There are about 420 known moth species of Ivory Coast. 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 Ivory Coast.
Arctiidae Acantharctia lacteata Rothschild, 1933 Acantharctia mundata (Walker, 1865) Afrasura discocellularis (Strand, 1912) Afroarctia sjostedti (Aurivillius, 1900) Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855) Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781) Amata stictoptera Rothschild, 1910 Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901) Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887) Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901) Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903) Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793) Amerila roseomarginata (Rothschild, 1910) Amerila rothi (Rothschild, 1910) Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880 Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847) Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856 Balacra herona (Druce, 1887) Balacra preussi (Aurivillius, 1904) Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892 Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893 Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 Epilacydes pseudoscita Dubatolov, 2006 Metarctia didyma Kiriakoff, 1957 Metarctia sheljuzhkoi Kiriakoff, 1961 Nanna griseata Kühne, 2007 Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856) Rhipidarctia invaria (Walker, 1856) Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855 Spilosoma immaculata Bartel, 1903 Spilosoma togoensis Bartel, 1903 Teracotona pardalina Bartel, 1903
Brahmaeidae Dactyloceras lucina (Drury, 1872)
Crambidae Achyra massalis (Walker, 1859) Agrotera fumosa Hampson, 1898 Calamotropha lempkei Schouten, 1993 Calamotropha snelleni Schouten, 1993 Calamotropha toonderi Schouten, 1993 Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833) Culladia troglodytellus (Snellen, 1872) Culladiella anjai Schouten, 1993 Elophila africalis (Hampson, 1906) Eoophyla tetropalis (Hampson, 1906) Eoophyla tripunctalis (Snellen, 1872) Euchromius gnathosellus Schouten, 1988 Euchromius zephyrus Błeszyński, 1962 Glyphodes onychinalis (Guenée, 1854) Haritalodes polycymalis (Hampson, 1912) Nymphicula perirrorata (Hampson, 1917) Palpita elealis (Walker, 1859) Parapoynx bipunctalis (Hampson, 1906) Parapoynx stagnalis (Zeller, 1852) Pardomima amyntusalis (Walker, 1859) Pardomima callixantha Martin, 1955 Pardomima distortana (Strand, 1913) Pardomima phaeoparda Martin, 1955 Pardomima phalaromima (Meyrick, 1933) Pardomima telanepsia Martin, 1955 Phryganodes biguttata Hampson, 1898 Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Poliobotys ablactalis (Walker, 1859) Psara brunnealis (Hampson, 1913) Pseudocatharylla nemesis Błeszyński, 1964 Pseudonoorda edulis Maes & Poligui, 2012 Pygospila tyres (Cramer, 1780) Scirpophaga occidentella (Walker, 1863) Sufetula nigrescens Hampson, 1912 Syllepte glebalis (Lederer, 1863) Syllepte ovialis (Walker, 1859) Syllepte retractalis (Hampson, 1912) Syllepte torsipex (Hampson, 1898) Syllepte xanthothorax (Meyrick, 1933) Synclera traducalis (Zeller, 1852) Ulopeza conigeralis Zeller, 1852 Zebronia phenice (Cramer, 1780)
Drepanidae Callidrepana serena Watson, 1965 Epicampoptera difficilis Hering, 1934 Epicampoptera ivoirensis Watson, 1965 Epicampoptera marantica (Tams, 1930) Epicampoptera strandi Bryk, 1913 Gonoreta differenciata (Bryk, 1913) Gonoreta opacifinis Watson, 1965 Gonoreta subtilis (Bryk, 1913) Isospidia angustipennis (Warren, 1904) Negera bimaculata Holland 1893 Negera confusa Walker, 1855 Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874) Spidia fenestrata Butler, 1878 Spidia planola Watson, 1965 Spidia subviridis (Warren, 1899) Uranometra oculata (Holland, 1893)
Eupterotidae Stenoglene nivalis (Rothschild, 1917) Stenoglene roseus (Druce, 1886) Urojana eborea Gaede, 1915
Euteliidae Chlumetia griseapicata Laporte, 1970 Eutelia guerouti Laporte, 1970 Eutelia hayesi Laporte, 1970 Eutelia subrubens (Mabille, 1890)
Geometridae Bathycolpodes explanata Herbulot, 1986 Bathycolpodes semigrisea (Warren, 1897) Bathycolpodes vuattouxi Herbulot, 1972 Chiasmia impar (Warren, 1897) Chiasmia rectilinea (Warren, 1905) Chlorissa allochroma Prout, 1920 Chlorodrepana pauliani Herbulot, 1972 Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967 Comibaena hemictenes Prout, 1917 Comostolopsis stillata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Cyclophora dewitzi (Prout, 1920) Cyclophora poeciloptera (Prout, 1920) Dithecodes ornithospila (Prout, 1911) Epigynopteryx tabitha Warren, 1901 Eupithecia atomaria (Warren, 1902) Geolyces convexaria (Mabille, 1890) Lathochlora perversa Prout, 1915 Megadrepana cinerea Holland, 1893 Melinoessa amplissimata (Walker, 1863) Melinoessa aureola Prout, 1934 Mesothisa graciliinea Warren, 1905 Metallochlora misera Prout, 1920 Miantochora picturata Herbulot, 1985 Oxyfidonia despecta (Warren, 1905) Plegapteryx anomalus Herrich-Schäffer, 1856 Prasinocyma rhodocycla Prout, 1917 Racotis angulosa Herbulot, 1973 Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878) Racotis zebrina Warren, 1899 Scopula acidalia (Holland, 1894) Scopula anoista (Prout, 1915) Scopula fimbrilineata (Warren, 1902) Scopula paradelpharia Prout, 1920 Scopula pseudophema Prout, 1920 Scopula pyraliata (Warren, 1898) Scopula rufinubes (Warren, 1900) Scopula supina Prout, 1920 Unnamed genus Ennominae contenta (Prout, 1915) Zamarada acalantis Herbulot, 2001 Zamarada acrochra Prout, 1928 Zamarada adumbrata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada amymone Prout, 1934 Zamarada antimima D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada bicuspida D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada bonaberiensis Strand, 1915 Zamarada corroborata Herbulot, 1954 Zamarada crystallophana Mabille, 1900 Zamarada cucharita D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada cydippe Herbulot, 1954 Zamarada dentigera Warren, 1909 Zamarada dilucida Warren, 1909 Zamarada dyscapna D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada emaciata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada eucharis (Drury, 1782) Zamarada euerces Prout, 1928 Zamarada euphrosyne Oberthür, 1912 Zamarada geitaina D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada ignicosta Prout, 1912 Zamarada indicata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada ixiaria Swinhoe, 1904 Zamarada karischi Herbulot, 1998 Zamarada labifera Prout, 1915 Zamarada leona Gaede, 1915 Zamarada lepta D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada melanopyga Herbulot, 1954 Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912 Zamarada mimesis D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897 Zamarada paxilla D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada perlepidata (Walker, 1863) Zamarada platycephala D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada protrusa Warren, 1897 Zamarada reflexaria (Walker, 1863) Zamarada regularis D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada sicula D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada subinterrupta Gaede, 1915 Zamarada suda D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada triangularis Gaede, 1915 Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897 Zamarada xyele D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Gracillariidae Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856
Lasiocampidae Cheligium nigrescens (Aurivillius, 1909) Cheligium sansei Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 Cleopatrina bilinea (Walker, 1855) Filiola dogma Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 Filiola fulgurata (Aurivillius, 1909) Filiola lanceolata (Hering, 1932) Filiola occidentale (Strand, 1912) Gelo calcarales Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Gonopacha brotoessa (Holland, 1893) Grellada imitans (Aurivillius, 1893) Lechriolepis tamsi Talbot, 1927 Morongea avoniffi (Tams, 1929) Morongea flavipicta (Tams, 1929) Morongea mastodont Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Muzunguja rectilineata (Aurivillius, 1900) Odontocheilopteryx haribda Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009 Odontocheilopteryx phoneus Hering, 1928 Opisthodontia diva Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Opisthodontia sidha Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Pachyna subfascia (Walker, 1855) Pachytrina honrathii (Dewitz, 1881) Pachytrina ornata Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 Pachytrina wenigina Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 Sonitha libera (Aurivillius, 1914) Stenophatna dentata (Aurivillius, 1899) Stenophatna hollandi (Tams, 1929) Stenophatna kahli (Tams, 1929) Stoermeriana amblycalymma (Tams, 1936) Theophasida cardinalli (Tams, 1926) Theophasida serafim Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Limacodidae Halseyia extenuata (Hering, 1937)
Lymantriidae Aroa discalis Walker, 1855 Aroa eugonia Collenette, 1953 Batella muscosa (Holland, 1893) Cifuna marginenotata Hering, 1926 Dasychira chorista Hering, 1926 Dasychira clathrata (Holland, 1893) Dasychira gonophoroides Collenette, 1939 Dasychira hodoepora Collenette, 1960 Dasychira laeliopsis Hering, 1926 Dasychira omissa Hering, 1926 Dasychira pais Hering, 1926 Dasychira pollux Hering, 1926 Dasychira punctifera (Walker, 1857) Eudasychira georgiana (Fawcett, 1900) Euproctis conizona Collenette, 1933 Euproctis dewitzi (Grünberg, 1907) Griveaudyria ila (Swinhoe, 1904) Lomadonta citrago Hering, 1926 Marbla paradoxa (Hering, 1926) Naroma varipes (Walker, 1865) Orgyia vaporata Hering, 1926 Otroeda hesperia (Cramer, 1779) Paqueta chloroscia (Hering, 1926) Pseudonotodonta virescens (Möschler, 1887) Rahona hecqui Dall'Asta, 1981 Stracena promelaena (Holland, 1893)
Metarbelidae Haberlandia hollowayi Lehmann, 2011 Haberlandia janzi Lehmann, 2011 Haberlandia tempeli Lehmann, 2011 Haberlandia taiensis Lehmann, 2011 Lebedodes wichgrafi (Grünberg, 1910) Salagena fuscata Gaede, 1929
Noctuidae Achaea albicilia (Walker, 1858) Acontia citrelinea Bethune-Baker, 1911 Acontia eburnea Hacker, 2010 Acontia fastrei Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856 Agrapha polycampta (Dufay, 1972) Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836 Aletia vuattouxi (Laporte, 1973) Amazonides atrisignoides Laporte, 1974 Apaegocera argyrogramma Hampson, 1905 Argyrogramma subaerea Dufay, 1972 Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Aspidifrontia lamtoensis Laporte, 1974 Audea kathrina Kühne, 2005 Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005 Busseola fusca (Fuller, 1901) Cerocala albicornis Berio, 1966 Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773) Diparopsis watersi (Rothschild, 1901) Dysgonia pudica (Möschler, 1887) Feliniopsis ivoriensis (Laporte, 1973) Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852) Heraclia geryon (Fabricius, 1781) Heraclia longipennis (Walker, 1854) Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859 Hypena obacerralis Walker, Janseodes melanospila (Guenée, 1852) Marcipa aequatorialis Pelletier, 1975 Marcipalina albescens (Pelletier, 1975) Massaga monteirona Butler, 1874 Metagarista triphaenoides Walker, 1854 Mitrophrys magna (Walker, 1854) Mythimna languida (Walker, 1858) Omphaloceps triangularis (Mabille, 1893) Oraesia cerne (Fawcett, 1916) Oruza divisa (Walker, 1862) Phaegorista leucomelas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Pseudoarcte melanis (Mabille, 1890) Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880) Schausia gladiatoria (Holland, 1893) Serrodes trispila (Mabille, 1890) Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Thiacidas berenice (Fawcett, 1916) Thiacidas dukei (Pinhey, 1968) Thiacidas ivoiriana Hacker & Zilli, 2010 Thiacidas juvenis Hacker & Zilli, 2007 Thiacidas legraini Hacker & Zilli, 2007 Thiacidas mukim (Berio, 1977) Thiacidas occidentalis Hacker & Zilli, 2010 Thiacidas schausi (Hampson, 1905) Thiacidas senex (Bethune-Baker, 1911) Ugia duplicilinea Hampson, 1926
Notodontidae Acrasiella curvilinea (Swinhoe, 1907) Afroplitis orestes (Kiriakoff, 1955) Amphiphalera leuconephra Hampson, 1910 Anaphe etiennei Schouteden, 1912 Anaphe reticulata Walker, 1855 Anaphe venata Butler, 1878 Andocidia tabernaria Kiriakoff, 1958 Antheua bidentata (Hampson, 1910) Antheua bossumensis (Gaede, 1915) Antheua extenuata Walker, 1869 Antheua simplex Walker, 1855 Antheua trifasciata (Hampson, 1909) Archinadata aurivilliusi (Kiriakoff, 1954) Arciera grisea (Holland, 1893) Atrasana pujoli Kiriakoff, 1964 Belisaria camerunica Kiriakoff, 1965 Bernardita albiplagiata (Gaede, 1928) Boscawenia bryki (Schultze, 1934) Boscawenia incerta (Schultze, 1934) Boscawenia jaspidea (Schultze, 1934) Boscawenia latifasciata (Gaede, 1928) Boscawenia rectangulata (Gaede, 1928) Bostrychogyna bella (Bethune-Baker, 1913) Brachychira dives Kiriakoff, 1960 Brachychira excellens (Rothschild, 1917) Catarctia biseriata (Plötz, 1880) Catarctia divisa (Walker, 1855) Catarctia terminipuncta Hampson, 1910 Cerurina marshalli (Hampson, 1910) Chlorochadisra chlorochroa Kiriakoff, 1968 Chlorochadisra viridipulverea (Gaede, 1928) Crestonica bicolor Kiriakoff, 1968