Afromoths.net

Statistics
last_updated 26 Jul 2024
Families 137
Tribes 470
Genera 9150
Species(accepted) 29908
Species(synonyms) 6601
Species(misapplied) 2431
Subspecies 1888
Plants 7166
Parasitoids 1365
Photos 47213
Types 53585
Publications 10060

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. 2011–2024. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication http://www.afromoths.net [accession date].

For photographs please contact the owner of the copyrights. All photographs from the NHMUK are © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, UK.