There are about 350 known moth species of Sudan and South Sudan. 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 Sudan and South Sudan.
Arctiidae
Acantharctia metaleuca Hampson, 1901
Afrowatsonius fulvomarginalis (Wichgraf, 1921) Afrowatsonius sudanicus (Rothschild, 1933) Aloa moloneyi (Druce, 1887) Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781) Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908) Alpenus schraderi (Rothschild, 1910) Alpenus wichgrafi Watson, 1988 Amata shoa (Hampson, 1898) Amata tomasina (Butler, 1876) Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933 Caripodia chrysargyria Hampson, 1900 Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 Creatonotos punctivitta (Walker, 1854) Metarctia pumila Hampson, 1909 Oedaleosia concolor Strand, 1912 Paralacydes arborifera (Butler, 1875) Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855 Spilosoma metaleuca (Hampson, 1905)
Autostichidae
Turatia scioneura (Meyrick, 1929)
Coleophoridae
Coleophora aularia Meyrick, 1924
Coleophora sudanella Rebel, 1916
Cosmopterigidae
Bifascioides leucomelanella (Rebel, 1917) Gisilia sclerodes (Meyrick, 1909)
Cossidae
Meharia semilactea (Warren & Rothschild, 1905) Nomima prophanes Durrant, 1916 Paropta henleyi (Warren & Rothschild, 1905) Phragmatoecioides pectinicornis Strand, 1915
Crambidae
Cataclysta leroii Strand, 1915
Charltona albidalis Hampson, 1919
Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Cornifrons ulceratalis Lederer, 1858 Crambus diarhabdellus Hampson, 1919 Crambus sudanicola Strand, 1915 Culladia achroellum (Mabille, 1900) Cybalomia pentadalis Lederer, 1855 Cybalomia simplex Warren & Rothschild, 1905 Diplopseustis perieresalis (Walker, 1859) Elethyia albirufalis (Hampson, 1919) Euchromius cambridgei (Zeller, 1867) Euchromius ocellea (Haworth, 1811) Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781) Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée, 1854) Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Platytes impar Warren & Rothschild, 1905 Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) Prionapteryx alternalis Maes, 2002 Prionapteryx soudanensis (Hampson, 1919) Scirpophaga praelata (Scopoli, 1763) Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Elachistidae
Ethmia quadrinotella (Mann, 1861)
Gelechiidae
Ochrodia subdiminutella (Stainton, 1867) Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) Scrobipalpa ergasima (Meyrick, 1916)
Geometridae
Acidaliastis micra Hampson, 1896
Callioratis apicisecta Prout, 1915
Celidomphax prolongata Prout, 1915
Chiasmia ate (Prout, 1926) Chiasmia maculosa (Warren, 1899) Chiasmia sudanata (Warren & Rothschild, 1905) Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967 Hemidromodes robusta (Prout, 1913) Heterostegane minutissima (Swinhoe, 1904) Idaea granulosa (Warren & Rothschild, 1905) Idaea microptera (Warren & Rothschild, 1905) Idaea sanctaria Staudinger, 1900 Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858) Lomographa indularia (Guenée, 1858) Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Omphalucha brunnea (Warren, 1899) Polystroma steeleae (Prout, 1934) Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) Pseudosterrha paulula (Swinhoe, 1886) Pseudosterrha rufistrigata (Hampson, 1896) Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894) Scopula natalica (Butler, 1875) Scopula pseudophema Prout, 1920 Syndromodes invenusta (Wallengren, 1863) Xanthorhoe exorista Prout, 1922 Zamarada anacantha D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada delta D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada melasma D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada minimaria Swinhoe, 1895 Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897 Zamarada secutaria (Guenée, 1858) Zamarada torrida D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Gracillariidae
Acrocercops bifasciata (Walsingham, 1891) Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856 Stomphastis conflua (Meyrick, 1914)
Lasiocampidae
Anadiasa obsoleta (Klug, 1830) Anadiasa simplex Pagenstecher, 1903 Beralade obliquata (Klug, 1830) Braura nilotica (Aurivillius, 1925) Chrysopsyche wilsoni Tams, 1938 Odontocheilopteryx maculata Aurivillius, 1905 Streblote butiti (Bethune-Baker, 1906) Streblote diluta (Aurivillius, 1905)
Limacodidae
Chrysamma purpuripulcra Karsch, 1896
Coenobasis postflavida Hampson, 1910
Gavara caprai Berio, 1937
Macroplectra iracunda Hering, 1928
Lymantriidae
Cropera testacea Walker, 1855
Crorema setinoides (Holland, 1893) Crorema sudanica Strand, 1915 Euproctis erythrosticta (Hampson, 1910) Euproctis ostentum Hering, 1926 Euproctis xanthosoma Hampson, 1910