There are about 50 known moth species in Chad. 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 Chad.
Arctiidae Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864) Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892
Coleophoridae Nasamonica oxymorpha Meyrick, 1922
Geometridae Brachyglossina tibbuana Herbulot, 1965 Heterostegane monilifera Prout, 1915 Neromia pulvereisparsa (Hampson, 1896) Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Zamarada minimaria Swinhoe, 1895
Lasiocampidae Pachymetana joiceyi (Tams, 1925)
Metarbelidae Moyencharia mineti Lehmann, 2013 Salagena cuprea Gaede, 1929
Noctuidae Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836 Agrotis sardzeana Brandt, 1941 Callhyccoda mirei Herbulot & Viette, 1952 Cardepia sociabilis de Graslin, 1850 Clytie sancta (Staudinger, 1900) Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775) Diparopsis watersi (Rothschild, 1901) Eublemma scitula (Rambur, 1833) Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775) Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, ) Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852) Heliocheilus confertissima (Walker, 1865) Heliothis peltigera ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Heteropalpia acrosticta (Püngeler, 1904) Metopoceras kneuckeri (Rebel, 1903) Oraesia intrusa (Krüger, 1939) Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858) Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833) Thiacidas kanoensis Hacker & Zilli, 2007
Nolidae Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
Notodontidae Desmeocraera bitioides (Holland, 1893)
Pterophoridae Hepalastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873) Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) Pterophorus albidus (Zeller, 1852) Pterophorus candidalis (Walker, 1864) Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864) Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Saturniidae Aurivillius xerophilus Rougeot, 1977 Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Epiphora bauhiniae (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Orthogonioptilum chalix Jordan, 1922 Pseudimbrasia deyrollei (J. Thomson, 1858) Pseudobunaea heyeri (Weymer, 1896)
Sphingidae Neopolyptychus prionites (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)
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