List of moths of Yemen

There are about 550 known moth species of Yemen. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Location of Yemen

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

Alucitidae

Arctiidae

Autostichidae

Choreutidae

Coleophoridae

Cosmopterigidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Galacticidae

Gelechiidae

Geometridae
  • Acidaliastis micra Hampson, 1896
  • Brachyglossina tibbuana Herbulot, 1965
  • Casilda kikiae (Wiltshire, 1982)
  • Charissa lequatrei (Herbulot, 1988)
  • Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967
  • Cyclophora staudei Hausmann, 2006
  • Disclisioprocta natalata (Walker, 1862)
  • Eucrostes disparata Walker, 1861
  • Glossotrophia jacta (Swinhoe, 1884)
  • Idaea granulosa (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
  • Idaea illustrior (Wiltshire, 1952)
  • Idaea tahamae Wiltshire, 1983
  • Idaea testacea Swinhoe, 1885
  • Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1858)
  • Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858)
  • Isturgia sublimbata (Butler, 1885)
  • Neromia pulvereisparsa (Hampson, 1896)
  • Oar pratana (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Omphacodes directa (Walker, 1861)
  • Pseudosterrha rufistrigata (Hampson, 1896)
  • Scopula actuaria (Walker, 1861)
  • Scopula rufinubes (Warren, 1900)
  • Traminda mundissima (Walker, 1861)
  • Zamarada anacantha D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada latilimbata Rebel, 1948
  • Zamarada minimaria Swinhoe, 1895
  • Zamarada torrida D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zygophyxia retracta Hausmann, 2006

Gracillariidae

Hyblaeidae

Lasiocampidae
  • Braura desdemona Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
  • Odontocheilopteryx myxa Wallengren, 1860

Limacodidae
  • Parasa fulvicorpus Hampson, 1896

Lymantriidae
  • Euproctis erythrosticta (Hampson, 1910)
  • Knappetra fasciata (Walker, 1855)

Micronoctuidae

Noctuidae

Nolidae
  • Archinola pyralidia Hampson, 1896
  • Bryophilopsis tarachoides Mabille, 1900
  • Churia gallagheri Wiltshire, 1985
  • Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
  • Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
  • Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Giaura dakkaki Wiltshire, 1986
  • Negeta luminosa (Walker, 1858)
  • Nola pumila Snellen, 1875
  • Nola socotrensis (Hampson, 1901)
  • Odontestis murina Wiltshire, 1988
  • Odontestis socotrensis Hacker & Saldaitis, 2010
  • Odontestis striata Hampson, 1912
  • Pardasena minorella Walker, 1866
  • Pardasena virgulana (Mabille, 1880)
  • Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)
  • Selepa celtis (Moore, 1858)
  • Xanthodes albago (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Xanthodes brunnescens (Pinhey, 1968)
  • Xanthodes gephyrias (Meyrick, 1902)

Notodontidae
  • Macrosenta purpurascens Hacker, Fibiger & Schreier, 2007

Oecophoridae

Plutellidae
  • Genostele renigera Walsingham, 1900
  • Paraxenistis africana Mey, 2007
  • Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae
  • Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Ancylosis faustinella (Zeller, 1867)
  • Ancylosis limoniella (Chrétien, 1911)
  • Ancylosis nigripunctella (Staudigner, 1879)
  • Cadra cautella (Walker, 1863)
  • Candiope erubescens (Hampson, 1896)
  • Candiope joannisella Ragonot, 1888
  • Endotricha erythralis Mabille, 1900
  • Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796)
  • Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832)
  • Nephopterix divisella (Duponchel, 1842)
  • Nephopterix metamelana Hampson, 1896
  • Nephopterix nigristriata Hampson, 1896
  • Phycita phoenicocraspis Hampson, 1896
  • Phycita poteriella Zeller, 1846
  • Polyocha depressella (Swinhoe, 1885)
  • Pyralis galactalis Hampson, 1916
  • Pyralis obsoletalis Mann, 1864
  • Raphimetopus ablutella (Zeller, 1839)
  • Staudingeria proniphea (Hampson, 1896)
  • Staudingeria suboblitella (Ragonot, 1888)
  • Staudingeria yerburii (Butler, 1884)

Saturniidae
  • Yatanga arabica (Rougeot, 1977)
  • Yatanga smithi (Holland, 1892)

Sesiidae

Sphingidae

Tineidae
  • Perissomastix taeniaecornis (Walsingham, 1896)
  • Phthoropoea carpella Walsingham, 1896
  • Tinea messalina Robinson, 1979
  • Trichophaga abruptella (Wollaston, 1858)
  • Trichophaga swinhoei (Butler, 1884)

Tortricidae
  • Cryptophlebia socotrensis Walsingham, 1900
  • Dasodis cladographa Diakonoff, 1983

Xyloryctidae
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