There are about 830 known moth species of Gabon. 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 Gabon.
Alucitidae Alucita coffeina (Viette, 1958)
Anomoeotidae Anomoeotes leucolena Holland, 1893 Anomoeotes tenellula Holland, 1893
Arctiidae Acantharctia mundata (Walker, 1865) Afraloa bifurca (Walker, 1855) Afrasura clara (Holland, 1893) Afrasura numida (Holland, 1893) Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864) Afroarctia bergeri Toulgoët, 1978 Amata creobota (Holland, 1893) Amata goodii (Holland, 1893) Amata interniplaga (Mabille, 1890) Amata leimacis (Holland, 1893) Amata leucerythra (Holland, 1893) Amata marina (Butler, 1876) Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901) Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901) Amerila roseomarginata (Rothschild, 1910) Anapisa crenophylax (Holland, 1893) Anapisa melaleuca (Holland, 1898) Anapisa monotica (Holland, 1893) Apisa canescens Walker, 1855 Apisa cinereocostata Holland, 1893 Archilema subumbrata (Holland, 1893) Archithosia costimacula (Mabille, 1878) Asura erythrias (Holland, 1893) Asura gubunica (Holland, 1893) Asura temperata (Holland, 1893) Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856 Balacra haemalea Holland, 1893 Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892 Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893 Balacra rubrostriata (Aurivillius, 1892) Caryatis phileta (Drury, 1782) Ceryx albimacula (Walker, 1854) Ceryx cybelistes (Holland, 1893) Ceryx elasson (Holland, 1893) Chrysaegliodes noliformis Strand, 1912 Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 Cyana africana (Holland, 1893) Cyana rubristriga (Holland, 1893) Eilema monochroma (Holland, 1893) Euchromia guineensis (Fabricius, 1775) Eugoa costiplaga Holland, 1893 Eugoa tropicalis Holland, 1893 Kiriakoffalia lemairei (Toulgoët, 1976) Logunovium nigricosta (Holland, 1893) Logunovium scortillum Wallengren, 1875 Lymantriopsis lacteata (Holland, 1893) Mecistorhabdia haematoessa (Holland, 1893) Meganaclia perpusilla (Walker, 1856) Melisa diptera (Walker, 1854) Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893 Metarctia paremphares Holland, 1893 Metarctia rubripuncta Hampson, 1898 Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893) Myopsyche cytogaster (Holland, 1893) Myopsyche elachista (Holland, 1893) Myopsyche miserabilis (Holland, 1893) Myopsyche nervalis Strand, 1912 Myopsyche puncticincta (Holland, 1893) Neophemula vitrina (Oberthür, 1909) Neuroxena fulleri (Druce, 1883) Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854) Nyctemera druna (Swinhoe, 1904) Nyctemera hemixantha (Aurivillius, 1904) Nyctemera perspicua (Walker, 1854) Nyctemera xanthura (Plötz, 1880) Paramelisa lophura Aurivillius, 1905 Paremonia luteicincta (Holland, 1893) Pseudothyretes carnea (Hampson, 1898) Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856) Rhipidarctia invaria (Walker, 1856) Rhipidarctia lutea (Holland, 1893) Rhipidarctia pareclecta (Holland, 1893) Spilosoma aurantiaca (Holland, 1893) Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898) Stenarctia quadripunctata Aurivillius, 1900 Thumatha fuscescens Walker, 1866
Drepanidae Epicampoptera erosa (Holland, 1893) Epicampoptera strandi Bryk, 1913 Epicampoptera tumidula Watson, 1965 Isospidia brunneola (Holland, 1893) Negera bimaculata (Holland, 1893) Negera disspinosa Watson, 1965 Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874) Spidia miserrima (Holland, 1893) Uranometra oculata (Holland, 1893)
Eupterotidae Camerunia orphne (Schaus, 1893) Epijana cinerea Holland, 1893 Epijana cosima (Plötz, 1880) Hoplojana rhodoptera (Gerstaecker, 1871) Jana strigina Westwood, 1849 Parajana gabunica (Aurivillius, 1892) Phiala subiridescens (Holland, 1893) Stenoglene citrinus (Druce, 1886) Vianga dimidiata (Aurivillius, 1893)
Geometridae Acrostatheusis reducta Herbulot, 1967 Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967 Ctenoberta abanga Prout, 1915 Cyclophora dewitzi (Prout, 1920) Cyclophora diplosticta (Prout, 1918) Dioptrochasma homochroa (Holland, 1893) Gelasmodes fasciata (Warren, 1899) Geodena absimilis Holland, 1893 Geodena notata (Holland, 1893) Gongropteryx fasciata (Holland, 1893) Megadrepana cinerea Holland, 1893 Melinoessa asteria Prout, 1934 Mesomima tenuifascia (Holland, 1893) Miantochora picturata Herbulot, 1985 Mimaletis humilis Warren, 1894 Narthecusa tenuiorata Walker, 1862 Pitthea continua Walker, 1854 Plegapteryx anomalus Herrich-Schäffer, 1856 Scopula megalostigma (Prout, 1915) Scopula plionocentra Prout, 1920 Somatina syneorus Prout, 1915 Sphingomima olivacea (Viette, 1954) Terina charmione (Fabricius, 1793) Terina maculifera Strand, 1911 Terina octogesa (Druce, 1887) Terina reliqua Prout, 1925 Vaena eacleoides Walker, 1869 Zamarada aclys D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada acrochra Prout, 1928 Zamarada adumbrata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada aerata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada aglae Oberthür, 1912 Zamarada antimima D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada astales D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada astyphela D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada auratisquama Warren, 1897 Zamarada aurolineata Gaede, 1915 Zamarada bastelbergeri Gaede, 1915 Zamarada bernardii D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada bicuspida D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada bilobata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada cathetus D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada catori Bethune-Baker, 1913 Zamarada cautela D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada cepa D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada cinereata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada clavigera D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada clenchi D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada clio Oberthür, 1912 Zamarada corroborata Herbulot, 1954 Zamarada corymbophora D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada cydippe Herbulot, 1954 Zamarada dargei D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada dentigera Warren, 1909 Zamarada dialitha D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada dilata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada dione D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada disparata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada dolorosa D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada dyscapna D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada effa Pierre-Baltus, 2000 Zamarada emaciata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada episema D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada eryma D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada euerces Prout, 1928 Zamarada ferruginata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada flavicosta Warren, 1897 Zamarada fumosa Gaede, 1915 Zamarada gaedei D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada griseola D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada herbuloti D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada hero D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada ixiaria Swinhoe, 1904 Zamarada kala Herbulot, 1975 Zamarada kompsotes D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada labifera Prout, 1915 Zamarada laciniata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada lanceolata D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada latimargo Warren, 1897 Zamarada loangensis Sircoulomb, 2008 Zamarada lope Pierre-Baltus, 2000 Zamarada lophobela D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada lorana Pierre-Baltus, 2006 Zamarada mackanga Pierre-Baltus, 2000 Zamarada manifesta D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada melanopyga Herbulot, 1954 Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912 Zamarada merga D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada mimesis D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada miranda D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada odontis Pierre-Baltus, 2000 Zamarada ostracodes D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada paxilla D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada pelobasis D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada penthesis D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada phrontisaria Swinhoe, 1904 Zamarada protrusa Warren, 1897 Zamarada quadriplaga Pierre-Baltus, 2005 Zamarada radula D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada rupta D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada sagitta D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada schalida D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada sicula D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada subincolaris Gaede, 1915 Zamarada suda D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada thalia Oberthür, 1912 Zamarada tortura D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada triangularis Gaede, 1915 Zamarada tullia Oberthür, 1913 Zamarada umbra Pierre-Baltus, 2006 Zamarada undimarginata Warren, 1897 Zamarada urania Oberthür, 1912 Zamarada variola D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada volsella D. S. Fletcher, 1974 Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897 Zamarada xystra D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Lasiocampidae Cheligium choerocampoides (Holland, 1893) Cheligium licrisonia Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 Cheligium lineatum (Aurivillius, 1893) Cheligium pinheyi Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 Chrysopsyche viridescens (Holland, 1893) Filiola occidentale (Strand, 1912) Gastropacha africana (Holland, 1893) Gastroplakaeis forficulatus (Möschler, 1887) Gastroplakaeis greyi Holland, 1893 Gelo jordani (Tams, 1936) Gonobombyx angulata Aurivillius, 1893 Gonometa bicolor Dewitz, 1881 Gonometa titan Holland, 1893 Gonopacha brotoessa (Holland, 1893) Hypotrabala castanea Holland, 1893 Leipoxais major Holland, 1893 Leipoxais makomona Strand, 1912 Leipoxais marginepunctata Holland, 1893 Leipoxais obscura Aurivillius, 1908 Leipoxais peraffinis Holland, 1893 Leipoxais rufobrunnea Strand, 1912 Mallocampa audea (Druce, 1887) Mallocampa leucophaea (Holland, 1893) Mallocampa porphyria (Holland, 1893) Mimopacha cinerascens (Holland, 1893) Morongea avoniffi (Tams, 1929) Morongea cruenta Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Morongea flavipicta (Tams, 1929) Morongea gemmo Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Muzunguja rectilineata (Aurivillius, 1900) Nepehria olivia Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2010 Opisthodontia diva Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Opisthodontia supramalis Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Opisthoheza heza Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Pachymeta immunda (Holland, 1893) Pachymetana niveoplaga (Aurivillius, 1900) Pachypasa directa (Mabille, 1893) Pachytrina crestalina Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 Pachytrina gliharta Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 Pachytrina honrathii (Dewitz, 1881) Pachytrina okzilina Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 Pachytrina papyroides (Tams, 1936) Pachytrina wenigina Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009 Pallastica mesoleuca (Strand, 1911) Philotherma spargata (Holland, 1893) Pseudometa minima (Holland, 1893) Sonitha alucard Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Sonitha bernardii Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Sonitha chocolatina Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Sonitha gelata Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Sonitha libera (Aurivillius, 1914) Sonitha picassoi Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Stenophatna dentata (Aurivillius, 1899) Stenophatna foedifraga Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 Stenophatna hollandi (Tams, 1929) Stoermeriana directa (Mabille, 1893) Stoermeriana fuliginosa (Holland, 1893) Stoermeriana livida (Holland, 1893) Streblote tessmanni (Strand, 1912) Theophasida obusta (Tams, 1929) Theophasida valkyria Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
Limacodidae Chrysectropa roseofasciata (Aurivillius, 1900) Chrysopoloma theorini Aurivillius, 1891 Latoia urda (Druce, 1887) Parasa princeps Aurivillius, 1900
Lymantriidae Abynotha hylomima (Holland, 1893) Aroa nigripicta Holland, 1893 Batella muscosa (Holland, 1893) Crorema setinoides (Holland, 1893) Dasychira agrotoides (Holland, 1893) Dasychira albibasalis (Holland, 1893) Dasychira albicostata (Holland, 1893) Dasychira albilinea (Holland, 1893) Dasychira albinotata (Holland, 1893) Dasychira albosignata Holland, 1893 Dasychira albospargata (Holland, 1893) Dasychira apicata (Holland, 1893) Dasychira arctioides (Holland, 1893) Dasychira argiloides (Holland, 1893) Dasychira brunneicosta (Holland, 1893) Dasychira caeca (Plötz, 1880) Dasychira chloromorpha (Holland, 1893) Dasychira circumdata (Holland, 1893) Dasychira clathrata (Holland, 1893) Dasychira coeruleifascia (Holland, 1893) Dasychira costiplaga (Holland, 1893) Dasychira crucifera (Holland, 1893) Dasychira delicata (Holland, 1893) Dasychira diluta (Holland, 1893) Dasychira erubescens (Holland, 1893) Dasychira flava (Holland, 1893) Dasychira fumosa (Holland, 1893) Dasychira fuscula Hering, 1926 Dasychira gabunica Holland, ???? Dasychira gonophora (Holland, 1893) Dasychira goodii (Holland, 1893) Dasychira hyloica (Holland, 1893) Dasychira hypnota (Collenette, 1960) Dasychira miserata (Holland, 1893) Dasychira nigristriata (Holland, 1893) Dasychira notia Hering, 1926 Dasychira nubifera Holland, 1893 Dasychira nubilata (Holland, 1893) Dasychira obscura (Holland, 1893) Dasychira ocellata (Holland, 1893) Dasychira ocellifera (Holland, 1893) Dasychira proletaria (Holland, 1893) Dasychira prospera Hering, 1926 Dasychira ruptilinea Holland, 1893