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There are about 83 known moth species of Liberia. 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 Liberia.

Arctiidae

• Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
• Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901)
• Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901)
• Balacra caeruleifascia Walker, 1856
• Balacra ehrmanni (Holland, 1893)
• Balacra elegans Aurivillius, 1892
• Ceryx hilda (Ehrmann, 1894)
• Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
• Metarctia metaleuca Hampson, 1914
• Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893)
• Neuroxena flammea (Schaus, 1893)
• Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)
• Spilosoma aurantiaca (Holland, 1893)
• Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898)
• Spilosoma sulphurea Bartel, 1903

Cossidae

• Macrocossus caducus Clench, 1959

Drepanidae

• Epicampoptera strandi Bryk, 1913
• Negera bimaculata (Holland, 1893)
• Spidia fenestrata Butler, 1878

Geometridae

• Traminda vividaria (Walker, 1861)
• Zamarada anna D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada antimima D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada bicuspida D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada corroborata Herbulot, 1954
• Zamarada cucharita D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada dolorosa D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada dyscapna D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada eucharis (Drury, 1782)
• Zamarada euphrosyne Oberthür, 1912
• Zamarada ilaria Swinhoe, 1904
• Zamarada indicata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada ixiaria Swinhoe, 1904
• Zamarada leona Gaede, 1915
• Zamarada lepta D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada paxilla D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada perlepidata (Walker, 1863)
• Zamarada platycephala D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada regularis D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada subinterrupta Gaede, 1915

Lasiocampidae

• Cheligium sansei Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• Euphorea ondulosa (Conte, 1909)
• Filiola dogma Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• Gelo jordani (Tams, 1936)
• Gonopacha brotoessa (Holland, 1893)
• Leipoxais siccifolia Aurivillius, 1902
• Mallocampa leucophaea (Holland, 1893)
• Odontocheilopteryx phoneus Hering, 1928
• Pachyna subfascia (Walker, 1855)
• Pachytrina gliharta Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• Pseudometa pagetodes Tams, 1929
• Sonitha libera (Aurivillius, 1914)

Lymantriidae

• Dasychira castor Hering, 1926
• Rahona watsoni Dall'Asta, 1981

Noctuidae

• Achaea ezea (Cramer, 1779)
• Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
• Heraclia geryon (Fabricius, 1781)
• Phaegorista leucomelas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

Notodontidae

• Eurystaura obscura Gaede, 1928
• Tricholoba squalidula Strand, 1911

Psychidae

• Eumeta cervina Druce, 1887
• Eumeta salae Heylaerts, 1884

Pterophoridae

• Agdistis tamaricis (Zeller, 1847)
• Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)

Saturniidae

• Epiphora boolana Strand, 1909

Sphingidae

• Avinoffia hollandi (Clark, 1917)
• Hippotion irregularis (Walker, 1856)
• Lycosphingia hamatus (Dewitz, 1879)
• Nephele discifera Karsch, 1891
• Phylloxiphia bicolor (Rothschild, 1894)
• Phylloxiphia formosa (Schultze, 1914)
• Phylloxiphia goodii (Holland, 1889)
• Phylloxiphia vicina (Rothschild & Jordan, 1915)
• Platysphinx constrigilis (Walker, 1869)
• Polyptychoides digitatus (Karsch, 1891)
• Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1882)
• Polyptychus lapidatus Joicey & Kaye, 1917
• Polyptychus murinus Rothschild, 1904
• Polyptychus paupercula (Holland, 1889)
• Polyptychus trisecta (Aurivillius, 1901)
• Pseudoclanis admatha Pierre, 1985
• Theretra jugurtha (Boisduval, 1875)

Tineidae

• Tinea subalbidella Stainton, 1867

Zygaenidae

• Tascia instructa (Walker, 1854)

See also

• List of butterflies of Liberia

General:

• Wildlife of Liberia

References

External links

• De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.

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