List of moths of Sudan and South Sudan
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There are about 350 known moth species of Sudan and South Sudan. 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 Sudan and South Sudan.
Arctiidae
- Acantharctia metaleuca Hampson, 1901
- Afrowatsonius fulvomarginalis (Wichgraf, 1921)
- Afrowatsonius sudanicus (Rothschild, 1933)
- Aloa moloneyi (Druce, 1887)
- Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
- Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
- Alpenus schraderi (Rothschild, 1910)
- Alpenus wichgrafi Watson, 1988
- Amata shoa (Hampson, 1898)
- Amata tomasina (Butler, 1876)
- Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933
- Caripodia chrysargyria Hampson, 1900
- Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
- Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
- Creatonotos punctivitta (Walker, 1854)
- Metarctia pumila Hampson, 1909
- Oedaleosia concolor Strand, 1912
- Paralacydes arborifera (Butler, 1875)
- Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855
- Spilosoma metaleuca (Hampson, 1905)
Autostichidae
- Turatia scioneura (Meyrick, 1929)
Coleophoridae
- Coleophora aularia Meyrick, 1924
- Coleophora sudanella Rebel, 1916
Cosmopterigidae
- Bifascioides leucomelanella (Rebel, 1917)
- Gisilia sclerodes (Meyrick, 1909)
Cossidae
- Meharia semilactea (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
- Nomima prophanes Durrant, 1916
- Paropta henleyi (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
- Phragmatoecioides pectinicornis Strand, 1915
Crambidae
- Cataclysta leroii Strand, 1915
- Charltona albidalis Hampson, 1919
- Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Cornifrons ulceratalis Lederer, 1858
- Crambus diarhabdellus Hampson, 1919
- Crambus sudanicola Strand, 1915
- Culladia achroellum (Mabille, 1900)
- Cybalomia pentadalis Lederer, 1855
- Cybalomia simplex Warren & Rothschild, 1905
- Diplopseustis perieresalis (Walker, 1859)
- Elethyia albirufalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Euchromius cambridgei (Zeller, 1867)
- Euchromius ocellea (Haworth, 1811)
- Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781)
- Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée, 1854)
- Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Platytes impar Warren & Rothschild, 1905
- Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798)
- Prionapteryx alternalis Maes, 2002
- Prionapteryx soudanensis (Hampson, 1919)
- Scirpophaga praelata (Scopoli, 1763)
- Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Elachistidae
- Ethmia quadrinotella (Mann, 1861)
Gelechiidae
- Ochrodia subdiminutella (Stainton, 1867)
- Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844)
- Scrobipalpa ergasima (Meyrick, 1916)
Geometridae
- Acidaliastis micra Hampson, 1896
- Callioratis apicisecta Prout, 1915
- Celidomphax prolongata Prout, 1915
- Chiasmia ate (Prout, 1926)
- Chiasmia maculosa (Warren, 1899)
- Chiasmia sudanata (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
- Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967
- Hemidromodes robusta (Prout, 1913)
- Heterostegane minutissima (Swinhoe, 1904)
- Idaea granulosa (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
- Idaea microptera (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
- Idaea sanctaria Staudinger, 1900
- Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858)
- Lomographa indularia (Guenée, 1858)
- Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897
- Omphalucha brunnea (Warren, 1899)
- Polystroma steeleae (Prout, 1934)
- Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784)
- Pseudosterrha paulula (Swinhoe, 1886)
- Pseudosterrha rufistrigata (Hampson, 1896)
- Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894)
- Scopula natalica (Butler, 1875)
- Scopula pseudophema Prout, 1920
- Syndromodes invenusta (Wallengren, 1863)
- Xanthorhoe exorista Prout, 1922
- Zamarada anacantha D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada delta D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada melasma D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada minimaria Swinhoe, 1895
- Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897
- Zamarada secutaria (Guenée, 1858)
- Zamarada torrida D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Gracillariidae
- Acrocercops bifasciata (Walsingham, 1891)
- Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856
- Stomphastis conflua (Meyrick, 1914)
Lasiocampidae
- Anadiasa obsoleta (Klug, 1830)
- Anadiasa simplex Pagenstecher, 1903
- Beralade obliquata (Klug, 1830)
- Braura nilotica (Aurivillius, 1925)
- Chrysopsyche wilsoni Tams, 1938
- Odontocheilopteryx maculata Aurivillius, 1905
- Streblote butiti (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
- Streblote diluta (Aurivillius, 1905)
Limacodidae
- Chrysamma purpuripulcra Karsch, 1896
- Coenobasis postflavida Hampson, 1910
- Gavara caprai Berio, 1937
- Macroplectra iracunda Hering, 1928
Lymantriidae
- Cropera testacea Walker, 1855
- Crorema setinoides (Holland, 1893)
- Crorema sudanica Strand, 1915
- Euproctis erythrosticta (Hampson, 1910)
- Euproctis ostentum Hering, 1926
- Euproctis xanthosoma Hampson, 1910
Metarbelidae
- Moyencharia winteri Lehmann, 2013
Nepticulidae
- Stigmella xystodes (Meyrick, 1916)
Noctuidae
- Abrostola confusa Dufay, 1958
- Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858)
- Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
- Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
- Achaea phaeobasis Hampson, 1913
- Acontia basifera Walker, 1857
- Acontia buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
- Acontia dichroa (Hampson, 1914)
- Acontia discoidoides Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
- Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1884
- Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)
- Acontia karachiensis Swinhoe, 1889
- Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
- Acontia semialba Hampson, 1910
- Aegle exsiccata (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
- Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
- Agrotis biconica Kollar, 1844
- Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
- Agrotis sardzeana Brandt, 1941
- Agrotis segetum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
- Antarchaea conicephala (Staudinger, 1870)
- Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
- Audea humeralis Hampson, 1902
- Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
- Autoba teilhardi (de Joannis, 1909)
- Brevipecten niloticus Wiltshire, 1977
- Callophisma flavicornis Hampson, 1913
- Caradrina clavipalpis (Scopoli, 1763)
- Cerocala caelata Karsch, 1896
- Cerynea trichobasis Hampson, 1910
- Chusaris rhynchinodes Strand, 1915
- Clytie infrequens (Swinhoe, 1884)
- Clytie sancta (Staudinger, 1900)
- Clytie tropicalis Rungs, 1975
- Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
- Crypsotidia maculifera (Staudinger, 1898)
- Crypsotidia mesosema Hampson, 1913
- Crypsotidia remanei Wiltshire, 1977
- Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852)
- Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
- Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
- Diparopsis watersi (Rothschild, 1901)
- Dysgonia orbata Berio, 1955
- Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
- Eublemma gayneri (Rothschild, 1901)
- Eublemma kruegeri (Wiltshire, 1970)
- Eublemma parva (Hübner, [1808])
- Eublemma pulverulenta (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
- Eublemma ragusana (Freyer, 1844)
- Eublemma robertsi Berio, 1969
- Eublemma scitula (Rambur, 1833)
- Gesonia nigripalpa Wiltshire, 1977
- Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859
- Gnamptonyx innexa (Walker, 1858)
- Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)
- Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
- Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
- Heliothis viriplaca (Hufnagel, 1766)
- Heraclia zenkeri (Karsch, 1895)
- Heteropalpia acrosticta (Püngeler, 1904)
- Heteropalpia exarata (Mabille, 1890)
- Heteropalpia profesta (Christoph, 1887)
- Heteropalpia rosacea (Rebel, 1907)
- Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865)
- Hiccoda dosaroides Moore, 1882
- Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854
- Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1790)
- Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
- Hypena obsitalis (Hübner, [1813])
- Hypotacha isthmigera Wiltshire, 1968
- Hypotacha ochribasalis (Hampson, 1896)
- Iambiodes incerta (Rothschild, 1913)
- Iambiodes postpallida Wiltshire, 1977
- Leucania melanostrotoides (Strand, 1915)
- Loxioda coniventris Strand, 1915
- Masalia albiseriata (Druce, 1903)
- Masalia bimaculata (Moore, 1888)
- Masalia cheesmanae Seymour, 1972
- Masalia decorata (Moore, 1881)
- Masalia fissifascia (Hampson, 1903)
- Masalia flaviceps (Hampson, 1903)
- Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
- Masalia terracottoides (Rothschild, 1921)
- Matopo selecta (Walker, 1865)
- Metachrostis quinaria (Moore, 1881)
- Metopoceras kneuckeri (Rebel, 1903)
- Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
- Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
- Myana sopora Swinhoe, 1884
- Ophiusa mejanesi (Guenée, 1852)
- Oraesia intrusa (Krüger, 1939)
- Ozarba badia (Swinhoe, 1886)
- Ozarba exoplaga Berio, 1940
- Ozarba phaea (Hampson, 1902)
- Ozarba rufula Hampson, 1910
- Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852
- Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858)
- Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
- Plecopterodes moderata (Wallengren, 1860)
- Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
- Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Prionofrontia ochrosia Hampson, 1926
- Pseudozarba bipartita (Herrich-Schäffer, 1950)
- Raparna bipuncta Warren & Rothschild, 1905
- Raparna minima Warren & Rothschild, 1905
- Rhynchina albiscripta Hampson, 1916
- Schausia mkabi Kiriakoff, 1974
- Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857
- Sesamia epunctifera Hampson, 1902
- Sesamia geyri (Strand, 1915)
- Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefèbvre, 1827)
- Speia vuteria (Stoll, 1790)
- Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
- Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
- Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
- Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
- Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
- Syngrapha circumflexa (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855)
- Tathorhynchus leucobasis Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Timora showaki Pinhey, 1956
- Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])
- Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
- Tytroca fasciolata (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
- Ulotrichopus stertzi (Püngeler, 1907)
- Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)
- Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856)
Nolidae
- Arcyophora patricula (Hampson, 1902)
- Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
- Earias nubica (Strand, 1915)
- Neaxestis mesogonia (Hampson, 1905)
- Selepa docilis Butler, 1881
Notodontidae
- Antheua gallans (Karsch, 1895)
- Antheua woerdeni (Snellen, 1872)
- Desmeocraera leucophaea Gaede, 1928
- Epidonta brunnea (Rothschild, 1917)
- Leptolepida henleyi (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
- Notoxantha aurorina Kiriakoff, 1961
- Zerafia drymonides Strand, 1915
Plutellidae
- Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Psychidae
- Acanthopsyche ebneri (Rebel, 1917)
- Auchmophila kordofensis Rebel, 1907
Pterophoridae
- Agdistis arabica Amsel, 1958
- Agdistis tamaricis (Zeller, 1847)
Pyralidae
- Actenia wollastoni (Rothschild, 1901)
- Aglossa aglossalis (Ragonot, 1892)
- Ancylosis costistrigella (Ragonot, 1890)
- Ancylosis faustinella (Zeller, 1867)
- Ancylosis lacteicostella (Ragonot, 1887)
- Ancylosis limoniella (Chrétien, 1911)
- Ancylosis nubeculella (Ragonot, 1887)
- Anerastia lotella (Hübner, 1813)
- Arenipses sabella Hampson, 1901
- Cadra calidella (Guenée, 1845)
- Cadra figulilella (Gregson, 1871)
- Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton, 1866)
- Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller, 1839)
- Endotricha consobrinalis Zeller, 1852
- Epicrocis ferrealis (Hampson, 1898)
- Epischnia cinerosalis Walker & Rothschild, 1905
- Epischnia masticella Ragonot, 1893
- Euzophera trigeminata Warren & Rothschild, 1905
- Exodesis vaterfieldi Hampson, 1919
- Gymnancyla canella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Lorymana noctuiformis Strand, 1915
- Nephopterix metamelana Hampson, 1896
- Polyocha anerastiodes Warren & Rothschild, 1905
- Psorosana testaceipennis Strand, 1915
- Pyralis obsoletalis Mann, 1864
- Raphimetopus ablutella (Zeller, 1839)
- Staudingeria suboblitella (Ragonot, 1888)
- Staudingeria yerburii (Butler, 1884)
- Zophodia straminea Strand, 1915
Saturniidae
- Bunaea alcinoe (Stoll, 1780)
- Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849)
- Epiphora albidus (Druce, 1886)
- Epiphora bauhiniae (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
- Epiphora getula (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
- Epiphora magdalena Grünberg, 1909
- Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880)
- Epiphora vacuna (Westwood, 1849)
- Holocerina angulata (Aurivillius, 1893)
- Holocerina istsariensis Stoneham, 1962
Sesiidae
- Melittia ruficincta (Felder, 1874)
Sphingidae
- Ceridia heuglini (C. & R. Felder, 1874)
- Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hippotion rebeli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Hyles livornica (Esper, 1780)
- Leucophlebia afra Karsch, 1891
- Neopolyptychus consimilis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
- Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776)
- Polyptychoides grayii (Walker, 1856)
- Polyptychoides niloticus (Jordan, 1921)
- Pseudoclanis abyssinicus (Lucas, 1857)
- Pseudoclanis molitor (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
Thyrididae
- Netrocera setioides Felder, 1874
Tineidae
- Ceratophaga tragoptila (Meyrick, 1917)
- Ceratophaga vastella (Zeller, 1852)
- Edosa pyrochra (Gozmány, 1965)
- Hapsifera rhodoptila Meyrick, 1920
- Machaeropteris baloghi Gozmány, 1965
- Perissomastix nigriceps Warren & Rothschild, 1905
- Perissomastix perdita Gozmány, 1965
- Perissomastix taeniaecornis (Walsingham, 1896)
- Philagraulella punica (Meyrick, 1930)
- Sphallestasis cristata (Gozmány, 1967)
- Syncalipsis sudanica Gozmány, 1965
- Tinea murariella Staudinger, 1859
- Trichophaga abruptella (Wollaston, 1858)
Tortricidae
- Bactra bactrana (Kennel, 1901)
- Bactra legitima Meyrick, 1911
- Bactra tornastis Meyrick, 1909
- Bactra venosana (Zeller, 1847)
- Eucosma ioplintha Meyrick, 1930
- Fulcrifera refrigescens (Meyrick, 1924)
- Selania detrita (Meyrick, 1928)
Xyloryctidae
- Scythris amplexella Bengtsson, 2002
- Scythris camelella Walsingham, 1907
- Scythris fissurella Bengtsson, 1997
- Scythris nipholecta Meyrick, 1924
- Scythris pangalactis Meyrick, 1933
Zygaenidae
- Epiorna abessynica (Koch, 1865)
References
External links
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.
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