There are about 420 known moth species of Saudi Arabia. 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 Saudi Arabia.
Arctiidae
- Apisa arabica Warnecke, 1934
- Apisa canescens Walker, 1855
- Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
- Lepista arabica (Rebel, 1907)
- Nyctemera torbeni Wiltshire, 1983
- Siccia arabica Wiltshire, 1983
- Siccia buettikeri Wiltshire, 1988
- Spilosoma feifensis Wiltshire, 1986
- Thyretes buettikeri Wiltshire, 1983
- Utetheisa amhara Jordan, 1939
- Utetheisa lotrix (Cramer, 1779)
- Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Autostichidae
- Heringita amselina (Gozmány, 1967)
- Hesperesta arabica Gozmány, 2000
- Turatia arenacella Gozmány, 2000
- Turatia striatula Gozmány, 2000
Brachodidae
- Nigilgia talhouki Diakonoff, 1983
- Phycodes chalcocrossa (Meyrick, 1909)
Carposinidae
- Metacosmesis xerostola Diakonoff, 1983
Choreutidae
- Choreutis aegyptiaca (Zeller, 1867)
- Tebenna micalis (Mann, 1857)
Coleophoridae
- Coleophora ammodyta Falkovitsh, 1970
- Coleophora aularia Meyrick, 1924
- Coleophora cyrniella Rebel, 1926
- Coleophora emberizella Baldizzone, 1985
- Coleophora hospitiella Chrétien, 1915
- Coleophora jebeli Baldizzone, 1985
- Coleophora jerusalemella Toll, 1942
- Coleophora lasloella Baldizzone, 1982
- Coleophora nurmahal Toll, 1957
- Coleophora praecipua Walsingham, 1907
- Coleophora sarehma Toll, 1956
- Coleophora saudita Baldizzone, 1985
- Coleophora shadeganensis Toll, 1959
- Coleophora sudanella Rebel, 1916
- Coleophora viettella Toll, 1956
Cosmopterigidae
- Alloclita cerritella (Riedl, 1993)
- Alloclita delozona Meyrick, 1919
- Bifascioides leucomelanella (Rebel, 1917)
- Pseudascalenia riadella Kasy, 1968
Cossidae
- Aethalopteryx wiltshirei Yakovlev, 2009
- Azygophleps sheikh Yakovlev & Saldaitis, 2011
- Meharia acuta Wiltshire, 1982
- Meharia philbyi Bradley, 1952
- Meharia semilactea (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
- Mormogystia proleuca (Hampson in Walsingham & Hampson, 1896)
Crambidae
- Achyra nudalis (Hübner, 1796)
- Ancylolomia micropalpella Amsel, 1951
- Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel, 1833)
- Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Crocidolomia pavonana (Fabricius, 1794)
- Diaphana indica (Saunders, 1851)
- Duponchelia fovealis Zeller, 1847
- Euchromius cambridgei (Zeller, 1867)
- Evergestis desertalis (Hübner, 1813)
- Heliothela ophideresana (Walker, 1863)
- Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781)
- Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
- Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794)
- Leucinodes orbonalis Guenée, 1854
- Nomophila noctuella (, 1775)
- Omiodes indicata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Palepicorsia ustrinalis (Christoph, 1877)
- Pediasia numidellus (Rebel, 1903)
- Prionapteryx soudanensis (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx strioliger Rothschild, 1913
- Ptychopseustis ictericalis (Swinhoe, 1885)
- Pyrausta arabica Butler, 1884
- Pyrausta phaenicealis (Hübner, 1818)
- Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Synclera traducalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)
- Uresiphita polygonalis (, 1775)
Elachistidae
- Ethmia quadrinotella (Mann, 1861)
Gelechiidae
- Athrips irritans (Povolny, 1989)
- Athrips sisterina (Povolny, 1989)
- Ochrodia subdiminutella (Stainton, 1867)
- Parapsectris amseli (Povolny, 1981)
- Parapsectris buettikeri (Povolny, 1986)
- Parapsectris similis (Povolny, 1981)
- Scrobipalpa ergasima (Meyrick, 1916)
- Scrobipalpa vicaria (Meyrick, 1921)
Geometridae
- Brachyglossina sonyae Wiltshire, 1990
- Charissa lequatrei (Herbulot, 1988)
- Chiasmia subcurvaria (Mabille, 1897)
- Cleora pavlitzkiae (D. S. Fletcher, 1958)
- Hemidromodes sabulifera Prout, 1922
- Idaea eremica (Brandt, 1941)
- Idaea granulosa (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
- Idaea hathor (Wiltshire, 1949)
- Idaea hesuata Wiltshire, 1983
- Idaea illustris (Brandt, 1941)
- Idaea mimetes (Brandt, 1941)
- Idaea sanctaria Staudinger, 1900
- Idaea sordida (Rothschild, 1913)
- Idaea tahamae Wiltshire, 1983
- Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1858)
- Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858)
- Isturgia sublimbata (Butler, 1885)
- Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897
- Neromia pulvereisparsa (Hampson, 1896)
- Palaeaspilates sublutearia (Wiltshire, 1977)
- Phaiogramma discessa (Walker, 1861)
- Platypepla arabella Wiltshire, 1983
- Pseudosterrha rufistrigata (Hampson, 1896)
- Psilocerea arabica Wiltshire, 1983
- Scopula actuaria (Walker, 1861)
- Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894)
- Xanthorhoe wiltshirei (Brandt, 1941)
- Zamarada latilimbata Rebel, 1948
- Zamarada minimaria Swinhoe, 1895
- Zamarada torrida D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Gracillariidae
- Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856
- Stomphastis conflua (Meyrick, 1914)
Lasiocampidae
- Braura sultani (Wiltshire, 1986)
- Streblote acaciae (Klug, 1829)
Lymantriidae
- Albarracina baui Standfuss, ????
- Casama vilis (Walker, 1865)
- Euproctis cervina Moore, ????
Metarbelidae
- Metarbela taifensis Wiltshire, 1988
Micronoctuidae
- Micronola wadicola Amsel, 1935
Nepticulidae
- Stigmella birgittae Gustafsson, 1985
Noctuidae
- Acantholipes aurea Berio, 1966
- Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858)
- Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
- Achaea faber Holland, 1894
- Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)
- Achaea mercatoria (Fabricius, 1775)
- Achaea trapezoides (Guenée, 1862)
- Acontia albarabica Wiltshire, 1994
- Acontia asbenensis (Rothschild, 1921)
- Acontia basifera Walker, 1857
- Acontia binominata (Butler, 1892)
- Acontia crassivalva (Wiltshire, 1947)
- Acontia dichroa (Hampson, 1914)
- Acontia hortensis Swinhoe, 1884
- Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
- Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)
- Acontia lactea Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
- Acontia leucotrigona (Hampson, 1905)
- Acontia notabilis (Walker, 1857)
- Acontia nubila Hampson, 1910
- Acontia philbyi Wiltshire, 1988
- Acontia semialba Hampson, 1910
- Acontia trabealis (Scopoli, 1973)
- Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
- Acontia trimaculata Aurivillius, 1879
- Acontia yemenensis (Hampson, 1918)
- Adisura bella Gaede, 1915
- Aegle exsiccata (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
- Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
- Agrotis biconica Kollar, 1844
- Agrotis herzogi Rebel, 1911
- Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
- Agrotis pictifascia (Hampson, 1896)
- Agrotis sardzeana Brandt, 1941
- Agrotis segetum (, 1775)
- Agrotis trux (Hübner, 1824)
- Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
- Amyna delicata Wiltshire, 1994
- Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
- Anarta trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766)
- Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
- Anomis leona (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
- Antarchaea conicephala (Staudinger, 1870)
- Antarchaea digramma (Walker, 1863)
- Antarchaea erubescens (Bang-Haas, 1910)
- Antarchaea fragilis (Butler, 1875)
- Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833)
- Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)
- Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
- Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
- Athetis gizana Wiltshire, 1986
- Athetis pigra (Guenée, 1852)
- Attatha metaleuca Hampson, 1913
- Aucha polyphaenoides (Wiltshire, 1961)
- Autoba abrupta (Walker, 1865)
- Beihania cuculiella Wiltshire, 1967
- Brevipecten biscornuta Wiltshire, 1985
- Brithysana africana Laporte, 1973
- Calesia xanthognatha Hampson, 1926
- Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827)
- Callyna figurans Walker, 1858
- Caradrina anomoeosis (Hampson, 1902)
- Caradrina clavipalpis (Scopoli, 1763)
- Caradrina elongata (Plante, 1997)
- Caradrina pseudocosma (Plante, 1997)
- Caradrina soudanensis (Hampson, 1918)
- Caranilla uvarovi (Wiltshire, 1949)
- Carcharoda yemenicola Wiltshire, 1983
- Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
- Clytie devia (Swinhoe, 1884)
- Clytie euryphaea Hampson, 1918
- Clytie infrequens (Swinhoe, 1884)
- Clytie tropicalis Rungs, 1975
- Colobochyla platyzona Lederer,
- Condica capensis (Guenée, 1852)
- Condica conducta (Walker, 1857)
- Condica illecta Walker, 1865
- Condica viscosa (Freyer, 1831)
- Cryphia paulina (Staudinger, 1891)
- Ctenoplusia accentifera (Lefèbvre, 1827)
- Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1857)
- Ctenoplusia furcifera (Walker, 1857)
- Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852)
- Diadochia stigmatica Wiltshire, 1985
- Drasteria kabylaria (Bang-Haas, 1906)
- Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)
- Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
- Dysmilichia pica Wiltshire, 1983
- Ericeia congregata (Walker, 1858)
- Eublemma apicipunctalis (Brandt, 1939)
- Eublemma baccalix (Swinhoe, 1886)
- Eublemma bifasciata (Moore, 1881)
- Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)
- Eublemma deserti (Rothschild, 1909)
- Eublemma ecthaemata Hampson, 1896
- Eublemma gayneri (Rothschild, 1901)
- Eublemma khonoides Wiltshire, 1980
- Eublemma pallidula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
- Eublemma parva (Hübner, )
- Eublemma ragusana (Freyer, 1844)
- Eublemma robertsi Berio, 1969
- Eublemma scitula (Rambur, 1833)
- Eublemma seminivea Hampson, 1896
- Eublemma siticuosa (Lederer, 1858)
- Eublemma stygiochroa Hampson, 1910
- Eublemma thermobasis Hampson, 1910
- Eublemma tomentalis Rebel, 1948
- Eulocastra alfierii Wiltshire, 1948
- Eutelia mima Prout, 1925
- Feliniopsis consummata (Walker, 1857)
- Feliniopsis hosplitoides (Laporte, 1979)
- Feliniopsis talhouki (Wiltshire, 1983)
- Gnamptonyx innexa (Walker, 1858)
- Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
- Hadena laudeti (Boisduval, ????)
- Hadjina tyriobaphes Wiltshire, 1983
- Haplocestra similis Aurivillius, 1910
- Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, )
- Heliocheilus confertissima (Walker, 1865)
- Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
- Heliothis peltigera (, 1775)
- Heterographa pungeleri Bartel, 1904
- Heteropalpia acrosticta (Püngeler, 1904)
- Heteropalpia cortytoides Berio, 1939
- Heteropalpia exarata (Mabille, 1890)
- Heteropalpia profesta (Christoph, 1887)
- Heteropalpia robusta Wiltshire, 1988
- Heteropalpia rosacea (Rebel, 1907)
- Hipoepa fractalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854
- Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1790)
- Hypena obacerralis Walker,
- Hypena obsitalis (Hübner, )
- Hypena varialis Walker, 1866
- Hypotacha boursini Warnecke, 1937
- Hypotacha ochribasalis (Hampson, 1896)
- Hypotacha raffaldii Berio, 1939
- Iambiodes postpallida Wiltshire, 1977
- Lacera alope (Cramer, 1780)
- Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
- Leucania sicula Treitschke, 1835
- Lithacodia blandula (Guenée, 1862)
- Masalia albiseriata (Druce, 1903)
- Masalia perstriata (Hampson, 1903)
- Maxera nigriceps (Walker, 1858)
- Mesoligia algaini Wiltshire, 1983
- Metachrostis quinaria (Moore, 1881)
- Metagarista subcrocea Wiltshire, 1983
- Metopoceras kneuckeri (Rebel, 1903)
- Mimasura dhofarica Wiltshire, 1985
- Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
- Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
- Mythimna languida (Walker, 1858)
- Mythimna umbrigera (Saalmüller, 1891)
- Nimasia brachyura Wiltshire, 1982
- Ophiusa dianaris (Guenée, 1852)
- Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777)
- Oraesia intrusa (Krüger, 1939)
- Ozarba algaini Wiltshire, 1983
- Ozarba atrifera Hampson, 1910
- Ozarba debrosi Wiltshire, 1983
- Ozarba mesozonata Hampson, 1916
- Ozarba nyanza (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Ozarba semitorrida Hampson, 1916
- Ozarba socotrana Hampson, 1910
- Ozarba timida Berio, 1940
- Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858)
- Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
- Pericyma metaleuca Hampson, 1913
- Peridroma saucia (Hübner, )
- Phytometra hesuensis (Wiltshire, 1983)
- Plusiopalpa dichora Holland, 1894
- Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
- Polymixis juditha (Staudinger, 1897)
- Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Prionofrontia ochrosia Hampson, 1926
- Pseudopseustis beduina (Wiltshire, 1948)
- Pseudozarba mesozona (Hampson, 1896)
- Pseudozarba orthozona Wiltshire, 1985
- Rhynchina albiscripta Hampson, 1916
- Rhynchina revolutalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Rhynchodontodes antistropha (Vári, 1962)
- Scythocentropus inquinata (Mabille, 1888)
- Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefèbvre, 1827)
- Simplicia extinctalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Simyra confusa (Walker, 1856)
- Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
- Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
- Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
- Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
- Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
- Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
- Syngrapha circumflexa (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Talhoukia feifae Wiltshire, 1986
- Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855)
- Thiacidas adnanensis (Wiltshire, 1980)
- Thiacidas cerurodes (Hampson, 1916)
- Thiacidas postica Walker, 1855
- Thiacidas roseotincta (Pinhey, 1962)
- Thysanoplusia daubei (Boisduval, 1840)
- Thysanoplusia sestertia (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, )
- Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
- Trigonodes exportata Guenée, 1852
- Tytroca leucoptera (Hampson, 1896)
- Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)
- Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856)
Nolidae
- Archinola pyralidia Hampson, 1896
- Arcyophora longivalvis Guenée, 1852
- Arcyophora patricula (Hampson, 1902)
- Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
- Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
- Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
- Giaura dakkaki Wiltshire, 1986
- Lophocrama phoenicochlora Hampson, 1912
- Maurilia arcuata (Walker, )
- Neaxestis montivalva Wiltshire, 1986
- Odontestis murina Wiltshire, 1988
- Pardasena virgulana (Mabille, 1880)
- Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)
- Xanthodes albago (Fabricius, 1794)
Oecophoridae
- Amseloecia arabica Povolny, 1983
- Stathmopoda diplaspis (Meyrick, 1887)
Psychidae
- Psyche luteipalpis Walker, 1870
Pterophoridae
- Agdistis arabica Amsel, 1958
- Agdistis bellissima Arenberger, 1975
- Agdistis frankeniae (Zeller, 1847)
- Agdistis hakimah Arenberger, 1985
- Agdistis nanodes Meyrick, 1906
- Agdistis obstinata Meyrick, 1920
- Agdistis olei Arenberger, 1976
- Agdistis parvella Amsel, 1958
- Agdistis tamaricis (Zeller, 1847)
- Arcoptilia gizan Arenberger, 1985
- Diacrotricha lanceatus (Arenberger, 1986)
- Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
- Porrittia imbecilla (Meyrick, 1925)
- Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1852)
- Stenoptilia amseli Arenberger, 1990
- Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Pyralidae
- Anagasta kuehniella (Zeller, 1879)
- Ancylosis faustinella (Zeller, 1867)
- Ancylosis lacteicostella (Ragonot, 1887)
- Ancylosis limoniella (Chrétien, 1911)
- Ancylosis nigritarsea Hampson, 1896
- Ancylosis nubeculella (Ragonot, 1887)
- Ancylosis obscuripunctella Roesler, 1973
- Arenipses sabella Hampson, 1901
- Bazaria pempeliella Ragonot, 1893
- Cadra calidella (Guenée, 1845)
- Emmalocera strigicostella (Hampson, 1896)
- Hypotia rufimarginalis (Hampson, 1896)
- Hypotia vulgaris (Butler, 1881)
- Raphimetopus ablutella (Zeller, 1839)
- Staudingeria partitella Ragonot, 1887
- Staudingeria yerburii (Butler, 1884)
- Thylacoptila paurosema Meyrick, 1885
Sphingidae
- Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hippotion moorei Jordan, 1926
- Hippotion pentagramma (Hampson, 1910)
- Macroglossum trochilus (Hübner, 1823)
- Pseudoclanis molitor (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
Tineidae
- Perissomastix nigriceps Warren & Rothschild, 1905
- Trichophaga abruptella (Wollaston, 1858)
- Trichophaga swinhoei (Butler, 1884)
Tortricidae
- Aphelia deserticolor Diakonoff, 1983
- Bactra bactrana (Kennel, 1901)
- Bactra minima Meyrick, 1909
- Bactra simpliciana Chrétien, 1915
- Bactra venosana (Zeller, 1847)
- Cirriphora pharaonana (Kollar, 1858)
- Cochylimorpha lagara (Diakonoff, 1983)
- Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847
- Cryptophlebia melanopoda Diakonoff, 1983
- Cryptophlebia peltastica (Meyrick, 1921)
- Cydia alabastrina Diakonoff, 1983
- Cydia dissulta Diakonoff, 1983
- Cydia melanoptycha Diakonoff, 1983
- Cydia odontica Diakonoff, 1983
- Cydia periclydonia Diakonoff, 1983
- Dasodis cladographa Diakonoff, 1983
- Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852
- Endothenia oblongana (Haworth, 1811)
- Fulcrifera leucophaea Diakonoff, 1983
- Fulcrifera refrigescens (Meyrick, 1924)
- Grapholita steringus Diakonoff, 1983
- Gypsonoma riparia Meyrick, 1933
- Lobesia vectis Diakonoff, 1983
- Namasia catoptrica Diakonoff, 1983
- Pammene megalocephala Diakonoff, 1983
- Procrica ammina Diakonoff, 1983
- Protancylis amseli Diakonoff, 1983
- Selania resedana (Obraztsov, 1959)
- Strepsicrates cryptosema Diakonoff, 1983
- Trachysmia jerichoana (Amsel, 1935)
Xyloryctidae
- Eretmocera fasciata Walsingham, 1896
- Scythris kebirella Amsel, 1935
References
External links
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.
