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List of moths of Chad

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List of moths of Chad

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Location of Chad

There are about 50 known moth species in Chad. 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 Chad.

Arctiidae

  • Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864)
  • Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892

Coleophoridae

  • Nasamonica oxymorpha Meyrick, 1922

Geometridae

  • Brachyglossina tibbuana Herbulot, 1965
  • Heterostegane monilifera Prout, 1915
  • Neromia pulvereisparsa (Hampson, 1896)
  • Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858
  • Zamarada minimaria Swinhoe, 1895

Lasiocampidae

  • Pachymetana joiceyi (Tams, 1925)

Metarbelidae

  • Moyencharia mineti Lehmann, 2013
  • Salagena cuprea Gaede, 1929

Noctuidae

  • Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
  • Agrotis sardzeana Brandt, 1941
  • Callhyccoda mirei Herbulot & Viette, 1952
  • Cardepia sociabilis de Graslin, 1850
  • Clytie sancta (Staudinger, 1900)
  • Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
  • Diparopsis watersi (Rothschild, 1901)
  • Eublemma scitula (Rambur, 1833)
  • Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808])
  • Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
  • Heliocheilus confertissima (Walker, 1865)
  • Heliothis peltigera ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
  • Heteropalpia acrosticta (Püngeler, 1904)
  • Metopoceras kneuckeri (Rebel, 1903)
  • Oraesia intrusa (Krüger, 1939)
  • Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858)
  • Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
  • Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Thiacidas kanoensis Hacker & Zilli, 2007

Nolidae

  • Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)

Notodontidae

  • Desmeocraera bitioides (Holland, 1893)

Pterophoridae

  • Hepalastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)
  • Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Pterophorus albidus (Zeller, 1852)
  • Pterophorus candidalis (Walker, 1864)
  • Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)
  • Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Saturniidae

  • Aurivillius xerophilus Rougeot, 1977
  • Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849)
  • Epiphora bauhiniae (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
  • Orthogonioptilum chalix Jordan, 1922
  • Pseudimbrasia deyrollei (J. Thomson, 1858)
  • Pseudobunaea heyeri (Weymer, 1896)

Sphingidae

  • Neopolyptychus prionites (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)

References

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