List of moths of Nigeria

Location of Nigeria

Moths of Nigeria represent about 1,400 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 from Nigeria.

Anomoeotidae

Arctiidae

Bombycidae

Brahmaeidae

Choreutidae

Cosmopterigidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Drepanidae

Eupterotidae

Gelechiidae

Geometridae

Gracillariidae

Himantopteridae

Lasiocampidae

Limacodidae

Lymantriidae

Metarbelidae

Micronoctuidae

Noctuidae

Nolidae

Notodontidae

Oecophoridae

Pantheidae

Psychidae

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Saturniidae

Sesiidae

Sphingidae

Thyrididae

Tineidae

Tortricidae

Uraniidae

Zygaenidae

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