There are about 220 known moth species of Rwanda. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Rwanda.
Arctiidae
Afrasura peripherica (Strand, 1912) Afrasura violacea (Cieslak & Häuser, 2006) Afroarctia bergeri Toulgoët, 1978 Afroarctia histrionica Toulgoët, 1978 Afroarctia kenyana (Rothschild, 1933) Afrojavanica kostlani (Gaede, 1923) Afrospilarctia lucida (Druce, 1898) Agaltara nebulosa Toulgoët, 1979 Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908) Amata alicia (Butler, 1876) Amata chrysozona (Hampson, 1898) Amata tomasina (Butler, 1876) Amerila bubo (Walker, 1855) Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901) Amerila thermochroa (Hampson, 1916) Amphicallia pactolicus (Butler, 1888) Apisa fontainei Kiriakoff, 1959 Apisa subargentea Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Balacra compsa (Jordan, 1904) Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910) Carcinarctia laeliodes Hampson, 1916 Cragia quadrinotata (Walker, 1864) Cyana hecqi Karisch & Dall'Asta, 2010 Cyana paramargarethae Karisch & Dall'Asta, 2010 Disparctia varicolor Toulgoët, 1978 Galtara aurivilii (Pagenstecher, 1901) Galtara convergens Toulgoët, 1979 Galtara elongata (Swinhoe, 1907) Galtara laportei Toulgoët, 1979 Galtara reticulata (Hampson, 1909) Galtara turlini Toulgoët, 1979 Kiriakoffalia costimacula (Joicey & Talbot, 1924) Mecistorhabdia haematoessa (Holland, 1893) Metarctia flavicincta Aurivillius, 1900 Metarctia flora Kiriakoff, 1957 Metarctia forsteri Kiriakoff, 1955 Metarctia insignis Kiriakoff, 1959 Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Metarctia paremphares Holland, 1893 Metarctia rubripuncta Hampson, 1898 Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Paralpenus wintgensi (Strand, 1909) Pericaliella melanodisca (Hampson, 1907) Popoudina pamphilia Kiriakoff, 1958 Pseudogaltara inexpectata Toulgoët, 1978 Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856) Pusiola straminea (Hampson, 1901) Radiarctia melanochoria Hering, 1932 Rhipidarctia crameri Kiriakoff, 1961 Rhipidarctia forsteri (Kiriakoff, 1953) Rhipidarctia subminiata Kiriakoff, 1959 Seydelia turlini Toulgoët, 1976 Spilosoma sulphurea Bartel, 1903 Teracotona multistrigata Joicey & Talbot, 1924 Teracotona pallida Joicey & Talbot, 1924 Teracotona translucens (Grünberg, 1907) Teracotona wittei (Debauche, 1942) Thumatha brunnea Kühne, 2007 Trichaeta fulvescens (Walker, 1854) Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bombycidae
Racinoa spiralis Kühne, 2008
Brahmaeidae
Dactyloceras barnsi (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)
Crambidae
Ancylolomia capensis Zeller, 1852
Ancylolomia gracilis Fawcett, 1917
Ancylolomia planicosta Martin, 1956
Angustalius malacellus (Duponchel, 1836) Autocharis sinualis (Hampson, 1899) Cadarena pudoraria (Hübner, 1825) Pyrausta flavimarginalis (Hampson, 1913)
Eupterotidae
Janomima mariana (White, 1843)