Moths of Senegal represent about 190 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 Senegal.
Arctiidae
Acantharctia lacteata Rothschild, 1933
Acantharctia nivea Aurivillius, 1900
Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855) Aloa moloneyi (Druce, 1887) Alpenus affiniola (Strand, 1919) Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781) Amata lateralis (Boisduval, 1836) Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887) Amerila pannosa (Grünberg, 1908) Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793) Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880 Apisa subcanescens Rothschild, 1910 Automolis subulva (Mabille, 1884) Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865) Estigmene flaviceps Hampson, 1907 Estigmene laglaizei Rothschild, 1910 Estigmene senegalensis Rothschild, 1933 Estigmene testaceoflava Rothschild, 1933 Estigmene unilinea Rothschild, 1910 Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775) Logunovium nigricosta (Holland, 1893) Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860) Spilosoma castelli Rothschild, 1933 Spilosoma occidens (Rothschild, 1910) Spilosoma quadrilunata (Hampson, 1901) Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898) Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Teracotona senegalensis Rothschild, 1933 Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878 Trichaeta parva Aurivillius, 1910 Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cosmopterigidae
Anatrachyntis risbeci (Ghesquière, 1940) Cosmopterix luteoapicalis Sinev, 2002
Cossidae
Azygophleps psyche Le Cerf, 1919
Eremocossus senegalensis Le Cerf, 1919
Crambidae
Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973
Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Synclera traducalis (Zeller, 1852)
Drepanidae
Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874)
Geometridae
Erastria albosignata (Walker, 1863) Euproutia aggravaria (Guenée, 1858) Idaea prionodonta (Prout, 1932) Isturgia inaequivirgaria (Mabille, 1890) Neromia propinquilinea Prout, 1920 Orbamia octomaculata (Wallengren, 1872) Orbamia renimacula (Prout, 1926) Scopula paradelpharia Prout, 1920 Thalassodes albifimbria Warren, 1897 Zamarada acrochra Prout, 1928 Zamarada anacantha D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada bicuspida D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada crystallophana Mabille, 1900 Zamarada dilucida Warren, 1909 Zamarada emaciata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada euerces Prout, 1928 Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897 Zygophyxia relictata (Walker, 1866)
Gracillariidae
Stomphastis thraustica (Meyrick, 1908)
Lasiocampidae
Beralade bistrigata Strand, 1909
Chrysopsyche imparilis Aurivillius, 1905
Euphorea ondulosa (Conte, 1909) Lasiocampa bilineata (Mabille, 1884) Leipoxais proboscidea (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Mimopacha rotundata Hering, 1941 Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Streblote bakeri (Riel, 1911) Theophasida cardinalli (Tams, 1926)
Lecithoceridae
Torodora hybrista (Meyrick, 1922)
Limacodidae
Latoia colini Mabille, 1881
Latoia privativa Hering, 1928
Lymantriidae
Aroa achrodisca Hampson, 1910
Dasychira colini (Mabille, 1893)
Metarbelidae
Kroonia carteri Lehmann, 2010
Lebedodes wichgrafi (Grünberg, 1910) Salagena discata Gaede, 1929 Salagena inversa Gaede, 1929 Salagena nigropuncta Le Cerf, 1919