Moths of Burkina Faso represent about 68 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 Burkina Faso.
Arctiidae
edit- Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)
- Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
- Cyana klausruedigerbecki Karisch, 2005
Lasiocampidae
edit- Euphorea ondulosa (Conte, 1909)
- Morongea elfiora Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
- Odontocheilopteryx haribda Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
- Odontocheilopteryx maculata Aurivillius, 1905
- Odontocheilopteryx pattersoni Tams, 1926
- Opisthodontia afroio Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
- Opisthodontia sidha Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
- Stenophatna hollandi (Tams, 1929)
- Theophasida cardinalli (Tams, 1926)
Lymantriidae
edit- Otroeda hesperia (Cramer, 1779)
Metarbelidae
edit- Moyencharia herhausi Lehmann, 2013
- Moyencharia ochreicosta (Gaede, 1929)
Noctuidae
edit- Abrostola confusa Dufay, 1958
- Achaea mercatoria (Fabricius, 1775)
- Acontia esperiana Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
- Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)
- Acontia nigrimacula Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
- Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
- Argyrogramma signata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Aspidifrontia hemileuca (Hampson, 1909)
- Aspidifrontia villiersi (Laporte, 1972)
- Attatha metaleuca Hampson, 1913
- Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
- Brevipecten confluens Hampson, 1926
- Brevipecten politzari Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
- Cerocala albicornis Berio, 1966
- Cerocala caelata Karsch, 1896
- Chasmina vestae (Guenée, 1852)
- Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
- Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
- Crypsotidia maculifera (Staudinger, 1898)
- Crypsotidia mesosema Hampson, 1913
- Diparopsis watersi (Rothschild, 1901)
- Eublemma ragusana (Freyer, 1844)
- Eublemma tytrocoides Hacker & Hausmann, 2010
- Eutelia polychorda Hampson, 1902
- Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858
- Hypotacha ochribasalis (Hampson, 1896)
- Marathyssa cuneata (Saalmüller, 1891)
- Masalia nubila (Hampson, 1903)
- Parachalciope benitensis (Holland, 1894)
- Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Polytelodes florifera (Walker, 1858)
- Rhabdophera arefacta (Swinhoe, 1884)
- Rhabdophera clathrum (Guenée, 1852)
- Rhabdophera hansali (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Saalmuellerana media (Walker, 1857)
- Tachosa fumata (Wallengren, 1860)
- Thiacidas meii Hacker & Zilli, 2007
- Thiacidas mukim (Berio, 1977)
- Thiacidas politzari Hacker & Zilli, 2010
- Thiacidas stassarti Hacker & Zilli, 2007
- Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)
Nolidae
edit- Xanthodes brunnescens (Pinhey, 1968)
Pyralidae
edit- Lepipaschia limbata Shaffer & Solis, 1994
Saturniidae
edit- Gynanisa jama Rebel, 1915
- Holocerina angulata (Aurivillius, 1893)
- Holocerina istsariensis Stoneham, 1962
- Micragone rougeriei Bouyer, 2008
- Usta terpsichore (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
Sphingidae
edit- Ceridia heuglini (C. & R. Felder, 1874)