List of moths of the Central African Republic

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.

Location of the Central African Republic

This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in the Central African Republic.

Anomoeotidae

Arctiidae

Autostichidae
  • Neospastus ubangi Gozmány, 1966

Drepanidae

Eupterotidae

Geometridae
  • 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

Himantopteridae

Lasiocampidae
  • 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
  • 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

Noctuidae
  • 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
  • Atrasana pujoli Kiriakoff, 1964

Psychidae
  • Eumeta rotunda Bourgogne, 1965

Saturniidae
  • Gonimbrasia alcestris (Weymer, 1907)
  • Ludia orinoptena Karsch, 1892
  • Melanocera pujoli Lemaire & Rougeot, 1974
  • Micragone agathylla (Westwood, 1849)
  • Nudaurelia eblis Strecker, 1876

Sphingidae

Tineidae
  • 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
  • Saliunca meruana Aurivillius, 1910

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