There are about 380 known moth species in the Republic of the Congo. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
This is a list of moth species 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)
- Mecistorhabdia haematoessa (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
- Microcolona pantomima 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
- Jana strigina 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
- Theatrocopia elegans Walsingham, 1897
- Theatrocopia roseoviridis Walsingham, 1897
Geometridae
- Aletis erici Kirby, 1896
- Anacleora diffusa (Walker, 1869)
- Aphilopota mailaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
- Aphilopota strigosissima (Bastelberger, 1909)
- Biston abruptaria (Walker, 1869)
- Braueriana fiorino Bryk, 1913
- Chiasmia majestica (Warren, 1901)
- Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858)
- Chrysocraspeda abdominalis (Herbulot, 1984)
- Chrysocraspeda rubripennis (Warren, 1898)
- Colocleora binoti Herbulot, 1983
- Colocleora ducleri Herbulot, 1983
- Colocleora linearis Herbulot, 1985
- Colocleora sanghana Herbulot, 1985
- Colocleora smithi (Warren, 1904)
- Conolophia persimilis (Warren, 1905)
- Dorsifulcrum cephalotes (Walker, 1869)
- Epigynopteryx prophylacis Herbulot, 1984
- Euproutia aggravaria (Guenée, 1858)
- Hypochrosis banakaria (Plötz, 1880)
- Hypomecis dedecora (Herbulot, 1985)
- Idaea inquisita (Prout, 1932)
- Melinoessa sodaliata (Walker, 1862)
- Melinoessa stramineata (Walker, 1869)
- Mesomima tenuifascia (Holland, 1893)
- Miantochora picturata Herbulot, 1985
- Mimaletis postica (Walker, 1869)
- Oxyfidonia umbrina Herbulot, 1985
- Piercia myopteryx Prout, 1935
- Pitthea catadela D. S. Fletcher, 1963
- Pitthea cunaxa Druce, 1887
- Pitthea famula Drury, 1773
- Pitthea perspicua (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Prasinocyma congrua (Walker, 1869)
- Psilocladia loxostigma Prout, 1915
- Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878)
- Scopula macrocelis (Prout, 1915)
- Semiothisa testaceata (Walker, 1863)
- Somatina chalyboeata (Walker, 1869)
- Terina circumdata Walker, 1865
- Terina crocea Hampson, 1910
- Terina latifascia Walker, 1854
- Terina niphanda Druce, 1887
- Xenochroma silvatica Herbulot, 1984
- Xylopteryx triphaenata Herbulot, 1984
- Zamarada modesta Herbulot, 1985
- Zeuctoboarmia ochracea 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
- Gymnogramma atmocycla Meyrick, 1918
- Gymnogramma hollandi (Walsingham, 1897)
Lasiocampidae
- Cheligium choerocampoides (Holland, 1893)
- Cheligium nigrescens (Aurivillius, 1909)
- Cheligium pinheyi Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
- Euwallengrenia reducta (Walker, 1855)
- Gelo jordani (Tams, 1936)
- Grellada imitans (Aurivillius, 1893)
- Grellada marshalli (Aurivillius, 1902)
- Lechriolepis tessmanni Strand, 1912
- Leipoxais marginepunctata Holland, 1893
- Leipoxais rufobrunnea Strand, 1912
- Mimopacha gerstaeckerii (Dewitz, 1881)
- Mimopacha knoblauchii (Dewitz, 1881)
- Muzunguja rectilineata (Aurivillius, 1900)
- Nepehria olivia Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2010
- Odontocheilopteryx conzolia Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
- Odontocheilopteryx phoneus Hering, 1928
- Opisthoheza heza Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
- Pachymeta contraria (Walker, 1855)
- Pachyna subfascia (Walker, 1855)
- Pachytrina gliharta Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
- Pachytrina honrathii (Dewitz, 1881)
- Pachytrina philargyria (Hering, 1928)
- Pachytrina rubra (Tams, 1929)
- Pachytrina trihora Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
- Pallastica lateritia (Hering, 1928)
- Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909)
- Pallastica sericeofasciata (Aurivillius, 1921)
- Pehria umbrina (Aurivillius, 1909)
- Schausinna clementsi (Schaus, 1897)
- Sonitha libera (Aurivillius, 1914)
- Stenophatna hollandi (Tams, 1929)
- Stenophatna kahli (Tams, 1929)
- Theophasida obusta (Tams, 1929)
- Theophasida valkyria Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Lecithoceridae
- Odites cuculans Meyrick, 1918
Limacodidae
- Parasa chapmani Kirby, 1892
- Zinara nervosa Walker, 1869
Lymantriidae
- Euproctis pygmaea (Walker, 1855)
- Knappetra fasciata (Walker, 1855)
- Naroma signifera Walker, 1856
- Olapa tavetensis (Holland, 1892)
- Otroeda manifesta (Swinhoe, 1903)
Noctuidae
- Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858)
- Achaea jamesoni L. B. Prout, 1919
- Acontia citrelinea Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Aegocera fervida (Walker, 1854)
- Aegocera obliqua Mabille, 1893
- Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
- Aegocera tigrina (Druce, 1882)
- Agrotis catenifera Walker, 1869
- Agrotis hemileuca Walker, 1869
- Aletia consanguis (Guenée, 1852)
- Aletopus ruspina (Aurivillius, 1909)
- Argyrolopha punctilinea Prout, 1921
- Asota chionea (Mabille, 1878)
- Athetis partita (Walker, 1857)
- Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)
- Colpocheilopteryx operatrix (Wallengren, 1860)
- Egnasia scoliogramma Prout, 1921
- Epischausia dispar (Rothschild, 1896)
- Ericeia congregata (Walker, 1858)
- Ericeia lituraria (Saalmüller, 1880)
- Feliniopsis kuehnei Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
- Feliniopsis parvula Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
- Feliniopsis sinaevi Hacker & Mey, 2010
- Halochroa aequatoria (Mabille, 1879)
- Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
- Heraclia aemulatrix (Westwood, 1881)
- Heraclia longipennis (Walker, 1854)
- Heraclia pardalina (Walker, 1869)
- Hespagarista caudata (Dewitz, 1879)
- Hypena obacerralis Walker,
- Janseodes melanospila (Guenée, 1852)
- Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857)
- Metagarista maenas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
- Omphaloceps triangularis (Mabille, 1893)
- Ophiusa david (Holland, 1894)
- Oraesia provocans Walker,
- Schausia gladiatoria (Holland, 1893)
- Schausia leona (Schaus, 1893)
- Sciatta inconcisa Walker, 1869
- Trigonodes exportata Guenée, 1852
- Tuerta chrysochlora Walker, 1869
Nolidae
- Eligma allaudi Pinhey, 1968
Notodontidae
- Antheua simplex Walker, 1855
- Antheua trifasciata (Hampson, 1909)
- Arciera postalba Kiriakoff, 1960
- Arciera roseiventris Kiriakoff, 1960
- Arciera rufescens (Kiriakoff, 1962)
- Boscawenia bryki (Schultze, 1934)
- Boscawenia caradrinoides (Schultze, 1934)
- Boscawenia incerta (Schultze, 1934)
- Boscawenia jaspidea (Schultze, 1934)
- Catarctia divisa (Walker, 1855)
- Desmeocraera chloeropsis (Holland, 1893)
- Desmeocraera congoana Aurivillius, 1900
- Desmeocraera geminata Gaede, 1928
- Desmeocraera sagittata Gaede, 1928
- Epidonta insigniata (Gaede, 1932)
- Haplozana nigrolineata Aurivillius, 1901
- Scaeopteryx curvatula (Rothschild, 1917)
- Scalmicauda adusta Kiriakoff, 1963
- Scalmicauda rectilinea (Gaede, 1928)
- Scrancia stictica Hampson, 1910
Oecophoridae
- Orygocera carnicolor Walsingham, 1897
- Pseudoprotasis canariella Walsingham, 1897
Psychidae
- Melasina imperfecta Meyrick, 1922
- Melasina polycapnias Meyrick, 1922
- Melasina scrutaria Meyrick, 1922
- Mesopolia inconspicua Walsingham, 1897
- Narycia centropa 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
- Bunaeopsis licharbas (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
- Decachorda congolana Bouvier, 1930
- Decachorda inspersa (Hampson, 1910)
- Epiphora congolana (Bouvier, 1929)
- Epiphora vacuna (Westwood, 1849)
- Gonimbrasia rectilineata (Sonthonnax, 1899)
- Gonimbrasia tyrrhea (Cramer, 1775)
- Goodia dimonica Darge, 2008
- Goodia hierax Jordan, 1922
- Goodia lunata Holland, 1893
- Goodia unguiculata Bouvier, 1936
- Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
- Lobobunaea rosea (Sonthonnax, 1899)
- Micragone agathylla (Westwood, 1849)
- Micragone caliginosa Darge, 2010
- Micragone ducorpsi (De Fleury, 1925)
- Micragone elisabethae Bouvier, 1930
- Micragone joiceyi Bouvier, 1930
- Micragone lichenodes (Holland, 1893)
- Micragone loutemboensis Darge, 2010
- Micragone morini Rougeot, 1977
- Micragone neonubifera Rougeot, 1979
- Nudaurelia alopia Westwood, 1849
- Nudaurelia bouvieri (Le Moult, 1933)
- Nudaurelia emini (Butler, 1888)
- Orthogonioptilum andreasum Rougeot, 1967
- Orthogonioptilum fontainei Rougeot, 1962
- Orthogonioptilum prox Karsch, 1892
- Pseudantheraea discrepans (Butler, 1878)
- Pseudaphelia kaeremii Bouvier, 1927
- Pseudaphelia simplex Rebel, 1906
- Pseudimbrasia deyrollei (J. Thomson, 1858)
- Pseudobunaea parathyrrena (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, )
- 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
- Arniocera viridifasciata (Aurivillius, 1900)
- Marmax semiaurata (Walker, 1854)
Tineidae
- Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852)
- Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917)
- Criticonoma episcardina (Gozmány, 1965)
- Dasyses rugosella (Stainton, 1859)
- Hyperbola zicsii Gozmány, 1965
- Machaeropteris baloghi Gozmány, 1965
- Monopis megalodelta Meyrick, 1908
- Monopis monachella (Hübner, 1796)
- Morophaga soror Gozmány, 1965
- Oxymachaeris euryzancla Meyrick, 1918
- Perissomastix pyroxantha (Meyrick, 1914)
- Pitharcha latriodes (Meyrick, 1917)
- Tiquadra lichenea Walsingham, 1897
Tortricidae
- Accra viridis (Walsingham, 1891)
- Ancylis argenticiliana Walsingham, 1897
- Archips symmetra (Meyrick, 1918)
- Bactra bactrana (Kennel, 1901)
- Cydia hemisphaerana (Walsingham, 1897)
- Eccopsis praecedens Walsingham, 1897
- Enarmoniodes praetextana (Walsingham, 1897)
- Idiothauma africanum Walsingham, 1897
- Labidosa ochrostoma (Meyrick, 1918)
- Metendothenia balanacma (Meyrick, 1914)
- Mictocommosis argus (Walsingham, 1897)
- Sanguinograptis albardana (Snellen, 1872)
Zygaenidae
- Astyloneura chlorotica (Hampson, 1920)
- Saliunca mimetica Jordan, 1907
- Saliunca nkolentangensis Strand, 1913
- Saliunca rubriventris 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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