Benin moths represent about 25 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 Benin.
Anomoeotidae Anomoeotes infuscata Talbot, 1929
Alucitidae Alucita chloracta (Meyrick, 1908)
Arctiidae Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901) Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901) Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)
Cossidae Phragmataecia psyche (Le Cerf, 1919)
Crambidae Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798)
Geometridae Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897
Gracillariidae Acrocercops hedymopa Turner, 1913
Noctuidae Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836 Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773) Metagarista maenas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853) Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)
Notodontidae Epicerura tamsi Kiriakoff, 1963 Pseudoscrancia africana (Holland, 1893)
Saturniidae Aurivillius horsini Bouvier, 1927 Imbrasia obscura (Butler, 1878) Nudaurelia eblis Strecker, 1876 Nudaurelia emini (Butler, 1888)
Sesiidae Tipulamima sexualis (Hampson, 1910) Trichocerata bicolor (Le Cerf, 1917)
Tineidae Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917) Syncalipsis typhodes (Meyrick, 1917) Tiquadra cultrifera Meyrick, 1914
Tortricidae Rubrograptis recrudescentia Razowski, 1981 Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick, 1913)
References
External links AfroMoths