There are about 300 known moth species of the Gambia . The moths (mostly nocturnal ) and butterflies (mostly diurnal ) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera .
Location of the Gambia This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in the Gambia .
Acantharctia mundata (Walker, 1865) Acanthofrontia atricosta Hampson, 1918 Aloa moloneyi (Druce, 1887) Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781) Amata tomasina (Butler, 1876) Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887) Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847) Argina leonina (Walker, 1865) Binna scita (Walker, 1865) Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 Cyana rejecta (Walker, 1854) Estigmene unilinea Rothschild, 1910 Euchromia guineensis (Fabricius, 1775) Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775) Logunovium nigricosta (Holland, 1893) Madagascarctia madagascariensis (Butler, 1882) Oedaleosia nigricosta Hampson, 1900 Poliosia albida Hampson, 1914 Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856) Spilosoma crossi (Rothschild, 1910) Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855 Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898) Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863 Trichaeta bivittata (Walker, 1864) Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bocchoris inspersalis (Zeller, 1852) Cadarena sinuata (Fabricius, 1781) Calamotropha discellus (Walker, 1863) Charltona albimixtalis Hampson, 1919 Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Conotalis aurantifascia (Hampson, 1895) Diaphana indica (Saunders, 1851) Dysallacta negatalis (Walker, 1859) Glyphodes stolalis Guenée, 1854 Haimbachia proalbivenalis (Błeszyński, 1961) Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775) Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée, 1854) Nausinoe geometralis (Guenée, 1854) Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Notarcha cassualis (Walker, 1859) Palpita claralis (Walker, 1865) Palpita elealis (Walker, 1859) Palpita unionalis (Hübner, 1796) Pleuroptya aegrotalis (Zeller, 1852) Sceliodes laisalis (Walker, 1859) Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775) Stemorrhages sericea (Drury, 1773) Syllepte ovialis (Walker, 1859) Syllepte sarronalis (Walker, 1859) Zebronia phenice (Cramer, 1780)
Anarsia agricola Walsingham, 1891 Anarsia inculta Walsingham, 1891 Brachmia septella (Zeller, 1852) Dactylethrella bryophilella (Walsingham, 1891) Dichomeris marginata (Walsingham, 1891) Dichomeris marmoratus (Walsingham, 1891) Onebala zulu (Walsingham, 1881) Polyhymno cleodorella Walsingham, 1891 Prasodryas fracticostella (Walsingham, 1891) Thiotricha tenuis (Walsingham, 1891) Tricyanaula metallica (Walsingham, 1891)
Aphilopota otoessa Prout, 1954 Chiasmia amarata (Guenée, 1858) Chiasmia angolaria (Snellen, 1872) Chiasmia rectistriaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Chiasmia semitecta (Walker, 1861) Comibaena leucospilata (Walker, 1863) Comostolopsis stillata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Erastria leucicolor (Butler, 1875) Melinoessa fulvata (Drury, 1773) Neromia enotes Prout, 1917 Orbamia octomaculata (Wallengren, 1872) Orbamia renimacula (Prout, 1926) Pingasa lahayei (Oberthür, 1887) Pingasa rhadamaria (Guenée, 1858) Scopula internata (Guenée, 1857) Scopula lactaria (Walker, 1861) Scopula latitans Prout, 1920 Victoria perornata Warren, 1898 Zamarada clavigera D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada dilucida Warren, 1909 Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897 Zamarada phrontisaria Swinhoe, 1904
Leipoxais directa (Walker, 1865) Pachytrina honrathii (Dewitz, 1881) Philotherma unicolor (Walker, 1855)
Aroa discalis Walker, 1855 Crorema mentiens Walker, 1855 Dasychira pytna (Druce, 1898) Dasychira remota Druce, 1887 Euproctis crocata (Boisduval, 1847) Euproctis producta (Walker, 1863) Euproctis pygmaea (Walker, 1855) Euproctoides acrisia Plötz, 1880 Laelia subrosea (Walker, 1855) Naroma varipes (Walker, 1865) Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855
Acanthodelta janata (Linnaeus, 1758) Achaea albicilia (Walker, 1858) Achaea ezea (Cramer, 1779) Achaea illustrata Walker, 1858 Achaea mormoides Walker, 1858 Acontia basifera Walker, 1857 Acontia citrelinea Bethune-Baker, 1911 Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856 Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857) Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856 Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856 Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836 Agrotis biconica Kollar, 1844 Amyna axis Guenée, 1852 Anoba remota (Druce, 1887) Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833) Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Aspidifrontia hemileuca (Hampson, 1909) Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005 Bareia incidens Walker, 1858 Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858]) Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773) Cyligramma fluctuosa (Drury, 1773) Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775) Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Dysgonia arcifera (Druce, 1912) Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852) Entomogramma mediocris Walker, 1865 Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875) Ericeia congregata (Walker, 1858) Ericeia sobria Walker, 1858 Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767) Eulocastra monozona Hampson, 1910 Eutelia callichroma (Distant, 1901) Eutelia violescens (Hampson, 1912) Godasa sidae (Fabricius, 1793) Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775) Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775) Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852) Heliophisma klugii (Boisduval, 1833) Herpeperas rudis (Walker, 1865) Hypena jussalis Walker, 1859 Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859] Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Janseodes melanospila (Guenée, 1852) Leucania insulicola Guenée, 1852 Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827) Masalia albiseriata (Druce, 1903) Masalia decorata (Moore, 1881) Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856) Masalia nubila (Hampson, 1903) Masalia terracottoides (Rothschild, 1921) Mentaxya rimosa (Guenée, 1852) Miniodes discolor Guenée, 1852 Misa memnonia Karsch, 1895 Mitrophrys magna (Walker, 1854) Mitrophrys menete (Cramer, 1775) Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833) Ophiusa subdiversa (L. B. Prout, 1919) Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794) Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852 Plecoptera reversa (Walker, 1865) Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833 Polytelodes florifera (Walker, 1858) Rhabdophera clathrum (Guenée, 1852) Rhynchina leucodonta Hampson, 1910 Rhynchina tinctalis (Zeller, 1852) Serrodes nigha Guenée, 1852 Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777) Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852 Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857) Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833) Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803]) Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
Characoma ferrigrisea (Hampson, 1905) Leocyma camilla (Druce, 1887) Lophocrama phoenicochlora Hampson, 1912 Neaxestis mesogonia (Hampson, 1905) Negeta luminosa (Walker, 1858) Neonegeta zelia (Druce, 1887) Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837) Selepa leucogonia (Hampson, 1905) Selepa violascens Hampson, 1912
Anaphe panda (Boisduval, 1847) Antheua simplex Walker, 1855 Desmeocraera latex (Druce, 1901) Epanaphe carteri (Walsingham, 1885) Epanaphe moloneyi (Druce, 1887) Tricholoba carteri (Druce, 1887)
Stathmopoda auriferella (Walker, 1864) Stathmopoda crassella Walsingham, 1891 Stathmopoda maculata Walsingham, 1891
Eumeta cervina Druce, 1887
Cirina forda (Westwood, 1849) Epiphora bauhiniae (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) Imbrasia obscura (Butler, 1878) Ludia orinoptena Karsch, 1892 Tagoropsis flavinata (Walker, 1865)
Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758) Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758) Basiothia medea (Fabricius, 1781) Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771) Coelonia solani (Boisduval, 1833) Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758) Hippotion balsaminae (Walker, 1856) Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) Hippotion eson (Cramer, 1779) Hippotion osiris (Dalman, 1823) Leucostrophus alterhirundo d'Abrera, 1987 Lophostethus dumolinii (Angas, 1849) Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821) Nephele aequivalens (Walker, 1856) Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857 Nephele funebris (Fabricius, 1793) Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776) Nephele rosae Butler, 1875 Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856) Rufoclanis rosea (Druce, 1882) Temnora livida (Holland, 1889) Temnora scitula (Holland, 1889)
Autochthonus chalybiellus Walsingham, 1891 Dasyses rugosella (Stainton, 1859) Monopis monachella (Hübner, 1796) Oxymachaeris niveocervina Walsingham, 1891 Phereoeca praecox Gozmány & Vári, 1973 Phereoeca proletaria (Meyrick, 1921) Sphallestasis creagra (Gozmány, 1968) Sphallestasis cristata (Gozmány, 1967) Tinea atomosella Walker, 1863 Tinea taedia Gozmány, 1968 Tinea translucens Meyrick, 1917 Trichophaga mormopis Meyrick, 1935
Ancylis falcata (Walsingham, 1891) Ancylis oculifera (Walsingham, 1891) Bactra bactrana (Kennel, 1901) Bactra endea Diakonoff, 1963 Choristoneura occidentalis (Walsingham, 1891) Dichrorampha excisa Walsingham, 1891 Eccopsis incultana (Walker, 1863) Eccopsis nebulana Walsingham, 1891 Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852 Grapholita dimidiata (Walsingham, 1891) Panegyra flavicostana (Walsingham, 1891) Paraeccopsis insellata (Meyrick, 1920) Phaecasiophora basicornis Walsingham, 1891 Phaecasiophora variabilis Walsingham, 1891 Pseudeboda gambiae Razowski, 1964 Sanguinograptis albardana (Snellen, 1872) Syricoris apicipunctana (Walsingham, 1891)
Dissoprumna erycinaria (Guenée, 1857)
Atteva carteri (Walsingham, 1891) 
