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 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 Diasemia lunalis Gaede, 1916 Orphanostigma excisa (Martin, 1956) Psara cryptolepis (Martin, 1956) Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)
Eupterotidae Jana fletcheri Berger, 1980 Jana roseata Rothschild, 1917 Janomima dannfelti (Aurivillius, 1893) Stenoglene obtusus (Walker, 1864) Stenoglene roseus (Druce, 1886)
Geometridae 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 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 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 Mountelgonia urundiensis Lehmann, 2013
Noctuidae 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 Blenina chrysochlora (Walker, 1865)
Notodontidae Antheua gallans (Karsch, 1895) Antheua grisea (Gaede, 1928) Atrasana vittata Kiriakoff, 1969 Stenostaura dorsalis Kiriakoff, 1969 Thaumetopoea apologetica Strand, 1909
Pterophoridae Pterophorus candidalis (Walker, 1864)
Saturniidae Nudaurelia anthinoides Rougeot, 1978 Pselaphelia vandenberghei Bouyer, 1992 Tagoropsis hecqui Bouyer, 1989 Tagoropsis rougeoti D. S. Fletcher, 1952 Urota centralis Bouyer, 2008
Tineidae Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852) Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917) Perissomastix pantsa Gozmány, 1967
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