There are about 83 known moth species of Liberia. 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 Liberia.
Arctiidae Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781) Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901) Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901) Balacra caeruleifascia Walker, 1856 Balacra ehrmanni (Holland, 1893) Balacra elegans Aurivillius, 1892 Ceryx hilda (Ehrmann, 1894) Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 Metarctia metaleuca Hampson, 1914 Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893) Neuroxena flammea (Schaus, 1893) Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854) Spilosoma aurantiaca (Holland, 1893) Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898) Spilosoma sulphurea Bartel, 1903
Cossidae Macrocossus caducus Clench, 1959
Drepanidae Epicampoptera strandi Bryk, 1913 Negera bimaculata (Holland, 1893) Spidia fenestrata Butler, 1878
Geometridae Traminda vividaria (Walker, 1861) Zamarada anna D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada antimima D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada bicuspida D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada corroborata Herbulot, 1954 Zamarada cucharita D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada dolorosa D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada dyscapna D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada eucharis (Drury, 1782) Zamarada euphrosyne Oberthür, 1912 Zamarada ilaria Swinhoe, 1904 Zamarada indicata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada ixiaria Swinhoe, 1904 Zamarada leona Gaede, 1915 Zamarada lepta D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada paxilla D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada perlepidata (Walker, 1863) Zamarada platycephala D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada regularis D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada subinterrupta Gaede, 1915
Lasiocampidae Cheligium sansei Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 Euphorea ondulosa (Conte, 1909) Filiola dogma Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 Gelo jordani (Tams, 1936) Gonopacha brotoessa (Holland, 1893) Leipoxais siccifolia Aurivillius, 1902 Mallocampa leucophaea (Holland, 1893) Odontocheilopteryx phoneus Hering, 1928 Pachyna subfascia (Walker, 1855) Pachytrina gliharta Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 Pseudometa pagetodes Tams, 1929 Sonitha libera (Aurivillius, 1914)
Lymantriidae Dasychira castor Hering, 1926 Rahona watsoni Dall'Asta, 1981
Noctuidae Achaea ezea (Cramer, 1779) Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Heraclia geryon (Fabricius, 1781) Phaegorista leucomelas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Notodontidae Eurystaura obscura Gaede, 1928 Tricholoba squalidula Strand, 1911
Psychidae Eumeta cervina Druce, 1887 Eumeta salae Heylaerts, 1884
Pterophoridae Agdistis tamaricis (Zeller, 1847) Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
Saturniidae Epiphora boolana Strand, 1909
Sphingidae Avinoffia hollandi (Clark, 1917) Hippotion irregularis (Walker, 1856) Lycosphingia hamatus (Dewitz, 1879) Nephele discifera Karsch, 1891 Phylloxiphia bicolor (Rothschild, 1894) Phylloxiphia formosa (Schultze, 1914) Phylloxiphia goodii (Holland, 1889) Phylloxiphia vicina (Rothschild & Jordan, 1915) Platysphinx constrigilis (Walker, 1869) Polyptychoides digitatus (Karsch, 1891) Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1882) Polyptychus lapidatus Joicey & Kaye, 1917 Polyptychus murinus Rothschild, 1904 Polyptychus paupercula (Holland, 1889) Polyptychus trisecta (Aurivillius, 1901) Pseudoclanis admatha Pierre, 1985 Theretra jugurtha (Boisduval, 1875)
Tineidae Tinea subalbidella Stainton, 1867
Zygaenidae Tascia instructa (Walker, 1854)
See also List of butterflies of Liberia
General: Wildlife of Liberia
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