List of moths of Nigeria

There are about 1400 known moth species of Nigeria. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Location of Nigeria

This is a list of moth species which have been recorded from Nigeria.

Anomoeotidae edit

Arctiidae edit

Bombycidae edit

Brahmaeidae edit

Choreutidae edit

Cosmopterigidae edit

Cossidae edit

Crambidae edit

Drepanidae edit

Eupterotidae edit

Gelechiidae edit

Geometridae edit

Gracillariidae edit

Himantopteridae edit

Lasiocampidae edit

Limacodidae edit

Lymantriidae edit

Metarbelidae edit

Micronoctuidae edit

Noctuidae edit

Nolidae edit

Notodontidae edit

Oecophoridae edit

Pantheidae edit

Psychidae edit

Pterophoridae edit

Pyralidae edit

Saturniidae edit

Sesiidae edit

Sphingidae edit

Thyrididae edit

Tineidae edit

Tortricidae edit

Uraniidae edit

Zygaenidae edit

References edit

External links edit

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