• Source: List of moths 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




References






External links


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• List of moths of Botswana
• List of moths of Réunion
• Gonimbrasia belina
• Wildlife of Botswana
• List of moths of Eswatini
• List of Lepidoptera of the Canary Islands
• List of Lepidoptera of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
• List of moths of Somaliland
• List of moths of Somalia
• List of moths of Sudan and South Sudan