The moths of Zambia represent about 465 known moth species. 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 Zambia.
Arctiidae
Acantharctia atriramosa Hampson, 1907
Alpenus dollmani (Hampson, 1920) Alpenus intacta (Hampson, 1916) Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781) Amata chariessa (Jordan, 1936) Amata croceizona (Hampson, 1910) Amata miozona (Hampson, 1910) Amerila bubo (Walker, 1855) Amerila lupia (Druce, 1887) Amsacta aureolimbata Rothschild, 1910 Amsacta grammiphlebia Hampson, 1901 Anaphosia eurygrapha Hampson, 1910 Balacra elegans Aurivillius, 1892 Balacra rubrostriata (Aurivillius, 1892) Bergeria haematochrysa Kiriakoff, 1952 Binna scita (Walker, 1865) Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 Creatonotos punctivitta (Walker, 1854) Eilema elegans (Butler, 1877) Eilema heterogyna (Hampson, 1910) Estigmene ansorgei Rothschild, 1910 Estigmene neuriastis Hampson, 1907 Estigmene sabulosa Romieux, 1943 Estigmene trivitta (Walker, 1855) Eyralpenus diplosticta (Hampson, 1900) Eyralpenus meinhofi (Bartel, 1903) Eyralpenus metaxantha (Hampson, 1920) Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880) Mecistorhabdia haematoessa (Holland, 1893) Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Metarctia robusta (Kiriakoff, 1973) Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860) Nyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904) Paralpenus flavicosta (Hampson, 1909) Paramelisa dollmani Hampson, 1920 Pseudlepista atrizona Hampson, 1910 Secusio atrizonata Hampson, 1910 Spilosoma latiradiata (Hampson, 1901) Spilosoma lentifasciata (Hampson, 1916) Spilosoma lineata Walker, 1855 Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Brahmaeidae
Dactyloceras lucina (Drury, 1872)
Cossidae
Phragmataecia irrorata Hampson, 1910
Crambidae
Agathodes musivalis Guenée, 1854
Classeya quadricuspis (Hampson, 1919) Crocidophora caffralis Hampson, 1910 Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973 Nomophila brevispinalis Munroe, 1973 Pilocrocis dichocrosialis Hampson, 1912
Drepanidae
Gonoreta forcipulata Watson, 1965
Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874)
Eupterotidae
Epijana cosima (Plötz, 1880) Hibrildes crawshayi Butler, 1896 Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Phiala aurivillii (Bethune-Baker, 1915)
Gelechiidae
Anarsia agricola Walsingham, 1891
Geometridae
Cacostegania australis Warren, 1901
Cacostegania confusa (Warren, 1901) Chiasmia ammodes (Prout, 1922) Chiasmia crassata (Warren, 1897) Chiasmia curvifascia (Warren, 1897) Chiasmia kilimanjarensis (Holland, 1892) Chiasmia procidata (Guenée, 1858) Chlorissa albistrigulata (Warren, 1897) Chrysocraspeda apseogramma (Prout, 1932) Chrysocraspeda dollmani (Prout, 1932) Chrysocraspeda subminiosa (Prout, 1932) Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967 Collesis mimica Warren, 1897 Cyclophora inaequalis (Warren, 1902) Discomiosis crescentifera (Warren, 1902) Epigynopteryx flavedinaria (Guenée, 1857) Erastria leucicolor (Butler, 1875) Erastria madecassaria (Boisduval, 1833) Idaea auriflua (Warren, 1902) Oaracta maculata (Warren, 1897) Omizodes rubrifasciata (Butler, 1896) Omphalucha brunnea (Warren, 1899) Orbamia octomaculata (Wallengren, 1872) Orbamia subaurata (Warren, 1899) Scopula argentidisca (Warren, 1902) Scopula concurrens (Warren, 1897) Scopula curvimargo (Warren, 1900) Scopula natalica (Butler, 1875) Syncollesis tiviae Prout, 1934 Traminda neptunaria (Guenée, 1858) Zamarada acosmeta Prout, 1921 Zamarada aequilumata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada arguta D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada bathyscaphes Prout, 1912 Zamarada crystallophana Mabille, 1900 Zamarada deceptrix Warren, 1914 Zamarada denticatella Prout, 1922 Zamarada differens Bastelberger, 1907 Zamarada dorsiplaga Prout, 1922 Zamarada excavata Bethune-Baker, 1913 Zamarada flavicaput Warren, 1901 Zamarada gamma D. S. Fletcher, 1958 Zamarada glareosa Bastelberger, 1909 Zamarada gracilata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada ignicosta Prout, 1912 Zamarada janata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada labifera Prout, 1915 Zamarada metrioscaphes Prout, 1912 Zamarada plana Bastelberger, 1909 Zamarada polyctemon Prout, 1932 Zamarada psi D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada purimargo Prout, 1912 Zamarada rubrifascia Pinhey, 1962 Zamarada rufilinearia Swinhoe, 1904 Zamarada scintillans Bastelberger, 1909 Zamarada seydeli D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada unisona D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada varii D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Gracillariidae
Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)