Category
page 1Lepidoptera of West Africa
Ennominae
Ennominae is the largest subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae), with some 9,700 described species in 1,100 genera. Most species are fairly small, though some (such as the peppered moth) grow to be considerably large. This subfamily has a global distribution. It includes some species that are notorious defoliating pests. The subfamily was first described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1845.
Papilio antimachus
species of insect
Pink bollworm
species of insect
Acanthosphinx
Acanthosphinx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1891. Its only species, Acanthosphinx guessfeldti, the widow sphinx, was first described by Hermann Dewitz in 1879. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.
Heliothis peltigera
species of insect
Rhadinopasa
Rhadinopasa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Ferdinand Karsch in 1891. Its only species, Rhadinopasa hornimani, was first described by Herbert Druce in 1880. It is known from lowland forest from Gabon, Cameroon and the Central African Republic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda and Tanzania.
Achyra nudalis
species of insect
Phylloxiphia illustris
species of insect
Pseudimbrasia deyrollei
Pseudimbrasia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Saturniidae described by Pierre Claude Rougeot in 1962. Its only species, Pseudimbrasia deyrollei, described by James Thomson in 1858, is found in the mid-latitudes of Africa.
Helicoverpa assulta
species of insect
Cyligramma amblyops
species of insect
Sphingonaepiopsis nana
species of insect
Phyllonorycter caudasimplex
species of insect
Scopula serena
species of insect
Amauris hecate
species of insect
Pseudoclanis molitor
species of insect
Amerila vidua
species of insect
Platysphinx vicaria
Species of insect
Heliothela ophideresana
species of insect
Hypaedalea butleri
species of insect
Pseudoclanis occidentalis
species of insect
Stomphastis thraustica
species of insect
Epitola urania
species of insect
Theretra orpheus
species of insect
Amerila vitrea
species of insect
Parapoynx stagnalis
species of insect
Pantophaea jordani
species of insect
Theretra tessmanni
species of insect
Estigmene laglaizei
species of insect
Neuroxena flammea
species of insect
Acantharctia nivea
species of insect
Polyptychus orthographus
species of insect
Nephele maculosa
species of insect
Acrapex spoliata
species of insect
Falcatula cymatodes
species of insect
Buckleria girardi
species of insect
Leucophlebia afra
species of insect
Polyptychus anochus
species of insect
Temnora camerounensis
species of insect
Neopolyptychus consimilis
species of insect
Stomphastis conflua
species of insect
Xyroptila africana
species of insect
Hypocala deflorata
species of insect
Temnora avinoffi
species of insect
Acantharctia mundata
species of insect
Amerila syntomina
species of insect
Cyligramma simplex
species of insect
Hyalornis docta
species of insect
Oraesia cerne
species of moth
Epitola posthumus
species of insect
Antinephele lunulata
species of insect
Polyptychus andosa
species of insect
Tolna sypnoides
species of insect
Temnora reutlingeri
species of insect
Omiodes indicata
species of moth of the Crambidae family
Heteropalpia acrosticta
species of insect
Aglossosia albescens
species of insect
Temnora nephele
species of insect
Audea hemihyala
species of insect
Temnora griseata
species of insect