List of moths of South Africa (Crambidae)

This is a list of moths of the family Crambidae that are found in South Africa. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of South Africa.

Achyra coelatalis (Walker, 1859) Achyra nudalis (Hübner, 1796) Adelpherupa typicosta (Meyrick, 1933) Aethaloessa floridalis (Zeller, 1852) Afroscoparia contemptalis (Walker, 1866) Agathodes incoloralis (Hampson, 1918) Agathodes modicalis Guenée, 1854 Agathodes musivalis Guenée, 1854 Agathodes ostentalis (Geyer, 1837) Agrotera citrina Hampson, 1898 Agrotera fumosa Hampson, 1898 Alphacrambus prodontellus (Hampson, 1919) Alphacrambus razowskii (Błeszyński, 1961) Ambia chalcichroalis Hampson, 1906 Ambia melanalis Hampson, 1906 Anania aurea (Butler, 1875) Anania fusalis (Hampson, 1912) Anania impunctata (Warren, 1897) Ancylolomia caffra Zeller, 1877 Ancylolomia capensis Zeller, 1852 Ancylolomia castaneata Hampson, 1919 Ancylolomia lentifascialis Hampson, 1919 Ancylolomia melanella Hampson, 1919 Ancylolomia mirabilis Wallengren, 1876 Ancylolomia pectinifera Hampson, 1910 Ancylolomia perfasciata Hampson, 1919 Ancylolomia planicosta Martin, 1956 Ancylolomia prepiella Hampson, 1919 Ancylolomia simplella de Joannis, 1913 Angustalius hapaliscus (Zeller, 1852) Angustalius malacellus (Duponchel, 1836) Anomocrambus homerus Błeszyński, 1961 Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel, 1833) Antigastra morysalis (Walker, 1859) Archernis flavidalis Hampson, 1908 Argentochiloides meridionalis Bassi, 1999 Argyractis capensis Hampson, 1906 Argyractis nyasalis Hampson, 1917 Argyractis nymphulalis Hampson, 1906 Argyractis pentopalis Hampson, 1906 Argyractis periopis Hampson, 1910 Argyractis sambesica (Strand, 1909) Aurotalis nigrisquamalis (Hampson, 1919) Aurotalis similis Bassi, 1999 Autocharis albiplaga (Hampson, 1913) Autocharis fessalis (Swinhoe, 1886) Autocharis jacobsalis (Marion & Viette, 1956) Autocharis sinualis (Hampson, 1899) Blepharucha zaide (Stoll, 1790) Bocchoris inspersalis (Zeller, 1852) Bocchoris nuclealis de Joannis, 1927 Bocchoris onychinalis (Guenée, 1854) Botyodes asialis Guenée, 1854 Bradina admixtalis (Walker, 1859) Bradina fasciculalis (Zeller, 1852) Brihaspa chrysostomus (Zeller, 1852) Cadarena sinuata (Fabricius, 1781) Caffrocrambus alcibiades Błeszyński, 1961 Caffrocrambus decolorelloides Błeszyński, 1970 Caffrocrambus decolorellus (Walker, 1863) Caffrocrambus dichotomellus (Hampson, 1919) Caffrocrambus endoxantha (Hampson, 1919) Caffrocrambus leucofascialis (Janse, 1922) Caffrocrambus ochreus Błeszyński, 1970 Caffrocrambus undilineatus (Hampson, 1919) Calamochrous flavimarginalis Hampson, 1913 Calamoschoena stictalis Hampson, 1919 Calamotropha abjectella Snellen, 1872 Calamotropha anticella (Walker, 1866) Calamotropha argenteociliella Pagenstecher, 1893 Calamotropha bradleyi Błeszyński, 1960 Calamotropha diakonoffi Błeszyński, 1961 Calamotropha discellus (Walker, 1863) Calamotropha heliocaustus (Wallengren, 1876) Calamotropha paludella (Hübner, 1824) Calamotropha stachi Błeszyński, 1961 Calamotropha torpidellus (Zeller, 1852) Calamotropha tripartitus (Hampson, 1919) Calamotropha wallengreni Błeszyński, 1961 Calamotropha xanthypa Błeszyński, 1961 Cangetta albiceps (Hampson, 1917) Cataclysta nyasalis Hampson, 1917 Cataclysta perirrorata Hampson, 1917 Charltona plurivittalis Hampson, 1910 Charltona tritonella (Hampson, 1898) Chilo argyropasta (Hampson, 1919) Chilo orichalcociliella (Strand, 1911) Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1885) Chilo phaeosema Martin, 1958 Chilo prophylactes (Meyrick, 1936) Chilo recalvus Wallengren, 1876 Chrysocatharylla fusca Bassi, 1999 Chrysocatharylla lucasi Schouten, 1994 Chrysocatharylla oenescentellus (Hampson, 1896) Circobotys caffralis (Hampson, 1910) Cirrhochrista argentiplaga Warren, 1897 Cirrhochrista grabczewskyi E. Hering, 1903 Classeya argyrodonta (Hampson, 1910) Classeya trichelites (Meyrick, 1936) Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833) Cornifrons albidiscalis Hampson, 1916 Cotachena octoguttalis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875) Crambus archimedes Błeszyński, 1961 Crambus argyrostola (Hampson, 1919) Crambus bellissimus Błeszyński, 1961 Crambus ellipticellus Hampson, 1919 Crambus lacteella Janse, 1922 Crambus leucoschalis Hampson, 1898 Crambus sectitermina Hampson, 1910 Crambus sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1910 Crambus sparsellus Walker, 1866 Crambus tenuistriga Hampson, 1898 Crambus themistocles Błeszyński, 1961 Crambus uniformella Janse, 1922 Crambus viettellus Błeszyński & Collins, 1962 Crambus xebus Błeszyński, 1962 Criophthona aridalis Hampson, 1913 Criophthona sabulosalis Hampson, 1910 Crocidolomia pavonana (Fabricius, 1794) Crypsiptya ruficostalis (Hampson, 1918) Culladia achroellum (Mabille, 1900) Culladia inconspicuellus (Snellen, 1872) Culladia serranella Błeszyński, 1970 Culladiella sinuimargo (Hampson, 1919) Cybalomia squamosa (Hampson, 1913) Daulia auriplumbea (Warren, 1914) Daulia subaurealis (Walker, 1865) Desmia argyrosticta (Hampson, 1910) Deuterophysa grisealis Hampson, 1917 Diaphana indica (Saunders, 1851) Diasemia disjectalis (Zeller, 1852) Diasemia monostigma Hampson, 1913 Diasemia trigonialis Hampson, 1913 Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834) Diastictis incisalis (Snellen, 1880) Diastictis tenera (Butler, 1883) Dipleurinodes phaeopalpia (Hampson, 1917) Dolicharthria bruguieralis (Duponchel, 1833) Dolicharthria desertalis (Hampson, 1907) Dolicharthria lanceolalis (Guenée, 1854) Dolicharthria paediusalis (Walker, 1859) Dolicharthria signatalis (Zeller, 1852) Donacaula ignitalis (Hampson, 1919) Donacaula phaeopastalis (Hampson, 1919) Duponchelia fovealis Zeller, 1847 Dysallacta negatalis (Walker, 1859) Elophila africalis (Hampson, 1906) Elophila circealis (Walker, 1859) Epascestria argyrostacta (Hampson, 1910) Epascestria croesusalis (Hampson, 1913) Epascestria distictalis (Hampson, 1913) Epascestria euprepialis (Hampson, 1913) Epascestria microdontalis (Hampson, 1913) Epascestria pictalis (Hampson, 1913) Epipagis cancellalis (Zeller, 1852) Epipagis roseocinctalis (Hampson, 1913) Euchromius discopis (Hampson, 1919) Euchromius klimeschi Błeszyński, 1961 Euchromius mythus Błeszyński, 1970 Euchromius nigrobasalis Schouten, 1988 Euchromius ocellea (Haworth, 1811) Euclasta bacescui Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1977 Euclasta pauli Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973 Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973 Euclasta warreni Distant, 1892 Eudonia gracilineata Nuss, 2000 Eurrhyparodes bracteolalis (Zeller, 1852) Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis (Zeller, 1852) Eusabena miltochristalis (Hampson, 1896) Evergestis africalis (Guenée, 1854) Evergestis forficalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Filodes costivitralis Guenée, 1862 Ghesquierellana hirtusalis (Walker, 1859) Glaucocharis natalensis (Hampson, 1919) Glaucocharis subnatalensis (Błeszyński, 1970) Glyphodes aniferalis Hampson, 1909 Glyphodes basifascialis Hampson, 1898 Glyphodes bicolor (Swainson, 1821) Glyphodes bitriangulalis Gaede, 1917 Glyphodes capensis (Walker, 1866) Glyphodes chrysialis (Stoll, 1790) Glyphodes praefulgida Hering, 1903 Glyphodes pyloalis Walker, 1859 Glyphodes quadrinalis (Guenée, 1854) Glyphodes shafferorum Viette, 1987 Glyphodes stolalis Guenée, 1854 Haimbachia aculeata (Hampson, 1903) Haimbachia albiceps (Hampson, 1919) Haimbachia fuscicilia (Hampson, 1910) Haimbachia proaraealis (Błeszyński, 1961) Haimbachia unipunctalis (Hampson, 1919) Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775) Heliothela ophideresana (Walker, 1863) Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781) Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859) Herpetogramma mutualis (Zeller, 1852) Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée, 1854)

Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Hyalobathra charopalis Swinhoe, 1907 Hyalobathra metallogramma Meyrick, 1934 Hyalobathra retinalis (Saalmüller, 1879) Hydriris ornatalis (Duponchel, 1832) Hymenia perspectalis (Hübner, 1796) Hymenoptychis sordida Zeller, 1852 Ischnurges lancinalis (Guenée, 1854) Ischnurges rhodographalis Hampson, 1913 Knysna jansei Bassi, 1999 Lamprophaia ablactalis (Walker, 1859) Lamprosema hottentota Hampson, 1918 Lamprosema ommatalis (Hampson, 1912) Leonardo davincii Błeszyński, 1965 Leucinodes longipalpis (Warren, 1892) Leucinodes orbonalis Guenée, 1854 Leucinodes translucidalis Gaede, 1917 Leucinodes vagans (Tutt, 1890) Loxophantis pretoriella Błeszyński, 1970 Loxostege frustalis (Zeller, 1852) Loxostege lacunalis (Zeller, 1852) Loxostege oblinalis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Loxostege plumbatalis (Zeller, 1852) Loxostege venustalis (Cramer, 1782) Luma flavimarginalis Hampson, 1907 Luma holoxantha Hampson, 1907 Lygropia anaemicalis Hampson, 1912 Lygropia atrinervalis Hampson, 1910 Lygropia nigricornis Hampson, 1898 Lygropia pogonodes Hampson, 1912 Lygropia straminea Hampson, 1912 Lygropia tetraspilalis Hampson, 1912 Marasmia binalis (Zeller, 1852) Maruca vitrata (Fabricius, 1787) Marwitzia dichocrocis (Hampson, 1913) Marwitzia polystidzalis (Hampson, 1918) Metasia eremialis Hampson, 1913 Metasia holoxanthia Hampson, 1899 Metasia profanalis (Walker, 1865) Metasia sinuifera Hampson, 1913 Metoeca foedalis (Guenée, 1854) Mimorista pulchellalis Dyar, 1922 Nausinoe geometralis (Guenée, 1854) Nausinoe piabilis (Wallengren, 1875) Neargyria persimilis Hampson, 1919 Neostege holoxutha Hampson, 1910 Noctuelia annuliferalis Hampson, 1913 Nomophila africana Munroe, 1973 Nomophila brevispinalis Munroe, 1973 Nomophila incognita Viette, 1959 Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Noorda blitealis Walker, 1859 Notarcha cassualis (Walker, 1859) Notarcha muscerdalis (Zeller, 1852) Notarcha obrinusalis (Walker, 1859) Notarcha quaternalis (Zeller, 1852) Notarcha temeratalis (Zeller, 1852) Obtusipalpis pardalis Hampson, 1896 Omiodes indicata (Fabricius, 1775) Orphanostigma abruptalis (Walker, 1859) Orphanostigma fervidalis (Zeller, 1852) Orphanostigma latimarginalis (Walker, 1859) Ostrinia erythrialis (Hampson, 1913) Pagyda salvalis Walker, 1859 Palpita actorionalis (Walker, 1859) Palpita bonjongalis (Plötz, 1880) Palpita claralis (Walker, 1865) Palpita elealis (Walker, 1859) Palpita lobisignalis (Hampson, 1918) Palpita metallata (Fabricius, 1781) Palpita prolausalis (Walker, 1859) Palpita stenocraspis (Butler, 1898) Palpita subjectalis (Lederer, 1863) Palpita unionalis (Hübner, 1796) Paracataclysta fuscalis (Hampson, 1896) Parapoynx affinialis Guenée, 1854 Parapoynx diminutalis (Snellen, 1880) Parapoynx fluctuosalis (Zeller, 1852) Parapoynx stagnalis (Zeller, 1852) Paratraea obliquivalis (Hampson, 1918) Pardomima callixantha Martin, 1955 Pardomima furcirenalis (Hampson, 1918) Pardomima phalarota (Meyrick, 1933) Pardomima zanclophora Martin, 1955 Parerupa africana (Aurivillius, 1910) Parotis baldersalis (Walker, 1859) Parotis prasinalis (Saalmüller, 1880) Parotis prasinophila (Hampson, 1912) Parotis pyritalis (Hampson, 1912) Parotis squamopedalis (Guenée, 1854) Parotis vernalis (Hampson, 1912) Parotis zambesalis (Walker, 1912) Parthenodes angularis Hampson, 1897 Parthenodes scotalis Hampson, 1906 Paschiodes mesoleucalis Hampson, 1913 Patissa frontalis (Walker, 1865) Patissa pulverea (Hampson, 1919) Patissa virginea (Zeller, 1852) Pediasia amandusella Błeszyński, 1969 Pediasia contaminella (Hübner, 1796) Pediasia figuratellus (Walker, 1866) Pediasia fulvitinctellus (Hampson, 1896) Pediasia lucrecia Błeszyński, 1969 Phostria albescentalis Hampson, 1918 Piletocera flavalis Hampson, 1917 Piletocera hemiphaealis (Hampson, 1907) Piletocera signiferalis (Wallengren, 1860) Pilocrocis glaucitalis Hampson, 1912 Pilocrocis melastictalis Hampson, 1912 Pilocrocis patagialis Hampson, 1909 Pilocrocis pterygodia Hampson, 1912 Pleuroptya aegrotalis (Zeller, 1852) Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Pleuroptya paleacalis (Guenée, 1854) Polygrammodes phyllophila (Butler, 1878) Prionapteryx albiceps (Hampson, 1919) Prionapteryx albimaculalis (Hampson, 1919) Prionapteryx albofascialis (Hampson, 1919) Prionapteryx alternalis Maes, 2002 Prionapteryx argentescens (Hampson, 1919)