| Scientific name | Authorship | Rank | Status | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aedia nigrescens | (Wallengren, 1856) | species | Accepted | ||
| Aedia nigrescens nigrescens | (Wallengren, 1856) | subspecies | Accepted | ||
| Aegocera rectilinea | Boisduval, 1836 | species | Accepted | ||
| Afraloa bifurca | (Walker, 1855) | species | Accepted | ||
| Afromelittia gruschwitzi | Bartsch & Weitzel, 2022 | species | Accepted | ||
| Afrophyla vethi | (Snellen, 1886) | species | Accepted | ||
| Afroplitis dierli | (Kiriakoff, 1979) | species | Accepted | ||
| Agathia confuscata | Warren, 1897 | species | Accepted | ||
| Agathodes bibundalis | Strand, 1913 | species | Accepted | ||
| Agdistis gambiaensis | Gielis, 2011 | species | Accepted | ||
| Agoma trimenii | (Felder R., 1874) | species | Accepted | ||
| Agrius convolvuli | (Linnaeus, 1758) | species | Accepted | ||
| Agrotis hemileuca | Walker, 1869 | species | Accepted | ||
| Agrotis spinifera | (Hübner, 1808) | species | Accepted | ||
| Allochrostes impunctata | (Warren, 1897) | species | Accepted | ||
| Alloclita gambiella | (Walsingham, 1891) | species | Accepted | ||
| Aloa moloneyi | (Druce, 1888) | species | Accepted | ||
| Alpenus maculosa | (Cramer, 1781) | species | Accepted | ||
| Alytarchia amanda | (Boisduval, 1847) | species | Accepted | ||
| Alytarchia leonina | (Walker, 1865) | species | Accepted | ||
| Amata tomasina | (Butler, 1876) | species | Accepted | ||
| Amazonides tabida | (Guenée, 1852) | species | Accepted | ||
| Amerila fennia | (Druce, 1888) | species | Accepted | ||
| Amerila leucoptera | (Hampson, 1901) | species | Accepted | ||
| Amerila vitrea | Plötz, 1880 | species | Accepted |