40 Moths described in 1912

Abaciscus costimacula is a species of moth belonging to the family Geometridae. It was described by Alfred Ernest Wileman in 1912. It is known from Taiwan, China, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.

Achaea balteata is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in northern Madagascar.

Achaea chrysopera is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1912. It is found in Tanzania.

Achaea leucopera is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1912. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Adhemarius globifer is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. and 1912, and is found from Mexico to southern Arizona.

Aeolochroma is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Prout in 1912.

Ancylosis argentescens is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912 and is found in Sri Lanka.

Anepholcia pygaria is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.

Antiblemma hembrilla is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

Aphomia monochroa is a species of snout moth in the genus Aphomia. It was described by George Hampson in 1912 and is known from Sri Lanka and India.

Artena lacteicincta is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the north-eastern part of the Himalaya, Thailand, Sumatra and Borneo.

Asaphodes cinnabari is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand and can be found in Otago and Southland where it lives in alpine swampy habitat.

Asaphodes exoriens is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand.

Aseptis lichena is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912. It is found in the United States in south-central California and north-central California. It is also reported from Mount Shasta, Mount Lassen, and other locations in northern California.

Axinoptera plicata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Bostra mesoleucalis is a species of snout moth in the genus Bostra described by George Hampson in 1912.

Bucculatrix noltei is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found from Finland to Belgium, Italy and the Crimea and from the Netherlands to Central Russia. It was described by August Arthur Petry in 1912.

Calamotropha endopolia is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Calamotropha neurigrammalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Cerocala orientalis is a moth of the family Erebidae.

Chalcidoptera thermographa is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in the former Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, South Africa and Zambia.

Chamaesphecia crassicornis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in south-eastern Austria, southern Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, southern Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. It is rare in central Europe. It has been released in North America for the biological control of leafy spurge.

Chlorochlamys triangularis is a species of emerald moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.

Chloroclystis polygraphata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Chlorosea roseitacta is a species of emerald moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.

Choreutis argyrota is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Assam, India.

Choreutis xanthogramma is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Taiwan, the Philippines, New Guinea and on the Kei Islands and Ryukyu Islands.

Copaxa curvilinea is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae first described by William Schaus in 1912. It is found in Central America, including Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

Corsocasis coronias is a moth in the family Schreckensteiniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912.

Cyclophora aquila is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Costa Rica.

Cyclophora silas is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by William Schaus in 1912. It is found in Costa Rica.

Cyneoterpna is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1912.

Diarsia sinuosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Taiwan.

Dichagyris imperator is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in all eremic parts of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and in southern Spain.

Dindicodes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.

Diphtherocome pulchra is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Taiwan.

Dolbina elegans, the ash hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Andreas Bang-Haas in 1912. It is found from Ukraine, Moldavia, through eastern Romania and eastern and southern Bulgaria, northern Greece, western and southern Turkey to northern Syria, western Jordan, Israel, northern Iraq and northern Iran.

Dunama angulinea is a moth in the family Notodontidae. It is found in Costa Rica, where it is found in the Limon Province. The distribution follows the Caribbean coast and there are no records farther inland.

Dysaethria fulvihamata is a moth of the family Uraniidae first described by George Hampson in. It is found in Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Ryukyu Islands and Borneo.

Epidesma metapolia is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1912. It is found in Colombia and Peru.