Moths of Burkina Faso represent about 68 known moth species. 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 Burkina Faso.
Arctiidae Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903) Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 Cyana klausruedigerbecki Karisch, 2005
Lasiocampidae Euphorea ondulosa (Conte, 1909) Morongea elfiora Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Odontocheilopteryx haribda Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009 Odontocheilopteryx maculata Aurivillius, 1905 Odontocheilopteryx pattersoni Tams, 1926 Opisthodontia afroio Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Opisthodontia sidha Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Stenophatna hollandi (Tams, 1929) Theophasida cardinalli (Tams, 1926)
Lymantriidae Otroeda hesperia (Cramer, 1779)
Metarbelidae Moyencharia herhausi Lehmann, 2013 Moyencharia ochreicosta (Gaede, 1929)
Noctuidae Abrostola confusa Dufay, 1958 Achaea mercatoria (Fabricius, 1775) Acontia esperiana Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010 Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857) Acontia nigrimacula Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008 Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856 Argyrogramma signata (Fabricius, 1775) Aspidifrontia hemileuca (Hampson, 1909) Aspidifrontia villiersi (Laporte, 1972) Attatha metaleuca Hampson, 1913 Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005 Brevipecten confluens Hampson, 1926 Brevipecten politzari Hacker & Fibiger, 2007 Cerocala albicornis Berio, 1966 Cerocala caelata Karsch, 1896 Chasmina vestae (Guenée, 1852) Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, ) Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789) Crypsotidia maculifera (Staudinger, 1898) Crypsotidia mesosema Hampson, 1913 Diparopsis watersi (Rothschild, 1901) Eublemma ragusana (Freyer, 1844) Eublemma tytrocoides Hacker & Hausmann, 2010 Eutelia polychorda Hampson, 1902 Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858 Hypotacha ochribasalis (Hampson, 1896) Marathyssa cuneata (Saalmüller, 1891) Masalia nubila (Hampson, 1903) Parachalciope benitensis (Holland, 1894) Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Polytelodes florifera (Walker, 1858) Rhabdophera arefacta (Swinhoe, 1884) Rhabdophera clathrum (Guenée, 1852) Rhabdophera hansali (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Saalmuellerana media (Walker, 1857) Tachosa fumata (Wallengren, 1860) Thiacidas meii Hacker & Zilli, 2007 Thiacidas mukim (Berio, 1977) Thiacidas politzari Hacker & Zilli, 2010 Thiacidas stassarti Hacker & Zilli, 2007 Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)
Nolidae Xanthodes brunnescens (Pinhey, 1968)
Pyralidae Lepipaschia limbata Shaffer & Solis, 1994
Saturniidae Gynanisa jama Rebel, 1915 Holocerina angulata (Aurivillius, 1893) Holocerina istsariensis Stoneham, 1962 Micragone rougeriei Bouyer, 2008 Usta terpsichore (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
Sphingidae Ceridia heuglini (C. & R. Felder, 1874)
References
External links AfroMoths