List of moths of the Republic of the Congo

Location of the Republic of the Congo

There are about 380 known moth species of the Republic of the Congo. 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 the Republic of the Congo.

Adelidae[]

Ceromitia systelitis Meyrick, 1921
Nemophora parvella (Walker, 1863)

Alucitidae[]

Alucita balioxantha (Meyrick, 1921)
Alucita imbrifera (Meyrick, 1929)
Alucita sertifera (Meyrick, 1921)

Anomoeotidae[]

Anomoeotes nox Aurivillius, 1907
Thermochrous fumicincta Hampson, 1910

Arctiidae[]

Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864)
Aglossosia deceptans Hampson, 1914
Amata creobota (Holland, 1893)
Amata francisca (Butler, 1876)
Amata goodii (Holland, 1893)
Amata interniplaga (Mabille, 1890)
Amata leimacis (Holland, 1893)
Amata marina (Butler, 1876)
Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880
Anaphosia cyanogramma Hampson, 1903
Anapisa crenophylax (Holland, 1893)
Anapisa melaleuca (Holland, 1898)
Anapisa monotica (Holland, 1893)
Apisa canescens Walker, 1855
Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878)
Balacra daphaena (Hampson, 1898)
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856
Balacra haemalea Holland, 1893
Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893
Boadicea pelecoides Tams, 1930
Caripodia chrysargyria Hampson, 1900
Ceryx albimacula (Walker, 1854)
Ceryx elasson (Holland, 1893)
Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
Cyana rubristriga (Holland, 1893)
Euchromia guineensis (Fabricius, 1775)
Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)
Hippurarctia taymansi (Rothschild, 1910)
(Holland, 1893)
Meganaclia sippia (Plötz, 1880)
Metarctia burra (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893
Metarctia inconspicua Holland, 1892
Metarctia paulis Kiriakoff, 1961
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855
Myopsyche elachista (Holland, 1893)
Myopsyche miserabilis (Holland, 1893)
Myopsyche ochsenheimeri (Boisduval, 1829)
Myopsyche puncticincta (Holland, 1893)
Nanna eningae (Plötz, 1880)
Neophemula vitrina (Oberthür, 1909)
Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)
Nyctemera xanthura (Plötz, 1880)
Ovenna vicaria (Walker, 1854)
Pusiola melemona (Kiriakoff, 1963)
Pusiola theresia (Kiriakoff, 1963)
Rhipidarctia invaria (Walker, 1856)
Trichaeta fulvescens (Walker, 1854)
Trichaeta pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)

Autostichidae[]

Autosticha nothriforme (Walsingham, 1897)

Carposinidae[]

Meridarchis luteus (Walsingham, 1897)

Choreutidae[]

Anthophila equatoris (Walsingham, 1897)
Anthophila flavimaculata (Walsingham, 1891)
Brenthia octogemmifera Walsingham, 1897

Crambidae[]

Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875)
Palpita elealis (Walker, 1859)

Elachistidae[]

Ethmia rhomboidella Walsingham, 1897
Meyrick, 1917

Eriocottidae[]

Compsoctena media Walsingham, 1897
Compsoctena secundella (Walsingham, 1897)

Eupterotidae[]

Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Jana gracilis Walker, 1855
Jana preciosa Aurivillius, 1893
Westwood, 1849
Phiala albida Plötz, 1880
Phiala subiridescens (Holland, 1893)
Stenoglene bipunctatus (Aurivillius, 1909)

Gelechiidae[]

Bactropaltis lithosema Meyrick, 1939
Dichomeris eurynotus (Walsingham, 1897)
Dichomeris marmoratus (Walsingham, 1891)
Ptilothyris crossoceros Meyrick, 1934
Ptilothyris purpurea Walsingham, 1897
Walsingham, 1897
Walsingham, 1897

Geometridae[]

Aletis erici Kirby, 1896
(Walker, 1869)
(Swinhoe, 1904)
(Bastelberger, 1909)
(Walker, 1869)
Bryk, 1913
(Warren, 1901)
Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858)
(Herbulot, 1984)
(Warren, 1898)
Herbulot, 1983
Herbulot, 1983
Herbulot, 1985
Herbulot, 1985
(Warren, 1904)
(Warren, 1905)
Dorsifulcrum cephalotes (Walker, 1869)
Herbulot, 1984
(Guenée, 1858)
(Plötz, 1880)
(Herbulot, 1985)
(Prout, 1932)
(Walker, 1862)
(Walker, 1869)
(Holland, 1893)
Herbulot, 1985
Mimaletis postica (Walker, 1869)
Herbulot, 1985
Prout, 1935
D. S. Fletcher, 1963
Pitthea cunaxa Druce, 1887
Pitthea famula Drury, 1773
Pitthea perspicua (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Walker, 1869)
Prout, 1915
Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878)
Scopula macrocelis (Prout, 1915)
(Walker, 1863)
Somatina chalyboeata (Walker, 1869)
Walker, 1865
Hampson, 1910
Walker, 1854
Druce, 1887
Herbulot, 1984
Herbulot, 1984
Herbulot, 1985
Herbulot, 1985

Glyphipterigidae[]

Glyphipterix gemmatella (Walker, 1864)

Gracillariidae[]

Stomphastis thraustica (Meyrick, 1908)

Himantopteridae[]

Pedoptila thaletes Druce, 1907
Semioptila semiflava Talbot, 1928
Semioptila seminigra Talbot, 1928

Hyblaeidae[]

Hyblaea occidentalium Holland, 1894

Immidae[]

Moca radiata (Walsingham, 1897)

Lacturidae[]

Meyrick, 1918
Gymnogramma hollandi (Walsingham, 1897)

Lasiocampidae[]

(Holland, 1893)
(Aurivillius, 1909)
Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
(Walker, 1855)
(Tams, 1936)
(Aurivillius, 1893)
(Aurivillius, 1902)
Strand, 1912
Holland, 1893
Strand, 1912
Mimopacha gerstaeckerii (Dewitz, 1881)
Mimopacha knoblauchii (Dewitz, 1881)
(Aurivillius, 1900)
Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2010
Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
Hering, 1928
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
(Walker, 1855)
(Walker, 1855)
Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
(Dewitz, 1881)
(Hering, 1928)
(Tams, 1929)
Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
(Hering, 1928)
(Riel, 1909)
(Aurivillius, 1921)
Pehria umbrina (Aurivillius, 1909)
(Schaus, 1897)
(Aurivillius, 1914)
(Tams, 1929)
(Tams, 1929)
(Tams, 1929)
Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010

Lecithoceridae[]

Odites cuculans Meyrick, 1918

Limacodidae[]

Kirby, 1892
Walker, 1869

Lymantriidae[]

(Walker, 1855)
(Walker, 1855)
Walker, 1856
Olapa tavetensis (Holland, 1892)
(Swinhoe, 1903)

Noctuidae[]

Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858)
L. B. Prout, 1919
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Aegocera fervida (Walker, 1854)
Mabille, 1893
Boisduval, 1836
Aegocera tigrina (Druce, 1882)
Walker, 1869
Walker, 1869
(Guenée, 1852)
Aletopus ruspina (Aurivillius, 1909)
Prout, 1921
Asota chionea (Mabille, 1878)
(Walker, 1857)
Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)
Colpocheilopteryx operatrix (Wallengren, 1860)
Prout, 1921
Epischausia dispar (Rothschild, 1896)
Ericeia congregata (Walker, 1858)
Ericeia lituraria (Saalmüller, 1880)
Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
Hacker & Mey, 2010
(Mabille, 1879)
Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
(Westwood, 1881)
(Walker, 1854)
(Walker, 1869)
Hespagarista caudata (Dewitz, 1879)
Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
Janseodes melanospila (Guenée, 1852)
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857)
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
Omphaloceps triangularis (Mabille, 1893)
(Holland, 1894)
Oraesia provocans Walker, [1858]
(Holland, 1893)
(Schaus, 1893)
Walker, 1869
Trigonodes exportata Guenée, 1852
Tuerta chrysochlora Walker, 1869

Nolidae[]

Pinhey, 1968

Notodontidae[]

Walker, 1855
(Hampson, 1909)
Kiriakoff, 1960
Kiriakoff, 1960
(Kiriakoff, 1962)
(Schultze, 1934)
(Schultze, 1934)
(Schultze, 1934)
(Schultze, 1934)
(Walker, 1855)
(Holland, 1893)
Aurivillius, 1900
Gaede, 1928
Gaede, 1928
(Gaede, 1932)
Aurivillius, 1901
(Rothschild, 1917)
Kiriakoff, 1963
(Gaede, 1928)
Hampson, 1910

Oecophoridae[]

Walsingham, 1897
Walsingham, 1897

Psychidae[]

Meyrick, 1922
Meyrick, 1922
Meyrick, 1922
Walsingham, 1897
Meyrick, 1922

Pterophoridae[]

Crocydoscelus ferrugineum Walsingham, 1897
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
Pterophorus candidalis (Walker, 1864)
Pterophorus spissa (Bigot, 1969)
Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Saturniidae[]

(Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
Bouvier, 1930
(Hampson, 1910)
(Bouvier, 1929)
(Westwood, 1849)
(Sonthonnax, 1899)
Gonimbrasia tyrrhea (Cramer, 1775)
Darge, 2008
Jordan, 1922
Holland, 1893
Bouvier, 1936
Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
(Sonthonnax, 1899)
(Westwood, 1849)
Darge, 2010
(De Fleury, 1925)
Bouvier, 1930
Bouvier, 1930
(Holland, 1893)
Darge, 2010
Rougeot, 1977
Rougeot, 1979
Westwood, 1849
(Le Moult, 1933)
(Butler, 1888)
Rougeot, 1967
Rougeot, 1962
Karsch, 1892
Pseudantheraea discrepans (Butler, 1878)
Bouvier, 1927
Rebel, 1906
Pseudimbrasia deyrollei (J. Thomson, 1858)
(Bouvier, 1927)

Sesiidae[]

Chamanthedon brillians (Beutenmüller, 1899)
Chamanthedon tropica (Beutenmüller, 1899)
Conopia auronitens (Le Cerf, 1913)
Conopia nuba (Beutenmüller, 1899)
Conopia olenda (Beutenmüller, 1899)
Melittia auriplumia Hampson, 1910
Melittia occidentalis Le Cerf, 1917
Similipepsis violacea Le Cerf, 1911
Synanthedon albiventris (Beutenmüller, 1899)
Tipulamima festiva (Beutenmüller, 1899)
Tipulamima malimba (Beutenmüller, 1899)

Sphingidae[]

Grillotius bergeri (Darge, 1973)
Hippotion aporodes Rothschild & Jordan, 1912
Hippotion irregularis (Walker, 1856)
Leucophlebia afra Karsch, 1891
Leucostrophus commasiae (Walker, 1856)
Neopolyptychus consimilis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Neopolyptychus prionites (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)
Nephele discifera Karsch, 1891
Nephele maculosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Nephele oenopion (Hübner, [1824])
Nephele rectangulata Rothschild, 1895
Nephele vau (Walker, 1856)
Phylloxiphia bicolor (Rothschild, 1894)
Phylloxiphia oberthueri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Platysphinx constrigilis (Walker, 1869)
Platysphinx stigmatica (Mabille, 1878)
Polyptychus andosa Walker, 1856
Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1882)
Polyptychus enodia (Holland, 1889)
Polyptychus murinus Rothschild, 1904
Polyptychus thihongae Bernardi, 1970
Pseudoclanis admatha Pierre, 1985
Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856)
Pseudoclanis rhadamistus (Fabricius, 1781)
Rhadinopasa hornimani (Druce, 1880)
Temnora albilinea Rothschild, 1904
Temnora atrofasciata Holland, 1889
Temnora crenulata (Holland, 1893)
Temnora curtula Rothschild & Jordan, 1908
Temnora eranga (Holland, 1889)
Temnora funebris (Holland, 1893)
Temnora griseata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Temnora hollandi Clark, 1920
Temnora livida (Holland, 1889)
Temnora ntombi Darge, 1975
Temnora plagiata Walker, 1856
Temnora rattrayi Rothschild, 1904
Temnora sardanus (Walker, 1856)
Temnora scitula (Holland, 1889)
Temnora spiritus (Holland, 1893)
Temnora stevensi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Theretra orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)

Thyrididae[]

(Aurivillius, 1900)
(Walker, 1854)

Tineidae[]

Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852)
Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917)
(Gozmány, 1965)
(Stainton, 1859)
Gozmány, 1965
Gozmány, 1965
Meyrick, 1908
Monopis monachella (Hübner, 1796)
Gozmány, 1965
Meyrick, 1918
(Meyrick, 1914)
(Meyrick, 1917)
Walsingham, 1897

Tortricidae[]

Accra viridis (Walsingham, 1891)
Walsingham, 1897
Archips symmetra (Meyrick, 1918)
Bactra bactrana (Kennel, 1901)
(Walsingham, 1897)
Eccopsis praecedens Walsingham, 1897
(Walsingham, 1897)
Idiothauma africanum Walsingham, 1897
Labidosa ochrostoma (Meyrick, 1918)
(Meyrick, 1914)
Mictocommosis argus (Walsingham, 1897)
Sanguinograptis albardana (Snellen, 1872)

Zygaenidae[]

(Hampson, 1920)
Jordan, 1907
Strand, 1913
Holland, 1920

References[]

External links[]

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

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