List of moths of Rwanda

There are about 220 known moth species of Rwanda. 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 Rwanda.

Arctiidae

 * Afrasura peripherica (Strand, 1912)
 * Afrasura violacea (Cieslak & Häuser, 2006)
 * Afroarctia bergeri Toulgoët, 1978
 * Afroarctia histrionica Toulgoët, 1978
 * Afroarctia kenyana (Rothschild, 1933)
 * Afrojavanica kostlani (Gaede, 1923)
 * Afrospilarctia lucida (Druce, 1898)
 * Agaltara nebulosa Toulgoët, 1979
 * Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
 * Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)
 * Amata chrysozona (Hampson, 1898)
 * Amata tomasina (Butler, 1876)
 * Amerila bubo (Walker, 1855)
 * Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901)
 * Amerila thermochroa (Hampson, 1916)
 * Amphicallia pactolicus (Butler, 1888)
 * Apisa fontainei Kiriakoff, 1959
 * Apisa subargentea Joicey & Talbot, 1921
 * Balacra compsa (Jordan, 1904)
 * Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)
 * Carcinarctia laeliodes Hampson, 1916
 * Cragia quadrinotata (Walker, 1864)
 * Cyana hecqi Karisch & Dall'Asta, 2010
 * Cyana paramargarethae Karisch & Dall'Asta, 2010
 * Disparctia varicolor Toulgoët, 1978
 * Galtara aurivilii (Pagenstecher, 1901)
 * Galtara convergens Toulgoët, 1979
 * Galtara elongata (Swinhoe, 1907)
 * Galtara laportei Toulgoët, 1979
 * Galtara reticulata (Hampson, 1909)
 * Galtara turlini Toulgoët, 1979
 * Kiriakoffalia costimacula (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)
 * Mecistorhabdia haematoessa (Holland, 1893)
 * Metarctia flavicincta Aurivillius, 1900
 * Metarctia flora Kiriakoff, 1957
 * Metarctia forsteri Kiriakoff, 1955
 * Metarctia insignis Kiriakoff, 1959
 * Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
 * Metarctia paremphares Holland, 1893
 * Metarctia rubripuncta Hampson, 1898
 * Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855
 * Paralpenus wintgensi (Strand, 1909)
 * Pericaliella melanodisca (Hampson, 1907)
 * Popoudina pamphilia Kiriakoff, 1958
 * Pseudogaltara inexpectata Toulgoët, 1978
 * Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856)
 * Pusiola straminea (Hampson, 1901)
 * Radiarctia melanochoria Hering, 1932
 * Rhipidarctia crameri Kiriakoff, 1961
 * Rhipidarctia forsteri (Kiriakoff, 1953)
 * Rhipidarctia subminiata Kiriakoff, 1959
 * Seydelia turlini Toulgoët, 1976
 * Spilosoma sulphurea Bartel, 1903
 * Teracotona multistrigata Joicey & Talbot, 1924
 * Teracotona pallida Joicey & Talbot, 1924
 * Teracotona translucens (Grünberg, 1907)
 * Teracotona wittei (Debauche, 1942)
 * Thumatha brunnea Kühne, 2007
 * Trichaeta fulvescens (Walker, 1854)
 * Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bombycidae

 * Racinoa spiralis Kühne, 2008

Brahmaeidae

 * Dactyloceras barnsi (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)

Crambidae

 * Ancylolomia capensis Zeller, 1852
 * Ancylolomia gracilis Fawcett, 1917
 * Ancylolomia planicosta Martin, 1956
 * Angustalius malacellus (Duponchel, 1836)
 * Autocharis sinualis (Hampson, 1899)
 * Cadarena pudoraria (Hübner, 1825)
 * Pyrausta flavimarginalis (Hampson, 1913)

Eupterotidae

 * Janomima mariana (White, 1843)

Geometridae

 * Acrostatheusis ruandana Herbulot, 1991
 * Adicocrita aciculata Herbulot, 1983
 * Antharmostes papilio Prout, 1912
 * Antharmostes tutsiana Herbulot, 1996
 * Asthenotricha anisobapta Prout, 1932
 * Asthenotricha grandis Herbulot, 1997
 * Bathycolpodes acutissima Herbulot, 1986
 * Biston edwardsi (Prout, 1938)
 * Blaboplutodes missilorum Prout, 1934
 * Cartaletis melanopis Prout, 1929
 * Chiasmia geminilinea (Prout, 1932)
 * Chrysocraspeda hyalotypa (Prout, 1932)
 * Cleora pavlitzkiae (D. S. Fletcher, 1958)
 * Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967
 * Ectropis anisoides Herbulot, 1981
 * Ectropis ocellata Warren, 1902
 * Encoma irisaria Swinhoe, 1904
 * Epigynopteryx venosa Herbulot, 1984
 * Eupithecia dilucida (Warren, 1899)
 * Eupithecia turlini Herbulot, 2001
 * Eupithecia tutsiana Herbulot, 2001
 * Hypochrosis banakaria (Plötz, 1880)
 * Hypocoela turpisaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
 * Hypomecis nessa Herbulot, 1995
 * Idiodes flexilinea (Warren, 1898)
 * Idiodes pectinata (Herbulot, 1966)
 * Isoplenodia arabukoensis Sihvonen & Staude, 2010
 * Mesomima tenuifascia (Holland, 1893)
 * Piercia subrufaria (Warren, 1903)
 * Pingasa distensaria (Walker, 1860)
 * Prasinocyma leucocycla Herbulot, 1982
 * Prasinocyma semicincta Herbulot, 1982
 * Prasinocyma turlini Herbulot, 1982
 * Pseudolarentia megalaria (Guenée, 1858)
 * Psilocerea praecoca Herbulot, 1981
 * Racotis angulosa Herbulot, 1973
 * Rhodophthitus tricoloraria (Mabille, 1890)
 * Scopula suda Prout, 1932
 * Victoria perornata Warren, 1898
 * Victoria subhyalina Herbulot, 1982
 * Xanthisthisa tarsispina (Warren, 1901)
 * Xanthorhoe ansorgei (Warren, 1899)
 * Xanthorhoe exorista Prout, 1922
 * Xanthorhoe heliopharia (Swinhoe, 1904)
 * Xanthorhoe procne (Fawcett, 1916)
 * Xanthorhoe transcissa (Warren, 1902)
 * Xanthorhoe transjugata Prout, 1923
 * Xanthorhoe trientata (Warren, 1901)
 * Xylopteryx amieti Herbulot, 1973
 * Xylopteryx anodina Herbulot, 1984
 * Xylopteryx bifida Herbulot, 1984
 * Xylopteryx clathrata Herbulot, 1984
 * Xylopteryx dargei Herbulot, 1984
 * Xylopteryx turlini Herbulot, 1984
 * Zamarada bastelbergeri Gaede, 1915
 * Zamarada canina Herbulot, 1983
 * Zamarada delta D. S. Fletcher, 1974
 * Zamarada dentata D. S. Fletcher, 1958
 * Zamarada metrioscaphes Prout, 1912
 * Zamarada montana Herbulot, 1979
 * Zamarada plana Bastelberger, 1909
 * Zamarada ruandana Herbulot, 1983

Gracillariidae

 * Corythoxestis aletreuta (Meyrick, 1936)
 * Phyllonorycter adderis de Prins, 2012
 * Phyllonorycter gato de Prins, 2012
 * Phyllonorycter ipomoellus de Prins, 2012
 * Phyllonorycter umukarus de Prins, 2012

Lasiocampidae

 * Lechriolepis gyldenstolpei Aurivillius, 1927
 * Leipoxais tolmera Tams, 1929
 * Pachytrina flamerchena Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
 * Pachytrina philargyria (Hering, 1928)
 * Philotherma apithana Hering, 1928
 * Stoermeriana graberi (Dewitz, 1881)

Lemoniidae

 * Sabalia jacksoni Sharpe, 1890

Lymantriidae

 * Aroa discalis Walker, 1855
 * Crorema adspersa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
 * Dasychira chorista Hering, 1926
 * Eudasychira georgiana (Fawcett, 1900)
 * Euproctis cryphia Collenette, 1960
 * Euproctis nessa Swinhoe, 1903
 * Euproctis pallida (Kirby, 1896)
 * Homochira ruandana Hering, 1926
 * Laelia eutricha Collenette, 1931
 * Laelia rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1913
 * Leucoma parva (Plötz, 1880)
 * Mylantria xanthospila (Plötz, 1880)
 * Neomardara africana (Holland, 1893)
 * Porthesaroa noctua Hering, 1926
 * Ruanda aetheria Strand, 1909

Metarbelidae

 * Mountelgonia pagana (Strand, 1909)

Noctuidae

 * Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)
 * Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
 * Aegocera obliqua Mabille, 1893
 * Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
 * Ametropalpis vidua (Holland, 1894)
 * Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)
 * Carpostalagma chalybeata Talbot, 1929
 * Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
 * Cyligramma fluctuosa (Drury, 1773)
 * Dichromia mutilata (Strand, 1909)
 * Eudocima fullonia (Clerck, 1764)
 * Feliniopsis laportei Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
 * Heraclia aemulatrix (Westwood, 1881)
 * Heraclia superba (Butler, 1875)
 * Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
 * Mazuca elegantissima Janse, 1939
 * Meristides umbripennis Strand, 1909
 * Mitrophrys menete (Cramer, 1775)
 * Oraesia wintgensi (Strand, 1909)
 * Soloe splendida Toulgoët, 1980
 * Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
 * Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
 * Ulotrichopus pseudocatocala (Strand, 1918)

Notodontidae

 * Antheua delicata Bethune-Baker, 1911
 * Antheua gallans (Karsch, 1895)
 * Antheua trifasciata (Hampson, 1909)
 * Boscawenia rectangulata (Gaede, 1928)
 * Desmeocraera analis Kiriakoff, 1954
 * Epidonta duplicata Kiriakoff, 1962
 * Epidonta inconspicua Kiriakoff, 1962
 * Epimetula albipuncta (Gaede, 1928)
 * Pseudobarobata angulata Gaede, 1928
 * Rhenea mediata (Walker, 1865)
 * Scrancia leucopera Hampson, 1910

Pterophoridae

 * Platyptilia rhyncholoba Meyrick, 1924

Pyralidae

 * Aglossa basalis Walker, 1865
 * Ematheudes neonepsia Martin, 1956

Saturniidae

 * Lobobunaea acetes (Westwood, 1849)
 * Lobobunaea ansorgei (Rothschild, 1899)
 * Lobobunaea jeanneli Rougeot, 1959
 * Lobobunaea turlini Lemaire, 1977
 * Orthogonioptilum adiegetum Karsch, 1892
 * Pselaphelia vandenberghei Bouyer, 1992
 * Tagoropsis rougeoti D. S. Fletcher, 1952
 * Urota centralis Bouyer, 2008

Sphingidae

 * Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
 * Hippotion eson (Cramer, 1779)
 * Macroglossum trochilus (Hübner, 1823)
 * Macropoliana ferax (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)
 * Nephele monostigma Clark, 1925
 * Temnora scheveni Carcasson, 1968
 * Temnora subapicalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
 * Temnora turlini Darge, 1975

Thyrididae

 * Lamprochrysa scintillans (Butler, 1893)
 * Marmax vicaria (Walker, 1854)

Tineidae

 * Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917)
 * Cimitra horridella (Walker, 1863)
 * Cubitofusa pseudoglebata (Gozmány, 1967)
 * Dasyses centralis Gozmány, 1967
 * Hapsifera glebata Meyrick, 1908
 * Hapsifera revoluta Meyrick, 1914
 * Perissomastix lala Gozmány, 1967
 * Perissomastix pyroxantha (Meyrick, 1914)

Tischeriidae

 * Tischeria kuehnei Mey, 2010

Tortricidae

 * Cochylimorpha exoterica (Meyrick, 1924)
 * Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick, 1913)
 * Trachybyrsis euglypta Meyrick, 1927

Zygaenidae

 * Epiorna abessynica (Koch, 1865)