Moths of Burkina Faso represent about 68 known moth species. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Contents

• Arctiidae
• Lasiocampidae
• Lymantriidae
• Metarbelidae
• Noctuidae
• Nolidae
• Pyralidae
• Saturniidae
• Sphingidae
• References
• External links

This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Burkina Faso.

Arctiidae

• Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)
• Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
• Cyana klausruedigerbecki Karisch, 2005

Lasiocampidae

• Euphorea ondulosa (Conte, 1909)
• Morongea elfiora Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
• Odontocheilopteryx haribda Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
• Odontocheilopteryx maculata Aurivillius, 1905
• Odontocheilopteryx pattersoni Tams, 1926
• Opisthodontia afroio Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
• Opisthodontia sidha Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
• Stenophatna hollandi (Tams, 1929)
• Theophasida cardinalli (Tams, 1926)

Lymantriidae

• Otroeda hesperia (Cramer, 1779)

Metarbelidae

• Moyencharia herhausi Lehmann, 2013
• Moyencharia ochreicosta (Gaede, 1929)

Noctuidae

• Abrostola confusa Dufay, 1958
• Achaea mercatoria (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acontia esperiana Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)
• Acontia nigrimacula Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
• Argyrogramma signata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Aspidifrontia hemileuca (Hampson, 1909)
• Aspidifrontia villiersi (Laporte, 1972)
• Attatha metaleuca Hampson, 1913
• Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
• Brevipecten confluens Hampson, 1926
• Brevipecten politzari Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
• Cerocala albicornis Berio, 1966
• Cerocala caelata Karsch, 1896
• Chasmina vestae (Guenée, 1852)
• Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
• Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
• Crypsotidia maculifera (Staudinger, 1898)
• Crypsotidia mesosema Hampson, 1913
• Diparopsis watersi (Rothschild, 1901)
• Eublemma ragusana (Freyer, 1844)
• Eublemma tytrocoides Hacker & Hausmann, 2010
• Eutelia polychorda Hampson, 1902
• Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858
• Hypotacha ochribasalis (Hampson, 1896)
• Marathyssa cuneata (Saalmüller, 1891)
• Masalia nubila (Hampson, 1903)
• Parachalciope benitensis (Holland, 1894)
• Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Polytelodes florifera (Walker, 1858)
• Rhabdophera arefacta (Swinhoe, 1884)
• Rhabdophera clathrum (Guenée, 1852)
• Rhabdophera hansali (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Saalmuellerana media (Walker, 1857)
• Tachosa fumata (Wallengren, 1860)
• Thiacidas meii Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas mukim (Berio, 1977)
• Thiacidas politzari Hacker & Zilli, 2010
• Thiacidas stassarti Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)

Nolidae

• Xanthodes brunnescens (Pinhey, 1968)

Pyralidae

• Lepipaschia limbata Shaffer & Solis, 1994

Saturniidae

• Gynanisa jama Rebel, 1915
• Holocerina angulata (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Holocerina istsariensis Stoneham, 1962
• Micragone rougeriei Bouyer, 2008
• Usta terpsichore (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)

Sphingidae

• Ceridia heuglini (C. & R. Felder, 1874)

References

External links

• AfroMoths