Location of Eritrea

There are about 340 known moth species of Eritrea. 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 Eritrea.

Arctiidae

• Aloa moloneyi (Druce, 1887)
• Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
• Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
• Alpenus schraderi (Rothschild, 1910)
• Amata magnopupillata Berio, 1941
• Amata magrettii Berio, 1937
• Amerila roseomarginata (Rothschild, 1910)
• Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880
• Apisa canescens Walker, 1855
• Apisa subcanescens Rothschild, 1910
• Automolis pallida (Hampson, 1901)
• Caripodia fusca Berio, 1939
• Cyana puella (Drury, 1773)
• Lepista arabica (Rebel, 1907)
• Macrosia fumeola (Walker, 1854)
• Metarctia haematricha Hampson, 1905
• Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
• Metarctia pumila Hampson, 1909
• Metarctia unicolor (Oberthür, 1880)
• Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
• Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)
• Paralpenus ugandae (Hampson, 1916)
• Paralpenus wintgensi (Strand, 1909)
• Secusio somalensis Hampson, ????
• Seydelia geometrica (Oberthür, 1883)
• Spilosoma metaleuca (Hampson, 1905)
• Teracotona proditrix (Berio, 1939)
• Teracotona pruinosa de Joannis, 1912
• Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865)
• Teracotona subterminata Hampson, 1901
• Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878
• Utetheisa amhara Jordan, 1939
• Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bombycidae

• Ocinara ficicola (Westwood & Ormerod, 1889)

Brahmaeidae

• Dactyloceras richinii Berio, 1940

Carposinidae

• Carposina chersodes Meyrick, 1915

Cossidae

• Azygophleps inclusa (Walker, 1856)

Crambidae

• Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875)

Eupterotidae

• Hoplojana abyssinica Rothschild, 1917
• Hoplojana distincta Rothschild, 1917
• Janomima dannfelti (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Janomima mariana (White, 1843)
• Phiala alba Aurivillius, 1893
• Phiala longilinea Berio, 1939

Geometridae

• Chiasmia turbulentata (Guenée, 1858)
• Nychiodes tyttha Prout, 1915
• Scopula beccarii (Prout, 1915)
• Scopula lactaria (Walker, 1861)
• Xylopteryx emunctaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Zamarada euryscaphes Prout, 1915
• Zamarada torrida D. S. Fletcher, 1974

Gracillariidae

• Metriochroa inferior (Silvestri, 1914)
• Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856

Lasiocampidae

• Beralade perobliqua Walker, 1855
• Beriola anagnostarai (Berio, 1939)
• Bombycopsis indecora (Walker, 1865)
• Eucraera magna (Aurivillius, 1908)
• Eucraera minor (Gaede, 1915)
• Odontopacha kilwana Strand, 1911
• Philotherma clara Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Philotherma rosa (Druce, 1887)
• Schausinna affinis Aurivillius, 1910
• Sena mendax (Berio, 1939)
• Streblote acaciae (Klug, 1829)
• Streblote badaglioi (Berio, 1937)
• Streblote nyassanum (Strand, 1912)
• Streblote polydora (Druce, 1887)

Limacodidae

• Coenobasis postflavida Hampson, 1910
• Crothaema flava Berio, 1940
• Latoia chlorea Berio, 1939
• Parasa lanceolata Hering, 1928

Lymantriidae

• Bracharoa impurata de Joannis, 1913
• Bracharoa reducta Hering, 1926
• Casama hemippa Swinhoe, 1906
• Crorema collenettei Hering, 1932
• Dasychira daphne Hering, 1926
• Dasychira plesia Collenette, 1939
• Knappetra fasciata (Walker, 1855)
• Laelia extorta (Distant, 1897)
• Laelia promissa Berio, 1940
• Naroma signifera Walker, 1856
• Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855
• Stracilla translucida (Oberthür, 1880)

Noctuidae

• Abrostola brevipennis (Walker, 1858)
• Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858)
• Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
• Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)
• Achaea infinita (Guenée, 1852)
• Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
• Achaea mercatoria (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acontia antica Walker, 1862
• Acontia carnescens (Hampson, 1910)
• Acontia hoppei Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1884
• Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)
• Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
• Acontia psaliphora (Hampson, 1910)
• Acontia semialba Hampson, 1910
• Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
• Acontia viridivariegata Berio, 1939
• Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
• Aegocera brevivitta Hampson, 1901
• Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
• Agrotis biconica Kollar, 1844
• Agrotis incommodoides Berio, 1950
• Agrotis lividoradiata Berio, 1940
• Agrotis longiclava (de Joannis, 1913)
• Agrotis metathoracica Berio, 1939
• Agrotis pictifascia (Hampson, 1896)
• Agrotis putativa Berio, 1941
• Agrotis segetum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Amazonides axyliaesimilis (Berio, 1939)
• Amazonides fumicolor (Hampson, 1902)
• Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
• Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
• Androlymnia clavata Hampson, 1910
• Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
• Anomis sabulifera (Guenée, 1852)
• Anomis tamsi Berio, 1940
• Antarchaea fragilis (Butler, 1875)
• Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833)
• Antitype africana Berio, 1939
• Argyrogramma signata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Ariathisa abyssinia (Guenée, 1852)
• Ariathisa semiluna (Hampson, 1909)
• Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
• Athetis aeschrioides Berio, 1940
• Athetis biumbrosa Berio, 1940
• Athetis satellitia (Hampson, 1902)
• Athetis tetraglypha Berio, 1939
• Aucha melaleuca Berio, 1940
• Audea melaleuca Walker, 1865
• Audea postalbida Berio, 1954
• Autoba olivacea (Walker, 1858)
• Brevipecten calimanii (Berio, 1939)
• Busseola fusca (Fuller, 1901)
• Calliodes appollina Guenée, 1852
• Callixena barbara (Berio, 1940)
• Callopistria yerburii Butler, 1884
• Caradrina atriluna Guenée, 1852
• Caradrina edentata (Berio, 1941)
• Catephia mesonephele Hampson, 1916
• Cerocala illustrata Holland, 1897
• Cetola vicina de Joannis, 1913
• Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
• Condica capensis (Guenée, 1852)
• Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
• Craniophora hemileuca Berio, 1941
• Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
• Digama africana Swinhoe, 1907
• Digama aganais (Felder, 1874)
• Digama meridionalis Swinhoe, 1907
• Diparopsis castanea Hampson, 1902
• Drasteria yerburyi (Butler, 1892)
• Dysgonia algira (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
• Engusanacantha bilineata Berio, 1941
• Entomogramma pardus Guenée, 1852
• Ericeia inangulata (Guenée, 1852)
• Ethiopica phaeocausta Hampson, 1916
• Eublemma ecthaemata Hampson, 1896
• Eublemma leucozona Hampson, 1910
• Eublemma mesozona Hampson, 1914
• Eublemma olmii Berio, 1937
• Eublemma parvisi Berio, 1940
• Eublemma quadrilineata Moore, 1881
• Eublemma quinarioides Berio, 1947
• Eublemma staudingeri (Wallengren, 1875)
• Eudocima fullonia (Clerck, 1764)
• Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Euneophlebia pruinosa Berio, 1940
• Euplexia augens Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
• Eustrotia accentuata Berio, 1950
• Eustrotia trigonodes Hampson, 1910
• Eutelia discitriga Walker, 1865
• Eutelia mima Prout, 1925
• Euxoa cymograpta Hampson, 1918
• Feliniopsis consummata (Walker, 1857)
• Feliniopsis minnecii (Berio, 1939)
• Grammodes euclidioides Guenée, 1852
• Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
• Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850)
• Heliothis richinii (Berio, 1939)
• Heraclia superba (Butler, 1875)
• Heteropalpia cortytoides Berio, 1939
• Heteropalpia exarata (Mabille, 1890)
• Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865)
• Hypena obacerralis Walker, 1859
• Hypocala subsatura Guenée, 1852
• Hypotacha raffaldii Berio, 1939
• Leucania albimacula (Gaede, 1916)
• Leucania bisetulata (Berio, 1940)
• Leucania longivittata Berio, 1940
• Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
• Leucania mediolacteata (Berio, 1941)
• Leucania melanostrota (Hampson, 1905)
• Lithacodia blandula (Guenée, 1862)
• Lophotavia incivilis Walker, 1865
• Lygephila mommereti (Berio, 1940)
• Marathyssa cuneata (Saalmüller, 1891)
• Masalia disticta (Hampson, 1902)
• Masalia flavistrigata (Hampson, 1903)
• Masalia leucosticta (Hampson, 1902)
• Masalia transvaalica (Distant, 1902)
• Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837)
• Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857)
• Mentaxya muscosa Geyer, 1837
• Mentaxya rimosa (Guenée, 1852)
• Micraxylia delicatula (Berio, 1939)
• Mitrophrys menete (Cramer, 1775)
• Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
• Mythimna combinata (Walker, 1857)
• Mythimna natalensis (Butler, 1875)
• Odontestra avitta Fawcett, 1917
• Odontestra richinii Berio, 1940
• Odontestra variegata Berio, 1940
• Oedicodia limbata Butler, 1898
• Oligia ambigua (Walker, 1858)
• Omphalestra nellyae (Berio, 1939)
• Ophisma albitermia (Hampson, 1910)
• Ophiusa dianaris (Guenée, 1852)
• Ophiusa rectificata (Berio, 1841)
• Ophiusa tettensis (Hopffer, 1857)
• Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777)
• Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794)
• Ozarba adducta Berio, 1940
• Ozarba atrifera Hampson, 1910
• Ozarba captata Berio, 1940
• Ozarba cryptica Berio, 1940
• Ozarba domina (Holland, 1894)
• Ozarba exoplaga Berio, 1940
• Ozarba heliastis (Hampson, 1902)
• Ozarba lepida Saalmüller, 1891
• Ozarba megaplaga Hampson, 1910
• Ozarba mortua Berio, 1940
• Ozarba nigroviridis (Hampson, 1902)
• Ozarba phaea (Hampson, 1902)
• Ozarba rubrivena Hampson, 1910
• Ozarba semipurpurea (Hampson, 1902)
• Ozarba separabilis Berio, 1940
• Ozarba sinua Hampson, 1910
• Ozarba terribilis Berio, 1940
• Ozarba timida Berio, 1940
• Ozarba variabilis Berio, 1940
• Pandesma anysa Guenée, 1852
• Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
• Phyllophila richinii Berio, 1940
• Phytometra pentheus Fawcett, 1916
• Plecopterodes gandolfii Berio, 1939
• Polydesma scriptilis Guenée, 1852
• Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
• Protarache polygrapha Berio, 1950
• Pseudozarba mesozona (Hampson, 1896)
• Pseudozarba opella (Swinhoe, 1885)
• Radara subcupralis (Walker, [1866])
• Rougeotia calumniosa (Berio, 1939)
• Serrodes partita (Fabricius, 1775)
• Sesamia calamistis Hampson, 1910
• Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
• Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
• Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
• Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
• Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
• Stilbotis dubium (Berio, 1939)
• Syngrapha circumflexa (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Timora turtur Berio, 1939
• Tracheplexia richinii Berio, 1973
• Tracheplexia viridisparsa (Berio, 1939)
• Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])
• Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
• Tricraterifrontia xanthiata Berio, 1940
• Trigonodes exportata Guenée, 1852
• Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
• Tytroca leucoptera (Hampson, 1896)
• Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856)

Nolidae

• Arcyophora longivalvis Guenée, 1852
• Arcyophora patricula (Hampson, 1902)
• Blenina squamifera (Wallengren, 1860)
• Characoma adiabunensis Berio, 1940
• Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
• Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
• Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
• Earias richinii Berio, 1940
• Leocyma candace Fawcett, 1916
• Maurilia arcuata (Walker, [1858])
• Xanthodes albago (Fabricius, 1794)

Notodontidae

• Anaphe reticulata Walker, 1855
• Antheua aurifodinae (Distant, 1902)
• Antheua simplex Walker, 1855
• Antheua ungulata (Berio, 1939)
• Antheua woerdeni (Snellen, 1872)
• Phalera imitata Druce, 1896
• Thaumetopoea apologetica Strand, 1909

Saturniidae

• Aurivillius arata (Westwood, 1849)
• Bunaea alcinoe (Stoll, 1780)
• Bunaeopsis oubie (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
• Bunaeopsis phidias (Weymer, 1909)
• Campimoptilum kuntzei (Dewitz, 1881)
• Cirina forda (Westwood, 1849)
• Epiphora antinorii (Oberthür, 1880)
• Epiphora bauhiniae (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
• Gonimbrasia belina (Westwood, 1849)
• Gonimbrasia ukerewensis (Rebel, 1922)
• Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836)
• Holocerina smilax (Westwood, 1849)
• Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
• Pseudobunaea epithyrena (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
• Usta terpsichore (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
• Yatanga smithi (Holland, 1892)

Sphingidae

• Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Andriasa contraria Walker, 1856
• Basiothia medea (Fabricius, 1781)
• Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)
• Cephonodes trochilus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
• Ceridia heuglini (C. & R. Felder, 1874)
• Chaerocina jordani Berio, 1938
• Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hippotion dexippus Fawcett, 1915
• Hippotion rebeli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Hippotion roseipennis (Butler, 1882)
• Lophostethus dumolinii (Angas, 1849)
• Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)
• Nephele vau (Walker, 1856)
• Rufoclanis rosea (Druce, 1882)
• Theretra cajus (Cramer, 1777)
• Theretra capensis (Linnaeus, 1764)

Tortricidae

• Cryptophlebia peltastica (Meyrick, 1921)

Zygaenidae

• Saliunca ignicincta de Joannis, 1912

References

External links

• De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.