There are about 350 known moth species of Sudan and South Sudan. 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 Sudan and South Sudan.
Arctiidae Acantharctia metaleuca Hampson, 1901 Afrowatsonius fulvomarginalis (Wichgraf, 1921) Afrowatsonius sudanicus (Rothschild, 1933) Aloa moloneyi (Druce, 1887) Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781) Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908) Alpenus schraderi (Rothschild, 1910) Alpenus wichgrafi Watson, 1988 Amata shoa (Hampson, 1898) Amata tomasina (Butler, 1876) Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933 Caripodia chrysargyria Hampson, 1900 Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 Creatonotos punctivitta (Walker, 1854) Metarctia pumila Hampson, 1909 Oedaleosia concolor Strand, 1912 Paralacydes arborifera (Butler, 1875) Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855 Spilosoma metaleuca (Hampson, 1905)
Autostichidae Turatia scioneura (Meyrick, 1929)
Coleophoridae Coleophora aularia Meyrick, 1924 Coleophora sudanella Rebel, 1916
Cosmopterigidae Bifascioides leucomelanella (Rebel, 1917) Gisilia sclerodes (Meyrick, 1909)
Cossidae Meharia semilactea (Warren & Rothschild, 1905) Nomima prophanes Durrant, 1916 Paropta henleyi (Warren & Rothschild, 1905) Phragmatoecioides pectinicornis Strand, 1915
Crambidae Cataclysta leroii Strand, 1915 Charltona albidalis Hampson, 1919 Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Cornifrons ulceratalis Lederer, 1858 Crambus diarhabdellus Hampson, 1919 Crambus sudanicola Strand, 1915 Culladia achroellum (Mabille, 1900) Cybalomia pentadalis Lederer, 1855 Cybalomia simplex Warren & Rothschild, 1905 Diplopseustis perieresalis (Walker, 1859) Elethyia albirufalis (Hampson, 1919) Euchromius cambridgei (Zeller, 1867) Euchromius ocellea (Haworth, 1811) Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781) Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée, 1854) Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Platytes impar Warren & Rothschild, 1905 Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Prionapteryx alternalis Maes, 2002 Prionapteryx soudanensis (Hampson, 1919) Scirpophaga praelata (Scopoli, 1763) Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Elachistidae Ethmia quadrinotella (Mann, 1861)
Gelechiidae Ochrodia subdiminutella (Stainton, 1867) Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) Scrobipalpa ergasima (Meyrick, 1916)
Geometridae Acidaliastis micra Hampson, 1896 Callioratis apicisecta Prout, 1915 Celidomphax prolongata Prout, 1915 Chiasmia ate (Prout, 1926) Chiasmia maculosa (Warren, 1899) Chiasmia sudanata (Warren & Rothschild, 1905) Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967 Hemidromodes robusta (Prout, 1913) Heterostegane minutissima (Swinhoe, 1904) Idaea granulosa (Warren & Rothschild, 1905) Idaea microptera (Warren & Rothschild, 1905) Idaea sanctaria Staudinger, 1900 Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858) Lomographa indularia (Guenée, 1858) Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Omphalucha brunnea (Warren, 1899) Polystroma steeleae (Prout, 1934) Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) Pseudosterrha paulula (Swinhoe, 1886) Pseudosterrha rufistrigata (Hampson, 1896) Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894) Scopula natalica (Butler, 1875) Scopula pseudophema Prout, 1920 Syndromodes invenusta (Wallengren, 1863) Xanthorhoe exorista Prout, 1922 Zamarada anacantha D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada delta D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada melasma D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada minimaria Swinhoe, 1895 Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897 Zamarada secutaria (Guenée, 1858) Zamarada torrida D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Gracillariidae Acrocercops bifasciata (Walsingham, 1891) Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856 Stomphastis conflua (Meyrick, 1914)
Lasiocampidae Anadiasa obsoleta (Klug, 1830) Anadiasa simplex Pagenstecher, 1903 Beralade obliquata (Klug, 1830) Braura nilotica (Aurivillius, 1925) Chrysopsyche wilsoni Tams, 1938 Odontocheilopteryx maculata Aurivillius, 1905 Streblote butiti (Bethune-Baker, 1906) Streblote diluta (Aurivillius, 1905)
Limacodidae Chrysamma purpuripulcra Karsch, 1896 Coenobasis postflavida Hampson, 1910 Gavara caprai Berio, 1937 Macroplectra iracunda Hering, 1928
Lymantriidae Cropera testacea Walker, 1855 Crorema setinoides (Holland, 1893) Crorema sudanica Strand, 1915 Euproctis erythrosticta (Hampson, 1910) Euproctis ostentum Hering, 1926 Euproctis xanthosoma Hampson, 1910
Metarbelidae Moyencharia winteri Lehmann, 2013
Nepticulidae Stigmella xystodes (Meyrick, 1916)
Noctuidae Abrostola confusa Dufay, 1958 Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858) Achaea catella Guenée, 1852 Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833) Achaea phaeobasis Hampson, 1913 Acontia basifera Walker, 1857 Acontia buchanani (Rothschild, 1921) Acontia dichroa (Hampson, 1914) Acontia discoidoides Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008 Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1884 Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857) Acontia karachiensis Swinhoe, 1889 Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852 Acontia semialba Hampson, 1910 Aegle exsiccata (Warren & Rothschild, 1905) Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836 Agrotis biconica Kollar, 1844 Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Agrotis sardzeana Brandt, 1941 Agrotis segetum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Amyna axis Guenée, 1852 Antarchaea conicephala (Staudinger, 1870) Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896) Audea humeralis Hampson, 1902 Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005 Autoba teilhardi (de Joannis, 1909) Brevipecten niloticus Wiltshire, 1977 Callophisma flavicornis Hampson, 1913 Caradrina clavipalpis (Scopoli, 1763) Cerocala caelata Karsch, 1896 Cerynea trichobasis Hampson, 1910 Chusaris rhynchinodes Strand, 1915 Clytie infrequens (Swinhoe, 1884) Clytie sancta (Staudinger, 1900) Clytie tropicalis Rungs, 1975 Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773) Crypsotidia maculifera (Staudinger, 1898) Crypsotidia mesosema Hampson, 1913 Crypsotidia remanei Wiltshire, 1977 Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852) Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775) Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Diparopsis watersi (Rothschild, 1901) Dysgonia orbata Berio, 1955 Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852) Eublemma gayneri (Rothschild, 1901) Eublemma kruegeri (Wiltshire, 1970) Eublemma parva (Hübner, ) Eublemma pulverulenta (Warren & Rothschild, 1905) Eublemma ragusana (Freyer, 1844) Eublemma robertsi Berio, 1969 Eublemma scitula (Rambur, 1833) Gesonia nigripalpa Wiltshire, 1977 Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859 Gnamptonyx innexa (Walker, 1858) Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775) Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775) Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, 1851 Heliothis viriplaca (Hufnagel, 1766) Heraclia zenkeri (Karsch, 1895) Heteropalpia acrosticta (Püngeler, 1904) Heteropalpia exarata (Mabille, 1890) Heteropalpia profesta (Christoph, 1887) Heteropalpia rosacea (Rebel, 1907) Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865) Hiccoda dosaroides Moore, 1882 Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854 Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859 Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1790) Hypena obacerralis Walker, Hypena obsitalis (Hübner, ) Hypotacha isthmigera Wiltshire, 1968 Hypotacha ochribasalis (Hampson, 1896) Iambiodes incerta (Rothschild, 1913) Iambiodes postpallida Wiltshire, 1977 Leucania melanostrotoides (Strand, 1915) Loxioda coniventris Strand, 1915 Masalia albiseriata (Druce, 1903) Masalia bimaculata (Moore, 1888) Masalia cheesmanae Seymour, 1972 Masalia decorata (Moore, 1881) Masalia fissifascia (Hampson, 1903) Masalia flaviceps (Hampson, 1903) Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856) Masalia terracottoides (Rothschild, 1921) Matopo selecta (Walker, 1865) Metachrostis quinaria (Moore, 1881) Metopoceras kneuckeri (Rebel, 1903) Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833) Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000 Myana sopora Swinhoe, 1884 Ophiusa mejanesi (Guenée, 1852) Oraesia intrusa (Krüger, 1939) Ozarba badia (Swinhoe, 1886) Ozarba exoplaga Berio, 1940 Ozarba phaea (Hampson, 1902) Ozarba rufula Hampson, 1910 Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852 Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858) Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858) Plecopterodes moderata (Wallengren, 1860) Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833 Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Prionofrontia ochrosia Hampson, 1926 Pseudozarba bipartita (Herrich-Schäffer, 1950) Raparna bipuncta Warren & Rothschild, 1905 Raparna minima Warren & Rothschild, 1905 Rhynchina albiscripta Hampson, 1916 Schausia mkabi Kiriakoff, 1974 Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857 Sesamia epunctifera Hampson, 1902 Sesamia geyri (Strand, 1915) Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefèbvre, 1827) Speia vuteria (Stoll, 1790) Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852 Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833) Syngrapha circumflexa (Linnaeus, 1767) Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855) Tathorhynchus leucobasis Bethune-Baker, 1911 Timora showaki Pinhey, 1956 Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, ) Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779) Tytroca fasciolata (Warren & Rothschild, 1905) Ulotrichopus stertzi (Püngeler, 1907) Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902) Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856)
Nolidae Arcyophora patricula (Hampson, 1902) Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833) Earias nubica (Strand, 1915) Neaxestis mesogonia (Hampson, 1905) Selepa docilis Butler, 1881
Notodontidae Antheua gallans (Karsch, 1895) Antheua woerdeni (Snellen, 1872) Desmeocraera leucophaea Gaede, 1928 Epidonta brunnea (Rothschild, 1917) Leptolepida henleyi (Warren & Rothschild, 1905) Notoxantha aurorina Kiriakoff, 1961 Zerafia drymonides Strand, 1915
Plutellidae Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Psychidae Acanthopsyche ebneri (Rebel, 1917) Auchmophila kordofensis Rebel, 1907
Pterophoridae Agdistis arabica Amsel, 1958 Agdistis tamaricis (Zeller, 1847)
Pyralidae Actenia wollastoni (Rothschild, 1901) Aglossa aglossalis (Ragonot, 1892) Ancylosis costistrigella (Ragonot, 1890) Ancylosis faustinella (Zeller, 1867) Ancylosis lacteicostella (Ragonot, 1887) Ancylosis limoniella (Chrétien, 1911) Ancylosis nubeculella (Ragonot, 1887) Anerastia lotella (Hübner, 1813) Arenipses sabella Hampson, 1901 Cadra calidella (Guenée, 1845) Cadra figulilella (Gregson, 1871) Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton, 1866) Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller, 1839) Endotricha consobrinalis Zeller, 1852 Epicrocis ferrealis (Hampson, 1898) Epischnia cinerosalis Walker & Rothschild, 1905 Epischnia masticella Ragonot, 1893 Euzophera trigeminata Warren & Rothschild, 1905 Exodesis vaterfieldi Hampson, 1919 Gymnancyla canella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Lorymana noctuiformis Strand, 1915 Nephopterix metamelana Hampson, 1896 Polyocha anerastiodes Warren & Rothschild, 1905 Psorosana testaceipennis Strand, 1915 Pyralis obsoletalis Mann, 1864 Raphimetopus ablutella (Zeller, 1839) Staudingeria suboblitella (Ragonot, 1888) Staudingeria yerburii (Butler, 1884) Zophodia straminea Strand, 1915
Saturniidae Bunaea alcinoe (Stoll, 1780) Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Epiphora albidus (Druce, 1886) Epiphora bauhiniae (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Epiphora getula (Maassen & Weymer, 1885) Epiphora magdalena Grünberg, 1909 Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880) Epiphora vacuna (Westwood, 1849) Holocerina angulata (Aurivillius, 1893) Holocerina istsariensis Stoneham, 1962
Sesiidae Melittia ruficincta (Felder, 1874)
Sphingidae Ceridia heuglini (C. & R. Felder, 1874) Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) Hippotion rebeli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Hyles livornica (Esper, 1780) Leucophlebia afra Karsch, 1891 Neopolyptychus consimilis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776) Polyptychoides grayii (Walker, 1856) Polyptychoides niloticus (Jordan, 1921) Pseudoclanis abyssinicus (Lucas, 1857) Pseudoclanis molitor (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
Thyrididae Netrocera setioides Felder, 1874
Tineidae Ceratophaga tragoptila (Meyrick, 1917) Ceratophaga vastella (Zeller, 1852) Edosa pyrochra (Gozmány, 1965) Hapsifera rhodoptila Meyrick, 1920 Machaeropteris baloghi Gozmány, 1965 Perissomastix nigriceps Warren & Rothschild, 1905 Perissomastix perdita Gozmány, 1965 Perissomastix taeniaecornis (Walsingham, 1896)