There are about 1,700 known moth species of Tanzania. 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 from Tanzania.
Alucitidae Alucita dohertyi (Walsingham, 1909) Alucita ectomesa (Hering, 1917) Alucita entoprocta (Hering, 1917) Alucita hemicyclus (Hering, 1917) Alucita isodina (Meyrick, 1920)
Anomoeotidae Staphylinochrous meinickei Hering, 1928 Thermochrous neurophaea Hering, 1928
Arctiinae Acantharctia aurivillii Bartel, 1903 Acantharctia nigrivena Rothschild, 1935 Acantharctia tenuifasciata Hampson, 1910 Acanthofrontia biannulata (Wichgraf, 1922) Afrasura amaniensis (Cieslak & Häuser, 2006) Afrasura neavi (Hampson, 1914) Afrospilarctia flavida (Bartel, 1903) Afrospilarctia lucida (Druce, 1898) Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898) Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781) Alpenus pardalina (Rothschild, 1910) Alpenus schraderi (Rothschild, 1910) Amata alicia (Butler, 1876) Amata burtti (Distant, 1900) Amata cerbera (Linnaeus, 1764) Amata ceres (Oberthür, 1878) Amata chloroscia (Hampson, 1901) Amata chrysozona (Hampson, 1898) Amata consimilis (Hampson, 1901) Amata dilateralis (Hampson, 1898) Amata discata (Druce, 1898) Amata janenschi Seitz, 1926 Amata kuhlweini (Lefèbvre, 1832) Amata miozona (Hampson, 1910) Amata monticola (Aurivillius, 1910) Amata nigricilia (Strand, 1912) Amata phaeozona (Zerny, 1912) Amata phoenicia (Hampson, 1898) Amata rubritincta (Hampson, 1903) Amerila affinis (Rothschild, 1910) Amerila bipartita (Rothschild, 1910) Amerila bubo (Walker, 1855) Amerila carneola (Hampson, 1916) Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887) Amerila howardi (Pinhey, 1955) Amerila lupia (Druce, 1887) Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903) Amerila phaedra Weymer, 1892 Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793) Amerila roseomarginata (Rothschild, 1910) Amerila thermochroa (Hampson, 1916) Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Amphicallia bellatrix (Dalman, 1823) Amphicallia pactolicus (Butler, 1888) Amphicallia quagga Strand, 1909 Amphicallia solai (Druce, 1907) Amphicallia thelwalli (Druce, 1882) Anaphosia astrigata Hampson, 1910 Apisa canescens Walker, 1855 Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847) Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Argina leonina (Walker, 1865) Asura doa Kühne, 2007 Asura mutabilis Kühne, 2007 Asura sagenaria (Wallengren, 1860) Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856 Balacra nigripennis (Aurivillius, 1904) Balacra preussi (Aurivillius, 1904) Binna penicillata Walker, 1865 Caripodia chrysargyria Hampson, 1900 Ceryx hilda (Ehrmann, 1894) Cragia distigmata (Hampson, 1901) Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 Creatonotos punctivitta (Walker, 1854) Cyana arenbergeri Karisch, 2003 Cyana nemasisha Roesler, 1990 Cyana pretoriae (Distant, 1897) Cyana rejecta (Walker, 1854) Dasyarctia grisea Gaede, 1923 Eilema albescens (Aurivillius, 1910) Eilema bipartita Aurivillius, 1910 Eilema costimacula Aurivillius, 1910 Eilema marwitziana Strand, 1912 Eilema mesosticta Hampson, 1911 Eilema oblitterans (Felder, 1868) Eilema peperita (Hampson, 1901) Eilema polioplaga (Hampson, 1901) Eilema pusilana Strand, 1912 Eilema stevensii (Holland, 1892) Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865) Epitoxis duplicata Gaede, 1926 Estigmene ansorgei Rothschild, 1910 Estigmene ochreomarginata Bethune-Baker, 1909 Estigmene trivitta (Walker, 1855) Euchromia amoena (Möschler, 1872) Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Eyralpenus atricrures (Hampson, 1916) Eyralpenus diplosticta (Hampson, 1900) Eyralpenus inconspicua (Rothschild, 1910) Eyralpenus meinhofi (Bartel, 1903) Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880) Eyralpenus sublutea (Bartel, 1903) Eyralpenus trifasciata (Holland, 1892) Galtara doriae (Oberthür, 1880) Hypersypnoides heinrichi Laporte, 1979 Ilemodes isogyna Romieux, 1935 Ischnarctia brunnescens Bartel, 1903 Ischnarctia cinerea (Pagenstecher, 1903) Karschiola holoclera (Karsch, 1894) Lamprosiella eborella (Boisduval, 1847) Lepidilema unipectinata Aurivillius, 1910 Lepista pandula (Boisduval, 1847) Lobilema conspersa Aurivillius, 1910 Macrosia fumeola (Walker, 1854) Megalonycta forsteri Laporte, 1979 Metarctia atrivenata Kiriakoff, 1956 Metarctia collocalia Kiriakoff, 1957 Metarctia epimela (Kiriakoff, 1979) Metarctia fulvia Hampson, 1901 Metarctia inconspicua Holland, 1892 Metarctia insignis Kiriakoff, 1959 Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Metarctia lindemannae Kiriakoff, 1961 Metarctia pavlitzkae (Kiriakoff, 1961) Metarctia rubripuncta Hampson, 1898 Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Metarctia seydeliana (Kiriakoff, 1953) Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860) Micralarctia semipura (Bartel, 1903) Neuroxena ansorgei Kirby, 1896 Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854) Nyctemera insulare (Boisduval, 1833) Nyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904) Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857 Nyctemera rattrayi (Swinhoe, 1904) Nyctemera restrictum (Butler, 1894) Nyctemera transitella (Strand, 1909) Nyctemera usambarae Oberthür, 1893 Ochrota asuraeformis (Strand, 1912) Owambarctia unipuncta Kiriakoff, 1973 Paralacydes arborifera (Butler, 1875) Paralacydes bivittata (Bartel, 1903) Paralacydes decemmaculata (Rothschild, 1916) Paralacydes fiorii (Berio, 1937) Paralacydes ramosa (Hampson, 1907) Paralacydes vocula (Stoll, 1790) Paralpenus wintgensi (Strand, 1909) Popoudina brosi Toulgoët, 1986 Pseudonaclia bifasciata Aurivillius, 1910 Pseudonaclia fasciata Gaede, 1926 Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856) Pusiola elongata (Aurivillius, 1910) Radiarctia jacksoni (Rothschild, 1910) Radiarctia rhodesiana (Hampson, 1900) Rhabdomarctia rubrilineata (Bethune-Baker, 1911) Secusio sansibarensis Strand, 1909 Secusio strigata Walker, 1854 Seydelia ellioti (Butler, 1895) Spilosoma affinis Bartel, 1903 Spilosoma albiventre Kiriakoff, 1963 Spilosoma atrivenata Rothschild, 1933 Spilosoma baxteri (Rothschild, 1910) Spilosoma bipartita Rothschild, 1933 Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855 Spilosoma lineata Walker, 1855 Spilosoma pales (Druce, 1910) Spilosoma semihyalina Bartel, 1903 Spilosoma sublutescens Kiriakoff, 1958 Spilosoma unipuncta (Hampson, 1905) Teracotona approximans (Rothschild, 1917) Teracotona clara Holland, 1892 Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900 Teracotona homeyeri Rothschild, 1910 Teracotona latifasciata Carcasson, 1965 Teracotona melanocera (Hampson, 1920) Teracotona pardalina Bartel, 1903 Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Teracotona subapproximans Rothschild, 1933 Teracotona subterminata Hampson, 1901 Teracotona translucens (Grünberg, 1907) Teracotona uhrikmeszarosi Svent-Ivany, 1942 Thumatha africana Kühne, 2007 Thyretes trichaetiformis Zerny, 1912 Utetheisa elata (Fabricius, 1798) Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Autostichidae Turatia argillacea Gozmány, 2000
Brachodidae Phycodes substriata Walsingham, 1891
Brahmaeidae Dactyloceras catenigera (Karsch, 1895) Dactyloceras maculata (Conte, 1911) Dactyloceras neumayeri (Pagenstecher, 1885) Dactyloceras vingerhoedti Bouyer, 2005 Dactyloceras widenmanni (Karsch, 1895)
Choreutidae Anthophila flavimaculata (Walsingham, 1891)
Cosmopterigidae Cosmopterix athesiae Huemer & Koster, 2006
Cossidae Arctiocossus punctifera Gaede, 1929 Coryphodema ochracea Gaede, 1929 Eulophonotus elegans (Aurivillius, 1910) Meharia semilactea (Warren & Rothschild, 1905) Meharia tanganyikae Bradley, 1951 Nomima szunyoghyi (Gozmány, 1965) Oreocossus kilimanjarensis (Holland, 1892) Phragmataecia brunni Pagenstecher, 1892
Crambidae Adelpherupa flavescens Hampson, 1919 Anania metaleuca (Hampson, 1913) Ancylolomia melanella Hampson, 1919 Ancylolomia melanothoracia Hampson, 1919 Conotalis nigroradians (Mabille, 1900) Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875) Crocidolomia pavonana (Fabricius, 1794) Culladia achroellum (Mabille, 1900) Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973 Glyphodes basifascialis Hampson, 1898 Heliothela ophideresana (Walker, 1863) Nomophila brevispinalis Munroe, 1973 Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Parerupa africana (Aurivillius, 1910) Patissa geminalis Hampson, 1919 Powysia rosealinea Maes, 2006 Prionapteryx alternalis Maes, 2002 Prionapteryx phaeomesa (Hampson, 1919) Protinopalpa subclathrata Strand, 1911 Psammotis haematidea (Hampson, 1913) Pyrausta centralis Maes, 2009 Pyrausta microdontaloides Maes, 2009 Pyrausta perparvula Maes, 2009 Pyrausta sanguifusalis Hampson, 1913
Drepanidae Aethiopsestis mufindiae Watson, 1965 Gonoreta subtilis (Bryk, 1913) Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874)
Elachistidae Ethmia ballistis Meyrick, 1908 Ethmia taxiacta Meyrick, 1920
Epipyropidae Epipyrops cerolestes Tams, 1947 Epipyrops epityraea Scheven, 1974
Eriocottidae Compsoctena africanella (Strand, 1909)
Eupterotidae Camerunia albida Aurivillius, 1901 Hibrildes crawshayi Butler, 1896 Hoplojana distincta Rothschild, 1917 Hoplojana indecisa (Aurivillius, 1901) Hoplojana rhodoptera (Gerstaecker, 1871) Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Janomima mariana (White, 1843) Phiala alba Aurivillius, 1893 Phiala costipuncta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Phiala infuscata (Grünberg, 1907) Stenoglene obtusus (Walker, 1864) Stenoglene pira Druce, 1896
Gelechiidae Anarsia agricola Walsingham, 1891 Brachmia septella (Zeller, 1852) Dichomeris rhodophaea Meyrick, 1920 Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) Ptilothyris crossoceros Meyrick, 1934 Trichotaphe chalybitis (Meyrick, 1920)
Geometridae Acanthovalva bilineata (Warren, 1895) Acidaliastis systema D. S. Fletcher, 1978 Adesmobathra ozoloides Prout, 1916 Allochrostes impunctata (Warren, 1897) Antharmostes papilio Prout, 1912 Aphilopota exterritorialis (Strand, 1909) Aphilopota foedata (Bastelberger, 1907) Aphilopota semiusta (Distant, 1898) Aphilopota triphasia Prout, 1954 Aphilopota viriditincta (Warren, 1905) Archichlora rectilineata Carcasson, 1971 Ascotis reciprocaria (Walker, 1860) Asthenotricha anisobapta Prout, 1932 Asthenotricha ansorgei Warren, 1899 Asthenotricha dentatissima Warren, 1899 Asthenotricha inutilis Warren, 1901 Asthenotricha pycnoconia Janse, 1933 Asthenotricha serraticornis Warren, 1902 Asthenotricha straba Prout, 1921 Biston abruptaria (Walker, 1869) Biston homoclera (Prout, 1938) Brachytrita cervinaria Swinhoe, 1904 Cacochloris ochrea (Warren, 1897) Cartaletis libyssa (Hopffer, 1857) Casilda lucidaria (Swinhoe, 1904) Celidomphax analiplaga (Warren, 1905) Chiasmia affinis (Warren, 1902) Chiasmia assimilis (Warren, 1899) Chiasmia butaria (Swinhoe, 1904) Chiasmia costiguttata (Warren, 1899) Chiasmia geminilinea (Prout, 1932) Chiasmia inconspicua (Warren, 1897) Chiasmia kilimanjarensis (Holland, 1892) Chiasmia maculosa (Warren, 1899) Chiasmia normata (Walker, 1861) Chiasmia rectilinea (Warren, 1905) Chiasmia rectistriaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Chiasmia simplicilinea (Warren, 1905) Chiasmia sororcula (Warren, 1897) Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858) Chiasmia subcurvaria (Mabille, 1897) Chiasmia umbrata (Warren, 1897) Chiasmia umbratilis (Butler, 1875) Chlorerythra rubriplaga Warren, 1895 Chlorissa albistrigulata (Warren, 1897) Chlorissa attenuata (Walker, 1862) Chloroclystis consocer Prout, 1937 Chloroclystis cryptolopha Prout, 1932 Chloroctenis conspersa Warren, 1909 Cleora munda (Warren, 1899) Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967 Cleora thyris D. S. Fletcher, 1967 Coenina aurivena Butler, 1898 Collix foraminata Guenée, 1858 Comostolopsis simplex Warren, 1902 Comostolopsis stillata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Conolophia conscitaria (Walker, 1861) Cyclophora paratropa (Prout, 1920) Cyclophora unocula (Warren, 1897) Derambila niphosphaeras (Prout, 1934) Disclisioprocta natalata (Walker, 1862) Dithecodes ornithospila (Prout, 1911) Drepanogynis johnstonei (Prout, 1938) Drepanogynis lacuum (Prout, 1938) Ecpetala obtusa (Warren, 1902) Ectropis anisa Prout, 1915 Ectropis delosaria (Walker, 1862) Ectropis gozmanyi D. S. Fletcher, 1978 Ectropis ikonda Herbulot, 1981 Ectropis ocellata Warren, 1902 Epigynopteryx africana (Aurivillius, 1910) Epigynopteryx maeviaria (Guenée, 1858) Epirrhoe annulifera (Warren, 1902) Erastria albosignata (Walker, 1863)