There are about 760 known moth species of Malawi. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera. They are listed alphabetically by family.
This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Malawi.
Adelidae Ceromitia glandularis Meyrick, 1908
Anomoeotidae Thermochrous exigua Talbot, 1932 Thermochrous melanoneura Hampson, 1920
Arctiidae Acantharctia aurivillii Bartel, 1903 Acantharctia lacteata Rothschild, 1933 Acantharctia nigrivena Rothschild, 1935 Acantharctia tenuifasciata Hampson, 1910 Acanthofrontia dicycla Hampson, 1918 Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855) Agylla complanodes Hampson, 1901 Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898) Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908) Amata cerbera (Linnaeus, 1764) Amata ceres (Oberthür, 1878) Amerila affinis (Rothschild, 1910) Amerila bubo (Walker, 1855) Amerila carneola (Hampson, 1916) Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793) Amphicallia bellatrix (Dalman, 1823) Amphicallia thelwalli (Druce, 1882) Amsacta grammiphlebia Hampson, 1901 Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933 Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855 Anaemosia albida Hampson, 1918 Apisa grisescens (Dufrane, 1945) Apisa rendalli Rothschild, 1910 Apothosia conformis Hampson, 1918 Archilema uelleburgensis (Strand, 1912) Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878) Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847) Argina leonina (Walker, 1865) Binna penicillata Walker, 1865 Carcinopodia furcifasciata (Butler, 1895) Caripodia consimilis Hampson, 1918 Ctenosia nephelistis Hampson, 1918 Cyana nyasica (Hampson, 1918) Cyana pretoriae (Distant, 1897) Cyana rejecta (Walker, 1854) Eilema albuliferella Strand, 1922 Eilema aurantisquamata (Hampson, 1918) Eilema nebuliferella Strand, 1922 Eilema sanguicosta (Hampson, 1901) Estigmene trivitta (Walker, 1855) Eurozonosia atricincta Hampson, 1918 Eurozonosia inconstans (Butler, 1896) Eyralpenus diplosticta (Hampson, 1900) Eyralpenus inconspicua (Rothschild, 1910) Eyralpenus melanocera (Hampson, 1916) Galtara aurivilii (Pagenstecher, 1901) Galtara doriae (Oberthür, 1880) Ilemodes heterogyna Hampson, 1900 Ischnarctia brunnescens Bartel, 1903 Karschiola holoclera (Karsch, 1894) Lepidilema unipectinata Aurivillius, 1910 Lepista pandula (Boisduval, 1847) Macrosia chalybeata Hampson, 1901 Metarctia collocalia Kiriakoff, 1957 Metarctia hebenoides (Kiriakoff, 1973) Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Metarctia rubra (Walker, 1856) Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860) Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854) Nyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904) Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857 Ochrota nyassa (Strand, 1912) Paralacydes ramosa (Hampson, 1907) Pelosia plumosa (Mabille, 1900) Poecilarctia venata Aurivillius, 1921 Pseudlepista holoxantha Hampson, 1918 Pseudmelisa rubrosignata Kiriakoff, 1957 Pusiola holoxantha (Hampson, 1918) Pusiola nyassana (Strand, 1912) Pusiola ochreata (Hampson, 1901) Secusio mania Druce, 1887 Secusio strigata Walker, 1854 Spilosoma baxteri (Rothschild, 1910) Spilosoma bipartita Rothschild, 1933 Spilosoma karschi Bartel, 1903 Spilosoma lineata Walker, 1855 Spilosoma nigrocastanea (Rothschild, 1917) Spilosoma nyasana Rothschild, 1933 Spilosoma nyasica (Hampson, 1911) Stenilema aurantiaca Hampson, 1909 Stenilema subaurantiaca Strand, 1912 Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900 Teracotona mirabilis Bartel, 1903 Teracotona trifasciata Bartel, 1903 Thumatha inconstans (Butler, 1897) Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878 Thyrogonia cyaneotincta Hampson, 1918 Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coleophoridae Holcocera lignyodes (Meyrick, 1914)
Cosmopterigidae Macrobathra proxena Meyrick, 1914
Cossidae Alophonotus rauana Azygophleps inclusa (Walker, 1856) Brachylia nussi Yakovlev, 2011 Eulophonotus stephania Macrocossus grebennikovi Yakovlev, 2013 Meharia murphyi Yakovlev, 2013 Oreocossus occidentalis Phragmataecia innominata Dalla Torre, 1923 Phragmataecia irrorata Hampson, 1910 Strigocossus elephas Yakovlev, 2013 Strigocossus moderatus (Walker, 1856) Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856) Xyleutes stephania (Druce, 1887)
Crambidae Adelpherupa albescens Hampson, 1919 Adelpherupa flavescens Hampson, 1919 Agathodes musivalis Guenée, 1854 Aurotalis delicatalis (Hampson, 1919) Bissetia poliella (Hampson, 1919) Cadarena sinuata (Fabricius, 1781) Calamoschoena stictalis Hampson, 1919 Charltona atrifascialis Hampson, 1919 Chilo argyropasta (Hampson, 1919) Chilo costifusalis (Hampson, 1919) Chilo orichalcociliella (Strand, 1911) Classeya bicuspidalis (Hampson, 1919) Conotalis nigroradians (Mabille, 1900) Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875) Crambus brachiiferus Hampson, 1919 Crambus brunneisquamatus Hampson, 1919 Crambus diarhabdellus Hampson, 1919 Crambus microstrigatus Hampson, 1919 Crambus monostictus Hampson, 1919 Crambus neurellus Hampson, 1919 Crambus vittiterminellus Hampson, 1919 Donacoscaptes flavilinealis (Hampson, 1919) Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973 Haimbachia rufifusalis (Hampson, 1919) Haimbachia rufistrigalis (Hampson, 1919) Heliothela ophideresana (Walker, 1863) Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Orphanostigma excisa (Martin, 1956) Orphanostigma fervidalis (Zeller, 1852) Ostrinia erythrialis (Hampson, 1913) Parancyla argyrothysana Hampson, 1919 Parapoynx stagnalis (Zeller, 1852) Parerupa undilinealis (Hampson, 1919) Patissa fulvicepsalis Hampson, 1919 Patissa geminalis Hampson, 1919 Patissa rubrilinealis Hampson, 1919 Patissa termipunctalis (Hampson, 1919) Prionotalis peracutella Hampson, 1919 Prochoristis calamochroa (Hampson, 1919) Pyrausta distictalis Hampson, 1918 Sebrus perdentellus (Hampson, 1919)
Drepanidae Gonoreta subtilis (Bryk, 1913) Negera unispinosa Watson, 1965
Elachistidae Elachista chelonitis Meyrick, 1909 Elachista semophanta Meyrick, 1914
Eupterotidae Hibrildes crawshayi Butler, 1896 Hibrildes norax Druce, 1887 Hoplojana tripunctata (Aurivillius, 1897) Janomima dannfelti (Aurivillius, 1893) Stenoglene bipunctatus (Aurivillius, 1909) Stenoglene obtusus (Walker, 1864) Stenoglene roseus (Druce, 1886)
Geometridae Acollesis mimetica Prout, 1915 Antozola dislocata Herbulot, 1992 Asthenotricha serraticornis Warren, 1902 Biston stringeri (Prout, 1938) Callioratis abraxas Felder, 1874 Cartaletis libyssa (Hopffer, 1857) Cartaletis nigricosta (Prout, 1916) Chiasmia getula (Wallengren, 1872) Chiasmia inconspicua (Warren, 1897) Chiasmia infabricata (Prout, 1934) Chiasmia johnstoni (Butler, 1893) Chiasmia kilimanjarensis (Holland, 1892) Chiasmia majestica (Warren, 1901) Chiasmia parallacta (Warren, 1897) Chiasmia procidata (Guenée, 1858) Chiasmia rhabdophora (Holland, 1892) Chiasmia subcurvaria (Mabille, 1897) Chiasmia umbratilis (Butler, 1875) Chloroclystis consocer Prout, 1937 Chloroclystis muscosa (Warren, 1902) Chrysocraspeda zombensis (Prout, 1932) Cleora munda (Warren, 1899) Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967 Cleora thyris D. S. Fletcher, 1967 Cophophlebia olivata Warren, 1897 Derambila delostigma Prout, 1915 Derambila hyperphyes (Prout, 1911) Dithecodes ornithospila (Prout, 1911) Drepanogynis unilineata (Warren, 1897) Ectropis gozmanyi D. S. Fletcher, 1978 Epigynopteryx maeviaria (Guenée, 1858) Ereunetea reussi Gaede, 1914 Eulycia grisea (Warren, 1897) Horisme pallidimacula Prout, 1925 Idaea angusta (Butler, 1897) Idaea exquisita (Warren, 1897) Idaea lilliputaria (Warren, 1902) Idaea tornivestis (Prout, 1932) Idiodes flexilinea (Warren, 1898) Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1858) Mauna electa Prout, 1917 Nothofidonia irregularis Prout, 1915 Omizodes rubrifasciata (Butler, 1896) Pareclipsis anophthalma Prout, 1916 Petovia marginata Walker, 1854 Piercia prasinaria (Warren, 1901) Pitthea neavei Prout, 1915 Prasinocyma neavei Prout, 1912 Prasinocyma vermicularia (Guenée, 1858) Rhodophthitus roseovittata (Butler, 1895) Rhodophthitus simplex Warren, 1897 Rhodophthitus tricoloraria (Mabille, 1890) Scopula erinaria (Swinhoe, 1904) Scopula internata (Guenée, 1857) Scopula isomala Prout, 1932 Scopula lathraea Prout, 1922 Scopula nigrinotata (Warren, 1897) Scopula oenoloma Prout, 1932 Scopula opicata (Fabricius, 1798) Scopula serena Prout, 1920 Scopula sublobata (Warren, 1898) Scopula supina Prout, 1920 Scotopteryx nictitaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Somatina virginalis Prout, 1917 Syncollesis coerulea (Warren, 1896) Terina circumcincta Prout, 1915 Terina puncticorpus Warren, 1897 Thalassodes albifimbria Warren, 1897 Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Xanthisthisa tarsispina (Warren, 1901) Xanthorhoe exorista Prout, 1922 Xanthorhoe latigrisea (Warren, 1897) Xanthorhoe transjugata Prout, 1923 Zamarada acosmeta Prout, 1921 Zamarada adumbrata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada aequilumata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada bathyscaphes Prout, 1912 Zamarada crystallophana Mabille, 1900 Zamarada denticatella Prout, 1922 Zamarada dentigera Warren, 1909 Zamarada euphrosyne Oberthür, 1912 Zamarada excavata Bethune-Baker, 1913 Zamarada flavicaput Warren, 1901 Zamarada gamma D. S. Fletcher, 1958 Zamarada glareosa Bastelberger, 1909 Zamarada ignicosta Prout, 1912 Zamarada metrioscaphes Prout, 1912 Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897 Zamarada plana Bastelberger, 1909 Zamarada prolata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada purimargo Prout, 1912 Zamarada rufilinearia Swinhoe, 1904 Zamarada scintillans Bastelberger, 1909 Zamarada seydeli D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897
Glyphipterigidae Chrysocentris clavaria Meyrick 1914
Gracillariidae Acrocercops bifasciata (Walsingham, 1891) Africephala timaea (Meyrick, 1914)
Himantopteridae Semioptila dolicholoba Hampson, 1920 Semioptila trogoloba Hampson, 1920
Immidae Imma steganota Meyrick, 1914
Lasiocampidae Bombycopsis metallicus (Distant, 1898) Braura ligniclusa (Walker, 1865) Catalebeda intermedia Aurivillius, 1925 Catalebeda jamesoni (Bethune-Baker, 1908) Cleopatrina phocea (Druce, 1887) Epicnapteroides lobata Strand, 1912 Epitrabala nyassana (Aurivillius, 1909) Eutricha morosa (Walker, 1865) Euwallengrenia reducta (Walker, 1855) Filiola lanceolata (Hering, 1932) Gonometa regia Aurivillius, 1905 Grellada marshalli (Aurivillius, 1902) Lechriolepis pulchra Aurivillius, 1905 Leipoxais philapseudia Hering, 1928 Mallocampa audea (Druce, 1887) Mallocampa cornutiventris Tams, 1929 Marmonna marmorata Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Marmonna murphyi Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Morongea elfiora Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Nirbiana obscura (Hering, 1941) Odontocheilopteryx dollmani Tams, 1930 Odontocheilopteryx pattersoni Tams, 1926 Odontogama superba (Aurivillius, 1914) Pachymeta capreolus Aurivillius, 1914 Pachymetana neavei (Aurivillius, 1915) Pachytrina verba Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 Pallastica mesoleuca (Strand, 1911) Pallastica pyrsocoma (Tams, 1936) Philotherma brunnea (Aurivillius, 1908) Philotherma fusca Aurivillius, 1908 Philotherma media Aurivillius, 1909 Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905 Pseudolyra cervina (Aurivillius, 1905) Stenophatna cymographa (Hampson, 1910) Stenophatna hollandi (Tams, 1929) Stenophatna rothschildi (Tams, 1936) Stoermeriana congoense (Aurivillius, 1908) Stoermeriana distinguenda (Aurivillius, 1905) Stoermeriana fusca (Aurivillius, 1905) Stoermeriana graberi (Dewitz, 1881) Stoermeriana sjostedti (Aurivillius, 1902) Streblote nyassanum (Strand, 1912) Theophasida superba (Aurivillius, 1914) Trabala charon Druce, 1910
Lecithoceridae Timyra aeolocoma Meyrick, 1939
Lemoniidae Sabalia fulleborni Karsch, 1900 Sabalia fulvicincta Hampson, 1901
Limacodidae Afraltha xanthocharis (Clench, 1955) Crothaema gloriosa Hering, 1928 Halseyia rectilinea (Hering, 1937) Latoia albifrons Guérin-Méneville, 1844 Macroplectra flavata West, 1940 Parapluda incincta (Hampson, 1909) Parasa tamara Hering, 1828 Scotinochroa inconsequens Butler, 1897 Taeda gemmans (Felder, 1874) Taeda prasina Butler, 1896 Tryphax incurvata West, 1940
Lymantriidae Aroa discalis Walker, 1855 Barlowia charax (Druce, 1896) Bracharoa charax (Druce, 1896) Bracharoa quadripunctata (Wallengren, 1875) Chrysocyma mesopotamia Hampson, 1905