There are about 300 known moth species of the Gambia. 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 the Gambia.
Arctiidae
- Acantharctia mundata (Walker, 1865)
- Acanthofrontia atricosta Hampson, 1918
- Aloa moloneyi (Druce, 1887)
- Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
- Amata tomasina (Butler, 1876)
- Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887)
- Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847)
- Argina leonina (Walker, 1865)
- Binna scita (Walker, 1865)
- Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
- Cyana rejecta (Walker, 1854)
- Estigmene unilinea Rothschild, 1910
- Euchromia guineensis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)
- Logunovium nigricosta (Holland, 1893)
- Madagascarctia madagascariensis (Butler, 1882)
- Oedaleosia nigricosta Hampson, 1900
- Poliosia albida Hampson, 1914
- Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856)
- Spilosoma crossi (Rothschild, 1910)
- Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855
- Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898)
- Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863
- Trichaeta bivittata (Walker, 1864)
- Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Autostichidae
- Procometis acutipennis (Walsingham, 1891)
Bombycidae
- Racinoa ianthe (Druce, 1887)
Brachodidae
- Nigilgia albitogata (Walsingham, 1891)
Coleophoridae
- Holcocera irroratella (Walsingham, 1891)
- Licmocera lyonetiella Walsingham, 1891
Cosmopterigidae
- Alloclita gambiella (Walsingham, 1891)
- Anatrachyntis simplex (Walsingham, 1891)
- Cnemidolophus lavernellus Walsingham, 1881
- Macrobathra distincta (Walsingham, 1891)
- Macrobathra fasciata (Walsingham, 1891)
Cossidae
- Macrocossus toluminus (Druce, 1887)
Crambidae
- Bocchoris inspersalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Cadarena sinuata (Fabricius, 1781)
- Calamotropha discellus (Walker, 1863)
- Charltona albimixtalis Hampson, 1919
- Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Conotalis aurantifascia (Hampson, 1895)
- Diaphana indica (Saunders, 1851)
- Dysallacta negatalis (Walker, 1859)
- Glyphodes stolalis Guenée, 1854
- Haimbachia proalbivenalis (Błeszyński, 1961)
- Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée, 1854)
- Nausinoe geometralis (Guenée, 1854)
- Nomophila noctuella (, 1775)
- Notarcha cassualis (Walker, 1859)
- Palpita claralis (Walker, 1865)
- Palpita elealis (Walker, 1859)
- Palpita unionalis (Hübner, 1796)
- Pleuroptya aegrotalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Sceliodes laisalis (Walker, 1859)
- Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Stemorrhages sericea (Drury, 1773)
- Syllepte ovialis (Walker, 1859)
- Syllepte sarronalis (Walker, 1859)
- Zebronia phenice (Cramer, 1780)
Drepanidae
- Negera confusa Walker, 1855
- Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874)
Elachistidae
- Ptilobola inornatella (Walsingham, 1891)
- Stenoma complanella (Walsingham, 1891)
Eupterotidae
- Jana tantalus Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
- Phiala costipuncta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
- Vianga tristis Druce, 1896
Gelechiidae
- Anarsia agricola Walsingham, 1891
- Anarsia inculta Walsingham, 1891
- Brachmia septella (Zeller, 1852)
- Dactylethrella bryophilella (Walsingham, 1891)
- Dichomeris marginata (Walsingham, 1891)
- Dichomeris marmoratus (Walsingham, 1891)
- Onebala zulu (Walsingham, 1881)
- Polyhymno cleodorella Walsingham, 1891
- Prasodryas fracticostella (Walsingham, 1891)
- Thiotricha tenuis (Walsingham, 1891)
- Tricyanaula metallica (Walsingham, 1891)
Geometridae
- Aphilopota otoessa Prout, 1954
- Chiasmia amarata (Guenée, 1858)
- Chiasmia angolaria (Snellen, 1872)
- Chiasmia rectistriaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
- Chiasmia semitecta (Walker, 1861)
- Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863)
- Comostolopsis stillata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
- Erastria leucicolor (Butler, 1875)
- Melinoessa fulvata (Drury, 1773)
- Neromia enotes Prout, 1917
- Orbamia octomaculata (Wallengren, 1872)
- Orbamia renimacula (Prout, 1926)
- Pingasa lahayei (Oberthür, 1887)
- Pingasa rhadamaria (Guenée, 1858)
- Scopula internata (Guenée, 1857)
- Scopula lactaria (Walker, 1861)
- Scopula latitans Prout, 1920
- Victoria perornata Warren, 1898
- Zamarada clavigera D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada dilucida Warren, 1909
- Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897
- Zamarada phrontisaria Swinhoe, 1904
Gracillariidae
- Acrocercops bifasciata (Walsingham, 1891)
- Lamprolectica apicistrigata (Walsingham, 1891)
Lasiocampidae
- Leipoxais directa (Walker, 1865)
- Pachytrina honrathii (Dewitz, 1881)
- Philotherma unicolor (Walker, 1855)
Lecithoceridae
- Odites carterella Walsingham, 1891
- Odites inconspicua Walsingham, 1891
- Protolychnis marginata (Walsingham, 1891)
- Timyra extranea Walsingham, 1891
Lymantriidae
- Aroa discalis Walker, 1855
- Crorema mentiens Walker, 1855
- Dasychira pytna (Druce, 1898)
- Dasychira remota Druce, 1887
- Euproctis crocata (Boisduval, 1847)
- Euproctis producta (Walker, 1863)
- Euproctis pygmaea (Walker, 1855)
- Euproctoides acrisia Plötz, 1880
- Laelia subrosea (Walker, 1855)
- Naroma varipes (Walker, 1865)
- Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855
Lyonetiidae
- Micropostega aeneofasciata Walsingham, 1891
Metarbelidae
- Kroonia carteri Lehmann, 2010
Nepticulidae
- Stigmella birgittae Gustafsson, 1985
- Stigmella zizyphi (Walsingham, 1911)
Noctuidae
- Acanthodelta janata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Achaea albicilia (Walker, 1858)
- Achaea ezea (Cramer, 1779)
- Achaea illustrata Walker, 1858
- Achaea mormoides Walker, 1858
- Acontia basifera Walker, 1857
- Acontia citrelinea Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
- Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)
- Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
- Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
- Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
- Agrotis biconica Kollar, 1844
- Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
- Anoba remota (Druce, 1887)
- Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833)
- Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
- Aspidifrontia hemileuca (Hampson, 1909)
- Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
- Bareia incidens Walker, 1858
- Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775)
- Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, )
- Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
- Cyligramma fluctuosa (Drury, 1773)
- Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
- Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
- Dysgonia arcifera (Druce, 1912)
- Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
- Entomogramma mediocris Walker, 1865
- Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
- Ericeia congregata (Walker, 1858)
- Ericeia sobria Walker, 1858
- Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Eulocastra monozona Hampson, 1910
- Eutelia callichroma (Distant, 1901)
- Eutelia violescens (Hampson, 1912)
- Godasa sidae (Fabricius, 1793)
- Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)
- Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
- Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
- Heliophisma klugii (Boisduval, 1833)
- Herpeperas rudis (Walker, 1865)
- Hypena jussalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena obacerralis Walker,
- Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
- Janseodes melanospila (Guenée, 1852)
- Leucania insulicola Guenée, 1852
- Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
- Masalia albiseriata (Druce, 1903)
- Masalia decorata (Moore, 1881)
- Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
- Masalia nubila (Hampson, 1903)
- Masalia terracottoides (Rothschild, 1921)
- Mentaxya rimosa (Guenée, 1852)
- Miniodes discolor Guenée, 1852
- Misa memnonia Karsch, 1895
- Mitrophrys magna (Walker, 1854)
- Mitrophrys menete (Cramer, 1775)
- Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
- Ophiusa subdiversa (L. B. Prout, 1919)
- Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777)
- Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794)
- Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852
- Plecoptera reversa (Walker, 1865)
- Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
- Polytelodes florifera (Walker, 1858)
- Rhabdophera clathrum (Guenée, 1852)
- Rhynchina leucodonta Hampson, 1910
- Rhynchina tinctalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Serrodes nigha Guenée, 1852
- Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
- Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
- Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
- Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
- Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
- Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, )
- Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
Nolidae
- Characoma ferrigrisea (Hampson, 1905)
- Leocyma camilla (Druce, 1887)
- Lophocrama phoenicochlora Hampson, 1912
- Neaxestis mesogonia (Hampson, 1905)
- Negeta luminosa (Walker, 1858)
- Neonegeta zelia (Druce, 1887)
- Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)
- Selepa leucogonia (Hampson, 1905)
- Selepa violascens Hampson, 1912
Notodontidae
- Anaphe panda (Boisduval, 1847)
- Antheua simplex Walker, 1855
- Desmeocraera latex (Druce, 1901)
- Epanaphe carteri (Walsingham, 1885)
- Epanaphe moloneyi (Druce, 1887)
- Tricholoba carteri (Druce, 1887)
Oecophoridae
- Stathmopoda auriferella (Walker, 1864)
- Stathmopoda crassella Walsingham, 1891
- Stathmopoda maculata Walsingham, 1891
Plutellidae
- Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Psychidae
- Eumeta cervina Druce, 1887
Pterophoridae
- Hepalastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)
- Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
- Pterophorus albidus (Zeller, 1852)
- Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)
- Trichoptilus vivax Meyrick, 1909
Pyralidae
- Ditrachyptera verruciferella (Ragonot, 1888)
- Endotricha vinolentalis Ragonot, 1891
- Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832)
- Faveria dionysia (Zeller, 1846)
- Pempelia interniplagella (Ragonot, 1888)
Saturniidae
- Cirina forda (Westwood, 1849)
- Epiphora bauhiniae (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
- Imbrasia obscura (Butler, 1878)
- Ludia orinoptena Karsch, 1892
- Tagoropsis flavinata (Walker, 1865)
Sphingidae
- Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Basiothia medea (Fabricius, 1781)
- Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Coelonia solani (Boisduval, 1833)
- Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hippotion balsaminae (Walker, 1856)
- Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hippotion eson (Cramer, 1779)
- Hippotion osiris (Dalman, 1823)
- Leucostrophus alterhirundo d'Abrera, 1987
- Lophostethus dumolinii (Angas, 1849)
- Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)
- Nephele aequivalens (Walker, 1856)
- Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857
- Nephele funebris (Fabricius, 1793)
- Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776)
- Nephele rosae Butler, 1875
- Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856)
- Rufoclanis rosea (Druce, 1882)
- Temnora livida (Holland, 1889)
- Temnora scitula (Holland, 1889)
Tineidae
- Autochthonus chalybiellus Walsingham, 1891
- Dasyses rugosella (Stainton, 1859)
- Monopis monachella (Hübner, 1796)
- Oxymachaeris niveocervina Walsingham, 1891
- Phereoeca praecox Gozmány & Vári, 1973
- Phereoeca proletaria (Meyrick, 1921)
- Sphallestasis creagra (Gozmány, 1968)
- Sphallestasis cristata (Gozmány, 1967)
- Tinea atomosella Walker, 1863
- Tinea taedia Gozmány, 1968
- Tinea translucens Meyrick, 1917
- Trichophaga mormopis Meyrick, 1935
Tortricidae
- Ancylis falcata (Walsingham, 1891)
- Ancylis oculifera (Walsingham, 1891)
- Bactra bactrana (Kennel, 1901)
- Bactra endea Diakonoff, 1963
- Choristoneura occidentalis (Walsingham, 1891)
- Dichrorampha excisa Walsingham, 1891
- Eccopsis incultana (Walker, 1863)
- Eccopsis nebulana Walsingham, 1891
- Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852
- Grapholita dimidiata (Walsingham, 1891)
- Panegyra flavicostana (Walsingham, 1891)
- Paraeccopsis insellata (Meyrick, 1920)
- Phaecasiophora basicornis Walsingham, 1891
- Phaecasiophora variabilis Walsingham, 1891
- Pseudeboda gambiae Razowski, 1964
- Sanguinograptis albardana (Snellen, 1872)
- Syricoris apicipunctana (Walsingham, 1891)
Uraniidae
- Dissoprumna erycinaria (Guenée, 1857)
Xyloryctidae
- Eretmocera basistrigata Walsingham, 1889
- Eretmocera carteri Walsingham, 1889
- Eretmocera fuscipennis Zeller, 1852
- Eretmocera laetissima Zeller, 1852
- Eretmocera scatospila Zeller, 1852
- Scythris pangalactis Meyrick, 1933
- Scythris subeburnea (Walsingham, 1891)
Yponomeutidae
- Atteva carteri (Walsingham, 1891)
External links
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.
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