There are about 2,400 known moth species of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Adelidae Ceromitia systelitis Meyrick, 1921
Alucitidae Alucita fletcheriana (Ghesquière, 1940)
Anomoeotidae Anomoeotes diaphana Hering, 1932 Anomoeotes nigrivenosus Butler, 1893 Anomoeotes simulatrix Talbot, 1929 Staphylinochrous angustifascia Hering, 1937 Staphylinochrous approximata Hering, 1937 Staphylinochrous elongata Hering, 1937 Staphylinochrous flavida Hampson, 1920 Staphylinochrous fulva Hampson, 1910 Thermochrous stenocraspis Hampson, 1910 Thermochrous succisa Hering, 1937
Arctiidae Acantharctia metaleuca Hampson, 1901 Acantharctia mundata (Walker, 1865) Acantharctia nivea Aurivillius, 1900 Acantharctia tenuifasciata Hampson, 1910 Afraloa bifurca (Walker, 1855) Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869) Afrasura numida (Holland, 1893) Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864) Afrasura peripherica (Strand, 1912) Afrasura rivulosa (Walker, 1854) Afrasura violacea (Cieslak & Häuser, 2006) Afroarctia bergeri Toulgoët, 1978 Afroarctia kenyana (Rothschild, 1933) Afroarctia sjostedti (Aurivillius, 1900) Afrowatsonius burgeoni (Talbot, 1928) Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855) Aglossosia deceptans Hampson, 1914 Alpenus diversata (Hampson, 1916) Alpenus dollmani (Hampson, 1920) Alpenus intacta (Hampson, 1916) Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898) Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781) Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908) Amata albobasis Kiriakoff, 1954 Amata alenicola (Strand, 1912) Amata alicia (Butler, 1876) Amata bondo (Kiriakoff, 1965) Amata endocrocis (Hampson, 1903) Amata hellei (Romieux, 1935) Amata hemiphoenica (Hampson, 1910) Amata hypomela Kiriakoff, 1954 Amata interniplaga (Mabille, 1890) Amata jacksoni Rothschild, 1910 Amata kenredi (Rothschild, 1910) Amata leucerythra (Holland, 1893) Amata marinoides Kiriakoff, 1954 Amata miozona (Hampson, 1910) Amata obraztsovi Kiriakoff, 1954 Amata phaeobasis (Hampson, 1907) Amata schoutedeni Kiriakoff, 1954 Amata stanleyi (Kiriakoff, 1965) Amata tomasina (Butler, 1876) Amata uelleburgensis (Strand, 1912) Amata waldowi (Grünberg, 1907) Amerila affinis (Rothschild, 1910) Amerila atrivena (Hampson, 1907) Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901) Amerila bubo (Walker, 1855) Amerila carneola (Hampson, 1916) Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887) Amerila leucoptera (Hampson, 1901) Amerila lineolata (Kiriakoff, 1954) Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901) Amerila mulleri Häuser & Boppré, 1997 Amerila nigrivenosa (Grünberg, 1910) Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903) Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793) Amerila rufifemur (Walker, 1855) Amerila thermochroa (Hampson, 1916) Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Amphicallia pactolicus (Butler, 1888) Amphicallia thelwalli (Druce, 1882) Amsacta aureolimbata Rothschild, 1910 Amsacta grammiphlebia Hampson, 1901 Anaphosia astrigata Hampson, 1910 Anaphosia caloxantha Hering, 1932 Anaphosia cyanogramma Hampson, 1903 Anaphosia eurygrapha Hampson, 1910 Anaphosia extranea Debauche, 1938 Anaphosia parallela Bethune-Baker, 1911 Anaphosia pectinata Hampson, 1910 Anapisa dufranei Kiriakoff, 1952 Anapisa histrio (Kiriakoff, 1953) Anapisa melaleuca (Holland, 1898) Anapisa metarctioides (Hampson, 1907) Anapisa monotica (Holland, 1893) Anapisa schoutedeni Kiriakoff, 1952 Anapisa vanoyei (Kiriakoff, 1952) Apisa canescens Walker, 1855 Apisa fontainei Kiriakoff, 1959 Apisa grisescens (Dufrane, 1945) Apisa subargentea Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847) Argina leonina (Walker, 1865) Asura congoensis Kühne, 2007 Asura eala Kühne, 2007 Asura hermanni Kühne, 2007 Asura mutabilis Kühne, 2007 Asura russula Kiriakoff, 1963 Asura sagenaria (Wallengren, 1860) Asura spinata Kühne, 2007 Asura subfulvia Kiriakoff, 1954 Asura versicolor Kühne, 2007 Balacra affinis Rothschild, 1910 Balacra aurivilliusi Kiriakoff, 1957 Balacra batesi Druce, 1910 Balacra belga Kiriakoff, 1954 Balacra caeruleifascia Walker, 1856 Balacra compsa (Jordan, 1904) Balacra daphaena (Hampson, 1898) Balacra elegans Aurivillius, 1892 Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856 Balacra fontanei Kiriakoff, 1953 Balacra haemalea Holland, 1893 Balacra herona (Druce, 1887) Balacra humphreyi Rothschild, 1912 Balacra jaensis Bethune-Baker, 1927 Balacra nigripennis (Aurivillius, 1904) Balacra preussi (Aurivillius, 1904) Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892 Balacra rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910) Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893 Balacra rubrostriata (Aurivillius, 1892) Balacra similis Hulstaert, 1923 Balacra tamsi (Kiriakoff, 1957) Bergeria bourgognei Kiriakoff, 1952 Bergeria haematochrysa Kiriakoff, 1952 Bergeria octava Kiriakoff, 1961 Binna penicillata Walker, 1865 Binna scita (Walker, 1865) Carcinarctia kivuensis Joicey & Talbot, 1924 Carcinarctia laeliodes Hampson, 1916 Carcinarctia rufa Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Carcinopodia schoutedeni Strand, 1918 Caripodia aurantiacella Kiriakoff, 1954 Caripodia chrysargyria Hampson, 1900 Caripodia consimilis Hampson, 1918 Caripodia semisericea Kiriakoff, 1954 Caryatis phileta (Drury, 1782) Caryatis stenoperas Hampson, 1910 Ceryx albimacula (Walker, 1854) Ceryx antiopa Kiriakoff, 1953 Ceryx ciprianii Berio, 1937 Ceryx salutator Kiriakoff, 1965 Cragia distigmata (Hampson, 1901) Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 Creatonotos punctivitta (Walker, 1854) Cyana delicata (Walker, 1854) Cyana ellipsis Karisch & Dall'Asta, 2010 Cyana hecqi Karisch & Dall'Asta, 2010 Cyana klohsi Karisch, 2003 Cyana luchoana Karisch, 2003 Cyana pallidilinea Karisch, 2003 Cyana paramargarethae Karisch & Dall'Asta, 2010 Cyana pretoriae (Distant, 1897) Cyana quentini Karisch, 2003 Cyana rubristriga (Holland, 1893) Cyana rufeola Karisch & Dall'Asta, 2010 Cyana ueleana Karisch, 2003 Cyana ugandana (Strand, 1912) Disparctia vittata (Druce, 1898) Dubatolovia neurophaea (Hampson, 1911) Eilema amaura Hering, 1926 Eilema bifasciata Hampson, 1900 Eilema bilati (Dufrane, 1945) Eilema danieli Kiriakoff, 1954 Eilema gracilipennis (Wallengren, 1860) Eilema leia (Hampson, 1901) Eilema mesosticta Hampson, 1911 Eilema peperita (Hampson, 1901) Eilema rufofasciata (Rothschild, 1912) Eilema sanguicosta (Hampson, 1901) Eilema tricolorana Kiriakoff, 1954 Eilema triplaiola (Bethune-Baker, 1911) Eilema vicara Strand, 1922 Epilacydes simulans Butler, 1875 Epitoxis ceryxoides Berio, 1940 Epitoxis stempfferi Kiriakoff, 1953 Eressa pleurosticta Hampson, 1910 Estigmene ansorgei Rothschild, 1910 Estigmene neuriastis Hampson, 1907 Estigmene ochreomarginata Bethune-Baker, 1909 Estigmene sabulosa Romieux, 1943 Estigmene tenuistrigata (Hampson, 1900) Estigmene trivitta (Walker, 1855) Euchromia guineensis (Fabricius, 1775) Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775) Euchromia schoutedeni Debauche, 1936 Eyralpenus metaxantha (Hampson, 1920) Eyralpenus postflavida (Rothschild, 1933) Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880) Galtara doriae (Oberthür, 1880) Galtara elongata (Swinhoe, 1907) Galtara notabilis Toulgoët, 1980 Galtara reticulata (Hampson, 1909) Hippurarctia ferrigera (Druce, 1910) Hippurarctia taymansi (Rothschild, 1910) Ilemodes isogyna Romieux, 1935 Ischnarctia brunnescens Bartel, 1903 Ischnarctia cinerea (Pagenstecher, 1903) Kiriakoffalia lemairei (Toulgoët, 1976) Lempkeella avellana (Kiriakoff, 1957) Leptoceryx caudatula (Kiriakoff, 1953) Leptoceryx pusilla Kiriakoff, 1953 Logunovium nigricosta (Holland, 1893) Logunovium scortillum Wallengren, 1875 Mecistorhabdia haematoessa (Holland, 1893) Meganaclia perpusilla (Walker, 1856) Melisa croceipes (Aurivillius, 1892) Melisa diptera (Walker, 1854) Menegites nivea Kiriakoff, 1954 Metamicroptera rotundata Hulstaert, 1923 Metarctia brunneipennis Hering, 1932 Metarctia burungae Debauche, 1942 Metarctia collocalia Kiriakoff, 1957 Metarctia didyma Kiriakoff, 1957 Metarctia fario (Kiriakoff, 1957) Metarctia flavicincta Aurivillius, 1900 Metarctia flavivena Hampson, 1901 Metarctia forsteri Kiriakoff, 1955 Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893 Metarctia heringi Kiriakoff, 1957 Metarctia inconspicua Holland, 1892 Metarctia infausta Kiriakoff, 1957 Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Metarctia longipalpis Hulstaert, 1923 Metarctia morag Kiriakoff, 1957 Metarctia morosa Kiriakoff, 1957 Metarctia phaeoptera Hampson, 1909 Metarctia rubribasa Bethune-Baker, 1911 Metarctia rubripuncta Hampson, 1898 Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Metarctia schoutedeni Kiriakoff, 1953 Metarctia seydeliana (Kiriakoff, 1953) Metarctia subincarnata (Kiriakoff, 1954) Metarctia upembae Kiriakoff, 1949 Metarctia venustissima Kiriakoff, 1961 Metarctia virgata Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860) Myopsyche bokumae Kiriakoff, 1954 Myopsyche pallidicincta Kiriakoff, 1954 Myopsyche sankuruica Kiriakoff, 1954 Nacliodes microsippia Strand, 1912 Nanna collinsii Kühne, 2007 Neophemula vitrina (Oberthür, 1909) Neuroxena ansorgei Kirby, 1896 Neuroxena postrubidus (Rothschild, 1933) Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854) Nyctemera chalcosidia (Hampson, 1910) Nyctemera chromis Druce, 1882 Nyctemera druna (Swinhoe, 1904) Nyctemera hemixantha (Aurivillius, 1904) Nyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904) Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1857 Nyctemera perspicua (Walker, 1854) Nyctemera rattrayi (Swinhoe, 1904) Nyctemera restrictum (Butler, 1894) Nyctemera xanthura (Plötz, 1880) Oreoceryx aenea Kiriakoff, 1953 Ovenna simulans (Mabille, 1878) Ovenna subgriseola (Strand, 1912) Ovenna vicaria (Walker, 1854) Palaeosiccia punctata Hampson, 1900 Paralacydes arborifera (Butler, 1875) Paralacydes bivittata (Bartel, 1903) Paralacydes decemmaculata (Rothschild, 1916) Paralpenus wintgensi (Strand, 1909) Paramelisa lophura Aurivillius, 1905 Paramyopsyche wittei Debauche, 1942 Pericaliella melanodisca (Hampson, 1907) Phryganopsis alberici Dufrane, 1945 Phryganopsis angulifascia (Strand, 1912) Phryganopsis flavicosta Hampson, 1901 Phryganopsis tryphosa Kiriakoff, 1958 Popoudina aliena (Kiriakoff, 1954) Pseudlepista flavicosta Hampson, 1910 Pseudmelisa chalybsa Hampson, 1910 Pseudodiptera alberici (Dufrane, 1945) Pseudodiptera clypeatus (Kiriakoff, 1965) Pseudodiptera dufranei (Kiriakoff, 1965) Pseudodiptera musiforme Kaye, 1918 Pseudothyretes kamitugensis (Dufrane, 1945) Pseudothyretes nigrita (Kiriakoff, 1961) Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856) Pseudothyretes rubicundula (Strand, 1912) Pusiola ampla (Debauche, 1942) Pusiola celida (Bethune-Baker, 1911) Pusiola derelicta (Debauche, 1942) Pusiola fageli (Kiriakoff, 1954) Pusiola isabellina (Kiriakoff, 1954) Pusiola leiodes (Kiriakoff, 1954) Pusiola ochreata (Hampson, 1901) Pusiola roscidella (Kiriakoff, 1954) Pusiola sordidula (Kiriakoff, 1954) Pusiola sorghicolor (Kiriakoff, 1954) Pusiola straminea (Hampson, 1901) Pusiola unicolor (Kiriakoff, 1954) Radiarctia lutescens (Walker, 1854) Radiarctia melanochoria Hering, 1932 Radiarctia rhodesiana (Hampson, 1900) Rhabdomarctia rubrilineata (Bethune-Baker, 1911) Rhipidarctia aurora Kiriakoff, 1957 Rhipidarctia conradti (Oberthür, 1911) Rhipidarctia crameri Kiriakoff, 1961 Rhipidarctia forsteri (Kiriakoff, 1953) Rhipidarctia invaria (Walker, 1856) Rhipidarctia rhodosoma Kiriakoff, 1957 Rhipidarctia rubrovitta (Aurivillius, 1904) Rhipidarctia saturata Kiriakoff, 1957 Secusio deilemera Talbot, 1929 Secusio discoidalis Talbot, 1929 Siccia bicolorata Romieux, 1937 Siccia gypsia Hampson, 1914 Siccia melanospila Hampson, 1911 Siccia overlaeti Kühne, 2007 Spilosoma albiventre Kiriakoff, 1963 Spilosoma aurantiaca (Holland, 1893) Spilosoma batesi (Rothschild, 1910) Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855 Spilosoma dufranei Kiriakoff, 1965 Spilosoma immaculata Bartel, 1903 Spilosoma maniemae Kiriakoff, 1965 Spilosoma metaleuca (Hampson, 1905) Spilosoma nyasana Rothschild, 1933 Spilosoma occidens (Rothschild, 1910) Spilosoma penultimum Kiriakoff, 1965 Spilosoma quadrilunata (Hampson, 1901) Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898) Spilosoma semihyalina Bartel, 1903