List of moths of Mauritania

Moths of Mauritania represent about 165 known moth species. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Location of Mauritania

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

Arctiidae

Cossidae

  • Nomima prophanes Durrant, 1916

Crambidae

Lasiocampidae

  • Braura othello Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
  • Odontocheilopteryx ferlina Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009

Noctuidae

Nolidae

  • Arcyophora patricula (Hampson, 1902)
  • Bryophilopsis tarachoides Mabille, 1900
  • Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
  • Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Leocyma appollinis Guenée, 1852
  • Meganola reubeni Agassiz, 2009
  • Neaxestis mesogonia (Hampson, 1905)
  • Negeta luminosa (Walker, 1858)
  • Negeta purpurascens Hampson, 1912
  • Odontestis striata Hampson, 1912
  • Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)
  • Xanthodes albago (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Xanthodes brunnescens (Pinhey, 1968)

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Tineidae

  • Anomalotinea cubiculella (Staudinger, 1859)
  • Ceratophaga infuscatella (de Joannis, 1897)
  • Infurcitinea marcunella (Rebel, 1901)
  • Myrmecozela lambessella Rebel, 1901
  • Perissomastix agenjoi (Petersen, 1957)
  • Perissomastix biskraella (Rebel, 1901)
  • Rhodobates algiricella (Rebel, 1901)
  • Trichophaga bipartitella (Ragonot, 1892)

Tortricidae

  • Epinotia hesperidana Kennel, 1921
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