There are about 380 known moth species in the Republic of the Congo. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
This is a list of moth species recorded in the Republic of the Congo.
Adelidae Ceromitia systelitis Meyrick, 1921 Nemophora parvella (Walker, 1863)
Alucitidae Alucita balioxantha (Meyrick, 1921) Alucita imbrifera (Meyrick, 1929) Alucita sertifera (Meyrick, 1921)
Anomoeotidae Anomoeotes nox Aurivillius, 1907 Thermochrous fumicincta Hampson, 1910
Arctiidae Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864) Aglossosia deceptans Hampson, 1914 Amata creobota (Holland, 1893) Amata francisca (Butler, 1876) Amata goodii (Holland, 1893) Amata interniplaga (Mabille, 1890) Amata leimacis (Holland, 1893) Amata marina (Butler, 1876) Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880 Anaphosia cyanogramma Hampson, 1903 Anapisa crenophylax (Holland, 1893) Anapisa melaleuca (Holland, 1898) Anapisa monotica (Holland, 1893) Apisa canescens Walker, 1855 Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878) Balacra daphaena (Hampson, 1898) Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856 Balacra haemalea Holland, 1893 Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892 Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893 Boadicea pelecoides Tams, 1930 Caripodia chrysargyria Hampson, 1900 Ceryx albimacula (Walker, 1854) Ceryx elasson (Holland, 1893) Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 Cyana rubristriga (Holland, 1893) Euchromia guineensis (Fabricius, 1775) Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775) Hippurarctia taymansi (Rothschild, 1910) Mecistorhabdia haematoessa (Holland, 1893) Meganaclia sippia (Plötz, 1880) Metarctia burra (Schaus & Clements, 1893) Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893 Metarctia inconspicua Holland, 1892 Metarctia paulis Kiriakoff, 1961 Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Myopsyche elachista (Holland, 1893) Myopsyche miserabilis (Holland, 1893) Myopsyche ochsenheimeri (Boisduval, 1829) Myopsyche puncticincta (Holland, 1893) Nanna eningae (Plötz, 1880) Neophemula vitrina (Oberthür, 1909) Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854) Nyctemera xanthura (Plötz, 1880) Ovenna vicaria (Walker, 1854) Pusiola melemona (Kiriakoff, 1963) Pusiola theresia (Kiriakoff, 1963) Rhipidarctia invaria (Walker, 1856) Trichaeta fulvescens (Walker, 1854) Trichaeta pterophorina (Mabille, 1892)
Autostichidae Autosticha nothriforme (Walsingham, 1897)
Carposinidae Meridarchis luteus (Walsingham, 1897)
Choreutidae Anthophila equatoris (Walsingham, 1897) Anthophila flavimaculata (Walsingham, 1891) Brenthia octogemmifera Walsingham, 1897
Crambidae Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875) Palpita elealis (Walker, 1859)
Elachistidae Ethmia rhomboidella Walsingham, 1897 Microcolona pantomima Meyrick, 1917
Eriocottidae Compsoctena media Walsingham, 1897 Compsoctena secundella (Walsingham, 1897)
Eupterotidae Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Jana gracilis Walker, 1855 Jana preciosa Aurivillius, 1893 Jana strigina Westwood, 1849 Phiala albida Plötz, 1880 Phiala subiridescens (Holland, 1893) Stenoglene bipunctatus (Aurivillius, 1909)
Gelechiidae Bactropaltis lithosema Meyrick, 1939 Dichomeris eurynotus (Walsingham, 1897) Dichomeris marmoratus (Walsingham, 1891) Ptilothyris crossoceros Meyrick, 1934 Ptilothyris purpurea Walsingham, 1897 Theatrocopia elegans Walsingham, 1897 Theatrocopia roseoviridis Walsingham, 1897
Geometridae Aletis erici Kirby, 1896 Anacleora diffusa (Walker, 1869) Aphilopota mailaria (Swinhoe, 1904) Aphilopota strigosissima (Bastelberger, 1909) Biston abruptaria (Walker, 1869) Braueriana fiorino Bryk, 1913 Chiasmia majestica (Warren, 1901) Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858) Chrysocraspeda abdominalis (Herbulot, 1984) Chrysocraspeda rubripennis (Warren, 1898) Colocleora binoti Herbulot, 1983 Colocleora ducleri Herbulot, 1983 Colocleora linearis Herbulot, 1985 Colocleora sanghana Herbulot, 1985 Colocleora smithi (Warren, 1904) Conolophia persimilis (Warren, 1905) Dorsifulcrum cephalotes (Walker, 1869) Epigynopteryx prophylacis Herbulot, 1984 Euproutia aggravaria (Guenée, 1858) Hypochrosis banakaria (Plötz, 1880) Hypomecis dedecora (Herbulot, 1985) Idaea inquisita (Prout, 1932) Melinoessa sodaliata (Walker, 1862) Melinoessa stramineata (Walker, 1869) Mesomima tenuifascia (Holland, 1893) Miantochora picturata Herbulot, 1985 Mimaletis postica (Walker, 1869) Oxyfidonia umbrina Herbulot, 1985 Piercia myopteryx Prout, 1935 Pitthea catadela D. S. Fletcher, 1963 Pitthea cunaxa Druce, 1887 Pitthea famula Drury, 1773 Pitthea perspicua (Linnaeus, 1758) Prasinocyma congrua (Walker, 1869) Psilocladia loxostigma Prout, 1915 Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878) Scopula macrocelis (Prout, 1915) Semiothisa testaceata (Walker, 1863) Somatina chalyboeata (Walker, 1869) Terina circumdata Walker, 1865 Terina crocea Hampson, 1910 Terina latifascia Walker, 1854 Terina niphanda Druce, 1887 Xenochroma silvatica Herbulot, 1984 Xylopteryx triphaenata Herbulot, 1984 Zamarada modesta Herbulot, 1985 Zeuctoboarmia ochracea Herbulot, 1985
Glyphipterigidae Glyphipterix gemmatella (Walker, 1864)
Gracillariidae Stomphastis thraustica (Meyrick, 1908)
Himantopteridae Pedoptila thaletes Druce, 1907 Semioptila semiflava Talbot, 1928 Semioptila seminigra Talbot, 1928
Hyblaeidae Hyblaea occidentalium Holland, 1894
Immidae Moca radiata (Walsingham, 1897)
Lacturidae Gymnogramma atmocycla Meyrick, 1918 Gymnogramma hollandi (Walsingham, 1897)
Lasiocampidae Cheligium choerocampoides (Holland, 1893) Cheligium nigrescens (Aurivillius, 1909) Cheligium pinheyi Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 Euwallengrenia reducta (Walker, 1855) Gelo jordani (Tams, 1936) Grellada imitans (Aurivillius, 1893) Grellada marshalli (Aurivillius, 1902) Lechriolepis tessmanni Strand, 1912 Leipoxais marginepunctata Holland, 1893 Leipoxais rufobrunnea Strand, 1912 Mimopacha gerstaeckerii (Dewitz, 1881) Mimopacha knoblauchii (Dewitz, 1881) Muzunguja rectilineata (Aurivillius, 1900) Nepehria olivia Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2010 Odontocheilopteryx conzolia Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009 Odontocheilopteryx phoneus Hering, 1928 Opisthoheza heza Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Pachymeta contraria (Walker, 1855) Pachyna subfascia (Walker, 1855) Pachytrina gliharta Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 Pachytrina honrathii (Dewitz, 1881) Pachytrina philargyria (Hering, 1928) Pachytrina rubra (Tams, 1929) Pachytrina trihora Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 Pallastica lateritia (Hering, 1928) Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909) Pallastica sericeofasciata (Aurivillius, 1921) Pehria umbrina (Aurivillius, 1909) Schausinna clementsi (Schaus, 1897) Sonitha libera (Aurivillius, 1914) Stenophatna hollandi (Tams, 1929) Stenophatna kahli (Tams, 1929) Theophasida obusta (Tams, 1929) Theophasida valkyria Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Lecithoceridae Odites cuculans Meyrick, 1918
Limacodidae Parasa chapmani Kirby, 1892 Zinara nervosa Walker, 1869
Lymantriidae Euproctis pygmaea (Walker, 1855) Knappetra fasciata (Walker, 1855) Naroma signifera Walker, 1856 Olapa tavetensis (Holland, 1892) Otroeda manifesta (Swinhoe, 1903)
Noctuidae Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858) Achaea jamesoni L. B. Prout, 1919 Acontia citrelinea Bethune-Baker, 1911 Aegocera fervida (Walker, 1854) Aegocera obliqua Mabille, 1893 Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836 Aegocera tigrina (Druce, 1882) Agrotis catenifera Walker, 1869 Agrotis hemileuca Walker, 1869 Aletia consanguis (Guenée, 1852) Aletopus ruspina (Aurivillius, 1909) Argyrolopha punctilinea Prout, 1921 Asota chionea (Mabille, 1878) Athetis partita (Walker, 1857) Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862) Colpocheilopteryx operatrix (Wallengren, 1860) Egnasia scoliogramma Prout, 1921 Epischausia dispar (Rothschild, 1896) Ericeia congregata (Walker, 1858) Ericeia lituraria (Saalmüller, 1880) Feliniopsis kuehnei Hacker & Fibiger, 2007 Feliniopsis parvula Hacker & Fibiger, 2007 Feliniopsis sinaevi Hacker & Mey, 2010 Halochroa aequatoria (Mabille, 1879) Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852) Heraclia aemulatrix (Westwood, 1881) Heraclia longipennis (Walker, 1854) Heraclia pardalina (Walker, 1869) Hespagarista caudata (Dewitz, 1879) Hypena obacerralis Walker, Janseodes melanospila (Guenée, 1852) Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Metagarista maenas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853) Omphaloceps triangularis (Mabille, 1893) Ophiusa david (Holland, 1894) Oraesia provocans Walker, Schausia gladiatoria (Holland, 1893) Schausia leona (Schaus, 1893) Sciatta inconcisa Walker, 1869 Trigonodes exportata Guenée, 1852 Tuerta chrysochlora Walker, 1869
Nolidae Eligma allaudi Pinhey, 1968
Notodontidae Antheua simplex Walker, 1855 Antheua trifasciata (Hampson, 1909) Arciera postalba Kiriakoff, 1960 Arciera roseiventris Kiriakoff, 1960 Arciera rufescens (Kiriakoff, 1962) Boscawenia bryki (Schultze, 1934) Boscawenia caradrinoides (Schultze, 1934) Boscawenia incerta (Schultze, 1934) Boscawenia jaspidea (Schultze, 1934) Catarctia divisa (Walker, 1855) Desmeocraera chloeropsis (Holland, 1893) Desmeocraera congoana Aurivillius, 1900 Desmeocraera geminata Gaede, 1928 Desmeocraera sagittata Gaede, 1928 Epidonta insigniata (Gaede, 1932) Haplozana nigrolineata Aurivillius, 1901 Scaeopteryx curvatula (Rothschild, 1917) Scalmicauda adusta Kiriakoff, 1963 Scalmicauda rectilinea (Gaede, 1928) Scrancia stictica Hampson, 1910
Oecophoridae Orygocera carnicolor Walsingham, 1897 Pseudoprotasis canariella Walsingham, 1897
Psychidae Melasina imperfecta Meyrick, 1922 Melasina polycapnias Meyrick, 1922 Melasina scrutaria Meyrick, 1922 Mesopolia inconspicua Walsingham, 1897 Narycia centropa Meyrick, 1922
Pterophoridae Crocydoscelus ferrugineum Walsingham, 1897 Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864) Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) Pterophorus candidalis (Walker, 1864) Pterophorus spissa (Bigot, 1969) Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Saturniidae Bunaeopsis licharbas (Maassen & Weymer, 1885) Decachorda congolana Bouvier, 1930 Decachorda inspersa (Hampson, 1910) Epiphora congolana (Bouvier, 1929) Epiphora vacuna (Westwood, 1849) Gonimbrasia rectilineata (Sonthonnax, 1899) Gonimbrasia tyrrhea (Cramer, 1775) Goodia dimonica Darge, 2008 Goodia hierax Jordan, 1922 Goodia lunata Holland, 1893 Goodia unguiculata Bouvier, 1936 Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782) Lobobunaea rosea (Sonthonnax, 1899) Micragone agathylla (Westwood, 1849) Micragone caliginosa Darge, 2010 Micragone ducorpsi (De Fleury, 1925) Micragone elisabethae Bouvier, 1930 Micragone joiceyi Bouvier, 1930 Micragone lichenodes (Holland, 1893) Micragone loutemboensis Darge, 2010 Micragone morini Rougeot, 1977 Micragone neonubifera Rougeot, 1979 Nudaurelia alopia Westwood, 1849 Nudaurelia bouvieri (Le Moult, 1933) Nudaurelia emini (Butler, 1888) Orthogonioptilum andreasum Rougeot, 1967 Orthogonioptilum fontainei Rougeot, 1962 Orthogonioptilum prox Karsch, 1892 Pseudantheraea discrepans (Butler, 1878) Pseudaphelia kaeremii Bouvier, 1927 Pseudaphelia simplex Rebel, 1906 Pseudimbrasia deyrollei (J. Thomson, 1858) Pseudobunaea parathyrrena (Bouvier, 1927)
Sesiidae Chamanthedon brillians (Beutenmüller, 1899) Chamanthedon tropica (Beutenmüller, 1899) Conopia auronitens (Le Cerf, 1913) Conopia nuba (Beutenmüller, 1899) Conopia olenda (Beutenmüller, 1899) Melittia auriplumia Hampson, 1910 Melittia occidentalis Le Cerf, 1917 Similipepsis violacea Le Cerf, 1911 Synanthedon albiventris (Beutenmüller, 1899) Tipulamima festiva (Beutenmüller, 1899) Tipulamima malimba (Beutenmüller, 1899)
Sphingidae Grillotius bergeri (Darge, 1973) Hippotion aporodes Rothschild & Jordan, 1912 Hippotion irregularis (Walker, 1856) Leucophlebia afra Karsch, 1891 Leucostrophus commasiae (Walker, 1856) Neopolyptychus consimilis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) Neopolyptychus prionites (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916) Nephele discifera Karsch, 1891 Nephele maculosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Nephele oenopion (Hübner, ) Nephele rectangulata Rothschild, 1895 Nephele vau (Walker, 1856) Phylloxiphia bicolor (Rothschild, 1894) Phylloxiphia oberthueri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) Platysphinx constrigilis (Walker, 1869)