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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

• Staphylinochrous euryperalis Hampson, 1910

Arctiidae

• 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

• Neospastus ubangi Gozmány, 1966

Drepanidae

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Stomphastis thraustica (Meyrick, 1908)

Himantopteridae

• Pedoptila ubangiana Schultze, 1931

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

• Haberlandia annetteae Lehmann, 2011
• Haberlandia odzalaensis Lehmann, 2011
• Moyencharia mineti Lehmann, 2013
• Moyencharia winteri Lehmann, 2013

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

• 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

• 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

External links

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

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