| Scientific name | Authorship | Rank | Status | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xylopteryx triphaenata | Herbulot, 1984 | species | Accepted | ||
| Xylopteryx turlini | Herbulot, 1984 | species | Accepted | ||
| Xylopteryx versicolor | (Warren, 1902) | species | Synonym | ||
| Xylostola olivacea | Hampson, 1910 | species | Misapplied | ||
| Xylostola olivata | Hampson, 1909 | species | Accepted | ||
| Xylostola punctum | Berio, 1956 | species | Accepted | ||
| Xyroptila africana | Bigot, 1969 | species | Accepted | ||
| Xyroptila fulbae | Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2006 | species | Accepted | ||
| Xyroptila irina | Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2006 | species | Accepted | ||
| Xyroptila masaia | Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2006 | species | Accepted | ||
| Xyroptila monomotapa | Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2006 | species | Accepted | ||
| Xyroptila naiwasha | Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2006 | species | Accepted | ||
| Xyroptila ruvenzori | Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2006 | species | Accepted | ||
| Xyroptila tectonica | Meyrick, 1914 | species | Accepted | ||
| Xyroptila zambesi | Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2006 | species | Accepted | ||
| Xyrosaris canusa | Bippus, 2020 | species | Accepted | ||
| Xyrosaris louisae | Agassiz, 2019 | species | Accepted | ||
| Xyrosaris lucae | Agassiz, 2019 | species | Accepted | ||
| Xyrosaris obtorta | Meyrick, 1924 | species | Accepted | ||
| Xyrosaris secreta | Meyrick, 1912 | species | Accepted | ||
| Yelva cuneata | (Strand, 1912) | species | Accepted | ||
| Yelva danieli | (Kiriakoff, 1954) | species | Accepted | ||
| Yelva obscura | Birket-Smith, 1965 | species | Accepted | ||
| Yidalpta selenialis | (Snellen, 1872) | species | Accepted | ||
| Yponomeuta africanus | Stainton, 1860 | species | Accepted |