List of moths of Botswana

Location of Botswana

Botswana moths represent about 115 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 Botswana.

Arctiidae

• Acantharctia vittata Aurivillius, 1900
• Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
• Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
• Paralacydes destrictus Kühne, 2010
• Paralacydes jeskei (Grünberg, 1911)
• Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865)

Cossidae

• Aethalopteryx atrireta (Hampson, 1910)

Crambidae

• Ischnurges lancinalis (Guenée, 1854)

Geometridae

• Chiasmia diarmodia (Prout, 1925)
• Chiasmia punctilinea (Prout, 1917)
• Drepanogynis cambogiaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Drepanogynis tripartita (Warren, 1898)
• Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)
• Melinoessa aemonia (Swinhoe, 1904)
• Rhodophthitus atacta Prout, 1922
• Zamarada ascaphes Prout, 1925
• Zamarada deceptrix Warren, 1914
• Zamarada ilma Prout, 1922
• Zamarada pulverosa Warren, 1895
• Zeuctoboarmia sabinei (Prout, 1915)

Gracillariidae

• Phyllonorycter anchistea (Vári, 1961)
• Phyllonorycter grewiella (Vári, 1961)

Lasiocampidae

• Pachytrina verba Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009

Limacodidae

• Crothaema sericea Butler, 1880

Lymantriidae

• Rhypopteryx lugardi (Swinhoe, 1903)

Metarbelidae

• Arbelodes sebelensis Lehmann, 2010
• Kroonia fumealis (Janse, 1925)

Noctuidae

• Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
• Acontia antica Walker, 1862
• Acontia aurelia Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia bechuana Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia chrysoproctis (Hampson, 1902)
• Acontia conifrons (Aurivillius, 1879)
• Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857
• Acontia dispar (Walker, [1858])
• Acontia dorothea Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia gratiosa Wallengren, 1856
• Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)
• Acontia melaphora (Hampson, 1910)
• Acontia natalis (Guenée, 1852)
• Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898)
• Acontia simo Wallengren, 1860
• Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
• Acontia trimaculata Aurivillius, 1879
• Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
• Adisura straminea Hampson, 1902
• Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
• Anedhella rectiradiata (Hampson, 1902)
• Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
• Athetis albirena (Hampson, 1902)
• Athetis melanephra Hampson, 1909
• Athetis singula (Möschler, 1883)
• Audea humeralis Hampson, 1902
• Audea melanoplaga Hampson, 1902
• Autoba admota (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Brevipecten wolframmeyi Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
• Catamecia connectens (Hampson, 1902)
• Cerocala vermiculosa Herrich-Schäffer, [1858]
• Chalciope delta (Boisduval, 1833)
• Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
• Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910
• Ctenusa pallida (Hampson, 1902)
• Ctenusa varians (Wallengren, 1863)
• Cyclopera bucephalidia (Hampson, 1902)
• Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
• Eublemma rivula (Moore, 1882)
• Euphiusa harmonica (Hampson, 1902)
• Eutelia polychorda Hampson, 1902
• Feliniopsis hosplitoides (Laporte, 1979)
• Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)
• Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
• Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865)
• Hypopyra carneotincta (Hampson, 1913)
• Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
• Masalia leucosticta (Hampson, 1902)
• Namangana adela (Hampson, 1902)
• Ozarba consanguis (Hampson, 1902)
• Ozarba subterminalis Hampson, 1910
• Paracroria griseotincta (Hampson, 1902)
• Pericyma atrifusa (Hampson, 1902)
• Plecopterodes moderata (Wallengren, 1860)
• Thiacidas duplicata (Grünberg, 1910)
• Thiacidas fasciata (Fawcett, 1917)
• Ulotrichopus primulina (Hampson, 1902)
• Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)

Nolidae

• Arcyophora longivalvis Guenée, 1852
• Arcyophora stalii (Wallengren, 1863)
• Blenina squamifera (Wallengren, 1860)
• Negeta luminosa (Walker, 1858)
• Risoba diplogramma Hampson, 1912

Notodontidae

• Antheua aurifodinae (Distant, 1902)

Pterophoridae

• Agdistis clara Arenberger, 1986

Pyralidae

• Pempelia morosalis (Saalmüller, 1880)

Saturniidae

• Campimoptilum kuntzei (Dewitz, 1881)
• Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)
• Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836)
• Heniocha marnois (Rogenhofer, 1891)
• Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Boisduval, 1847)

Sesiidae

• Anaudia felderi Wallengren, 1863

Sphingidae

• Polyptychoides grayii (Walker, 1856)
• Praedora leucophaea Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Rufoclanis numosae (Wallengren, 1860)
• Xenosphingia jansei Jordan, 1920

Thyrididae

• Arniocera erythropyga (Wallengren, 1860)

Tineidae

• Ceratophaga tragoptila (Meyrick, 1917)
• Monopis lamprostola Meyrick, 1918

Tortricidae

• Paraeccopsis insellata (Meyrick, 1920)

Xyloryctidae

• Scythris pangalactis Meyrick, 1933

External links

• AfroMoths