| Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858) |  | Rothschild W. 1921a. Captain Angus Buchanan's Aïr expedition. V. On the Lepidoptera collected by Captain A. Buchanan in northern Nigeria and the southern Sahara in 1919–1920. page: 168 | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Acanthovalva inconspicuaria (Hübner, 1819) |  | Rothschild W. 1921b. On the Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A. Buchanan in Northern Nigeria and the Southern Sahara in 1919–1920. Geometridae. page: 217 (as cinerascens) | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Achaea catella Guenée, 1852 |  | Rothschild W. 1921a. Captain Angus Buchanan's Aïr expedition. V. On the Lepidoptera collected by Captain A. Buchanan in northern Nigeria and the southern Sahara in 1919–1920. page: 166 | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Achaea oblita (Walker, 1858) |  | Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page: 362 (as boris) | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Achyra coelatalis (Walker, 1859) |  | Rothschild W. 1921b. On the Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A. Buchanan in Northern Nigeria and the Southern Sahara in 1919–1920. Geometridae. page: 225 (as aurantiaca) | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Achyra nudalis (Hübner, 1796) |  | Rothschild W. 1921b. On the Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A. Buchanan in Northern Nigeria and the Southern Sahara in 1919–1920. Geometridae. page: 228 | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Acidaliastis micra Hampson, 1896 |  | Rothschild W. 1921b. On the Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A. Buchanan in Northern Nigeria and the Southern Sahara in 1919–1920. Geometridae. page: 216 | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Acontia asbenensis (Rothschild, 1921) |  | Rothschild W. 1921a. Captain Angus Buchanan's Aïr expedition. V. On the Lepidoptera collected by Captain A. Buchanan in northern Nigeria and the southern Sahara in 1919–1920. page: 165 | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Acontia buchanani (Rothschild, 1921) |  | Rothschild W. 1921a. Captain Angus Buchanan's Aïr expedition. V. On the Lepidoptera collected by Captain A. Buchanan in northern Nigeria and the southern Sahara in 1919–1920. page: 165 | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Acontia sublactea Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008 |  | Hacker H. H., Legrain A. & Fibiger M. 2008. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae). page: 83 | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Acontia trimaculata Aurivillius, 1879 |  | Hacker H. H., Legrain A. & Fibiger M. 2008. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae). page: 75 | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Acrojana rosacea (Butler, 1874) |  | page: NHMUK | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Adelpherupa flavescens Hampson, 1919 |  | Rothschild W. 1921b. On the Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A. Buchanan in Northern Nigeria and the Southern Sahara in 1919–1920. Geometridae. page: 221 | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Adisura affinis Rothschild, 1921 |  | Rothschild W. 1921a. Captain Angus Buchanan's Aïr expedition. V. On the Lepidoptera collected by Captain A. Buchanan in northern Nigeria and the southern Sahara in 1919–1920. page: 160 | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Adisura callima Bethune-Baker, 1911 |  | Rothschild W. 1921a. Captain Angus Buchanan's Aïr expedition. V. On the Lepidoptera collected by Captain A. Buchanan in northern Nigeria and the southern Sahara in 1919–1920. page: 160 | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Aedia nigrescens (Wallengren, 1856) |  | Rothschild W. 1921a. Captain Angus Buchanan's Aïr expedition. V. On the Lepidoptera collected by Captain A. Buchanan in northern Nigeria and the southern Sahara in 1919–1920. page: 167 (as trista) | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Aedia nigrescens nigrescens (Wallengren, 1856) |  | Rothschild W. 1921a. Captain Angus Buchanan's Aïr expedition. V. On the Lepidoptera collected by Captain A. Buchanan in northern Nigeria and the southern Sahara in 1919–1920. page: 167 (as trista) | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Aegocera brevivitta Hampson, 1901 |  | Rothschild W. 1921a. Captain Angus Buchanan's Aïr expedition. V. On the Lepidoptera collected by Captain A. Buchanan in northern Nigeria and the southern Sahara in 1919–1920. page: 158 (as rectilineoides) | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836 |  | Rothschild W. 1921a. Captain Angus Buchanan's Aïr expedition. V. On the Lepidoptera collected by Captain A. Buchanan in northern Nigeria and the southern Sahara in 1919–1920. page: 159 | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Afroarabiella buchanani (Rothschild, 1921) |  | Rothschild W. 1921b. On the Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A. Buchanan in Northern Nigeria and the Southern Sahara in 1919–1920. Geometridae. page: 218 | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Aglossa aglossalis (Ragonot, 1892) |  | Rothschild W. 1921b. On the Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A. Buchanan in Northern Nigeria and the Southern Sahara in 1919–1920. Geometridae. page: 225 (as africana) | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Aglossa pinguinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) |  | Rothschild W. 1921b. On the Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A. Buchanan in Northern Nigeria and the Southern Sahara in 1919–1920. Geometridae. page: 225 | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Agoma trimenii (Felder R., 1874) |  | Kiriakoff S. G. 1975a. Les Agaristidae de la République du Zaïre (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). page: 82 | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) |  | Rothschild W. 1921a. Captain Angus Buchanan's Aïr expedition. V. On the Lepidoptera collected by Captain A. Buchanan in northern Nigeria and the southern Sahara in 1919–1920. page: 160 | 
                
                
                
                
                    | Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) |  | Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Aistleitner E. 2010. Noctuidae of Cape Verde Islands (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page: 58 |