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 edit
- Alucita plumigera (Strand, 1913)
Anomoeotidae edit
- Anomoeotes leucolena Holland, 1893
- Anomoeotes separatula Strand, 1913
- Anomoeotes tenellula Holland, 1893
- Staphylinochrous heringi Alberti, 1954
Arctiidae edit
- 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)
- Dubatolovia neurophaea (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 edit
- Dactyloceras canui Bouyer, 2002
Choreutidae edit
- Brenthia octogemmifera Walsingham, 1897
Copromorphidae edit
- Rhynchoferella hoppei Mey, 2007
Cossidae edit
- Eulophonotus elegans (Aurivillius, 1910)
- Holcoceroides ferrugineotincta Strand, 1913
- Oreocossus occidentalis Strand, 1913
Crambidae edit
- Aethaloessa floridalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Argyractis limalis 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)
- Orphanostigma fervidalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Orphanostigma latimarginalis (Walker, 1859)
- Pardomima distortana (Strand, 1913)
- Phostria erebusalis (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 edit
- Epicampoptera difficilis Hering, 1934
Elachistidae edit
- Cryptolechia viridisignata (Strand, 1913)
Eupterotidae edit
- Epijana cinerea Holland, 1893
- Epijana cosima (Plötz, 1880)
- Janomima dannfelti (Aurivillius, 1893)
- Stenoglene sulphureotinctus Strand, 1912
Gelechiidae edit
- Brachmia ditemenitis Meyrick, 1934
- Ptilothyris purpurea Walsingham, 1897
Geometridae edit
- 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 edit
- Hyblaea occidentalium Holland, 1894
Lasiocampidae edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- Metarbela pygatula Strand, 1913
- Metarbela quadriguttata Aurivillius, 1925
- Metarbela reticulosana Strand, 1913
- Metarbela stivafer Holland, 1893
Noctuidae edit
- Achaea ezea (Cramer, 1779)
- Amazonides aleuca Prout
- Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833)
- Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
- Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775)
- Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)
- Callyna decora Walker, 1858
- Carpostalagma viridis (Plötz, 1880)
- Condica conducta (Walker, 1857)
- Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
- Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
- Eudocima divitiosa (Walker, 1869)
- Feliniopsis africana (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
- Feliniopsis annosa (Viette, 1963)
- Feliniopsis baueri Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
- Feliniopsis connivens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Feliniopsis duponti (Laporte, 1974)
- Feliniopsis ivoriensis (Laporte, 1973)
- Feliniopsis karischi Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
- Feliniopsis kobesi Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
- Feliniopsis laportei Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
- Feliniopsis ligniensis (Laporte, 1973)
- Feliniopsis nigribarbata (Hampson, 1908)
- Feliniopsis parvula Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
- Godasa sidae (Fabricius, 1793)
- Heliophisma catocalina Holland, 1894
- Heraclia geryon (Fabricius, 1781)
- Heraclia poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
- Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
- Hypocala dysdamarta A. E. Prout, 1927
- Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
- Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Mocis undata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Parachalciope benitensis (Holland, 1894)
- Parachalciope euclidicola (Walker, 1858)
- Pseudoarcte melanis (Mabille, 1890)
- Rhanidophora aethiops (Grünberg, 1907)
- Soloe trigutta Walker, 1854
- Soloella guttivaga (Walker, 1854)
- Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
- Thyas parallelipipeda (Guenée, 1852)
Nolidae edit
- Aiteta escalerai Kheil, 1909
Notodontidae edit
- 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 edit
- Eucleodora plumbipictella Strand, 1913
- Oedematopoda bicoloricornis Strand, 1913
Psychidae edit
- Clania guineensis Strand, 1913
- Eumeta cervina Druce, 1887
- Eumeta strandi Bourgogne, 1955
- Monda stupida Strand, 1913
Pterophoridae edit
- Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
- Megalorhipida 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 edit
- Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865
- Sabormania pia Strand, 1913
Saturniidae edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- Falcatula falcata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
- Neopolyptychus prionites (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)
- Polyptychoides digitatus (Karsch, 1891)
- Pseudoclanis rhadamistus (Fabricius, 1781)
- Temnora livida (Holland, 1889)
Thyrididae edit
- 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 edit
- Cnephasia quentini Karisch, 2008
- Enarmoniodes praetextana (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)
- Tortrix benitonensis Strand, 1913
- Xenosocia oreomontana Karisch, 2008
Uraniidae edit
- Aploschema albaria (Plötz, 1880)
- Dissoprumna erycinaria (Guenée, 1857)
Xyloryctidae edit
- Eretmocera alenica Strand, 1913
- Eretmocera benitonis Strand, 1913
- Eretmocera pachypennis Strand, 1913
Zygaenidae edit
- 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 edit
External links edit
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.