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Location of Burkina Faso
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
Lasiocampidae
Lymantriidae
Metarbelidae
Noctuidae
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
Pyralidae
Saturniidae
Sphingidae
References
External links
List of moths of Africa
Sovereign states States with limited recognition
Dependencies and other territories