List of moths of Oman

Moths of Oman represent about 190 known moth species. 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 Oman.

Arctiidae[]

• Lepista arabica (Rebel, 1907)
• Siccia dudai Ivinskis & Saldaitis, 2008
• Teracotona murtafaa Wiltshire, 1980

Autostichidae[]

• Turatia iranica Gozmány, 2000

Coleophoridae[]

• Coleophora aegyptiacae Walsingham, 1907
• Coleophora arachnias Meyrick, 1922
• Coleophora aularia Meyrick, 1924
• Coleophora eilatica Baldizzone, 1994
• Coleophora jerusalemella Toll, 1942
• Coleophora microalbella Amsel, 1935
• Coleophora niphomesta Meyrick, 1917
• Coleophora omanica Baldizzone, 2007
• Coleophora sogdianae Baldizzone, 1994
• Coleophora teheranella Baldizzone, 1994
• Coleophora versurella Zeller, 1849

Cossidae[]

• Azygophleps larseni Yakovlev & Saldaitis, 2011
• Meharia acuta Wiltshire, 1982
• Meharia philbyi Bradley, 1952
• Meharia semilactea (Warren et Rothschild, 1905)
• Mormogystia proleuca (Hampson in Walsingham et Hampson, 1896)

Crambidae[]

• Heliothela ophideresana (Walker, 1863)

Geometridae[]

• Brandt, 1941
• Hausmann & Skou, 2008
• Eupithecia mekrana Brandt, 1941
• Eupithecia ultimaria Boisduval, 1840
• Warren, 1896
• (Brandt, 1941)
• Wiltshire, 1983
• (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
• (Brandt, 1941)
• (Wiltshire, 1977)
• (Brandt, 1938)
• Scopula caesaria (Walker, 1861)
• Traminda mundissima (Walker, 1861)
• (Brandt, 1941)
• (Brandt, 1941)

Gracillariidae[]

• Phyllonorycter jabalshamsi de Prins, 2012

Lasiocampidae[]

• Zolotuhin, Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2009

Limacodidae[]

• Wiltshire, 1976

Metarbelidae[]

• Salagena guichardi Wiltshire, 1980

Micronoctuidae[]

• Micronola wadicola Amsel, 1935

Nepticulidae[]

• Stigmella birgittae Gustafsson, 1985

Noctuidae[]

• Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858)
• Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
• Wiltshire, 1985
• (Rothschild, 1921)
• Walker, 1857
• (Butler, 1892)
• Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
• Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Wiltshire, 1988
• (Butler, 1898)
• Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Hampson, 1901
• Agrotis biconica Kollar, 1844
• Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
• Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
• Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
• Anarta trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766)
• Hampson, 1910
• (Warnecke, 1938)
• Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
• Anomis sabulifera (Guenée, 1852)
• (Staudinger, 1870)
• Antarchaea erubescens (Bang-Haas, 1910)
• (Butler, 1875)
• Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)
• Argyrogramma signata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Wiltshire, 1985
• (Guenée, 1852)
• Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
• Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827)
• (Plante, 1997)
• (Hampson, 1918)
• (Wiltshire, 1949)
• Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
• Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
• Clytie infrequens (Swinhoe, 1884)
• Rungs, 1975
• Condica capensis (Guenée, 1852)
• Condica illecta Walker, 1865
• Condica viscosa (Freyer, 1831)
• Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1857)
• Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852)
• Drasteria kabylaria (Bang-Haas, 1906)
• Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
• Eublemma anachoresis (Wallengren, 1863)
• (Brandt, 1939)
• Wiltshire, 1980
• Hampson, 1910
• Eublemma parva (Hübner, [1808])
• (Moore, 1881)
• Hampson, 1896
• (Lederer, 1858)
• Wiltshire, 1948
• (Hübner, 1813)
• (Walker, 1857)
• (Wiltshire, 1983)
• Gnamptonyx innexa (Walker, 1858)
• Wiltshire, 1983
• Aurivillius, 1910
• Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808])
• Heliocheilus confertissima (Walker, 1865)
• Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
• Heliothis peltigera ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Heteropalpia acrosticta (Püngeler, 1904)
• (Mabille, 1890)
• Wiltshire, 1988
• (Walker, 1865)
• Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854
• Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859
• Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1790)
• Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
• Hypena obsitalis (Hübner, [1813])
• Hypotacha isthmigera Wiltshire, 1968
• Hypotacha ochribasalis (Hampson, 1896)
• Hypotacha raffaldii Berio, 1939
• Wiltshire, 1977
• Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
• Hacker & Fibiger, 2006
• (Swinhoe, 1885)
• (Saalmüller, 1891)
• Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
• Metopoceras kneuckeri (Rebel, 1903)
• Wiltshire, 1985
• Wiltshire, 1985
• Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
• Nagia natalensis (Hampson, 1902)
• Nimasia brachyura Wiltshire, 1982
• Wiltshire, 1985
• Ophiusa dianaris (Guenée, 1852)
• Ophiusa mejanesi (Guenée, 1852)
• Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794)
• (Krüger, 1939)
• Berio, 1940
• Hampson, 1910
• Hampson, 1916
• Ozarba nyanza (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Hampson, 1910
• Hampson, 1910
• Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858)
• Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
• Pericyma metaleuca Hampson, 1913
• Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
• Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Hampson, 1926
• (Hampson, 1896)
• Hampson, 1916
• Vári, 1962
• Wiltshire, 1983
• Wiltshire, 1956
• Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
• Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
• Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
• Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
• Hampson, 1912
• Wiltshire, 1977
• Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855)
• Walker, 1855
• Thysanoplusia exquisita (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])
• Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
• (Distant, 1898)
• Ulotrichopus stertzi (Püngeler, 1907)
• Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)
• Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856)
• (Butler, 1898)

Nolidae[]

• Mabille, 1900
• Wiltshire, 1985
• Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
• Wiltshire, 1986
• Wiltshire, 1985
• (Fabricius, 1794)

Pterophoridae[]

• Agdistis arabica Amsel, 1958
• Agdistis nanodes Meyrick, 1906
• Agdistis olei Arenberger, 1976
• Agdistis omani Arenberger, 2008
• Arcoptilia gizan Arenberger, 1985
• Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907
• Diacrotricha lanceatus (Arenberger, 1986)
• Megalorhipida leptomeres (Meyrick, 1886)
• Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
• Pterophorus ischnodactyla (Treitschke, 1833)

Tischeriidae[]

• Puplesis & Diškus, 2003

Tortricidae[]

• Age onychistica Diakonoff, 1982
• Chrétien, 1915
• Bactra venosana (Zeller, 1847)
• Diakonoff, 1983
• (Meyrick, 1924)

Xyloryctidae[]

• Eretmocera impactella (Walker, 1864)
• Scythris alhamrae Bengtsson, 2002
• Scythris amplexella Bengtsson, 2002
• Scythris cucullella Bengtsson, 2002
• Scythris elachistoides Bengtsson, 2002
• Scythris fissurella Bengtsson, 1997
• Scythris kebirella Amsel, 1935
• Meyrick, 1924
• Meyrick, 1933
• Scythris pollicella Bengtsson, 2002
• Scythris valgella Bengtsson, 2002

External links[]

• AfroMoths