There are about 760 known moth species of Malawi. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera. They are listed alphabetically by family.

This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Malawi.

Adelidae

• Ceromitia glandularis Meyrick, 1908

Anomoeotidae

• Thermochrous exigua Talbot, 1932
• Thermochrous melanoneura Hampson, 1920

Arctiidae

• Acantharctia aurivillii Bartel, 1903
• Acantharctia lacteata Rothschild, 1933
• Acantharctia nigrivena Rothschild, 1935
• Acantharctia tenuifasciata Hampson, 1910
• Acanthofrontia dicycla Hampson, 1918
• Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855)
• Agylla complanodes Hampson, 1901
• Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)
• Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
• Amata cerbera (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Amata ceres (Oberthür, 1878)
• Amerila affinis (Rothschild, 1910)
• Amerila bubo (Walker, 1855)
• Amerila carneola (Hampson, 1916)
• Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793)
• Amphicallia bellatrix (Dalman, 1823)
• Amphicallia thelwalli (Druce, 1882)
• Amsacta grammiphlebia Hampson, 1901
• Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933
• Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855
• Anaemosia albida Hampson, 1918
• Apisa grisescens (Dufrane, 1945)
• Apisa rendalli Rothschild, 1910
• Apothosia conformis Hampson, 1918
• Archilema uelleburgensis (Strand, 1912)
• Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)
• Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847)
• Argina leonina (Walker, 1865)
• Binna penicillata Walker, 1865
• Carcinopodia furcifasciata (Butler, 1895)
• Caripodia consimilis Hampson, 1918
• Ctenosia nephelistis Hampson, 1918
• Cyana nyasica (Hampson, 1918)
• Cyana pretoriae (Distant, 1897)
• Cyana rejecta (Walker, 1854)
• Eilema albuliferella Strand, 1922
• Eilema aurantisquamata (Hampson, 1918)
• Eilema nebuliferella Strand, 1922
• Eilema sanguicosta (Hampson, 1901)
• Estigmene trivitta (Walker, 1855)
• Eurozonosia atricincta Hampson, 1918
• Eurozonosia inconstans (Butler, 1896)
• Eyralpenus diplosticta (Hampson, 1900)
• Eyralpenus inconspicua (Rothschild, 1910)
• Eyralpenus melanocera (Hampson, 1916)
• Galtara aurivilii (Pagenstecher, 1901)
• Galtara doriae (Oberthür, 1880)
• Ilemodes heterogyna Hampson, 1900
• Ischnarctia brunnescens Bartel, 1903
• Karschiola holoclera (Karsch, 1894)
• Lepidilema unipectinata Aurivillius, 1910
• Lepista pandula (Boisduval, 1847)
• Macrosia chalybeata Hampson, 1901
• Metarctia collocalia Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia hebenoides (Kiriakoff, 1973)
• Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
• Metarctia rubra (Walker, 1856)
• Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
• Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)
• Nyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904)
• Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857
• Ochrota nyassa (Strand, 1912)
• Paralacydes ramosa (Hampson, 1907)
• Pelosia plumosa (Mabille, 1900)
• Poecilarctia venata Aurivillius, 1921
• Pseudlepista holoxantha Hampson, 1918
• Pseudmelisa rubrosignata Kiriakoff, 1957
• Pusiola holoxantha (Hampson, 1918)
• Pusiola nyassana (Strand, 1912)
• Pusiola ochreata (Hampson, 1901)
• Secusio mania Druce, 1887
• Secusio strigata Walker, 1854
• Spilosoma baxteri (Rothschild, 1910)
• Spilosoma bipartita Rothschild, 1933
• Spilosoma karschi Bartel, 1903
• Spilosoma lineata Walker, 1855
• Spilosoma nigrocastanea (Rothschild, 1917)
• Spilosoma nyasana Rothschild, 1933
• Spilosoma nyasica (Hampson, 1911)
• Stenilema aurantiaca Hampson, 1909
• Stenilema subaurantiaca Strand, 1912
• Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900
• Teracotona mirabilis Bartel, 1903
• Teracotona trifasciata Bartel, 1903
• Thumatha inconstans (Butler, 1897)
• Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878
• Thyrogonia cyaneotincta Hampson, 1918
• Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Coleophoridae

• Holcocera lignyodes (Meyrick, 1914)

Cosmopterigidae

• Macrobathra proxena Meyrick, 1914

Cossidae

• Alophonotus rauana
• Azygophleps inclusa (Walker, 1856)
• Brachylia nussi Yakovlev, 2011
• Eulophonotus stephania
• Macrocossus grebennikovi Yakovlev, 2013
• Meharia murphyi Yakovlev, 2013
• Oreocossus occidentalis
• Phragmataecia innominata Dalla Torre, 1923
• Phragmataecia irrorata Hampson, 1910
• Strigocossus elephas Yakovlev, 2013
• Strigocossus moderatus (Walker, 1856)
• Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856)
• Xyleutes stephania (Druce, 1887)

Crambidae

• Adelpherupa albescens Hampson, 1919
• Adelpherupa flavescens Hampson, 1919
• Agathodes musivalis Guenée, 1854
• Aurotalis delicatalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Bissetia poliella (Hampson, 1919)
• Cadarena sinuata (Fabricius, 1781)
• Calamoschoena stictalis Hampson, 1919
• Charltona atrifascialis Hampson, 1919
• Chilo argyropasta (Hampson, 1919)
• Chilo costifusalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Chilo orichalcociliella (Strand, 1911)
• Classeya bicuspidalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Conotalis nigroradians (Mabille, 1900)
• Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875)
• Crambus brachiiferus Hampson, 1919
• Crambus brunneisquamatus Hampson, 1919
• Crambus diarhabdellus Hampson, 1919
• Crambus microstrigatus Hampson, 1919
• Crambus monostictus Hampson, 1919
• Crambus neurellus Hampson, 1919
• Crambus vittiterminellus Hampson, 1919
• Donacoscaptes flavilinealis (Hampson, 1919)
• Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973
• Haimbachia rufifusalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Haimbachia rufistrigalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Heliothela ophideresana (Walker, 1863)
• Nomophila noctuella (, 1775)
• Orphanostigma excisa (Martin, 1956)
• Orphanostigma fervidalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Ostrinia erythrialis (Hampson, 1913)
• Parancyla argyrothysana Hampson, 1919
• Parapoynx stagnalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Parerupa undilinealis (Hampson, 1919)
• Patissa fulvicepsalis Hampson, 1919
• Patissa geminalis Hampson, 1919
• Patissa rubrilinealis Hampson, 1919
• Patissa termipunctalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Prionotalis peracutella Hampson, 1919
• Prochoristis calamochroa (Hampson, 1919)
• Pyrausta distictalis Hampson, 1918
• Sebrus perdentellus (Hampson, 1919)

Drepanidae

• Gonoreta subtilis (Bryk, 1913)
• Negera unispinosa Watson, 1965

Elachistidae

• Elachista chelonitis Meyrick, 1909
• Elachista semophanta Meyrick, 1914

Eupterotidae

• Hibrildes crawshayi Butler, 1896
• Hibrildes norax Druce, 1887
• Hoplojana tripunctata (Aurivillius, 1897)
• Janomima dannfelti (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Stenoglene bipunctatus (Aurivillius, 1909)
• Stenoglene obtusus (Walker, 1864)
• Stenoglene roseus (Druce, 1886)

Geometridae

• Acollesis mimetica Prout, 1915
• Antozola dislocata Herbulot, 1992
• Asthenotricha serraticornis Warren, 1902
• Biston stringeri (Prout, 1938)
• Callioratis abraxas Felder, 1874
• Cartaletis libyssa (Hopffer, 1857)
• Cartaletis nigricosta (Prout, 1916)
• Chiasmia getula (Wallengren, 1872)
• Chiasmia inconspicua (Warren, 1897)
• Chiasmia infabricata (Prout, 1934)
• Chiasmia johnstoni (Butler, 1893)
• Chiasmia kilimanjarensis (Holland, 1892)
• Chiasmia majestica (Warren, 1901)
• Chiasmia parallacta (Warren, 1897)
• Chiasmia procidata (Guenée, 1858)
• Chiasmia rhabdophora (Holland, 1892)
• Chiasmia subcurvaria (Mabille, 1897)
• Chiasmia umbratilis (Butler, 1875)
• Chloroclystis consocer Prout, 1937
• Chloroclystis muscosa (Warren, 1902)
• Chrysocraspeda zombensis (Prout, 1932)
• Cleora munda (Warren, 1899)
• Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967
• Cleora thyris D. S. Fletcher, 1967
• Cophophlebia olivata Warren, 1897
• Derambila delostigma Prout, 1915
• Derambila hyperphyes (Prout, 1911)
• Dithecodes ornithospila (Prout, 1911)
• Drepanogynis unilineata (Warren, 1897)
• Ectropis gozmanyi D. S. Fletcher, 1978
• Epigynopteryx maeviaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Ereunetea reussi Gaede, 1914
• Eulycia grisea (Warren, 1897)
• Horisme pallidimacula Prout, 1925
• Idaea angusta (Butler, 1897)
• Idaea exquisita (Warren, 1897)
• Idaea lilliputaria (Warren, 1902)
• Idaea tornivestis (Prout, 1932)
• Idiodes flexilinea (Warren, 1898)
• Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Mauna electa Prout, 1917
• Nothofidonia irregularis Prout, 1915
• Omizodes rubrifasciata (Butler, 1896)
• Pareclipsis anophthalma Prout, 1916
• Petovia marginata Walker, 1854
• Piercia prasinaria (Warren, 1901)
• Pitthea neavei Prout, 1915
• Prasinocyma neavei Prout, 1912
• Prasinocyma vermicularia (Guenée, 1858)
• Rhodophthitus roseovittata (Butler, 1895)
• Rhodophthitus simplex Warren, 1897
• Rhodophthitus tricoloraria (Mabille, 1890)
• Scopula erinaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
• Scopula internata (Guenée, 1857)
• Scopula isomala Prout, 1932
• Scopula lathraea Prout, 1922
• Scopula nigrinotata (Warren, 1897)
• Scopula oenoloma Prout, 1932
• Scopula opicata (Fabricius, 1798)
• Scopula serena Prout, 1920
• Scopula sublobata (Warren, 1898)
• Scopula supina Prout, 1920
• Scotopteryx nictitaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
• Somatina virginalis Prout, 1917
• Syncollesis coerulea (Warren, 1896)
• Terina circumcincta Prout, 1915
• Terina puncticorpus Warren, 1897
• Thalassodes albifimbria Warren, 1897
• Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858
• Xanthisthisa tarsispina (Warren, 1901)
• Xanthorhoe exorista Prout, 1922
• Xanthorhoe latigrisea (Warren, 1897)
• Xanthorhoe transjugata Prout, 1923
• Zamarada acosmeta Prout, 1921
• Zamarada adumbrata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada aequilumata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada bathyscaphes Prout, 1912
• Zamarada crystallophana Mabille, 1900
• Zamarada denticatella Prout, 1922
• Zamarada dentigera Warren, 1909
• Zamarada euphrosyne Oberthür, 1912
• Zamarada excavata Bethune-Baker, 1913
• Zamarada flavicaput Warren, 1901
• Zamarada gamma D. S. Fletcher, 1958
• Zamarada glareosa Bastelberger, 1909
• Zamarada ignicosta Prout, 1912
• Zamarada metrioscaphes Prout, 1912
• Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897
• Zamarada plana Bastelberger, 1909
• Zamarada prolata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada purimargo Prout, 1912
• Zamarada rufilinearia Swinhoe, 1904
• Zamarada scintillans Bastelberger, 1909
• Zamarada seydeli D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897

Glyphipterigidae

• Chrysocentris clavaria Meyrick 1914

Gracillariidae

• Acrocercops bifasciata (Walsingham, 1891)
• Africephala timaea (Meyrick, 1914)

Himantopteridae

• Semioptila dolicholoba Hampson, 1920
• Semioptila trogoloba Hampson, 1920

Immidae

• Imma steganota Meyrick, 1914

Lasiocampidae

• Bombycopsis metallicus (Distant, 1898)
• Braura ligniclusa (Walker, 1865)
• Catalebeda intermedia Aurivillius, 1925
• Catalebeda jamesoni (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
• Cleopatrina phocea (Druce, 1887)
• Epicnapteroides lobata Strand, 1912
• Epitrabala nyassana (Aurivillius, 1909)
• Eutricha morosa (Walker, 1865)
• Euwallengrenia reducta (Walker, 1855)
• Filiola lanceolata (Hering, 1932)
• Gonometa regia Aurivillius, 1905
• Grellada marshalli (Aurivillius, 1902)
• Lechriolepis pulchra Aurivillius, 1905
• Leipoxais philapseudia Hering, 1928
• Mallocampa audea (Druce, 1887)
• Mallocampa cornutiventris Tams, 1929
• Marmonna marmorata Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
• Marmonna murphyi Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
• Morongea elfiora Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
• Nirbiana obscura (Hering, 1941)
• Odontocheilopteryx dollmani Tams, 1930
• Odontocheilopteryx pattersoni Tams, 1926
• Odontogama superba (Aurivillius, 1914)
• Pachymeta capreolus Aurivillius, 1914
• Pachymetana neavei (Aurivillius, 1915)
• Pachytrina verba Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• Pallastica mesoleuca (Strand, 1911)
• Pallastica pyrsocoma (Tams, 1936)
• Philotherma brunnea (Aurivillius, 1908)
• Philotherma fusca Aurivillius, 1908
• Philotherma media Aurivillius, 1909
• Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905
• Pseudolyra cervina (Aurivillius, 1905)
• Stenophatna cymographa (Hampson, 1910)
• Stenophatna hollandi (Tams, 1929)
• Stenophatna rothschildi (Tams, 1936)
• Stoermeriana congoense (Aurivillius, 1908)
• Stoermeriana distinguenda (Aurivillius, 1905)
• Stoermeriana fusca (Aurivillius, 1905)
• Stoermeriana graberi (Dewitz, 1881)
• Stoermeriana sjostedti (Aurivillius, 1902)
• Streblote nyassanum (Strand, 1912)
• Theophasida superba (Aurivillius, 1914)
• Trabala charon Druce, 1910

Lecithoceridae

• Timyra aeolocoma Meyrick, 1939

Lemoniidae

• Sabalia fulleborni Karsch, 1900
• Sabalia fulvicincta Hampson, 1901

Limacodidae

• Afraltha xanthocharis (Clench, 1955)
• Crothaema gloriosa Hering, 1928
• Halseyia rectilinea (Hering, 1937)
• Latoia albifrons Guérin-Méneville, 1844
• Macroplectra flavata West, 1940
• Parapluda incincta (Hampson, 1909)
• Parasa tamara Hering, 1828
• Scotinochroa inconsequens Butler, 1897
• Taeda gemmans (Felder, 1874)
• Taeda prasina Butler, 1896
• Tryphax incurvata West, 1940

Lymantriidae

• Aroa discalis Walker, 1855
• Barlowia charax (Druce, 1896)
• Bracharoa charax (Druce, 1896)
• Bracharoa quadripunctata (Wallengren, 1875)
• Chrysocyma mesopotamia Hampson, 1905
• Cropera stilpnaroma Hering, 1926
• Crorema fulvinotata (Butler, 1893)
• Dasychira ophthalmodes Hering, 1926
• Euproctis bigutta Holland, 1893
• Euproctis crocata (Boisduval, 1847)
• Euproctis crocosticta Hampson, 1905
• Euproctis neavei Tams, 1924
• Euproctis pallida (Kirby, 1896)
• Euproctis terminalis (Walker, 1854)
• Euproctoides acrisia Plötz, 1880
• Heteronygmia dissimilis Aurivillius, 1910
• Homochira rendalli (Distant, 1897)
• Hyaloperina vitrina Hering, 1926
• Lacipa bizonoides Butler, 1893
• Lacipa gracilis Hopffer, 1857
• Laelia curvivirgata Karsch, 1895
• Laelia municipalis Distant, 1897
• Lepidolacipa venosata Hering, 1926
• Leptaroa ochricoloria Strand, 1911
• Leptaroa paupera Hering, 1926
• Ogoa neavei Rothschild, 1916
• Otroeda aino (Bryk, 1915)
• Pirgula atrinotata (Butler, 1897)
• Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855
• Pteredoa usebia (Swinhoe, 1903)
• Stilpnaroma venosa Hering, 1926
• Stracena bananae (Butler, 1897)

Metarbelidae

• Arbelodes claudiae Lehmann, 2010
• Kroonia murphyi Lehmann, 2010
• Kroonia natalica (Hampson, 1910)
• Metarbela bipuncta Hampson, 1920
• Metarbela dialeuca Hampson, 1910
• Metarbela erecta Gaede, 1929
• Metarbela vaualba Hampson, 1920
• Ortharbela bisinuata (Hampson, 1920)
• Ortharbela minima (Hampson, 1920)
• Salagena albicilia Hampson, 1920
• Salagena violetta Gaede, 1929
• Teragra tristicha Hampson, 1920

Noctuidae

• Aburina coerulescens Hampson, 1926
• Aburina poliophaea Hampson, 1926
• Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
• Achaea ferreotincta Hampson, 1918
• Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
• Achaea rothkirchi (Strand, 1914)
• Acontia hampsoni Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Acontia leucotrigona (Hampson, 1905)
• Acontia nephele Hampson, 1911
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