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.

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 ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 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 ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 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[]

• Wiltshire, 1990
• (Herbulot, 1988)
• (Mabille, 1897)
• (D. S. Fletcher, 1958)
• Prout, 1922
• (Brandt, 1941)
• (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
• (Wiltshire, 1949)
• Wiltshire, 1983
• (Brandt, 1941)
• (Brandt, 1941)
• Staudinger, 1900
• (Rothschild, 1913)
• Wiltshire, 1983
• Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858)
• (Butler, 1885)
• Warren, 1897
• (Hampson, 1896)
• (Wiltshire, 1977)
• (Walker, 1861)
• Wiltshire, 1983
• (Hampson, 1896)
• Psilocerea arabica Wiltshire, 1983
• Scopula actuaria (Walker, 1861)
• Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894)
• (Brandt, 1941)
• Rebel, 1948
• Swinhoe, 1895
• D. S. Fletcher, 1974

Gracillariidae[]

• Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856
• Stomphastis conflua (Meyrick, 1914)

Lasiocampidae[]

• (Wiltshire, 1986)
• (Klug, 1829)

Lymantriidae[]

• 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)
• Wiltshire, 1994
• (Rothschild, 1921)
• Walker, 1857
• (Butler, 1892)
• (Wiltshire, 1947)
• (Hampson, 1914)
• Swinhoe, 1884
• Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
• (Walker, 1857)
• Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
• (Hampson, 1905)
• (Walker, 1857)
• Hampson, 1910
• Wiltshire, 1988
• Hampson, 1910
• Acontia trabealis (Scopoli, 1973)
• Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
• Aurivillius, 1879
• (Hampson, 1918)
• Adisura bella Gaede, 1915
• (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
• Boisduval, 1836
• Agrotis biconica Kollar, 1844
• Agrotis herzogi Rebel, 1911
• Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
• (Hampson, 1896)
• Agrotis sardzeana Brandt, 1941
• Agrotis segetum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Agrotis trux (Hübner, 1824)
• Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
• Wiltshire, 1994
• Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
• Anarta trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766)
• Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
• (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
• (Staudinger, 1870)
• (Walker, 1863)
• Antarchaea erubescens (Bang-Haas, 1910)
• (Butler, 1875)
• Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833)
• Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)
• Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
• Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
• Wiltshire, 1986
• (Guenée, 1852)
• Attatha metaleuca Hampson, 1913
• (Wiltshire, 1961)
• Autoba abrupta (Walker, 1865)
• Wiltshire, 1967
• Wiltshire, 1985
• Laporte, 1973
• Hampson, 1926
• Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827)
• Walker, 1858
• (Hampson, 1902)
• Caradrina clavipalpis (Scopoli, 1763)
• (Plante, 1997)
• (Plante, 1997)
• (Hampson, 1918)
• (Wiltshire, 1949)
• Wiltshire, 1983
• Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
• (Swinhoe, 1884)
• Hampson, 1918
• Clytie infrequens (Swinhoe, 1884)
• Rungs, 1975
• 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)
• Wiltshire, 1985
• Drasteria kabylaria (Bang-Haas, 1906)
• Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
• Wiltshire, 1983
• Ericeia congregata (Walker, 1858)
• (Brandt, 1939)
• Eublemma baccalix (Swinhoe, 1886)
• (Moore, 1881)
• Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)
• (Rothschild, 1909)
• Hampson, 1896
• (Rothschild, 1901)
• Wiltshire, 1980
• (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
• Eublemma parva (Hübner, [1808])
• (Freyer, 1844)
• Berio, 1969
• (Rambur, 1833)
• Hampson, 1896
• (Lederer, 1858)
• Hampson, 1910
• Hampson, 1910
• Rebel, 1948
• Wiltshire, 1948
• Prout, 1925
• (Walker, 1857)
• (Laporte, 1979)
• (Wiltshire, 1983)
• Gnamptonyx innexa (Walker, 1858)
• Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
• Hadena laudeti (Boisduval, ????)
• Wiltshire, 1983
• Aurivillius, 1910
• Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808])
• Heliocheilus confertissima (Walker, 1865)
• Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
• Heliothis peltigera ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Bartel, 1904
• Heteropalpia acrosticta (Püngeler, 1904)
• Berio, 1939
• (Mabille, 1890)
• Heteropalpia profesta (Christoph, 1887)
• Wiltshire, 1988
• (Rebel, 1907)
• Hipoepa fractalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854
• Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859
• Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1790)
• Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
• Hypena obsitalis (Hübner, [1813])
• Hypena varialis Walker, 1866
• Hypotacha boursini Warnecke, 1937
• Hypotacha ochribasalis (Hampson, 1896)
• Hypotacha raffaldii Berio, 1939
• Wiltshire, 1977
• Lacera alope (Cramer, 1780)
• Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
• Leucania sicula Treitschke, 1835
• Lithacodia blandula (Guenée, 1862)
• (Druce, 1903)
• Masalia perstriata (Hampson, 1903)
• (Walker, 1858)
• Wiltshire, 1983
• (Moore, 1881)
• Wiltshire, 1983
• Metopoceras kneuckeri (Rebel, 1903)
• Wiltshire, 1985
• Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
• Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
• Mythimna languida (Walker, 1858)
• (Saalmüller, 1891)
• Nimasia brachyura Wiltshire, 1982
• Ophiusa dianaris (Guenée, 1852)
• Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777)
• (Krüger, 1939)
• Wiltshire, 1983
• Hampson, 1910
• Wiltshire, 1983
• Hampson, 1916
• Ozarba nyanza (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Hampson, 1916
• Hampson, 1910
• Berio, 1940
• Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858)
• Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
• Pericyma metaleuca Hampson, 1913
• Peridroma saucia (Hübner, [1808])
• (Wiltshire, 1983)
• Holland, 1894
• Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
• (Staudinger, 1897)
• Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Hampson, 1926
• (Wiltshire, 1948)
• (Hampson, 1896)
• Wiltshire, 1985
• Hampson, 1916
• Rhynchina revolutalis (Zeller, 1852)
• (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)
• (Wiltshire, 1980)
• (Hampson, 1916)
• Walker, 1855
• (Pinhey, 1962)
• Thysanoplusia daubei (Boisduval, 1840)
• Thysanoplusia sestertia (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])
• Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
• Trigonodes exportata Guenée, 1852
• Tytroca leucoptera (Hampson, 1896)
• Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)
• Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856)

Nolidae[]

• Hampson, 1896
• Guenée, 1852
• (Hampson, 1902)
• Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
• Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
• Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
• Wiltshire, 1986
• Hampson, 1912
• (Walker, [1858])
• Wiltshire, 1986
• Wiltshire, 1988
• Pardasena virgulana (Mabille, 1880)
• Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)
• (Fabricius, 1794)

Oecophoridae[]

• Povolny, 1983
• Stathmopoda diplaspis (Meyrick, 1887)

Psychidae[]

• 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)
• (Chrétien, 1911)
• Hampson, 1896
• Ancylosis nubeculella (Ragonot, 1887)
• Roesler, 1973
• Arenipses sabella Hampson, 1901
• Bazaria pempeliella Ragonot, 1893
• Cadra calidella (Guenée, 1845)
• Emmalocera strigicostella (Hampson, 1896)
• (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[]

• Warren & Rothschild, 1905
• Trichophaga abruptella (Wollaston, 1858)
• (Butler, 1884)

Tortricidae[]

• Aphelia deserticolor Diakonoff, 1983
• Bactra bactrana (Kennel, 1901)
• Bactra minima Meyrick, 1909
• Chrétien, 1915
• Bactra venosana (Zeller, 1847)
• (Kollar, 1858)
• Cochylimorpha lagara (Diakonoff, 1983)
• Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847
• Diakonoff, 1983
• Cryptophlebia peltastica (Meyrick, 1921)
• Diakonoff, 1983
• Diakonoff, 1983
• Diakonoff, 1983
• Diakonoff, 1983
• Diakonoff, 1983
• Diakonoff, 1983
• Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852
• Endothenia oblongana (Haworth, 1811)
• Diakonoff, 1983
• (Meyrick, 1924)
• Diakonoff, 1983
• Meyrick, 1933
• Diakonoff, 1983
• Diakonoff, 1983
• Diakonoff, 1983
• Procrica ammina Diakonoff, 1983
• Diakonoff, 1983
• (Obraztsov, 1959)
• Diakonoff, 1983
• (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.