Afromoths.net

Statistics
last_updated 14 Oct 2025
Families 137
Tribes 477
Genera 9188
Species(accepted) 30168
Species(synonyms) 6615
Species(misapplied) 2429
Subspecies 1893
Plants 7240
Parasitoids 1375
Photos 57100
Types 54467
Publications 10238

This website provides an online database of the Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera), updated with the latest information obtained from 10,000+ published sources and our studies. The current list is continuously updated and information on the original description, type locality, types and their depository, distribution and foodplants is added regularly. Help us by sending your publications and/or photos to jurate.deprins@gmail.com or willy.deprins@gmail.com or roy.goff@hotmail.com.

Feel free to use the information presented and please remember to cite us in any work you produce from this data. Utmost care was taken that the data incorporated in the database were correct. We decline any responsibility in case of damage to software- or hardware based on information used in this website.

People retrieving information from this website for their research or applied aspects such as pest control programs should acknowledge the usage of data from this website in the following format:

De Prins J. & De Prins W. 2011–2025. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication http://www.afromoths.net [accession date].

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Images of specimens deposited in the NHMUK are used with permission and are copyright of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London and made available under Creative Commons License 4.0, CC-BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Images of specimens deposited in the ANHRT are used with permission and are copyright of the African Natural History Research Trust, Leominster and made available under Creative Commons License 4.0, CC-BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).