List of moths of Saudi Arabia

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.

Location of Saudi Arabia

This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Saudi Arabia.

Arctiidae

Autostichidae

Brachodidae

Carposinidae

Choreutidae

Coleophoridae

Cosmopterigidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Elachistidae

Gelechiidae

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

Lasiocampidae

  • Braura sultani (Wiltshire, 1986)
  • Streblote acaciae (Klug, 1829)

Lymantriidae

Metarbelidae

Micronoctuidae

Nepticulidae

Noctuidae

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, [1858])
  • Neaxestis montivalva Wiltshire, 1986
  • Odontestis murina Wiltshire, 1988
  • Pardasena virgulana (Mabille, 1880)
  • Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)
  • Xanthodes albago (Fabricius, 1794)

Oecophoridae

Psychidae

  • Psyche luteipalpis Walker, 1870

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Sphingidae

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

References

    • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.
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