List of moths of Ghana

Location of Ghana

Moths of Ghana represent about 830 known moth species. 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 Ghana.

Anomoeotidae

Arctiidae

Copromorphidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Drepanidae

Elachistidae

Eupterotidae

Gelechiidae

Geometridae

Gracillariidae

Lasiocampidae

Limacodidae

Lymantriidae

Metarbelidae

Synonyms of *Moyencharia ochreicosta (Gaede, 1929): 1. *Teragra basiplaga Gaede, 1929 2. *Teragra fuscoradiata Gaede, 1929 3. *Teragra ochreicosta Gaede, 1929

Noctuidae

Nolidae

Notodontidae

Psychidae

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Saturniidae

Sesiidae

Sphingidae

Thyrididae

Tineidae

Tortricidae

Uraniidae

Xyloryctidae

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