There are about 2,100 known moth species of Kenya. 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 Kenya.
Alucitidae Alucita dohertyi (Walsingham, 1909)
Anomoeotidae Anomoeotes elegans Pagenstecher, 1903 Staphylinochrous holotherma Hampson, 1920
Arctiidae Acantharctia atriramosa Hampson, 1907 Acantharctia bivittata (Butler, 1898) Acantharctia latifusca (Hampson, 1907) Acantharctia metaleuca Hampson, 1901 Acantharctia nigrivena Rothschild, 1935 Acantharctia tenuifasciata Hampson, 1910 Acanthofrontia lithosiana Hampson, 1910 Afraloa bifurca (Walker, 1855) Afrasura hyporhoda (Hampson, 1900) Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869) Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864) Afrasura peripherica (Strand, 1912) Afrasura violacea (Cieslak & Häuser, 2006) Afroarctia kenyana (Rothschild, 1933) Afrospilarctia lucida (Druce, 1898) Aglossosia deceptans Hampson, 1914 Aglossosia flavimarginata Hampson, 1900 Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898) Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781) Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908) Alpenus pardalina (Rothschild, 1910) Alpenus schraderi (Rothschild, 1910) Amata alicia (Butler, 1876) Amata chloroscia (Hampson, 1901) Amata cholmlei (Hampson, 1907) Amata congener (Hampson, 1901) Amata consimilis (Hampson, 1901) Amata cuprizonata (Hampson, 1901) Amata dissimilis (Bethune-Baker, 1911) Amata marinoides Kiriakoff, 1954 Amata phoenicia (Hampson, 1898) Amata rubritincta (Hampson, 1903) Amata stenoptera (Zerny, 1912) Amata williami Rothschild, 1910 Amerila affinis (Rothschild, 1910) Amerila androfusca (Pinhey, 1952) Amerila bipartita (Rothschild, 1910) Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901) Amerila bubo (Walker, 1855) Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901) Amerila magnifica (Rothschild, 1910) Amerila mulleri Häuser & Boppré, 1997 Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903) Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793) Amerila roseomarginata (Rothschild, 1910) Amerila thermochroa (Hampson, 1916) Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880 Amphicallia pactolicus (Butler, 1888) Amphicallia solai (Druce, 1907) Amphicallia thelwalli (Druce, 1882) Amsacta melanogastra (Holland, 1897) Amsactarctia pulchra (Rothschild, 1933) Anaphosia mirabilis (Bartel, 1903) Anapisa histrio (Kiriakoff, 1953) Anapisa melaleuca (Holland, 1898) Anapisa metarctioides (Hampson, 1907) Apisa canescens Walker, 1855 Apisa fontainei Kiriakoff, 1959 Apisa subargentea Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Archilema dentata Kühne, 2007 Archilema modiolus (Kiriakoff, 1958) Archilema nivea Kühne, 2007 Archilema uelleburgensis (Strand, 1912) Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847) Asura friederikeae Kühne, 2007 Asura gubunica (Holland, 1893) Asura mutabilis Kühne, 2007 Asura naumanni Kühne, 2005 Asura pectinella Strand, 1922 Asura spinata Kühne, 2007 Asura spurrelli (Hampson, 1914) Asurgylla collenettei Kiriakoff, 1958 Automolis pallida (Hampson, 1901) Balacra compsa (Jordan, 1904) Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856 Balacra preussi (Aurivillius, 1904) Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892 Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910) Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893 Balacra rubrostriata (Aurivillius, 1892) Binna penicillata Walker, 1865 Carcinarctia laeliodes Hampson, 1916 Carcinarctia metamelaena Hampson, 1901 Caripodia fuscicincta Hampson, 1914 Caripodia persimilis Hampson, 1914 Ceryx crawshayi Hampson, 1901 Ceryx semihyalina Kirby, 1896 Cragia adiastola (Kiriakoff, 1958) Cragia distigmata (Hampson, 1901) Cragia quadrinotata (Walker, 1864) Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 Ctenosia nephelistis Hampson, 1918 Cyana bigutta Karisch, 2005 Cyana flammeostrigata Karisch, 2003 Cyana margarethae (Kiriakoff, 1958) Cyana pretoriae (Distant, 1897) Cyana rejecta (Walker, 1854) Cyana ugandana (Strand, 1912) Diota rostrata (Wallengren, 1860) Disparctia vittata (Druce, 1898) Eilema aurantisquamata (Hampson, 1918) Eilema creatoplaga (Hampson, 1901) Eilema debilissima Kiriakoff, 1958 Eilema flavibasis Hampson, 1900 Eilema gracilipennis (Wallengren, 1860) Eilema intermixta Kühne, 2007 Eilema leia (Hampson, 1901) Eilema marwitziana Strand, 1912 Eilema melasonea Hampson, 1903 Eilema mesosticta Hampson, 1911 Eilema peperita (Hampson, 1901) Eilema polioplaga (Hampson, 1901) Eilema rufofasciata (Rothschild, 1912) Eilema sanguicosta (Hampson, 1901) Eilema tegudentata Kühne, 2007 Epitoxis albicincta Hampson, 1903 Epitoxis ansorgei Rothschild, 1910 Epitoxis procridia Hampson, 1898 Estigmene acrea (Drury, 1773) Estigmene ansorgei Rothschild, 1910 Estigmene atrifascia (Hampson, 1907) Estigmene multivittata Rothschild, 1910 Estigmene ochreomarginata Bethune-Baker, 1909 Estigmene tenuistrigata (Hampson, 1900) Estigmene trivitta (Walker, 1855) Euchromia amoena (Möschler, 1872) Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Eugoa corniculata Kühne, 2007 Eugoa coronaria Kühne, 2007 Eurozonosia atricincta Hampson, 1918 Eurozonosia fulvinigra Hampson, 1914 Exilisia contrasta Kühne, 2007 Exilisia friederikeae Kühne, 2007 Exilisia gablerinus Kühne, 2008 Exilisia kruegeri Kühne, 2007 Exilisia prominentia Kühne, 2007 Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880) Galtara aurivilii (Pagenstecher, 1901) Galtara elongata (Swinhoe, 1907) Hippurarctia ferrigera (Druce, 1910) Ilemodes astriga Hampson, 1916 Ischnarctia cinerea (Pagenstecher, 1903) Kiriakoffalia costimacula (Joicey & Talbot, 1924) Lepidilema unipectinata Aurivillius, 1910 Lepista pandula (Boisduval, 1847) Macrosia chalybeata Hampson, 1901 Mecistorhabdia haematoessa (Holland, 1893) Meganaclia sippia (Plötz, 1880) Metarctia benitensis Holland, 1893 Metarctia flavicincta Aurivillius, 1900 Metarctia flavivena Hampson, 1901 Metarctia fulvia Hampson, 1901 Metarctia fusca Hampson, 1901 Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893 Metarctia haematricha Hampson, 1905 Metarctia hypomela Kiriakoff, 1956 Metarctia inconspicua Holland, 1892 Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Metarctia paremphares Holland, 1893 Metarctia rubripuncta Hampson, 1898 Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Metarctia sarcosoma Hampson, 1901 Metarctia schoutedeni Kiriakoff, 1953 Metarctia subpallens Kiriakoff, 1956 Metarctia unicolor (Oberthür, 1880) Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860) Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893) Nanna collinsii Kühne, 2007 Nanna eningae (Plötz, 1880) Nanna naumanni Kühne, 2005 Neuroxena ansorgei Kirby, 1896 Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854) Nyctemera glauce (Fawcett, 1916) Nyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904) Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857 Nyctemera rattrayi (Swinhoe, 1904) Nyctemera restrictum (Butler, 1894) Ochrota unicolor (Hopffer, 1857) Onychipodia nigricostata (Butler, 1894) Ovenna guineacola (Strand, 1912) Palaeosiccia honeyi Kühne, 2007 Palaeosiccia punctata Hampson, 1900 Paralacydes arborifera (Butler, 1875) Paralacydes bivittata (Bartel, 1903) Paralacydes decemmaculata (Rothschild, 1916) Paralacydes fiorii (Berio, 1937) Paralacydes minorata (Berio, 1935) Paralpenus flavicosta (Hampson, 1909) Paralpenus ugandae (Hampson, 1916) Paramaenas nephelistis (Hampson, 1907) Paramaenas strigosus Grünberg, 1911 Paremonia argentata Hampson, 1914 Pericaliella melanodisca (Hampson, 1907) Phryganopsis angulifascia (Strand, 1912) Phryganopsis kinuthiae Kühne, 2007 Phryganopsis parasordida Kühne, 2007 Phryganopsis punctilineata (Hampson, 1901) Phryganopsis tryphosa Kiriakoff, 1958 Popoudina linea (Walker, 1855) Popoudina pamphilia Kiriakoff, 1958 Pseudlepista holoxantha Hampson, 1918 Pseudodiptera alberici (Dufrane, 1945) Pseudonaclia bifasciata Aurivillius, 1910 Pseudonaclia puella (Boisduval, 1847) Pseudothyretes erubescens (Hampson, 1901) Pseudothyretes kamitugensis (Dufrane, 1945) Pseudothyretes nigrita (Kiriakoff, 1961) Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856) Pseudothyretes rubicundula (Strand, 1912) Pusiola chota (Swinhoe, 1885) Pusiola minutissima (Kiriakoff, 1958) Pusiola ochreata (Hampson, 1901) Pusiola poliosia (Kiriakoff, 1958) Pusiola roscidella (Kiriakoff, 1954) Pusiola sorghicolor (Kiriakoff, 1954) Pusiola straminea (Hampson, 1901) Pusiola tinaeella (Kiriakoff, 1958) Radiarctia jacksoni (Rothschild, 1910) Radiarctia lutescens (Walker, 1854) Radiarctia rhodesiana (Hampson, 1900) Rhabdomarctia rubrilineata (Bethune-Baker, 1911) Rhipidarctia crameri Kiriakoff, 1961 Rhipidarctia forsteri (Kiriakoff, 1953) Rhipidarctia pareclecta (Holland, 1893) Secusio strigata Walker, 1854 Seydelia ellioti (Butler, 1895) Siccia adiaphora Kiriakoff, 1958 Siccia anserina Kühne, 2007 Siccia chogoriae Kühne, 2007 Siccia conformis Hampson, 1914 Siccia cretata Hampson, 1914 Siccia duodecimpunctata Kiriakoff, 1958 Siccia elgona Kühne, 2007 Siccia grossagranularis Kühne, 2007 Siccia gypsia Hampson, 1914 Siccia margopuncta Kühne, 2007 Siccia melanospila Hampson, 1911 Siccia orbiculata Kühne, 2007 Siccia pallidata Kühne, 2007 Siccia rarita Kühne, 2007 Siccia ursulae Kühne, 2007 Siccia yvonneae Kühne, 2007 Spilosoma atridorsia Hampson, 1920 Spilosoma baxteri (Rothschild, 1910) Spilosoma bipartita Rothschild, 1933 Spilosoma clasnaumanni Kühne, 2005 Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855 Spilosoma lineata Walker, 1855 Spilosoma nyasana Rothschild, 1933 Spilosoma pales (Druce, 1910) Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898) Spilosoma sublutescens Kiriakoff, 1958 Spilosoma sulphurea Bartel, 1903 Spilosoma unipuncta (Hampson, 1905) Stenarctia abdominalis Rothschild, 1910 Stenarctia quadripunctata Aurivillius, 1900 Teracotona abyssinica (Rothschild, 1933) Teracotona alicia (Hampson, 1911) Teracotona approximans (Rothschild, 1917) Teracotona clara Holland, 1892 Teracotona jacksoni (Rothschild, 1910) Teracotona melanocera (Hampson, 1920) Teracotona pardalina Bartel, 1903 Teracotona pitmanni Rothschild, 1933 Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Teracotona subterminata Hampson, 1901 Thumatha africana Kühne, 2007 Thumatha kakamegae Kühne, 2007 Utetheisa amhara Jordan, 1939 Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Zobida trinitas (Strand, 1912)
Autostichidae Autosticha euryterma Meyrick, 1920
Bombycidae Racinoa obliquisigna (Hampson, 1910) Racinoa spiralis Kühne, 2008 Racinoa versicolora Kühne, 2008 Racinoa zolotuhini Kühne, 2008 Vingerhoedtia ruficollis (Strand, 1910)
Brahmaeidae Dactyloceras lucina (Drury, 1872) Dactyloceras neumayeri (Pagenstecher, 1885) Dactyloceras noellae Bouyer, 2006 Dactyloceras ocelligera (Butler, 1889)
Carposinidae Carposina mesospila Meyrick, 1920
Choreutidae Anthophila massaicae Agassiz, 2008 Trichocirca tyrota Meyrick, 1920
Coleophoridae Blastobasis acirfa Adamski, 2010 Blastobasis aynekiella Adamski, 2010 Blastobasis catappaella Adamski, 2010 Blastobasis chuka Adamski, 2010 Blastobasis elgonae Adamski, 2010 Blastobasis glauconotata Adamski, 2010 Blastobasis kenya Adamski, 2010 Blastobasis millicentae Adamski, 2010 Blastobasis mpala Adamski, 2010 Coleophora enchitis Meyrick, 1920 Neoblastobasis laikipiae Adamski, 2010 Neoblastobasis perisella Adamski, 2010 Neoblastobasis wangithiae Adamski, 2010 Neoblastobasis ximeniaella Adamski, 2010
Copromorphidae Rhynchoferella hoppei Mey, 2007 Rhynchoferella kuehnei Mey, 2007
Cosmopterigidae Gisilia conformata (Meyrick, 1921) Gisilia sclerodes (Meyrick, 1909) Gisilia stereodoxa (Meyrick, 1925)
Cossidae Nomima chloroptera (Meyrick, 1920) Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856)
Crambidae Adelpherupa albescens Hampson, 1919 Adelpherupa flavescens Hampson, 1919 Aethaloessa floridalis (Zeller, 1852) Agathodes musivalis Guenée, 1854 Alphacrambus prodontellus (Hampson, 1919) Analyta vansomereni Tams, 1932 Anania mesophaealis (Hampson, 1913) Anania phaeopastalis (Hampson, 1913) Anania piperitalis (Hampson, 1913) Ancylolomia atrifasciata Hampson, 1919 Ancylolomia capensis Zeller, 1852 Ancylolomia chrysographellus (Kollar, 1844) Ancylolomia croesus Hampson, 1919 Ancylolomia perfasciata Hampson, 1919 Ancylolomia planicosta Martin, 1956 Brihaspa chrysostomus (Zeller, 1852) Cadarena sinuata (Fabricius, 1781) Caffrocrambus undilineatus (Hampson, 1919) Calamotropha niveicostellus (Hampson, 1919) Charltona argyrastis Hampson, 1919