Location of Niger

There are about 190 known moth species of Niger. 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 Niger.

Arctiidae

• Alpenus affiniola (Strand, 1919)
• Balacra daphaena (Hampson, 1898)
• Cyana trigutta (Walker, 1854)
• Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)
• Meganaclia sippia (Plötz, 1880)
• Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
• Phryganopsis asperatella (Walker, 1864)
• Phryganopsis cinerella (Wallengren, 1860)
• Siccia conformis Hampson, 1914
• Spilosoma aurantiaca (Holland, 1893)

Cossidae

• Azygophleps psyche Le Cerf, 1919
• Hypopta reibelii Oberthür, 1876
• Paropta buchanani Rothschild, 1921

Crambidae

• Achyra coelatalis (Walker, 1859)
• Achyra nudalis (Hübner, 1796)
• Adelpherupa flavescens Hampson, 1919
• Chilo costifusalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Cybalomia azzalana Rothschild, 1921
• Cybalomia ledereri Rothschild, 1921
• Euchromius hampsoni (Rothschild, 1921)
• Euchromius ocellea (Haworth, 1811)
• Euchromius vinculellus (Zeller, 1847)
• Loxostege damergouensis Rothschild, 1921
• Metasia angustipennis Rothschild, 1921
• Metasia parallelalis Rothschild, 1921
• Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798)
• Prionapteryx albostigmata (Rothschild, 1921)
• Psara bipunctalis (Fabricius, 1794)
• Sceliodes laisalis (Walker, 1859)
• Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Tegostoma comparalis (Hübner, 1796)
• Tegostoma pseudonoctua (Rothschild, 1921)
• Thyridiphora furia (Swinhoe, 1884)

Eupterotidae

• Stenoglene bipartita (Rothschild, 1917)

Geometridae

• Acanthovalva inconspicuaria (Hübner, 1796)
• Acidaliastis micra Hampson, 1896
• Chiasmia feraliata (Guenée, 1858)
• Chiasmia sudanata (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
• Euproutia aggravaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Hemidromodes robusta (Prout, 1913)
• Idaea fylloidaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
• Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Isturgia quadriplaga (Rothschild, 1921)
• Lomographa indularia (Guenée, 1858)
• Lophorrhachia palliata (Warren, 1898)
• Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897
• Mixocera albistrigata (Pagenstecher, 1893)
• Neostega flaviguttata Warren, 1903
• Pitthea trifasciata Dewitz, 1881
• Pseudosterrha rufistrigata (Hampson, 1896)
• Rhodesia alboviridata (Saalmüller, 1880)
• Scopula nepheloperas (Prout, 1916)
• Zamarada minimaria Swinhoe, 1895
• Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897
• Zamarada secutaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Zamarada torrida D. S. Fletcher, 1974

Lasiocampidae

• Beralade bistrigata Strand, 1909
• Braura concolor (Rothschild, 1921)
• Euwallengrenia reducta (Walker, 1855)
• Pachymeta immunda (Holland, 1893)
• Pallastica sanricia Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• Sena virgo (Oberthür, 1916)

Limacodidae

• Micraphe lateritia Karsch, 1896

Lymantriidae

• Casama griseola Rothschild, 1921
• Casama innotata (Walker, 1855)
• Euproctillina mesomelaena (Holland, 1893)
• Euproctis rivularis Gaede, 1916
• Knappetra fasciata (Walker, 1855)
• Laelaroa flavimargo Hering, 1926
• Liparodonta uniformis Hering, 1927
• Marbla paradoxa (Hering, 1926)

Metarbelidae

• Paralebedella schultzei (Aurivillius, 1905)
• Salagena nigropuncta Le Cerf, 1919

Noctuidae

• Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858)
• Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
• Acontia asbenensis (Rothschild, 1921)
• Acontia basifera Walker, 1857
• Acontia buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
• Acontia citrelinea Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Acontia gratiosa Wallengren, 1856
• Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
• Acontia karachiensis Swinhoe, 1889
• Acontia semialba Hampson, 1910
• Acontia sublactea Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia trimaculata Aurivillius, 1879
• Adisura affinis Rothschild, 1921
• Adisura callima Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Aegocera brevivitta Hampson, 1901
• Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
• Agoma trimenii (Felder, 1874)
• Agrotis biconica Kollar, 1844
• Agrotis segetum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Anarta trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766)
• Ariathisa abyssinia (Guenée, 1852)
• Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
• Cerocala caelata Karsch, 1896
• Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
• Crypsotidia maculifera (Staudinger, 1898)
• Crypsotidia mesosema Hampson, 1913
• Crypsotidia remanei Wiltshire, 1977
• Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
• Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
• Eublemma bipars Gaede, 1935
• Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)
• Eublemma deserti (Rothschild, 1909)
• Eublemma dissoluta Rothschild, 1921
• Eublemma parva (Hübner, [1808])
• Eublemma perkeo Rothschild, 1921
• Eulocastra aethiops (Distant, 1898)
• Eulocastra pseudozarboides Rothschild, 1921
• Eulocastra sahariensis Rothschild, 1921
• Gnamptonyx innexa (Walker, 1858)
• Grammodes buchanani Rothschild, 1921
• Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
• Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808])
• Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850)
• Heliocheilus confertissima (Walker, 1865)
• Heliothis flavigera (Hampson, 1907)
• Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
• Heliothis peltigera ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Heteropalpia acrosticta (Püngeler, 1904)
• Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
• Masalia albiseriata (Druce, 1903)
• Masalia decorata (Moore, 1881)
• Masalia nubila (Hampson, 1903)
• Masalia terracottoides (Rothschild, 1921)
• Melanephia nigrescens (Wallengren, 1856)
• Melanephia trista (Snellen, 1872)
• Mitrophrys magna (Walker, 1854)
• Mitrophrys menete (Cramer, 1775)
• Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
• Ozarba damagarima Rothschild, 1921
• Ozarba punctigera Walker, 1865
• Ozarba rubrivena Hampson, 1910
• Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858)
• Plecopterodes moderata (Wallengren, 1860)
• Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
• Pseudozarba abbreviata Rothschild, 1921
• Pseudozarba bella Rothschild, 1921
• Pseudozarba bipartita (Herrich-Schäffer, 1950)
• Pseudozarba opella (Swinhoe, 1885)
• Rhynchina buchanani Rothschild, 1921
• Rhynchina sahariensis Rothschild, 1921
• Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
• Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
• Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
• Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
• Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855)
• Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])

Notodontidae

• Desmeocraera latex (Druce, 1901)
• Scrancia leucopera Hampson, 1910

Pantheidae

• Raphia buchanani Rothschild, 1921

Pyralidae

• Abrephia gracilis (Rothschild, 1921)
• Abrephia inconspicua (Rothschild, 1921)
• Aglossa pinguinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Ancylosis cretaceogrisea (Rothschild, 1921)
• Ancylosis faustinella (Zeller, 1867)
• Ancylosis limoniella (Chrétien, 1911)
• Ancylosis medioalba (Rothschild, 1921)
• Bostra asbenicola Rothschild, 1921
• Crocalia africana Rothschild, 1921
• Crocidomera intensifasciata Rothschild, 1921
• Epicrocis sahariensis (Rothschild, 1921)
• Homoeosoma asbenicola Rothschild, 1921
• Homoeosoma basalis Rothschild, 1921
• Homoeosoma botydella Ragonot, 1888
• Homoeosoma straminea Rothschild, 1921
• Macalla soudanensis (Rothschild, 1921)
• Mussidia nigrivenella Ragonot, 1888
• Nephopterix dubiosa (Rothschild, 1921)
• Pempelia interniplagella (Ragonot, 1888)
• Pogononeura buchanani Rothschild, 1921
• Pterothrixidia damergouensis (Rothschild, 1921)
• Tephris buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
• Trachypteryx eximia (Rothschild, 1921)
• Tyndis umbrosus Rothschild, 1921

Saturniidae

• Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849)
• Epiphora bauhiniae (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
• Holocerina angulata (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
• Pseudantheraea discrepans (Butler, 1878)

Sphingidae

• Neopolyptychus spurrelli (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)

Tineidae

• Hapsifera niphoxantha Gozmány, 1965

Tortricidae

• Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852

Zygaenidae

• Saliunca mimetica Jordan, 1907
• Saliunca nkolentangensis Strand, 1913

References

External links

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