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List of moths of Benin

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List of moths of Benin

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Location of Benin

Benin moths represent about 25 known moth species. 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 Benin.

Anomoeotidae

  • Anomoeotes infuscata Talbot, 1929

Alucitidae

  • Alucita chloracta (Meyrick, 1908)

Arctiidae

  • Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901)
  • Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901)
  • Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)

Cossidae

  • Phragmataecia psyche (Le Cerf, 1919)

Crambidae

  • Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798)

Geometridae

  • Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897

Gracillariidae

  • Acrocercops hedymopa Turner, 1913

Noctuidae

  • Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
  • Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
  • Metagarista maenas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
  • Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)

Notodontidae

  • Epicerura tamsi Kiriakoff, 1963
  • Pseudoscrancia africana (Holland, 1893)

Saturniidae

  • Aurivillius horsini Bouvier, 1927
  • Imbrasia obscura (Butler, 1878)
  • Nudaurelia eblis Strecker, 1876
  • Nudaurelia emini (Butler, 1888)

Sesiidae

  • Tipulamima sexualis (Hampson, 1910)
  • Trichocerata bicolor (Le Cerf, 1917)

Tineidae

  • Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917)
  • Syncalipsis typhodes (Meyrick, 1917)
  • Tiquadra cultrifera Meyrick, 1914

Tortricidae

  • Rubrograptis recrudescentia Razowski, 1981
  • Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick, 1913)

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