List of moths of Guinea

There are about 175 known moth species of 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 Guinea.

Arctiidae[edit]

• Afrasura discreta Durante, 2009
• Afrasura hieroglyphica (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
• Afrasura pallescens Durante, 2009
• Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855)
• Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
• Alytarchia amanda (Boisduval, 1847)
• Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)
• Amata kuhlweini (Lefèbvre, 1832)
• Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780)
• Amphicallia thelwalli (Druce, 1882)
• Anapisa holobrunnea Tams, 1932
• Anapisa monotonia Kiriakoff, 1963
• Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847)
• Balacra caeruleifascia Walker, 1856
• Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856
• Euchromia folletii Guérin-Méniville, 1832
• Metarctia maria Kiriakoff, 1957
• Ovenna guineacola (Strand, 1912)
• Ovenna vicaria (Walker, 1854)
• Phaegorista agaristiodes (Boisduval, 1836)
• Pseudothyretes rubicundula (Strand, 1912)
• Radiarctia lutescens (Walker, 1854)

Autostichidae[edit]

• Aprominta australis Gozmány, 1966

Bombycidae[edit]

• Vingerhoedtia ruficollis (Strand, 1910)

Brahmaeidae[edit]

• Dactyloceras swanzii (Butler, 1871)

Drepanidae[edit]

• Epicampoptera ivoirensis Watson, 1965
• Epicampoptera marantica (Tams, 1930)
• Epicampoptera strandi Bryk, 1913
• Spidia fenestrata Butler, 1878

Elachistidae[edit]

• Exaeretia hermophila (Meyrick, 1922)

Eupterotidae[edit]

• Acrojana sciron Druce, 1887
• Hibrildes norax Druce, 1887
• Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

Gelechiidae[edit]

• Brachmia circumfusa Meyrick, 1922

Geometridae[edit]

• Archichlora viridimacula (Warren, 1898)
• Biston abruptaria (Walker, 1869)
• Biston antecreta (Prout, 1938)
• Biston johannaria (Oberthür, 1913)
• Biston subocularia (Mabille, 1893)
• Cabera limbata (Herbulot, 1954)
• Chiasmia umbrata (Warren, 1897)
• Chrysocraspeda rosina Warren, 1898
• Conolophia persimilis (Warren, 1905)
• Geodena melusine (Strand, 1909)
• Hypocoela turpisaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
• Idaea inquisita (Prout, 1932)
• Melinoessa aemonia (Swinhoe, 1904)
• Menophra dnophera (Prout, 1915)
• Scopula latitans Prout, 1920
• Zamarada acrochra Prout, 1928
• Zamarada adumbrata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada amymone Prout, 1934
• Zamarada bastelbergeri Gaede, 1915
• Zamarada bicuspida D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada corroborata Herbulot, 1954
• Zamarada cucharita D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada cydippe Herbulot, 1954
• Zamarada dentigera Warren, 1909
• Zamarada dilucida Warren, 1909
• Zamarada dolorosa D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada dyscapna D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada emaciata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada eucharis (Drury, 1782)
• Zamarada euphrosyne Oberthür, 1912
• Zamarada excavata Bethune-Baker, 1913
• Zamarada ilaria Swinhoe, 1904
• Zamarada indicata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada ixiaria Swinhoe, 1904
• Zamarada labifera Prout, 1915
• Zamarada melanopyga Herbulot, 1954
• Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912
• Zamarada mimesis D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897
• Zamarada paxilla D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada perlepidata (Walker, 1863)
• Zamarada plana Basterberger, 1909
• Zamarada protrusa Warren, 1897
• Zamarada reflexaria (Walker, 1863)
• Zamarada regularis D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada vigilans Prout, 1915
• Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897

Himantopteridae[edit]

• Doratopteryx dissemurus Kiriakoff, 1963

Lasiocampidae[edit]

• Euphorea ondulosa (Conte, 1909)
• Gonometa nysa Druce, 1887
• Mimopacha gerstaeckerii (Dewitz, 1881)
• Odontocheilopteryx haribda Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
• Pallastica lateritia (Hering, 1928)
• Sophyrita argibasis (Mabille, 1893)

Limacodidae[edit]

• Parasa divisa West, 1940

Lymantriidae[edit]

• Bracharoa mixta (Snellen, 1872)
• Crorema ochracea (Snellen, 1872)
• Euproctis molunduana Aurivillius, 1925
• Laelia subrosea (Walker, 1855)
• Opoboa chrysoparala Collenette, 1932
• Otroeda hesperia (Cramer, 1779)

Metarbelidae[edit]

• Metarbela onusta Karsch, 1896
• Moyencharia sommerlattei Lehmann, 2013

Noctuidae[edit]

• Abrostola confusa Dufay, 1958
• Achaea lienardi Boisduval, 1833
• Acontia citrelinea Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
• Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)
• Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
• Aegocera tigrina (Druce, 1882)
• Andrhippuris caudaequina Karsch, 1895
• Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
• Chaetostephana inclusa (Karsch, 1895)
• Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
• Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
• Dysgonia pudica (Möschler, 1887)
• Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
• Eudocima divitiosa (Walker, 1869)
• Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Feliniopsis africana (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
• Feliniopsis nigribarbata (Hampson, 1908)
• Fodina albicincta (Walker, 1869)
• Godasa sidae (Fabricius, 1793)
• Heliophisma klugii (Boisduval, 1833)
• Heraclia geryon (Fabricius, 1781)
• Heraclia poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
• Hespagarista caudata (Dewitz, 1879)
• Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
• Marcipa aequatorialis Pelletier, 1975
• Masalia flavistrigata (Hampson, 1903)
• Masalia nubila (Hampson, 1903)
• Masalia rubristria (Hampson, 1903)
• Miniodes discolor Guenée, 1852
• Ophiusa conspicienda Walker, 1858
• Parachalciope binaria Holland, 1894
• Parachalciope euclidicola Walker, 1858
• Phaegorista agaristoides Boisduval, 1836
• Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
• Thiacidas meii Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas mukim (Berio, 1977)
• Thiacidas submutata Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Timora perrosea de Joannis, 1910

Nolidae[edit]

• Arcyophora zanderi Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
• Leucophanera argyrozona de Joannis, 1911

Notodontidae[edit]

• Andocidia tabernaria Kiriakoff, 1958
• Chlorochadisra viridipulverea (Gaede, 1928)
• Desmeocraera roseoviridis Kiriakoff, 1958
• Desmeocraera varia (Walker, 1855)
• Stauropussa chloe (Holland, 1893)
• Ulinella royi Kiriakoff, 1963

Psychidae[edit]

• Eumeta cervina Druce, 1887
• Narycia epibyrsa Meyrick, 1922

Pterophoridae[edit]

• Buckleria girardi Gibeaux, 1992
• Megalorhipida tessmanni (Strand, 1913)
• Pterophorus lamottei Gibeaux, 1992
• Pterophorus legrandi Gibeaux, 1992
• Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)

Pyralidae[edit]

• Acracona lamottei (Marion, 1954)

Saturniidae[edit]

• Aurivillius triramis (Rothschild, 1907)
• Campimoptilum kuntzei (Dewitz, 1881)
• Decachorda aspersa (Felder, 1874)
• Epiphora albidus (Druce, 1886)
• Epiphora boolana Strand, 1909
• Epiphora getula (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
• Epiphora magdalena Grünberg, 1909
• Epiphora ploetzi (Weymer, 1880)
• Epiphora vacuna (Westwood, 1849)
• Eudaemonia trogophylla Hampson, 1919
• Gonimbrasia hecate Rougeot, 1955
• Lobobunaea acetes (Westwood, 1849)
• Nudaurelia alopia Westwood, 1849
• Nudaurelia dione (Fabricius, 1793)
• Nudaurelia emini (Butler, 1888)
• Orthogonioptilum nimbaense Rougeot, 1962
• Orthogonioptilum prox Karsch, 1892
• Rohaniella pygmaea (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)

Sphingidae[edit]

• Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Neopolyptychus ancylus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)
• Neopolyptychus consimilis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857
• Phylloxiphia bicolor (Rothschild, 1894)
• Phylloxiphia goodii (Holland, 1889)
• Phylloxiphia illustris (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
• Phylloxiphia oberthueri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1882)
• Pseudenyo benitensis Holland, 1889
• Pseudoclanis occidentalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Sphingonaepiopsis nana (Walker, 1856)
• Temnora nephele Clark, 1922
• Theretra perkeo Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Thyrididae[edit]

• Arniocera collenettei Talbot, 1929

Tineidae[edit]

• Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917)
• Criticonoma gypsocoma (Meyrick, 1931)
• Histiovalva fortunata Gozmány, 1965
• Hyperbola pastoralis (Meyrick, 1931)
• Monopis addenda Gozmány, 1965
• Syncalipsis optania (Meyrick, 1908)

Tortricidae[edit]

• Cydia improbana (Snellen, 1872)
• Sanguinograptis albardana (Snellen, 1872)

See also[edit]

• List of butterflies of Guinea

General:

• Wildlife of Guinea

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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