The moths of Zimbabwe represent about 1,000 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 Zimbabwe.
Adelidae
Ceromitia phaeocoma Meyrick, 1912
Ceromitia pilularis Meyrick, 1921
Ceromitia synneura Meyrick, 1921
Alucitidae
Alucita compsoxantha (Meyrick, 1924) Alucita homotrocha (Meyrick, 1921) Microschismus lenzi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2011
Anomoeotidae
Staphylinochrous euryperalis Hampson, 1910
Thermochrous stenocraspis Hampson, 1910
Arctiidae
Acantharctia flavicosta (Hampson, 1900) Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869) Afrospilarctia lucida (Druce, 1898) Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898) Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781) Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908) Amata atricornis (Wallengren, 1863) Amata croceizona (Hampson, 1910) Amata endocrocis (Hampson, 1903) Amata marina (Butler, 1876) Amata miozona (Hampson, 1910) Amerila affinis (Rothschild, 1910) Amerila bubo (Walker, 1855) Amerila lupia (Druce, 1887) Amerila mulleri Häuser & Boppré, 1997 Amsacta grammiphlebia Hampson, 1901 Anaphosia astrigata Hampson, 1910 Anaphosia cyanogramma Hampson, 1903 Apisa grisescens (Dufrane, 1945) Boadicea flavimacula Pinhey, 1968 Caripodia chrysargyria Hampson, 1900 Ceryx nacliodes Hampson, 1914 Cyana pretoriae (Distant, 1897) Eilema elegans (Butler, 1877) Eilema sanguicosta (Hampson, 1901) Eilema similipuncta Hampson, 1914 Epitoxis nigra Hampson, 1903 Estigmene tenuistrigata (Hampson, 1900) Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880) Lepista aposema Kühne, 2010 Macrosia chalybeata Hampson, 1901 Metarctia collocalia Kiriakoff, 1957 Metarctia crocina (Kiriakoff, 1973) Metarctia flavivena Hampson, 1901 Metarctia quinta (Kiriakoff, 1973) Metarctia tenera (Kiriakoff, 1973) Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860) Ochrota unicolor (Hopffer, 1857) Paralacydes bomfordi (Pinhey, 1968) Paralacydes destrictus Kühne, 2010 Paralacydes ramosa (Hampson, 1907) Paralpenus flavicosta (Hampson, 1909) Paralpenus julius Kühne, 2010 Phryganopsis cinerella (Wallengren, 1860) Poecilarctia venata Aurivillius, 1921 Popoudina lemniscata (Distant, 1898) Pseudonaclia puella (Boisduval, 1847) Radiarctia lutescens (Walker, 1854) Radiarctia rhodesiana (Hampson, 1900) Siccia eberti Kühne, 2007 Spilosoma bipartita Rothschild, 1933 Spilosoma gynephaea (Hampson, 1901) Spilosoma lentifasciata (Hampson, 1916) Spilosoma sinefascia (Hampson, 1916) Spilosoma unipuncta (Hampson, 1905) Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900 Teracotona metaxantha Hampson, 1909 Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865) Trichaeta pterophorina (Mabille, 1892) Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Zobida avifex Kühne, 2010
Autostichidae
Autosticha emmetra Meyrick, 1921
Autosticha nothropis Meyrick, 1921
Cecidosidae
Scyrotis matoposensis Mey, 2007
Coleophoridae
Blastobasis indigesta Meyrick, 1931
Blastobasis trachelista Meyrick, 1921
Coleophora molesta Meyrick, 1921
Coleophora phaeocentra Meyrick, 1914
Coleophora purifica Meyrick, 1921
Cosmopterigidae
Alloclita plumbaria (Meyrick, 1921) Ascalenia phaneracma Meyrick, 1921 Chalcocolona cyananthes (Meyrick, 1911) Limnaecia explanata Meyrick, 1921 Limnaecia sarcanthes Meyrick, 1921 Macrobathra fasciata (Walsingham, 1891) Scaeosopha victoriensis Sinev & Li, 2012
Cossidae
Phragmataecia irrorata Hampson, 1910
Crambidae
Agathodes musivalis Guenée, 1854
Ancylolomia albicostalis Hampson, 1919
Ancylolomia perfasciata Hampson, 1919
Calamoschoena stictalis Hampson, 1919
Chilo argyropasta (Hampson, 1919) Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875) Crambus brachiiferus Hampson, 1919 Crambus reducta Janse, 1922 Diasemia monostigma Hampson, 1913 Ercta scotialis Hampson, 1912 Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973 Ischnurges lancinalis (Guenée, 1854) Mesolia uniformella Janse, 1922 Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Patissa geminalis Hampson, 1919 Pilocrocis dichocrosialis Hampson, 1912 Pilocrocis melastictalis Hampson, 1912 Pilocrocis pterygodia Hampson, 1912 Prionapteryx flavipars (Hampson, 1919) Prionapteryx plumbealis (Hampson, 1919) Pyrausta apicalis (Hampson, 1913) Pyrausta atricinctalis Hampson, 1913 Pyrausta gazalis Hampson, 1913 Pyrausta tetraplagialis Hampson, 1898