There are about 240 known moth species of the Central African Republic. 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 Central African Republic.
Anomoeotidae[edit]
- Staphylinochrous euryperalis Hampson, 1910
Arctiidae[edit]
- Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
- Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
- Alpenus thomasi Watson, 1988
- Amerila atrivena (Hampson, 1907)
- Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933
- Balacra nigripennis (Aurivillius, 1904)
- Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
- Cyana rufeola Karisch & Dall'Asta, 2010
- Spilosoma jordani Debauche, 1938
- Spilosoma togoensis Bartel, 1903
Autostichidae[edit]
- Neospastus ubangi Gozmány, 1966
Drepanidae[edit]
- Callidrepana macnultyi Watson, 1965
- Callidrepana serena Watson, 1965
- Epicampoptera andersoni (Tams, 1925)
- Epicampoptera marantica (Tams, 1930)
- Epicampoptera strandi Bryk, 1913
- Isospidia angustipennis (Warren, 1904)
- Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874)
- Spidia rufinota Watson, 1965
- Uranometra oculata (Holland, 1893)
Eupterotidae[edit]
- Phiala pseudatomaria Strand, 1911
- Stenoglene brunneofasciata Dall'Asta & Poncin, 1980
- Stenoglene citrinus (Druce, 1886)
- Stenoglene dehanicus (Strand, 1911)
- Stenoglene plagiatus (Aurivillius, 1911)
- Stenoglene preussi (Aurivillius, 1893)
- Stenoglene pujoli Dall'Asta & Poncin, 1980
- Stenoglene sulphureotinctus Strand, 1912
- Stenoglene thelda (Druce, 1887)
- Stenoglene uelei Dall'Asta & Poncin, 1980
- Stenoglene uniformis Dall'Asta & Poncin, 1980
Geometridae[edit]
- Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967
- Colocleora linearis Herbulot, 1985
- Miantochora picturata Herbulot, 1985
- Miantochora subcaudata Herbulot, 1981
- Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878)
- Racotis zebrina Warren, 1899
- Zamarada adumbrata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada auratisquama Warren, 1897
- Zamarada bicuspida D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada corroborata Herbulot, 1954
- Zamarada cydippe Herbulot, 1954
- Zamarada dentigera Warren, 1909
- Zamarada differens Bastelberger, 1907
- Zamarada dilata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada dolorosa D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada enippe Prout, 1921
- Zamarada excavata Bethune-Baker, 1913
- Zamarada latimargo Warren, 1897
- Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912
- Zamarada modesta Herbulot, 1985
- Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897
- Zamarada protrusa Warren, 1897
Gracillariidae[edit]
- Stomphastis thraustica (Meyrick, 1908)
Himantopteridae[edit]
- Pedoptila ubangiana Schultze, 1931
Lasiocampidae[edit]
- Cheligium ufo Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
- Filiola dogma Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
- Muzunguja rectilineata (Aurivillius, 1900)
- Odontocheilopteryx maculata Aurivillius, 1905
- Odontocheilopteryx phoneus Hering, 1928
- Pachytrina elygara Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
Lymantriidae[edit]
- Dasychira pseudosatanas Hering, 1926
- Dasychira scotina Hering, 1926
- Dasychira taberna Hering, 1926
- Dasychira torniplaga Hering, 1926
- Laelia gigantea Hampson, 1910
- Laelia pluto (Hering, 1926)
- Stracena promelaena (Holland, 1893)
Metarbelidae[edit]
- Haberlandia annetteae Lehmann, 2011
- Haberlandia odzalaensis Lehmann, 2011
- Moyencharia mineti Lehmann, 2013
- Moyencharia winteri Lehmann, 2013
Noctuidae[edit]
- Achaea rothkirchi (Strand, 1914)
- Acontia citrelinea Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
- Masalia flavistrigata (Hampson, 1903)
- Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
- Masalia rubristria (Hampson, 1903)
- Mitrophrys menete (Cramer, 1775)
- Thiacidas schausi (Hampson, 1905)
Notodontidae[edit]
- Atrasana pujoli Kiriakoff, 1964
Psychidae[edit]
- Eumeta rotunda Bourgogne, 1965
Saturniidae[edit]
- Gonimbrasia alcestris (Weymer, 1907)
- Ludia orinoptena Karsch, 1892
- Melanocera pujoli Lemaire & Rougeot, 1974
- Micragone agathylla (Westwood, 1849)
- Nudaurelia eblis Strecker, 1876
Sphingidae[edit]
- Acanthosphinx guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
- Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Afrosataspes galleyi (Basquin, 1982)
- Andriasa contraria Walker, 1856
- Antinephele achlora Holland, 1893
- Antinephele camerounensis Clark, 1937
- Antinephele maculifera Holland, 1889
- Antinephele marcida Holland, 1893
- Atemnora westermannii (Boisduval, 1875)
- Basiothia charis (Boisduval, 1875)
- Basiothia medea (Fabricius, 1781)
- Centroctena rutherfordi (Druce, 1882)
- Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Ceridia heuglini (C. & R. Felder, 1874)
- Chloroclanis virescens (Butler, 1882)
- Coelonia fulvinotata (Butler, 1875)
- Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Falcatula cymatodes (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
- Falcatula falcata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
- Hippotion aporodes Rothschild & Jordan, 1912
- Hippotion balsaminae (Walker, 1856)
- Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hippotion eson (Cramer, 1779)
- Hippotion irregularis (Walker, 1856)
- Hippotion osiris (Dalman, 1823)
- Hypaedalea butleri Rothschild, 1894
- Leucophlebia afra Karsch, 1891
- Leucostrophus commasiae (Walker, 1856)
- Lophostethus dumolinii (Angas, 1849)
- Lycosphingia hamatus (Dewitz, 1879)
- Macroglossum trochilus (Hübner, 1823)
- Macropoliana natalensis (Butler, 1875)
- Neopolyptychus centralis Basquin & Pierre, 2005
- Neopolyptychus consimilis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
- Neopolyptychus prionites (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)
- Neopolyptychus serrator (Jordan, 1929)
- Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)
- Nephele aequivalens (Walker, 1856)
- Nephele bipartita Butler, 1878
- Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857
- Nephele discifera Karsch, 1891
- Nephele funebris (Fabricius, 1793)
- Nephele maculosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Nephele oenopion (Hübner, [1824])
- Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776)
- Nephele rectangulata Rothschild, 1895
- Nephele rosae Butler, 1875
- Pantophaea jordani (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
- Phylloxiphia bicolor (Rothschild, 1894)
- Phylloxiphia formosa (Schultze, 1914)
- Phylloxiphia goodii (Holland, 1889)
- Phylloxiphia illustris (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
- Phylloxiphia oberthueri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
- Phylloxiphia oweni (Carcasson, 1968)
- Phylloxiphia vicina (Rothschild & Jordan, 1915)
- Platysphinx constrigilis (Walker, 1869)
- Platysphinx phyllis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Platysphinx stigmatica (Mabille, 1878)
- Platysphinx vicaria Jordan, 1920
- Poliana buchholzi (Plötz, 1880)
- Polyptychoides digitatus (Karsch, 1891)
- Polyptychus affinis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Polyptychus andosa Walker, 1856
- Polyptychus anochus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
- Polyptychus bernardii Rougeot, 1966
- Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1882)
- Polyptychus coryndoni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Polyptychus enodia (Holland, 1889)
- Polyptychus herbuloti Darge, 1990
- Polyptychus hollandi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Polyptychus murinus Rothschild, 1904
- Polyptychus orthographus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Polyptychus paupercula (Holland, 1889)
- Polyptychus thihongae Bernardi, 1970
- Polyptychus trisecta (Aurivillius, 1901)
- Pseudenyo benitensis Holland, 1889
- Pseudoclanis admatha Pierre, 1985
- Pseudoclanis molitor (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
- Pseudoclanis occidentalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Pseudoclanis rhadamistus (Fabricius, 1781)
- Rhadinopasa hornimani (Druce, 1880)
- Rufoclanis rosea (Druce, 1882)
- Temnora camerounensis Clark, 1923
- Temnora crenulata (Holland, 1893)
- Temnora curtula Rothschild & Jordan, 1908
- Temnora elegans (Rothschild, 1895)
- Temnora elisabethae Hering, 1930
- Temnora eranga (Holland, 1889)
- Temnora fumosa (Walker, 1856)
- Temnora funebris (Holland, 1893)
- Temnora griseata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Temnora iapygoides (Holland, 1889)
- Temnora livida (Holland, 1889)
- Temnora radiata (Karsch, 1892)
- Temnora sardanus (Walker, 1856)
- Temnora scitula (Holland, 1889)
- Temnora spiritus (Holland, 1893)
- Temnora stevensi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Temnora wollastoni Rothschild & Jordan, 1908
- Theretra jugurtha (Boisduval, 1875)
- Theretra orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
- Theretra perkeo Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Xanthopan morganii (Walker, 1856)
Tineidae[edit]
- Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915)
- Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852)
- Cubitofusa pseudoglebata (Gozmány, 1967)
- Ectabola protracta Gozmány, 1966
- Hapsifera refalcata Gozmány, 1967
- Hyperbola primoti Gozmány, 1966
- Hyperbola zicsii Gozmány, 1965
- Miramonopis viettei Gozmány, 1966
- Monopis addenda Gozmány, 1965
- Monopis immaculata Gozmány, 1967
- Monopis meyricki Gozmány, 1967
- Monopis rejectella (Walker, 1864)
- Nannotinea simplex Gozmány, 1966
- Pachypsaltis morosa Gozmány, 1966
- Perissomastix breviberbis (Meyrick, 1933)
- Perissomastix idolatrix Gozmány & Vári, 1973
- Perissomastix onyx Gozmány, 1966
- Phereoeca postulata Gozmány, 1967
- Pitharcha latriodes (Meyrick, 1917)
- Setomorpha rutella Zeller, 1852
- Sphallestasis truncata (Gozmány, 1966)
- Syncalipsis optania (Meyrick, 1908)
- Trichophaga abruptella (Wollaston, 1858)
Zygaenidae[edit]
- Saliunca meruana Aurivillius, 1910
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.