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Lepidoptera of Cameroon

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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.
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.
Diasemiopsis ramburialis
species of insect
Maruca vitrata
pantropical insect pest of leguminous crops
Phyllonorycter farensis
species of insect
Eupithecia multispinata
species of insect
Cyligramma amblyops
species of insect
Platysphinx vicaria
Species of insect
Pseudoclanis occidentalis
species of insect
Phyllonorycter gozmanyi
species of insect
Theretra orpheus
species of insect
Conopsia terminiflava
moth of the Sesiidae family
Theretra tessmanni
species of insect
Stemorrhages sericea
species of insect
Falcatula cymatodes
species of insect
Eupithecia steeleae
species of insect
Antinephele lunulata
species of insect
Eudocima phalonia
species of moth
Temnora camerounensis
species of insect
Erebus macrops
species of insect
Polyptychus thihongae
species of insect
Temnora elisabethae
species of insect
Antinephele efulani
species of insect
Euptera aurantiaca
species of insect
Polyptychus enodia
species of insect
Hyalornis docta
species of insect
Temnora nephele
species of insect
Phylloxiphia karschi
species of insect
Nephele peneus
species of insect
Acantharctia nivea
species of insect
Scopula batesi
species of insect
Amerila syntomina
species of insect
Omiodes indicata
species of moth of the Crambidae family
Alucita megaphimus
species of insect
Temnora angulosa
moth of the Sphingidae family
Phylloxiphia oberthueri
species of insect
Phaegorista similis
species of insect
Graphium fulleri
species of insect
Temnora griseata
species of insect
Caryatis hersilia
species of insect
Temnora avinoffi
species of insect
Scopula forbesi
species of insect
Nephele maculosa
species of insect
Achaea leucopera
species of insect
Viettessa bethalis
species of insect
Camaegeria auripicta
species of moth
Alpenus schraderi
species of insect
Creatonotos leucanioides
species of insect
Alpenus thomasi
species of insect
Callisphecia bicincta
species of insect
Compsoctena rustica
species of insect
Amerila fennia
species of insect
Balacra herona
species of insect
Scopula sapor
species of insect
Asythosia velutina
Asythosia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. It contains the single species Asythosia velutina, which is found in Cameroon.
Polacanthopoda tigrina
species of insect
Balacra batesi
species of insect
Ataboruza divisa
species of insect
Maliarpha separatella
species of insect
Spilosoma batesi
species of insect