Moths of Mali There are more than 400 species of moths known to occur in Mali. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
This is a partial list of moth species which have been recorded in Mali.
Crambidae Analyta calligrammalis Mabille, 1879 Ancylolomia simplella de Joannis, 1913 Autocharis marginata Guillermet, 1996 Botyodes asialis Guenée, 1854 Botyodes diniasalis (Walker, 1859) Diaphania indica (Saunders, 1851) Euclasta warreni Distant, 1892 Ghesquierellana hirtusalis (Walker, 1859) Glyphodes bitriangulalis Gaede, 1917 Glyphodes negatalis (Walker, 1859) Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775) Herpetogramma basalis (Walker, 1866) Maruca vitrata (Fabricius, 1787) Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Parapoynx fluctuosalis (Zeller, 1852) Pardomima callixantha Martin, 1955 Parotis impia (Meyrick, 1934) Patania balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Pioneabathra olesialis (Walker, 1859) Pyrausta phoenicealis (Hübner, 1818) Sameodes cancellalis (Zeller, 1852) Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775) Syllepte ovialis (Walker, 1859) Synclera traducalis (Zeller, 1852) Terastia africana Sourakov, 2015 Ulopeza conigeralis Zeller, 1852 Ulopeza flavicepsalis Hampson, 1912 Erebidae Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781) Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903) Hypena obacerralis Walker, Hypotacha isthmigera Wiltshire, 1968
Geometridae Acidaliastis micra Hampson, 1896 Lhommeia subapicata (Warren, 1899) Orbamia renimacula (Prout L. B., 1926) Pingasa rhadamaria (Guenée, 1858) Prasinocyma angolica Prout L. B., 1930 Prasinocyma cisdahomica Hausmann, 2026 Prasinocyma pedicata Fletcher D. S., 1956 Scopula donovani (Distant, 1892) Traminda vividaria (Walker, 1861) Trimetopia ochsei Stadie & Fiebig, 2019 Xenochroma palimpais Prout L. B., 1934 Zamarada anacantha Fletcher D. S., 1974 Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897 Zeuctoboarmia hyrax (Townsend, 1952)
Lasiocampidae Beralade obliquata (Klug, 1830) Cleopatrina bilinea (Walker, 1855) Hapsimachogonia max Sulak et al., 2024 Lasiocampa bilineata (Mabille, 1884) Leipoxais buttafuoco Müller et al., 2024 Mimopacha rotundata Hering, 1941 Pallastica lateritia (Hering, 1928) Streblote panda Hübner, 1822
Lecithoceridae
Torodora hybrista (Meyrick, 1922)
Noctuidae Abrostola confusa Dufay, 1958 Acontia buchanani (Rothschild, 1921) Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852 Acontia semialba Hampson, 1910 Emmelia basifera Walker, 1857 Emmelia citrelinea Bethune-Baker, 1911 Heliocheilus confertissima (Walker, 1865) Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
Notodontidae Antheua atrata (Grünberg, 1907) Antheua cinerea Walker, 1855 Antheua editae Schintlmeister & László, 2025 Antheua extenuata Walker, 1869 Antheua imitata hespera (Schintlmeister & László, 2025) Antheua interstincta Schintlmeister & László, 2025 Antheua magnipuncta Schintlmeister & László, 2025 Antheua tricolor anomala Berio, 1937 Heinrichiana vuilleti (Joannis, 1907) Rigema amphiaraus Kiriakoff, 1955 Rigema morettoi Schintlmeister & László, 2026 Rigema orientalis strandi Schintlmeister & László, 2026 Rigema vittata Walker, 1855
Psychidae Acanthopsyche carbonarius Karsch, 1900
Pterophoridae Hepalastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)
Pyralidae
Biafra concinnella (Ragonot, 1888) Endotricha erythralis Mabille, 1900 Epicrocis laticostella (Ragonot, 1888)
Hypargyria metalliferella Ragonot, 1888 Hypsopygia bamakoensis Leraut, 2006 Hypsopygia mauritialis (Boisduval, 1833) Maliarpha separatella Ragonot, 1888 Morosaphycita interniplagella (Ragonot, 1888) Pyralis farinalis Linnaeus, 1758 Pyralis pictalis (Curtis, 1834)
Tineidae Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917) Endromarmata lutipalpis (Meyrick, 1922) Hyperbola pastoralis (Meyrick, 1931)
Tortricidae Cosmorrhyncha acrocosma (Meyrick, 1908)
References
Poltavsky, A.N., Kravchenko, V.D., Traore, M.M., Traore, S.F., Gergely, P., Witt, Th.J., Sulak, H., Beck, R.H.-T., Junnila, A., Revay, E.E., Doumbia, S., Beier, J.C. & Müller, G.C. 2018. Biodiversity and seasonality of Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) in the woody savannah belt in Mali. Israel Journal of Entomology 48 (1): 69–78. Article
See also List of butterflies of Mali
External links AfroMoths