List of moths of Equatorial Guinea

Location of Equatorial Guinea

There are about 420 known moth species of Equatorial Guinea. 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 Equatorial Guinea.

Alucitidae[]

Alucita plumigera (Strand, 1913)

Anomoeotidae[]

Anomoeotes leucolena Holland, 1893
Anomoeotes separatula Strand, 1913
Anomoeotes tenellula Holland, 1893
Staphylinochrous heringi Alberti, 1954

Arctiidae[]

Afraloa bifurca (Walker, 1855)
Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869)
Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
Amerila nigroapicalis (Aurivillius, 1900)
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780)
Anapisa connexa (Walker, 1854)
Archilema uelleburgensis (Strand, 1912)
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)
Archithosia flavifrontella (Strand, 1912)
Archithosia makomensis (Strand, 1912)
Asura craigii (Holland, 1893)
Balacra elegans Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856
Balacra preussi (Aurivillius, 1904)
Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893
Ceryx albimacula (Walker, 1854)
Cragia distigmata (Hampson, 1901)
Cyana flammeostrigata Karisch, 2003
Cyana heidrunae (Hoppe, 2004)
Cyana torrida (Holland, 1893)
(Hampson, 1911)
Epilacydes simulans Butler, 1875
Euchromia guineensis (Fabricius, 1775)
Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)
Kiriakoffalia guineae (Strand, 1912)
Metarctia benitensis Holland, 1893
Nacliodes microsippia Strand, 1912
Nanna eningae (Plötz, 1880)
Neuroxena fulleri (Druce, 1883)
Nyctemera acraeina Druce, 1882
Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)
Nyctemera chromis Druce, 1882
Nyctemera perspicua (Walker, 1854)
Ovenna guineacola (Strand, 1912)
Ovenna subgriseola (Strand, 1912)
Pseudothyretes nigrita (Kiriakoff, 1961)
Pseudothyretes rubicundula (Strand, 1912)
Pusiola celida (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Radiarctia lutescens (Walker, 1854)
Rhipidarctia flaviceps (Hampson, 1898)
Spilosoma aurantiaca (Holland, 1893)
Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898)
Spilosoma togoensis Bartel, 1903
Tesma nigrapex (Strand, 1912)

Brahmaeidae[]

Dactyloceras canui Bouyer, 2002

Choreutidae[]

Brenthia octogemmifera Walsingham, 1897

Copromorphidae[]

Rhynchoferella hoppei Mey, 2007

Cossidae[]

Eulophonotus elegans (Aurivillius, 1910)
Holcoceroides ferrugineotincta Strand, 1913
Oreocossus occidentalis Strand, 1913

Crambidae[]

Aethaloessa floridalis (Zeller, 1852)
Viette, 1957
Botyodes asialis Guenée, 1854
Bradina sordidalis (Dewitz, 1881)
Cadarena sinuata (Fabricius, 1781)
Chilo aleniella (Strand, 1913)
Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833)
Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875)
Eoophyla alba Mey, 2009
Eporidia dariusalis Walker, 1859
Glyphandra biincisalis Karsch, 1900
Hymenia perspectalis (Hübner, 1796)
Metoeca foedalis (Guenée, 1854)
Orphanostigma abruptalis (Walker, 1859)
(Zeller, 1852)
(Walker, 1859)
Pardomima distortana (Strand, 1913)
(Hampson, 1898)
Pyrausta sexplagialis Gaede, 1917
Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Synclera traducalis (Zeller, 1852)
Ulopeza alenialis Strand, 1913
Ulopeza conigeralis Zeller, 1852
Ulopeza panaresalis (Walker, 1859)
Zebronia phenice (Cramer, 1780)

Drepanidae[]

Hering, 1934

Elachistidae[]

Cryptolechia viridisignata (Strand, 1913)

Eupterotidae[]

Epijana cinerea Holland, 1893
Epijana cosima (Plötz, 1880)
Janomima dannfelti (Aurivillius, 1893)
Stenoglene sulphureotinctus Strand, 1912

Gelechiidae[]

Brachmia ditemenitis Meyrick, 1934
Ptilothyris purpurea Walsingham, 1897

Geometridae[]

Aletis helcita (Linnaeus, 1763)
Asthenotricha amblycoma Prout, 1935
Asthenotricha fernandi Prout, 1935
(Warren, 1897)
(Walker, 1869)
(Oberthür, 1913)
Herbulot, 1996
Herbulot, 1999
D. S. Fletcher, 1967
(D. S. Fletcher, 1958)
Herbulot, 1999
Collix brevipalpis Herbulot, 1999
(Warren, 1904)
Prout, 1930
(Warren, 1905)
Walker, 1863
Herbulot, 1996
Herbulot, 1996
Herbulot, 1956
Herbulot, 1988
Eois alticola (Aurivillius, 1925)
Warren, 1901
Prout, 1934
(Walker, 1863)
(Holland, 1893)
Eupithecia calderae Herbulot, 1999
Eupithecia fernandi Herbulot, 1999
Eupithecia jeanneli Herbulot, 1953
Eupithecia karischi Herbulot, 1999
Eupithecia nigribasis (Warren, 1902)
(Plötz, 1880)
(Swinhoe, 1904)
Herbulot, 1995
Herbulot, 2000
(Snellen, 1872)
(Herbulot, 1966)
Holland, 1893
(Swinhoe, 1904)
(Walker, 1863)
Prout, 1934
Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Herbulot, 1995
Herbulot, 1998
Mimaletis postica (Walker, 1869)
Narthecusa tenuiorata Walker, 1862
(Bethune-Baker, 1913)
Pingasa dispensata (Walker, 1860)
Druce, 1890
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
Herbulot, 1973
Racotis zebrina Warren, 1899
Karisch, 2001
Scopula acidalia (Holland, 1894)
Scopula anoista (Prout, 1915)
Scopula conspicillaria Karisch, 2001
Scopula ectopostigma Prout, 1932
Scopula herbuloti Karisch, 2001
Scopula karischi Herbulot, 1999
Scopula laevipennis (Warren, 1897)
Scopula obliquifascia Herbulot, 1999
Scopula pyraliata (Warren, 1898)
Scopula rectisecta Prout, 1920
Scopula recurvata Herbulot, 1992
Scopula sordaria Karisch, 2001
Scopula suda Prout, 1932
Scopula valentinella Karisch, 2001
Walker, 1865
(Plötz, 1880)
Prout, 1912
Warren, 1898
Herbulot, 1999
(Warren, 1899)
(Swinhoe, 1904)
D. S. Fletcher, 1963
Herbulot, 1996
Warren, 1899
Herbulot, 1984
Herbulot, 1984
Gaede, 1915
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Warren, 1909
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Swinhoe, 1904
Oberthür, 1912
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
D. S. Fletcher, 1974

Hyblaeidae[]

Hyblaea occidentalium Holland, 1894

Lasiocampidae[]

(Walker, 1865)
(Walker, 1855)
(Walker, 1856)
Strand, 1912
(Aurivillius, 1909)
Strand, 1912
Eucraera koellikerii (Dewitz, 1881)
Filiola occidentale (Strand, 1912)
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Gonobombyx angulata Aurivillius, 1893
Druce, 1887
Strand, 1912
Strand, 1912
Strand, 1912
Strand, 1912
Holland, 1893
Holland, 1893
(Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
Strand, 1912
Strand, 1912
Aurivillius, 1902
Strand, 1912
(Druce, 1887)
Strand, 1912
Hering, 1941
Mimopacha gerstaeckerii (Dewitz, 1881)
Mimopacha knoblauchii (Dewitz, 1881)
Aurivillius, 1905
Hering, 1928
Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
(Strand, 1912)
Pachymetoides stigmatica (Strand, 1911)
(Walker, 1855)
(Dewitz, 1881)
(Riel, 1909)
(Holland, 1893)
(Strand, 1912)
(Strand, 1912)
(Strand, 1912)
(Strand, 1912)
(Strand, 1912)
(Druce, 1887)
Trabala aethiopica (Strand, 1912)
(Dewitz, 1881)

Limacodidae[]

(Strand, 1913)
(Karsch, 1899)
(Druce, 1887)
(Walker, 1869)
Holland, 1893
(Druce, 1887)
(Strand, 1913)
Walker, 1855
Karsch, 1896
Ctenolita argyrobapta Karsch, 1899
Karsch, 1896
Karsch, 1899
(Karsch, 1896)
(Druce, 1887)
(Holland, 1893)
Strand, 1913
Strand, 1913
Aurivillius, 1900
(Strand, 1913)
Karsch, 1896
(Aurivillius, 1897)
Strand, 1913
Strand, 1913

Lymantriidae[]

(Weymer, 1896)
Barobata trocta Karsch, 1895
Batella muscosa (Holland, 1893)
(Hering, 1926)
Hering, 1926
Holland, 1893
Hering, 1926
Hering, 1926
Hering, 1926
(Holland, 1893)
Hering, 1926
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Hering, 1926
Hering, 1926
Bethune-Baker, 1911
(Holland, 1893)
(Holland, 1893)
(Boisduval, 1847)
Tams, 1924
(Holland, 1893)
Holland, 1893
Hering, 1926
(Hering, 1926)
(Druce, 1896)
Holland, 1893
(Hering, 1926)
(Hering, 1926)
(Hering, 1926)
Leucoma luteipes (Walker, 1855)
(Hering, 1926)
Aurivillius, 1909
Walker, 1855
Marbla divisa (Walker, 1855)
Mylantria xanthospila (Plötz, 1880)
(Holland, 1893)
(Walker, 1855)
(Cramer, 1779)
(Kheil, 1909)
Holland, 1893
(Aurivillius, 1904)
(Hering, 1926)

Metarbelidae[]

Metarbela pygatula Strand, 1913
Metarbela quadriguttata Aurivillius, 1925
Metarbela reticulosana Strand, 1913
Metarbela stivafer Holland, 1893

Noctuidae[]

(Cramer, 1779)
Prout
Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833)
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775)
Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)
Walker, 1858
Carpostalagma viridis (Plötz, 1880)
Condica conducta (Walker, 1857)
Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
(Walker, 1869)
Feliniopsis africana (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
(Viette, 1963)
Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
(Laporte, 1974)
(Laporte, 1973)
Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
(Laporte, 1973)
(Hampson, 1908)
Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
Godasa sidae (Fabricius, 1793)
Heliophisma catocalina Holland, 1894
(Fabricius, 1781)
Heraclia poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
A. E. Prout, 1927
Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Mocis undata (Fabricius, 1775)
(Holland, 1894)
(Walker, 1858)
(Mabille, 1890)
(Grünberg, 1907)
Soloe trigutta Walker, 1854
Soloella guttivaga (Walker, 1854)
Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
Thyas parallelipipeda (Guenée, 1852)

Nolidae[]

Kheil, 1909

Notodontidae[]

Gaede, 1928
Strand, 1912
(Holland, 1893)
Gargettoscrancia albolineata (Strand, 1912)
Aurivillius, 1904
Gaede, 1928
(Grünberg, 1907)
(Holland, 1893)
Scalmicauda tessmanni (Strand, 1911)

Oecophoridae[]

Strand, 1913
Strand, 1913

Psychidae[]

Strand, 1913
Druce, 1887
Bourgogne, 1955
Strand, 1913

Pterophoridae[]

Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
Oxyptilus tessmanni Strand, 1913
Platyptilia benitensis Strand, 1913
Platyptilia molopias Meyrick, 1906
Platyptilia pygmaeana Strand, 1913
Platyptiliodes albisignatula (Strand, 1913)
Pterophorus virgo (Strand, 1913)
Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)

Pyralidae[]

Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865
Strand, 1913

Saturniidae[]

(Westwood, 1849)
Jordan, 1922
Strand, 1912
(Aurivillius, 1893)
Imbrasia obscura (Butler, 1878)
Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
(Boisduval, 1847)
Strand, 1911
(Holland, 1893)
Karsch, 1892
(Butler, 1878)
Pseudantheraea discrepans (Butler, 1878)

Sesiidae[]

Adixoana auripyga Strand, 1913
Aegeria alenicum (Strand, 1913)
Chamanthedon brillians (Beutenmüller, 1899)
Conopia alenicola (Strand, 1913)
Conopia guineabia (Strand, 1913)
Macrotarsipus africanus (Beutenmüller, 1899)
Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878
Vespaegeria typica Strand, 1913

Sphingidae[]

Falcatula falcata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Neopolyptychus prionites (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)
Polyptychoides digitatus (Karsch, 1891)
Pseudoclanis rhadamistus (Fabricius, 1781)
Temnora livida (Holland, 1889)

Thyrididae[]

(Plötz, 1880)
Warren, 1903
(Cramer, 1779)
(Hampson, 1906)
Whalley, 1971
(Drury, 1782)
(Plötz, 1880)
Warren, 1898
(Strand, 1913)
(Strand, 1913)
(Plötz, 1880)

Tortricidae[]

Karisch, 2008
(Walsingham, 1897)
Goniotorna valentini Karisch, 2008
Idiothauma africanum Walsingham, 1897
Lozotaenia basilea Karisch, 2008
Mictocommosis argus (Walsingham, 1897)
Pandemis isotetras (Meyrick, 1934)
Sanguinograptis albardana (Snellen, 1872)
Strand, 1913
Karisch, 2008

Uraniidae[]

(Plötz, 1880)
(Guenée, 1857)

Xyloryctidae[]

Eretmocera alenica Strand, 1913
Eretmocera benitonis Strand, 1913
Eretmocera pachypennis Strand, 1913

Zygaenidae[]

Alberti, 1954
Walker, 1864
(Plötz, 1880)
Jordan, 1907
Strand, 1913
(Plötz, 1880)
(Fabricius, 1775)

References[]

External links[]

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.

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