Afromoths.net

Statistics
last_updated 14 Jun 2025
Families 137
Tribes 475
Genera 9174
Species(accepted) 30077
Species(synonyms) 6611
Species(misapplied) 2429
Subspecies 1890
Plants 7221
Parasitoids 1371
Photos 54718
Types 54214
Publications 10192

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].

For photographs please contact the owner of the copyrights. Images of type 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/).