| Mlawula Nature Reserve - Moths |
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(Information from reserve checklist compiled by Neville Duke. )
Status:
- C = common throughout
- LC = locally common
- S = scarce (only a few specimens taken)
- R = rare (only one or two specimens ever taken)
| Arctiidae |
| Amerila affinis |
C |
| Paralacydes arborifera |
S |
| Saenura flava |
C |
| Lithosia natara |
C |
| Utetheisa pulchella |
C |
| Secusio pustularia |
C |
| Psephea speciosa |
C |
| Ethmiidae |
| Ethmia sabiella |
C |
| Eupterotidae |
| Poloma angulata |
C |
| Hemijana variagata |
LC |
| Hyblaeidae |
| Hyblaea fontainei |
C |
| Lasiocampidae |
| Bombycopsis indecora |
C |
| Philotherma rosa |
C |
| Braura truncata |
C |
| Limacodidae |
| Neogavara imitans |
C |
| Latoia latistriga |
C |
| Sena prompta |
LC |
| Lymantriidae |
| Aroa discalis |
C |
| Laelia extatura |
C |
| Naroma varipes |
C |
| Saturniidae |
| Gynanisa maja |
C |
| Sphingidae |
| Acherontia atropos |
C |
| Theretra capensis |
C |
| Hippotion celerio |
C |
| Nephele comma |
C |
| Agrius convolvuli |
C |
| Cephonodoes hylas virescens |
C |
| Hyles lineata livornica |
C |
| Euchloron magaera |
S |
| Coelonia mauritii |
C |
| Basiotha medea |
C |
| Daphnis nerii |
C |
| Hippotion osiris |
C |
| Pseudoclanis postica |
C |
| Macroglossum trochilus |
C |
| Thyretidae |
| Apisa canescens |
C |
| Syntomis kuhlweni |
C |
| Pseudonaclia puella |
C |
| Automolis rufescens |
C |
| Yponomeutidae |
| Yponomeuta strigillata |
C |
| Zygaenidae |
| Arniocera auriguttata |
C |
| Epiplemidae |
| Leucoplema dohertyi |
C |
| Geometridae |
| Xylopteryx arcuata |
C |
| Macaria assimilis |
C |
| Scopula begeminata |
S |
| Cerurographa bistonica |
LC |
| Macaria brongusaria |
C |
| Tephrina catalaunaria |
C |
| Heterorachis devocata |
C |
| Zamarada differens |
C |
| Zeuctoboarmia hyrax |
C |
| Prasinocyma immaculata |
C |
| Tephrina inconspicuaria |
C |
| Lomagrapha indularia |
C |
| Prasinocyma inversicaulis |
C |
| Petrodava leucicolor |
C |
| Comibaena leucospilata |
C |
| Chloroclystis lita |
C |
| Scopula minorata |
C |
| Macaria multistigata |
C |
| Orbamia octomaculata |
LC |
| Zamarada plana plana |
LC |
| Omphax plantaria |
C |
| Macaria procidata |
C |
| Coleocleora proximaria |
C |
| Psilocerea pulverosa |
C |
| Zamarada pulverosa |
C |
| Ozola pulverulenta |
R |
| Idaea purpurascens |
LC |
| Ascotis reciprocaria |
C |
| Celidomphax rubrimaculata |
S |
| Rhodometria sacraria |
C |
| Macaria sororcula |
C |
| Comostolopsis stillata |
C |
| Macaria streniata |
C |
| Chionopora tarachodes |
R |
| Noctuidae |
| Spodoptera abyssinia |
C |
| Hypaena abyssinialis |
C |
| Eublemma anachoresis |
C |
| Caranilla angularis |
C |
| Trichoplusia angulum |
C |
| Maurilia arcuata |
C |
| Heliothis armigera |
C |
| Pericyma atrifusca |
C |
| Eublemma baccalix |
C |
| Earias biplaga |
C |
| Eublemma brachygonia |
C |
| Lophotidia brunnescens |
C |
| Hypopyra capensis |
C |
| Perigea capensis |
C |
| Achaea catella |
C |
| Chrysodeixis chalcites |
C |
| Sphingomorpha chlorea |
C |
| Syngrapha circumflexa |
C |
| Earias citrina |
C |
| Trichopolydesma collutrix |
C |
| Westermania convergens |
C |
| Ozarba corniculans |
C |
| Hypocala deflorata |
C |
| Achaea echo |
C |
| Spodoptera excisa |
S |
| Prodotis exclusiva |
C |
| Spodoptera exigua |
C |
| Cosmophila flava |
C |
| Mocus frugalis |
C |
| Busseola fusca |
C |
| Eutelia gilvicolor |
C |
| Acontia guttifera |
C |
| Ozarba hemiochra |
C |
| Ozarba hypoxantha |
C |
| Mentaxya ignicollis |
C |
| Ericeia inangulata |
C |
| Agrotis ipsilon |
C |
| Ozarba isocampta |
C |
| Cyligramma latona |
C |
| Achaea lienardi |
C |
| Ctenoplusia limbirena |
C |
| Spodoptera littoralis |
C |
| Agrotis longidentifera |
C |
| Mocus mayeri |
C |
| Xylomaina natalensis |
C |
| Trichoplusia ni |
C |
| Iambiodes nyctostola |
C |
| Ilattia octo |
C |
| Cardiosace olivescens |
C |
| Pseudozarba opella |
C |
| Trichoplusia orichalcea |
C |
| Eublemma ornatula |
C |
| Serrodes partita |
C |
| Eutelia polychorda |
C |
| Hypaena potamistris |
C |
| Audea primulina |
C |
| Amyna punctum |
C |
| Thria robusta |
C |
| Agrotis segetum |
C |
| Anua selanaris |
C |
| Achaea sordida |
C |
| Agrotis spinifera |
C |
| Blenina squamifera |
C |
| Prodotis stolida |
C |
| Hypaena strigata |
C |
| Stenopterygia subcurva |
C |
| Antarchaea subflavalis |
C |
| Dysgonia torrida |
C |
| Acantholipes trimeni |
S |
| Callixena versicolor |
C |
| Callixena viettei |
C |
| Pardasena virgulana |
C |
| Trichoplusia vittata |
C |
| Calesia xanthognatha |
C |
| Callopistria yerburii |
C |
| Acontia zelleri |
C |
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