MICRAGONE OF THE WORLD

The Micragone belong to the Tribe Micragonini of the Subfamily Saturniinae. These moths fly in Africa.

The type species is Crytogone herilla, now Micragone herilla.

Moths are generally small and lack eyespots. The forewings are relatively narrow and moderately (ansorgei) to strongly (nubifera) falcate in males.

Division of the moths into subgroups can reduce the amount of time one spends trying to do id work. The nenia subgroup consists of species which have a large, very dark brown to black region, confined to the upper half of the subterminal and terminal areas of the male forewing. The male forewing apex tends to be very produced, and the forewing outer margin, below the projection is toothed. There is a large subtrapezoidal, apical patch, usually concolourus with the median area of the costa. Many of these species are very difficult to determine without examination of genitalia or DNA barcoding analysis. Geographic location is of some help:
P ducorpsi (De Fleury, 1925), possibly limited to southwestern Cameroon: Younde area; and southeastern Nigeria; Congo, Cameroon, Ivory Coast (TB)

P indicates an image is available.

Listing of Micragone

P agathylla agathylla (Westwood, 1849) Democratic Republic of the Congo*, People's Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Gabon*, Equatorial Guinea*, Malawi*, Central African Republic* to Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya
agathylla camerunensis (Strand, 1909) Cameroon is same as agathylla agathylla; possibly eleavted to full species status as camerunensis
N agathylla flammostriata Rougeot, 1979 Central African Republic; flammostriata now, 2012, with full species status
N allardi Darge, 1990 Democratic Republic of the Congo*
N amaniana Darge, 2010 Tanzania, Tanga Region, East Usambara Mts
P ansorgei (Rothschild, 1907) Angola, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, People's Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Bouyer indicates trefurthi, East Africa, is a synonym for ansorgei; trefurthi now ,2012, species status
N ansorgei bilineata (Rothschild, 1907) Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe
N avinoffi (Clark, 1919)
N bilineata (Rothschild, 1907) Kidugala (Njombe), southern Tanzania; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Zimbabwe
N caliginosa Darge, 2010 western Democratic Republic of the Congo: People's Republic of the Congo, Loutembo
N camerunensis (Strand, 1909) Cameroon?
P cana (Aurivillius, 1893) Mozambique, South Africa (coastal Natal only), Zambia, People's Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi; Bouyer indicates junodi is same as cana
P cana politzari Basquin, 1989 Burkina Faso, Cameroon
P colettae Rougeot, 1959 Gabon
P ducorpsi (De Fleury, 1925) People's Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Ivory Coast (TB)
P elisabethae Bouvier, 1930 Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Uganda, People's Republic of the Congo; Bouyer indicates phantasma is a synonym of elisabethae
N flammostriata Rougeot, 1979 Central African Republic
N fluminis Darge, 1976 possibly a synonym of martinae
N gaetani Bouyer, 2008 Tanzania, Malawi, GhanaMozambique
P herilla (Westwood, 1849) GhanaSierra Leone, People's Republic of the Congo; Bouyer indicates herillioides (herilloides NHM) is same
P joiceyi Bouvier, 1930 People's Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
N kalamboensis Darge, 2010 western Tanzania
N kasanka Darge, 2011 Zambia, Central Province, Kasanga National Park, Kabwe camp, 12°32.462'S 030°12.682'E, 1183 m.; November
kassanga Zambia
N kitaiensis Darge, 2010 Tanzania, Ruvuma Region, near Kitai, savannah species
P leonardi Bouyer, 2008 Ethiopia
P lichenodes (Holland, 1893) Benito, West Africa; Cameroon; Gabon; Democratic Republic of the Congo; People's Republic of the Congo; Bouyer indicates tholloni is a synonym of lichenodes
N loutemboensis Darge, 2010 People's Republic of the Congo, Loutembo, forêt pluviale du Mayombe
P martinae Rougeot, 1952 Gabon, Cameroon
N mirei Darge, 1990 Cameroon
N morettoi Darge, 2001 Ivory Coast
P morini Rougeot, 1977 People's Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic
N moxicoensis Darge, 2006, Zambia
N mpandana Darge, 2012 Tanzania, Rukwa Region, north of Mpanda, Vikonge, 06°07.733'S 030°56.464'E, 1287 m.; February
N nenia (Westwood, 1849) Equatorial Guinea, probably Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Liberia
P nenioides Rougeot, 1979 Senegal, Burkina Faso, northeastern Ivory Coast ??
P neonubifera Rougeot, 1979 Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Malawi, Tanzania
P nubifera Bouvier, 1936 Senegal, GhanaGhana, GhanaSierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Central African Republic, nubifera = nenia; now, 2012, nenia, with species status;
P nyasae Rougeot, 1962 Nyasaland ( Malawi); Zimbabwe; Tanzania
N remota Darge, 2005 Tanzania: Tanga
N rougeriei Bouyer, 2008 Liberia, Gambia, western Africa; Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Conakry, Chutes de Saala, env. Labé
N tholloni Bouvier, 1927, possible synonym of lichenodes
N trefurthi (Strand, 1909) Tanzania: Tamora
N udzungwa Darge, 2011 Tanzania: Udzungwa Mountains

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Micragone subgroups:

subgroup collettae:

loutemboensis

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subgroup agathylla: Equatorial Guinea; Gabon, southwestern CAR; probably southeastern Cameroon

amaniana; Tanzania: Amani
ansorgei; Angola, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, People's Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo;
bilineata; originally treated as a subspecies of ansorgei
caliginosa; western Democratic Republic of the Congo: Congo Brazzaville, Loutembo
camerunensis; Cameroon
elisabethae; southern DRC
flammostriata; Central African Republic
gaetani; Tanzania; Malawi
kalamboensis; western Tanzania
kitaiensis; Tanzania: Ruvuma Region
leonardi; Ethiopia
moxicoensis; Zambia
rougeriei; Guinea
trefurthi; Tanzania: Tamora; earlier treated as a synonym of ansorgei

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subgroup nenia:

ducorpsi
nenioides
neonubifera
nubifera
remota
udzungwa

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unassigned?

allardi
herilla
joiceyi
lichenodes
martinae
mirei
morettoi
morini
tholloni
cana
cana politzari
herilla
nyasae

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