List of moths 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.

Location of Equatorial Guinea

This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Equatorial Guinea.

Alucitidae

Anomoeotidae

Arctiidae

Brahmaeidae

Choreutidae

Copromorphidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Drepanidae

  • Epicampoptera difficilis Hering, 1934

Elachistidae

Eupterotidae

Gelechiidae

Geometridae

  • Aletis helcita (Linnaeus, 1763)
  • Asthenotricha amblycoma Prout, 1935
  • Asthenotricha fernandi Prout, 1935
  • Bathycolpodes semigrisea (Warren, 1897)
  • Biston abruptaria (Walker, 1869)
  • Biston johannaria (Oberthür, 1913)
  • Braueriana karischi Herbulot, 1996
  • Chlorodrepana inaequisecta Herbulot, 1999
  • Cleora herbuloti D. S. Fletcher, 1967
  • Cleora pavlitzkiae (D. S. Fletcher, 1958)
  • Collix biokensis Herbulot, 1999
  • Collix brevipalpis Herbulot, 1999
  • Colocleora smithi (Warren, 1904)
  • Comibaena barnsi Prout, 1930
  • Conolophia persimilis (Warren, 1905)
  • Derambila punctisignata Walker, 1863
  • Dioptrochasma ablegata Herbulot, 1996
  • Dioptrochasma calderae Herbulot, 1996
  • Dioptrochasma mercyi Herbulot, 1956
  • Ecpetala camerunica Herbulot, 1988
  • Eois alticola (Aurivillius, 1925)
  • Epigynopteryx tabitha Warren, 1901
  • Epigynopteryx termininota Prout, 1934
  • Erastria albosignata (Walker, 1863)
  • Ereunetea minor (Holland, 1893)
  • Eupithecia calderae Herbulot, 1999
  • Eupithecia fernandi Herbulot, 1999
  • Eupithecia jeanneli Herbulot, 1953
  • Eupithecia karischi Herbulot, 1999
  • Eupithecia nigribasis (Warren, 1902)
  • Hypochrosis banakaria (Plötz, 1880)
  • Hypocoela turpisaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • Hypomecis nessa Herbulot, 1995
  • Hypomecis quaerenda Herbulot, 2000
  • Idaea pulveraria (Snellen, 1872)
  • Idiodes pectinata (Herbulot, 1966)
  • Megadrepana cinerea Holland, 1893
  • Melinoessa aemonia (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • Melinoessa amplissimata (Walker, 1863)
  • Melinoessa asteria Prout, 1934
  • Melinoessa croesaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
  • Menophra bilobata Herbulot, 1995
  • Menophra nathaliae Herbulot, 1998
  • Mimaletis postica (Walker, 1869)
  • Narthecusa tenuiorata Walker, 1862
  • Piercia ansorgei (Bethune-Baker, 1913)
  • Pingasa dispensata (Walker, 1860)
  • Pitthea agenoria Druce, 1890
  • Plegapteryx anomalus Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
  • Racotis angulosa Herbulot, 1973
  • Racotis zebrina Warren, 1899
  • Ramopteryx viridimista 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
  • Terina circumdata Walker, 1865
  • Terina doleris (Plötz, 1880)
  • Thalassodes dentatilinea Prout, 1912
  • Victoria perornata Warren, 1898
  • Xanthisthisa extrema Herbulot, 1999
  • Xanthorhoe ansorgei (Warren, 1899)
  • Xanthorhoe heliopharia (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • Xanthorhoe tamsi D. S. Fletcher, 1963
  • Xenimpia karischi Herbulot, 1996
  • Xenostega tincta Warren, 1899
  • Xylopteryx dargei Herbulot, 1984
  • Xylopteryx elongata Herbulot, 1984
  • Zamarada aurolineata Gaede, 1915
  • Zamarada bicuspida D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada dentigera Warren, 1909
  • Zamarada griseola D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada ixiaria Swinhoe, 1904
  • Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912
  • Zamarada paxilla D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada platycephala D. S. Fletcher, 1974

Hyblaeidae

Lasiocampidae

  • Braura ligniclusa (Walker, 1865)
  • Braura truncatum (Walker, 1855)
  • Catalebeda cuneilinea (Walker, 1856)
  • Catalebeda discocellularis Strand, 1912
  • Cheligium nigrescens (Aurivillius, 1909)
  • Chrysopsyche antennifera Strand, 1912
  • Eucraera koellikerii (Dewitz, 1881)
  • Filiola occidentale (Strand, 1912)
  • Gelo anastella Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
  • Gonobombyx angulata Aurivillius, 1893
  • Gonometa nysa Druce, 1887
  • Lechriolepis nigrivenis Strand, 1912
  • Lechriolepis rotunda Strand, 1912
  • Lechriolepis tessmanni Strand, 1912
  • Leipoxais makomona Strand, 1912
  • Leipoxais marginepunctata Holland, 1893
  • Leipoxais peraffinis Holland, 1893
  • Leipoxais proboscidea (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
  • Leipoxais regularis Strand, 1912
  • Leipoxais rufobrunnea Strand, 1912
  • Leipoxais siccifolia Aurivillius, 1902
  • Mallocampa alenica Strand, 1912
  • Mallocampa audea (Druce, 1887)
  • Mallocampa punctilimbata Strand, 1912
  • Mimopacha brunnea Hering, 1941
  • Mimopacha gerstaeckerii (Dewitz, 1881)
  • Mimopacha knoblauchii (Dewitz, 1881)
  • Odontocheilopteryx maculata Aurivillius, 1905
  • Odontocheilopteryx phoneus Hering, 1928
  • Odontocheilopteryx pica Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
  • Pachymetana custodita (Strand, 1912)
  • Pachymetoides stigmatica (Strand, 1911)
  • Pachyna subfascia (Walker, 1855)
  • Pachytrina honrathii (Dewitz, 1881)
  • Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909)
  • Philotherma spargata (Holland, 1893)
  • Pseudometa concava (Strand, 1912)
  • Pseudometa punctipennis (Strand, 1912)
  • Stoermeriana makomanum (Strand, 1912)
  • Stoermeriana tessmanni (Strand, 1912)
  • Streblote guineanum (Strand, 1912)
  • Streblote splendens (Druce, 1887)
  • Trabala aethiopica (Strand, 1912)
  • Trabala burchardi (Dewitz, 1881)

Limacodidae

  • Andaingo bicolor (Strand, 1913)
  • Anilina plebeia (Karsch, 1899)
  • Baria elsa (Druce, 1887)
  • Casphalia extranea (Walker, 1869)
  • Casphalia nigerrima Holland, 1893
  • Compactena hilda (Druce, 1887)
  • Compactena secta (Strand, 1913)
  • Cosuma rugosa Walker, 1855
  • Ctenolita anacompa Karsch, 1896
  • Ctenolita argyrobapta Karsch, 1899
  • Ctenolita epargyra Karsch, 1896
  • Hadraphe aprica Karsch, 1899
  • Latoia phlebodes (Karsch, 1896)
  • Latoia urda (Druce, 1887)
  • Latoiola albipuncta (Holland, 1893)
  • Niphadolepis argenteobrunnea Strand, 1913
  • Niphadolepis quinquestrigata Strand, 1913
  • Parasa trapezoidea Aurivillius, 1900
  • Perola secunda (Strand, 1913)
  • Phorma pepon Karsch, 1896
  • Prolatoia sjostedti (Aurivillius, 1897)
  • Stroteroides nigrisignata Strand, 1913
  • Tryphax uelleburgensis Strand, 1913

Lymantriidae

  • Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896)
  • Barobata trocta Karsch, 1895
  • Batella muscosa (Holland, 1893)
  • Conigephyra citrona (Hering, 1926)
  • Dasychira achatina Hering, 1926
  • Dasychira albosignata Holland, 1893
  • Dasychira allotria Hering, 1926
  • Dasychira chlorobasis Hering, 1926
  • Dasychira gloveroides Hering, 1926
  • Dasychira goodii (Holland, 1893)
  • Dasychira laeliopsis Hering, 1926
  • Dasychira perfida (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
  • Dasychira sagittiphora Hering, 1926
  • Dasychira sphalera Hering, 1926
  • Dasychira strigidentata Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • Euproctilla tesselata (Holland, 1893)
  • Euproctis apicipuncta (Holland, 1893)
  • Euproctis crocata (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Euproctis neavei Tams, 1924
  • Euproctis parallela (Holland, 1893)
  • Euproctis reutlingeri Holland, 1893
  • Euproctis tessmanni Hering, 1926
  • Hemerophanes diatoma (Hering, 1926)
  • Hemerophanes enos (Druce, 1896)
  • Laelia lignicolor Holland, 1893
  • Laelia mediofasciata (Hering, 1926)
  • Laelia pulcherrima (Hering, 1926)
  • Laelia thanatos (Hering, 1926)
  • Leucoma luteipes (Walker, 1855)
  • Leucoma melanochila (Hering, 1926)
  • Leucoperina atroguttata Aurivillius, 1909
  • Lymantria vacillans Walker, 1855
  • Marbla divisa (Walker, 1855)
  • Mylantria xanthospila (Plötz, 1880)
  • Neomardara africana (Holland, 1893)
  • Olene basalis (Walker, 1855)
  • Otroeda hesperia (Cramer, 1779)
  • Paramarbla azami (Kheil, 1909)
  • Terphothrix lanaria Holland, 1893
  • Viridichira cameruna (Aurivillius, 1904)
  • Viridichira longistriata (Hering, 1926)

Metarbelidae

Noctuidae

Nolidae

  • Aiteta escalerai Kheil, 1909

Notodontidae

  • Desmeocraera latifasciata Gaede, 1928
  • Desmeocraerula inconspicuana Strand, 1912
  • Galanthella arctipennis (Holland, 1893)
  • Gargettoscrancia albolineata (Strand, 1912)
  • Peratodonta brunnea Aurivillius, 1904
  • Peratodonta olivacea Gaede, 1928
  • Phalera atrata (Grünberg, 1907)
  • Scalmicauda brevipennis (Holland, 1893)
  • Scalmicauda tessmanni (Strand, 1911)

Oecophoridae

  • Eucleodora plumbipictella Strand, 1913
  • Oedematopoda bicoloricornis Strand, 1913

Psychidae

  • Clania guineensis Strand, 1913
  • Eumeta cervina Druce, 1887
  • Eumeta strandi Bourgogne, 1955
  • Monda stupida Strand, 1913

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Saturniidae

  • Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849)
  • Goodia hierax Jordan, 1922
  • Goodia obscuripennis Strand, 1912
  • Holocerina angulata (Aurivillius, 1893)
  • Imbrasia obscura (Butler, 1878)
  • Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
  • Ludia delegorguei (Boisduval, 1847)
  • Ludia tessmanni Strand, 1911
  • Micragone lichenodes (Holland, 1893)
  • Orthogonioptilum adiegetum Karsch, 1892
  • Pselaphelia gemmifera (Butler, 1878)
  • Pseudantheraea discrepans (Butler, 1878)

Sesiidae

Sphingidae

Thyrididae

  • Byblisia setipes (Plötz, 1880)
  • Heteroschista nigranalis Warren, 1903
  • Marmax hyparchus (Cramer, 1779)
  • Nemea eugrapha (Hampson, 1906)
  • Nemea tamsi Whalley, 1971
  • Ninia plumipes (Drury, 1782)
  • Rhodoneura sordidula (Plötz, 1880)
  • Striglina rothi Warren, 1898
  • Striglina strigifera (Strand, 1913)
  • Symphleps signicostata (Strand, 1913)
  • Trichobaptes auristrigata (Plötz, 1880)

Tortricidae

Uraniidae

  • Aploschema albaria (Plötz, 1880)
  • Dissoprumna erycinaria (Guenée, 1857)

Xyloryctidae

Zygaenidae

  • Metanycles sachtlebeni Alberti, 1954
  • Saliunca aurifrons Walker, 1864
  • Saliunca flavifrons (Plötz, 1880)
  • Saliunca mimetica Jordan, 1907
  • Saliunca nkolentangensis Strand, 1913
  • Saliunca solora (Plötz, 1880)
  • Saliunca styx (Fabricius, 1775)

References

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