List of moths of Guinea

There are about 175 known moth species of 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 Guinea.

Arctiidae[]

• Afrasura discreta Durante, 2009
• Afrasura hieroglyphica (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
• Afrasura pallescens Durante, 2009
• Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855)
• Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
• (Boisduval, 1847)
• Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)
• Amata kuhlweini (Lefèbvre, 1832)
• Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780)
• Amphicallia thelwalli (Druce, 1882)
• Anapisa holobrunnea Tams, 1932
• Anapisa monotonia Kiriakoff, 1963
• Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847)
• Balacra caeruleifascia Walker, 1856
• Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856
• Euchromia folletii Guérin-Méniville, 1832
• Metarctia maria Kiriakoff, 1957
• Ovenna guineacola (Strand, 1912)
• Ovenna vicaria (Walker, 1854)
• (Boisduval, 1836)
• Pseudothyretes rubicundula (Strand, 1912)
• Radiarctia lutescens (Walker, 1854)

Autostichidae[]

• Aprominta australis Gozmány, 1966

Bombycidae[]

• Vingerhoedtia ruficollis (Strand, 1910)

Brahmaeidae[]

• Dactyloceras swanzii (Butler, 1871)

Drepanidae[]

• Watson, 1965
• (Tams, 1930)
• Bryk, 1913
• Spidia fenestrata Butler, 1878

Elachistidae[]

• Exaeretia hermophila (Meyrick, 1922)

Eupterotidae[]

• Acrojana sciron Druce, 1887
• Hibrildes norax Druce, 1887
• Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

Gelechiidae[]

• Brachmia circumfusa Meyrick, 1922

Geometridae[]

• (Warren, 1898)
• (Walker, 1869)
• (Prout, 1938)
• (Oberthür, 1913)
• (Mabille, 1893)
• (Herbulot, 1954)
• (Warren, 1897)
• Warren, 1898
• (Warren, 1905)
• (Strand, 1909)
• (Swinhoe, 1904)
• (Prout, 1932)
• (Swinhoe, 1904)
• (Prout, 1915)
• Scopula latitans Prout, 1920
• Prout, 1928
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Prout, 1934
• Gaede, 1915
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Herbulot, 1954
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Herbulot, 1954
• Warren, 1909
• Warren, 1909
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada eucharis (Drury, 1782)
• Oberthür, 1912
• Bethune-Baker, 1913
• Swinhoe, 1904
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Swinhoe, 1904
• Prout, 1915
• Herbulot, 1954
• Oberthür, 1912
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Warren, 1897
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• (Walker, 1863)
• Basterberger, 1909
• Warren, 1897
• (Walker, 1863)
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Prout, 1915
• Warren, 1897

Himantopteridae[]

• Doratopteryx dissemurus Kiriakoff, 1963

Lasiocampidae[]

• (Conte, 1909)
• Druce, 1887
• Mimopacha gerstaeckerii (Dewitz, 1881)
• Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
• (Hering, 1928)
• (Mabille, 1893)

Limacodidae[]

• West, 1940

Lymantriidae[]

• (Snellen, 1872)
• (Snellen, 1872)
• Aurivillius, 1925
• (Walker, 1855)
• Collenette, 1932
• (Cramer, 1779)

Metarbelidae[]

• Metarbela onusta Karsch, 1896
• Moyencharia sommerlattei Lehmann, 2013

Noctuidae[]

• Dufay, 1958
• Achaea lienardi Boisduval, 1833
• Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
• (Walker, 1857)
• Boisduval, 1836
• Aegocera tigrina (Druce, 1882)
• Andrhippuris caudaequina Karsch, 1895
• Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
• Chaetostephana inclusa (Karsch, 1895)
• Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
• Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
• Dysgonia pudica (Möschler, 1887)
• Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
• (Walker, 1869)
• Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Feliniopsis africana (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
• (Hampson, 1908)
• (Walker, 1869)
• Godasa sidae (Fabricius, 1793)
• Heliophisma klugii (Boisduval, 1833)
• (Fabricius, 1781)
• Heraclia poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
• Hespagarista caudata (Dewitz, 1879)
• Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
• Pelletier, 1975
• (Hampson, 1903)
• Masalia nubila (Hampson, 1903)
• (Hampson, 1903)
• Guenée, 1852
• Ophiusa conspicienda Walker, 1858
• Parachalciope binaria Holland, 1894
• Walker, 1858
• Boisduval, 1836
• Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
• Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• (Berio, 1977)
• Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• de Joannis, 1910

Nolidae[]

• Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
• de Joannis, 1911

Notodontidae[]

• Kiriakoff, 1958
• (Gaede, 1928)
• Kiriakoff, 1958
• (Walker, 1855)
• Stauropussa chloe (Holland, 1893)
• Kiriakoff, 1963

Psychidae[]

• Druce, 1887
• Meyrick, 1922

Pterophoridae[]

• Antarches aguessei (Bigot, 1964)
• Buckleria girardi Gibeaux, 1992
• Pterophorus lamottei Gibeaux, 1992
• Pterophorus legrandi Gibeaux, 1992
• Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)

Pyralidae[]

• Acracona lamottei (Marion, 1954)

Saturniidae[]

• (Rothschild, 1907)
• (Dewitz, 1881)
• (Felder, 1874)
• (Druce, 1886)
• Strand, 1909
• (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
• Grünberg, 1909
• (Weymer, 1880)
• (Westwood, 1849)
• Hampson, 1919
• Rougeot, 1955
• Lobobunaea acetes (Westwood, 1849)
• Westwood, 1849
• (Fabricius, 1793)
• (Butler, 1888)
• Rougeot, 1962
• Karsch, 1892
• Rohaniella pygmaea (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)

Sphingidae[]

• Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Neopolyptychus ancylus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)
• Neopolyptychus consimilis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857
• Phylloxiphia bicolor (Rothschild, 1894)
• Phylloxiphia goodii (Holland, 1889)
• Phylloxiphia illustris (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
• Phylloxiphia oberthueri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1882)
• Pseudenyo benitensis Holland, 1889
• Pseudoclanis occidentalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Sphingonaepiopsis nana (Walker, 1856)
• Temnora nephele Clark, 1922
• Theretra perkeo Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Thyrididae[]

• Talbot, 1929

Tineidae[]

• Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917)
• (Meyrick, 1931)
• Histiovalva fortunata Gozmány, 1965
• (Meyrick, 1931)
• Gozmány, 1965
• (Meyrick, 1908)

Tortricidae[]

• (Snellen, 1872)
• Sanguinograptis albardana (Snellen, 1872)

See also[]

• List of butterflies of Guinea

General:

• Wildlife of Guinea

References[]

External links[]

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