List of moths of Ghana
There are about 830 known moth species of Ghana. 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 Ghana. Anomoeotidae Staphylinochrous euryphaea Hampson, 1920 Arctiidae Acantharctia mundata (Walker, 1865) Afraloa bifurca (Walker, 1855) Afrasura discocellularis (Strand, 1912) Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869) Afrasura numida (Holland, 1893) Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864) Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855) Aloa moloneyi (Druce, 1887) Alpenus affiniola (Strand, 1919) Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898) Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781) Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908) Alpenus schraderi (Rothschild, 1910) Amata basithyris Hampson, 1914 Amata nigrobasalis Rothschild, 1910 Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901) Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887) Amerila leucoptera (Hampson, 1901) Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901) Amerila metasarca (Hampson, 1911) Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903) Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793) Amerila roseomarginata (Rothschild, 1910) Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Amsacta bicoloria (Gaede, 1916) Amsacta fuscosa (Bartel, 1903) Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933 Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855 Anapisa sjoestedti (Aurivillius, 1904) Archithosia makomensis (Strand, 1912) Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Asura atricraspeda Hampson, 1914 Asura distyi Kühne, 2007 Asura spurrelli (Hampson, 1914) Automolis pallida (Hampson, 1901) Balacra batesi Druce, 1910 Balacra caeruleifascia Walker, 1856 Balacra ehrmanni (Holland, 1893) Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856 Balacra furva Hampson, 1911 Balacra herona (Druce, 1887) Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893 Balacra rubrostriata (Aurivillius, 1892) Binna penicillata Walker, 1865 Binna scita (Walker, 1865) Caryatis phileta (Drury, 1782) Ceryx semihyalina Kirby, 1896 Cragia distigmata (Hampson, 1901) Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 Crocosia phaeocraspis Hampson, 1914 Cyana basisticta (Hampson, 1914) Cyana delicata (Walker, 1854) Cyana rubritermina (Bethune-Baker, 1911) Disparctia vittata (Druce, 1898) Dubatolovia neurophaea (Hampson, 1911) Eilema angustipennis Strand, 1912 Eilema apicalis (Walker, 1862) Eilema conisphora (Hampson, 1914) Eilema proleuca (Hampson, 1914) Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865) Estigmene flaviceps Hampson, 1907 Euchromia guineensis (Fabricius, 1775) Euchromia hampsoni Seitz, 1926 Eugoa gemina Hampson, 1914 Eugoa winneba Kühne, 2007 Euproctosia cretata Hampson, 1914 Exilisia disticha (Hampson, 1914) Logunovium nigricosta (Holland, 1893) Melisa croceipes (Aurivillius, 1892) Melisa diptera (Walker, 1854) Metarctia flavicincta Aurivillius, 1900 Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893 Metarctia inconspicua Holland, 1892 Metarctia kumasina Strand, 1920 Metarctia priscilla Kiriakoff, 1957 Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860) Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893) Myopsyche notoplagia Hampson, 1898 Nanna eningae (Plötz, 1880) Nanna melanosticta (Bethune-Baker, 1911) Neuroxena flammea (Schaus, 1893) Neuroxena medioflavus (Rothschild, 1935) Neuroxena sulphureovitta (Strand, 1909) Neuroxena truncatus (Rothschild, 1933) Nyctemera acraeina Druce, 1882 Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854) Nyctemera druna (Swinhoe, 1904) Nyctemera perspicua (Walker, 1854) Nyctemera restrictum (Butler, 1894) Nyctemera xanthura (Plötz, 1880) Ovenna guineacola (Strand, 1912) Ovenna subgriseola (Strand, 1912) Paralpenus atripes (Hampson, 1909) Paralpenus flavizonata (Hampson, 1911) Paremonia argentata Hampson, 1914 Phryganopsis angulifascia (Strand, 1912) Pseudothyretes nigrita (Kiriakoff, 1961) Pusiola celida (Bethune-Baker, 1911) Pusiola minutissima (Kiriakoff, 1958) Radiarctia lutescens (Walker, 1854) Siccia cretata Hampson, 1914 Siccia gypsia Hampson, 1914 Siccia microsticta Hampson, 1914 Siccia stictica Hampson, 1914 Spilosoma affinis Bartel, 1903 Spilosoma aurantiaca (Holland, 1893) Spilosoma buryi (Rothschild, 1910) Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855 Spilosoma karschi Bartel, 1903 Spilosoma occidens (Rothschild, 1910) Spilosoma pellucida (Rothschild, 1910) Spilosoma quadrilunata (Hampson, 1901) Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898) Spilosoma sulphurea Bartel, 1903 Spilosoma