacra humphreyi Rothschild, 1912 • Binna penicillata Walker, 1865 • Binna scita (Walker, 1865) • Caripodia albescens (Hampson, 1907) • Caripodia metaleuca Hampson, 1900 • Caryatis phileta (Drury, 1782) • Caryatis syntomina Butler, 1878 • Ceryx albimacula (Walker, 1854) • Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 • Cyana basisticta (Hampson, 1914) • Cyana delicata (Walker, 1854) • Cyana rejecta (Walker, 1854) • Cyana trigutta (Walker, 1854) • Disparctia vittata (Druce, 1898) • Eilema albidula (Walker, 1864) • Eilema apicalis (Walker, 1862) • Eilema monochroma (Holland, 1893) • Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865) • Estigmene flaviceps Hampson, 1907 • Estigmene ochreomarginata Bethune-Baker, 1909 • Estigmene unilinea Rothschild, 1910 • Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) • Euchromia guineensis (Fabricius, 1775) • Euchromia hampsoni Seitz, 1926 • Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775) • Meganaclia perpusilla (Walker, 1856) • Meganaclia sippia (Plötz, 1880) • Metarctia burra (Schaus & Clements, 1893) • Myopsyche makomensis Strand, 1912 • Myopsyche notoplagia Hampson, 1898 • Neuroxena flammea (Schaus, 1893) • Nyctemera acraeina Druce, 1882 • Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854) • Nyctemera perspicua (Walker, 1854) • Nyctemera xanthura (Plötz, 1880) • Oedaleosia nigricosta Hampson, 1900 • Palaeosiccia punctata Hampson, 1900 • Paralpenus flavicosta (Hampson, 1909) • Phryganopsis cinerella (Wallengren, 1860) • Phryganopsis flavicosta Hampson, 1901 • Pseudlepista flavicosta Hampson, 1910 • Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856) • Pusiola celida (Bethune-Baker, 1911) • Radiarctia lutescens (Walker, 1854) • Rhipidarctia invaria (Walker, 1856) • Siccia cretata Hampson, 1914 • Siccia paucipuncta Hampson, 1918 • Spilosoma affinis Bartel, 1903 • Spilosoma aurantiaca (Holland, 1893) • Spilosoma batesi (Rothschild, 1910) • Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855 • Spilosoma immaculata Bartel, 1903 • Spilosoma occidens (Rothschild, 1910) • Spilosoma quadrilunata (Hampson, 1901) • Stenarctia abdominalis Rothschild, 1910 • Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878 • Trichaeta bivittata (Walker, 1864) ==Brachodidae==
Brachodidae
Nigilgia adjectella (Walker, 1863) • Dactyloceras lucina (Drury, 1872) ==Cossidae==
Cossidae
Phragmataecia fuscifusa Hampson, 1910 • Xyleutes lunifera (Hampson, 1910) ==Crambidae==
Crambidae
Aethaloessa floridalis (Zeller, 1852) • Anania epipaschialis (Hampson, 1912) • Anania fusalis (Hampson, 1912) • Bissetia leucomeralis (Hampson, 1919) • Charltona albidalis Hampson, 1919 • Chilo mesoplagalis (Hampson, 1919) • Cirrhochrista saltusalis Schaus & Clements, 1893 • Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) • Conotalis aurantifascia (Hampson, 1895) • Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875) • Diptychophora minimalis Hampson, 1919 • Eporidia dariusalis Walker, 1859 • Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973 • Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859) • Lamprosema leucographalis (Hampson, 1912) • Lygropia amyntusalis (Walker, 1859) • Mesolia microdontalis (Hampson, 1919) • Metasia arida Hampson, 1913 • Obtusipalpis albidalis Hampson, 1919 • Orphanostigma fervidalis (Zeller, 1852) • Palpita elealis (Walker, 1859) • Patissa rufitinctalis Hampson, 1919 • Pediasia melanerges (Hampson, 1919) • Phostria hesusalis (Walker, 1859) • Phostria ledereralis (Strand, 1920) • Phostria quadriguttata (Walker, 1869) • Phryganodes biguttata Hampson, 1898 • Platytes duplicilinea (Hampson, 1919) • Pseudocatharylla argenticilia (Hampson, 1919) • Pycnarmon cribrata (Fabricius, 1794) • Pycnarmon sexpunctalis (Hampson, 1912) • Pycnarmon subpictalis (Hampson, 1912) • Pyrausta approximalis (Guenée, 1854) • Pyrausta phaenicealis (Hübner, 1818) • Scirpophaga ochritinctalis (Hampson, 1919) • Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775) • Stemorrhages sericea (Drury, 1773) • Sufetula nigrescens Hampson, 1912 • Sufetula sufetuloides (Hampson, 1919) • Syllepte leonalis (Schaus & Clements, 1893) • Syllepte torsipex (Hampson, 1898) • Zebronia phenice (Cramer, 1780) ==Drepanidae==
Drepanidae
Epicampoptera strandi Bryk, 1913 • Gonoreta opacifinis Watson, 1965 • Gonoreta subtilis (Bryk, 1913) • Isospidia brunneola (Holland, 1893) • Negera confusa Walker, 1855 • Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874) • Spidia fenestrata Butler, 1878 • Spidia planola Watson, 1965 • Spidia subviridis (Warren, 1899) ==Elachistidae==
Elachistidae
Orophia melicoma (Meyrick, 1931) • Orophia taurina (Meyrick, 1928) ==Eriocottidae==
Eriocottidae
Compsoctena ursulella (Walker, 1863) ==Eupterotidae==
Eupterotidae
Acrojana sciron (Druce, 1887) • Acrojana simillima Rothschild, 1932 • Acrojana splendida Rothschild, 1917 • Camerunia orphne (Schaus, 1893) • Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893 • Hoplojana soricis Rothschild, 1917 • Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 • Jana strigina Westwood, 1849 • Phiala cunina Cramer, 1780 • Phiala odites Schaus, 1893 • Phiala venusta (Walker, 1865) • Stenoglene giganteus (Rothschild, 1917) • Stenoglene nivalis (Rothschild, 1917) • Stenoglene thelda (Druce, 1887) ==Gelechiidae==
Gelechiidae
Dichomeris eurynotus (Walsingham, 1897) • Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) ==Geometridae==
Geometridae
Aletis helcita (Linnaeus, 1763) • Allochrostes impunctata (Warren, 1897) • Antitrygodes dentilinea Warren, 1897 • Apatadelpha biocellaria (Walker, 1863) • Archichlora viridimacula Warren, 1898 • Bathycolpodes kabaria (Swinhoe, 1904) • Bathycolpodes marginata (Warren, 1897) • Biston abruptaria (Walker, 1869) • Cartaletis gracilis (Möschler, 1887) • Chiasmia conturbata (Warren, 1898) • Chiasmia impar (Warren, 1897) • Chiasmia ostentosaria (Möschler, 1887) • Chiasmia rectistriaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) • Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858) • Chlorissa afflictaria (Swinhoe, 1904) • Chlorissa malescripta (Warren, 1897) • Chloroclystis sierraria Swinhoe, 1904 • Chlorodrepana angustimargo Warren, 1901 • Coenina aurivena Butler, 1898 • Cyclophora leonaria (Walker, 1861) • Derambila costipunctata Warren, 1905 • Derambila syllaria (Swinhoe, 1904) • Epigynopteryx fimosa (Warren, 1905) • Ereunetea minor (Holland, 1893) • Eucrostes beatificata (Walker, 1863) • Geodena bandajoma Swinhoe, 1904 • Geodena marginalis Walker, 1856 • Geodena quadrigutta Walker, 1856 • Geodena semihyalina Swinhoe, 1904 • Gonochlora minutaria Swinhoe, 1904 • Heterostegane pleninotata Warren, 1901 • Hyalornis docta (Schaus & Clements, 1893) • Idaea macrostyla (Warren, 1900) • Idaea pulveraria (Snellen, 1872) • Idaea submaculata (Warren, 1898) • Idiochlora approximans (Warren, 1897) • Larentia attenuata (Walker, 1862) • Lophorrhachia palliata (Warren, 1898) • Melinoessa aureola Prout, 1934 • Melinoessa fulvata (Drury, 1773) • Melinoessa perlimbata (Guenée, 1857) • Melinoessa sodaliata (Walker, 1862) • Mesocolpia marmorata (Warren, 1899) • Mesothisa flaccida Warren, 1905 • Metallospora catori Warren, 1905 • Miantochora incolorata Warren, 1899 • Miantochora venerata (Mabille, 1879) • Mimaletis albipennis Warren, 1905 • Narthecusa tenuiorata Walker, 1862 • Neostega flaviguttata Warren, 1903 • Oxyfidonia fulvida Warren, 1905 • Oxyfidonia insolita (Warren, 1905) • Paramilionia rubroplagata Bethune-Baker, 1906 • Perithalera oblongata (Warren, 1898) • Pingasa rhadamaria (Guenée, 1858) • Pingasa ruginaria (Guenée, 1858) • Pitthea continua Walker, 1854 • Pitthea famula Drury, 1773 • Pitthea rubriplaga Warren, 1897 • Plegapteryx anomalus Herrich-Schäffer, 1856 • Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 • Problepsis flavistigma Swinhoe, 1904 • Problepsis ochripicta Warren, 1901 • Scopula cervinata (Warren, 1905) • Scopula inscriptata (Walker, 1863) • Scopula lactaria (Walker, 1861) • Scopula laevipennis (Warren, 1897) • Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833) • Scopula natalica (Butler, 1875) • Scopula ossicolor (Warren, 1897) • Scopula planipennis (Warren, 1900) • Scopula pseudophema Prout, 1920 • Scopula serena Prout, 1920 • Somatina impunctulata (Warren, 1901) • Somatina nucleata Warren, 1905 • Somatina subviridata Warren, 1901 • Somatina virginalis Prout, 1917 • Terina renifera Warren, 1897 • Terina subfulva (Warren, 1905) • Thalassodes dentatilinea Prout, 1912 • Thenopa nigraria (Swinhoe, 1904) • Thetidia undulilinea (Warren, 1905) • Traminda obversata (Walker, 1861) • Unnamed genus Ennominae penumbrata (Warren, 1905) • Xenochroma salsa (Warren, 1897) • Xenostega tincta Warren, 1899 • Zamarada acrochra Prout, 1928 • Zamarada adumbrata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada amymone Prout, 1934 • Zamarada bicuspida D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada clementi Herbulot, 1975 • Zamarada corroborata Herbulot, 1954 • Zamarada cydippe Herbulot, 1954 • Zamarada dilucida Warren, 1909 • Zamarada eucharis (Drury, 1782) • Zamarada euerces Prout, 1928 • Zamarada euphrosyne Oberthür, 1912 • Zamarada flavicosta Warren, 1897 • Zamarada ilaria Swinhoe, 1904 • Zamarada indicata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada ixiaria Swinhoe, 1904 • Zamarada labifera Prout, 1915 • Zamarada leona Gaede, 1915 • Zamarada lepta D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada melanopyga Herbulot, 1954 • Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912 • Zamarada mimesis D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897 • Zamarada perlepidata (Walker, 1863) • Zamarada platycephala D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada protrusa Warren, 1897 • Zamarada reflexaria (Walker, 1863) • Zamarada regularis D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada sicula D. S. Fletcher, 1974 • Zamarada subinterrupta Gaede, 1915 • Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897 ==Glyphipterigidae==
Glyphipterigidae
Glyphipterix gemmatella (Walker, 1864) ==Gracillariidae==
Gracillariidae
Acrocercops eurhythmopa Meyrick, 1934 • Acrocercops leucostega (Meyrick, 1932) • Acrocercops siphonaula Meyrick, 1931 • Spulerina hexalocha (Meyrick, 1912) ==Himantopteridae==
Himantopteridae
Pseudothymara staudingeri (Rogenhofer, 1888) ==Hyblaeidae==
Hyblaeidae
Hyblaea tenuis Walker, 1866 ==Immidae==
Immidae
Imma acroptila Meyrick, 1906 ==Lasiocampidae==
Lasiocampidae
Cheligium lineatum (Aurivillius, 1893) • Chrysopsyche mirifica (Butler, 1878) • Cleopatrina bilinea (Walker, 1855) • Eucraera magna (Aurivillius, 1908) • Filiola dogma Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 • Filiola fulgurata (Aurivillius, 1909) • Filiola lanceolata (Hering, 1932) • Gelo calcarales Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 • Gonometa nysa Druce, 1887 • Gonopacha brotoessa (Holland, 1893) • Lechriolepis citrina Schaus, 1897 • Lechriolepis heres Schaus, 1912 • Leipoxais directa (Walker, 1865) • Leipoxais marginepunctata Holland, 1893 • Mimopacha cinerascens (Holland, 1893) • Morongea lampara Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 • Morongea mastodont Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 • Odontocheilopteryx conzolia Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009 • Oplometa cassandra (Druce, 1887) • Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905 • Schausinna clementsi (Schaus, 1897) • Stenophatna dentata (Aurivillius, 1899) • Stoermeriana basale (Walker, 1855) • Stoermeriana cervina (Aurivillius, 1927) • Streblote postalbidum Schaus • Streblote splendens (Druce, 1887) ==Limacodidae==
Limacodidae
Altha rubrifusalis Hampson, 1910 • Brachiopsis conjunctoides Hering, 1933 • Cosuma rugosa Walker, 1855 • Latoia canescens (Walker, 1855) • Latoia picta (Walker, 1855) • Miresa gliricidiae Hering, 1933 • Natada desperata Hering, 1928 • Niphadolepis seleniphora Hering, 1933 • Parasa semiochracea Hering, 1933 • Susica molybdea Hampson, 1910 • Trachyptena nigromaculata Hering, 1928 • Zinara ploetzi Schaus & Clements, 1893 ==Lymantriidae==
Lymantriidae
Aroa danva Schaus & Clements, 1893 • Aroa leonensis Hampson, 1910 • Batella lampra (Hering, 1926) • Batella muscosa (Holland, 1893) • Conigephyra discolepia (Hampson, 1910) • Crorema mentiens Walker, 1855 • Dasychira bacchans (Karsch, 1898) • Dasychira citana (Schaus & Clements, 1893) • Dasychira goodii (Holland, 1893) • Dasychira leucogramma Hampson, 1910 • Dasychira lulua Collenette, 1937 • Dasychira robusta (Walker, 1855) • Dasychira suspecta Hering, 1926 • Dasychira thermoplaga Hampson, 1910 • Dasychira ticana Schaus & Clements, 1893 • Eudasychira georgiana (Fawcett, 1900) • Euproctis conizona Collenette, 1933 • Euproctis consocia Walker, 1865 • Euproctis discipuncta (Holland, 1893) • Euproctis pygmaea (Walker, 1855) • Griveaudyria ila (Swinhoe, 1904) • Heteronygmia manicata (Aurivillius, 1892) • Knappetra fasciata (Walker, 1855) • Laelia dochmia Collenette, 1960 • Laelia eutricha Collenette, 1931 • Laelia fracta Schaus & Clements, 1893 • Laelia rosea Schaus & Clements, 1893 • Laelia subrosea (Walker, 1855) • Leucoma luteipes (Walker, 1855) • Marbla divisa (Walker, 1855) • Marblepsis flabellaria (Fabricius, 1787) • Naroma signifera Walker, 1856 • Naroma varipes (Walker, 1865) • Neomardara africana (Holland, 1893) • Olene basalis (Walker, 1855) • Otroeda aino (Bryk, 1915) • Otroeda cafra (Drury, 1780) • Otroeda hesperia (Cramer, 1779) • Otroeda nerina (Drury, 1780) • Paqueta chloroscia (Hering, 1926) • Paramarbla indentata (Holland, 1893) • Pseudostracilla infausta Hering, 1926 • Rahona ladburyi (Bethune-Baker, 1911) • Somatoxena lasea (Druce, 1899) ==Metarbelidae==
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