List of moths of Burundi
There are about 118 known moth species of Burundi. 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 Burundi.
Arctiidae[edit]
- Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)
- Apisa subargentea Joicey & Talbot, 1921
- Asura gigantea Kühne, 2007
- Asura mutabilis Kühne, 2007
- Balacra compsa (Jordan, 1904)
- Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)
- Balacra rubrostriata (Aurivillius, 1892)
- Cragia adiastola (Kiriakoff, 1958)
- Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
- Metarctia flavicincta Aurivillius, 1900
- Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
- Nyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904)
- Pseudothyretes kamitugensis (Dufrane, 1945)
- Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Crambidae[edit]
- Diasemia lunalis Gaede, 1916
- Orphanostigma excisa (Martin, 1956)
- Psara cryptolepis (Martin, 1956)
- Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)
Eupterotidae[edit]
- Jana fletcheri Berger, 1980
- Jana roseata Rothschild, 1917
- Janomima dannfelti (Aurivillius, 1893)
- Stenoglene obtusus (Walker, 1864)
- Stenoglene roseus (Druce, 1886)
Geometridae[edit]
- Cleora pavlitzkiae (D. S. Fletcher, 1958)
- Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967
- Idiodes flexilinea (Warren, 1898)
- Idiodes pectinata (Herbulot, 1966)
- Pingasa distensaria (Walker, 1860)
- Zamarada acosmeta Prout, 1921
- Zamarada amicta Prout, 1915
- Zamarada bathyscaphes Prout, 1912
- Zamarada delta D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada gamma D. S. Fletcher, 1958
- Zamarada glareosa Bastelberger, 1909
- Zamarada metrioscaphes Prout, 1912
- Zamarada plana Bastelberger, 1909
- Zamarada prolata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada seydeli D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Lasiocampidae[edit]
- Braura elgonensis (Kruck, 1940)
- Braura ligniclusa (Walker, 1865)
- Eutricha morosa (Walker, 1865)
- Metajana marshalli Aurivillius, 1909
- Morongea lampara Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
- Odontocheilopteryx myxa Wallengren, 1860
- Odontocheilopteryx phoneus Hering, 1928
- Odontocheilopteryx scilla Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
- Pachyna subfascia (Walker, 1855)
- Pachytrina papyroides (Tams, 1936)
- Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909)
- Pallastica pallens (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
- Pallastica sericeofasciata (Aurivillius, 1921)
- Stenophatna rothschildi (Tams, 1936)
Lymantriidae[edit]
- Batella katanga (Collenette, 1938)
- Cropera testacea Walker, 1855
- Crorema fuscinotata (Hampson, 1910)
- Dasychira lulua Collenette, 1937
- Dasychira punctifera (Walker, 1857)
- Eudasychira georgiana (Fawcett, 1900)
- Eudasychira subeudela Dall'Asta, 1983
- Euproctis bigutta Holland, 1893
- Euproctis conizona Collenette, 1933
- Euproctis molunduana Aurivillius, 1925
- Euproctis pallida (Kirby, 1896)
- Euproctis utilis Swinhoe, 1903
- Hyaloperina nudiuscula Aurivillius, 1904
- Jacksoniana striata (Collenette, 1937)
- Lacipa jefferyi (Collenette, 1931)
- Laelia bifascia Hampson, 1905
- Laelia eutricha Collenette, 1931
- Laelia extorta (Distant, 1897)
- Laelia figlina Distant, 1899
- Laelia fracta Schaus & Clements, 1893
- Laelia gigantea Hampson, 1910
- Laelia rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1913
- Leucoma parva (Plötz, 1880)
- Mylantria xanthospila (Plötz, 1880)
- Neomardara africana (Holland, 1893)
- Olapa tavetensis (Holland, 1892)
- Orgyia hopkinsi Collenette, 1937
- Otroeda hesperia (Cramer, 1779)
- Porthesaroa lacipa Hering, 1926
- Sphragista kitchingi (Bethune-Baker, 1909)
- Tamsita ochthoeba (Hampson, 1920)
Metarbelidae[edit]
- Mountelgonia urundiensis Lehmann, 2013
Noctuidae[edit]
- Acontia secta Guenée, 1852
- Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
- Aegocera fervida (Walker, 1854)
- Aegocera obliqua Mabille, 1893
- Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
- Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
- Feliniopsis laportei Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
- Feliniopsis satellitis (Berio, 1974)
- Heraclia geryon (Fabricius, 1781)
- Heraclia monslunensis (Hampson, 1901)
- Heraclia superba (Butler, 1875)
- Metagarista triphaenoides Walker, 1854
- Mitrophrys menete (Cramer, 1775)
- Tuertella rema (Druce, 1910)
Nolidae[edit]
- Blenina chrysochlora (Walker, 1865)
Notodontidae[edit]
- Antheua gallans (Karsch, 1895)
- Antheua grisea (Gaede, 1928)
- Atrasana vittata Kiriakoff, 1969
- Stenostaura dorsalis Kiriakoff, 1969
- Thaumetopoea apologetica Strand, 1909
Pterophoridae[edit]
- Pterophorus candidalis (Walker, 1864)
Saturniidae[edit]
- Nudaurelia anthinoides Rougeot, 1978
- Pselaphelia vandenberghei Bouyer, 1992
- Tagoropsis hecqui Bouyer, 1989
- Tagoropsis rougeoti D. S. Fletcher, 1952
- Urota centralis Bouyer, 2008
Tineidae[edit]
- Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852)
- Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917)
- Perissomastix pantsa Gozmány, 1967
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.