List of moths of Yemen

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There are about 550 known moth species of Yemen. 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 Yemen.

Alucitidae[]

Arctiidae[]

  • Amatula kikiae Wiltshire, 1983
  • Creataloum arabicum (Hampson, 1896)
  • Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
  • Eilema sokotrensis (Hampson, 1900)
  • Nyctemera torbeni Wiltshire, 1983
  • Secusio strigata Walker, 1854
  • Ivinskis & Saldaitis, 2008
  • Spilosoma yemenensis (Hampson, 1916)
  • Utetheisa lotrix (Cramer, 1779)
  • Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Autostichidae[]

Choreutidae[]

Coleophoridae[]

Cosmopterigidae[]

Cossidae[]

Crambidae[]

Galacticidae[]

Gelechiidae[]

Geometridae[]

  • Acidaliastis micra Hampson, 1896
  • Herbulot, 1965
  • (Wiltshire, 1982)
  • (Herbulot, 1988)
  • D. S. Fletcher, 1967
  • Cyclophora staudei Hausmann, 2006
  • (Walker, 1862)
  • Eucrostes disparata Walker, 1861
  • Glossotrophia jacta (Swinhoe, 1884)
  • (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
  • (Wiltshire, 1952)
  • Wiltshire, 1983
  • Swinhoe, 1885
  • Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1858)
  • Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858)
  • (Butler, 1885)
  • (Hampson, 1896)
  • Oar pratana (Fabricius, 1794)
  • (Walker, 1861)
  • (Hampson, 1896)
  • Scopula actuaria (Walker, 1861)
  • Scopula rufinubes (Warren, 1900)
  • Traminda mundissima (Walker, 1861)
  • D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Rebel, 1948
  • Swinhoe, 1895
  • D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Zygophyxia retracta Hausmann, 2006

Gracillariidae[]

Hyblaeidae[]

Lasiocampidae[]

  • Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
  • Wallengren, 1860

Limacodidae[]

  • Hampson, 1896

Lymantriidae[]

  • (Hampson, 1910)
  • (Walker, 1855)

Micronoctuidae[]

Noctuidae[]

  • Acantholipes aurea Berio, 1966
  • Acantholipes canofusca Hacker & Saldaitis, 2010
  • Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858)
  • Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
  • Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)
  • Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Achaea mercatoria (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Wiltshire, 1985
  • Wiltshire, 1994
  • Walker, 1862
  • Walker, 1857
  • (Butler, 1892)
  • Berio, 1936
  • (Wiltshire, 1947)
  • (Hampson, 1914)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Swinhoe, 1884
  • Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
  • (Walker, 1857)
  • Swinhoe, 1889
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
  • (Hampson, 1899)
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
  • Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
  • Wiltshire, 1988
  • (Butler, 1898)
  • Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
  • Aurivillius, 1879
  • (Hampson, 1918)
  • Wiltshire, 1988
  • Hampson, 1901
  • Boisduval, 1836
  • Agoma trimenii (Felder, 1874)
  • (Rebel, 1907)
  • Agrotis biconica Kollar, 1844
  • Agrotis brachypecten Hampson, 1899
  • Agrotis herzogi Rebel, 1911
  • Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
  • Hampson, 1918
  • Agrotis segetum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
  • (Rebel, 1907)
  • (Guenée, 1852)
  • Hampson, 1899
  • Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
  • Wiltshire, 1994
  • Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Hacker & Saldaitis, 2010
  • Anarta trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766)
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Hampson, 1926
  • (Warnecke, 1938)
  • Anomis erosa (Hübner, 1818)
  • Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Anomis mesogona (Walker, 1857)
  • Anomis sabulifera (Guenée, 1852)
  • (Staudinger, 1870)
  • (Walker, 1863)
  • Antarchaea erubescens (Bang-Haas, 1910)
  • Hacker & Saldaitis, 2010
  • (Butler, 1875)
  • Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Anumeta atrosignata Walker, 1858
  • Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)
  • Argyrogramma signata (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
  • (Walker, 1857)
  • Attatha metaleuca Hampson, 1913
  • (Wiltshire, 1961)
  • Autoba abrupta (Walker, 1865)
  • (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
  • Wiltshire, 1985
  • (Berio, 1939)
  • Hampson, 1926
  • Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
  • Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
  • Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
  • Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827)
  • Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)
  • Butler, 1884
  • Hacker & Fibiger, 2006
  • Calophasia platyptera (Esper, [1788])
  • (Hampson, 1918)
  • (Wiltshire, 1949)
  • Wiltshire, 1983
  • (Swinhoe, 1889)
  • Cerocala sokotrensis Hampson, 1899
  • (Guenée, 1852)
  • Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
  • Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
  • (Swinhoe, 1884)
  • Clytie infrequens (Swinhoe, 1884)
  • Clytie sancta (Staudinger, 1900)
  • Rungs, 1975
  • Condica capensis (Guenée, 1852)
  • Condica conducta (Walker, 1857)
  • Condica illecta Walker, 1865
  • (Walker, 1858)
  • Condica viscosa (Freyer, 1831)
  • Walker, 1858
  • Ctenoplusia dorfmeisteri (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1857)
  • Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852)
  • (Hampson, 1910)
  • Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
  • (Rothschild, 1901)
  • Drasteria kabylaria (Bang-Haas, 1906)
  • Drasteria yerburyi (Butler, 1892)
  • Dysgonia algira (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
  • (Swinhoe, 1884)
  • (Hampson, 1899)
  • Berio, 1894
  • Ericeia congregata (Walker, 1858)
  • Eublemma anachoresis (Wallengren, 1863)
  • Eublemma baccalix (Swinhoe, 1886)
  • (Moore, 1881)
  • (Swinhoe, 1884)
  • Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)
  • Fibiger & Hacker, 2004
  • Hampson, 1896
  • (Rothschild, 1901)
  • Wiltshire, 1980
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Eublemma parva (Hübner, [1808])
  • (Rambur, 1833)
  • Hampson, 1896
  • Hacker & Saldaitis, 2010
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Eublemmoides apicimacula (Mabille, 1880)
  • Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Wiltshire, 1948
  • (Staudinger, 1878)
  • (Butler, 1884)
  • Walker, 1858
  • (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Walker, 1865
  • Hampson, 1902
  • Feliniopsis africana (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
  • (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • (Walker, 1857)
  • (Laporte, 1979)
  • (Berio, 1939)
  • Feliniopsis opposita (Walker, 1865)
  • Hacker & Fibiger, 2001
  • (Wiltshire, 1983)
  • Hacker & Fibiger, 2001
  • Hacker & Saldaitis, 2010
  • Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859
  • Gnamptonyx innexa (Walker, 1858)
  • Grammodes exclusiva Pagenstecher, 1907
  • Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Wiltshire, 1983
  • Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808])
  • Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
  • Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
  • Heliothis peltigera ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
  • Heteropalpia acrosticta (Püngeler, 1904)
  • (Mabille, 1890)
  • Wiltshire, 1988
  • (Rebel, 1907)
  • (Walker, 1865)
  • Hiccoda dosaroides Moore, 1882
  • Hipoepa fractalis (Guenée, 1854)
  • (Fawcett, 1916)
  • Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854
  • Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859
  • Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1790)
  • Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
  • Hypena obsitalis (Hübner, [1813])
  • Guenée, 1854
  • (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Hypotacha indecisa Walker, [1858]
  • Hypotacha isthmigera Wiltshire, 1968
  • Hypotacha ochribasalis (Hampson, 1896)
  • Hypotacha raffaldii Berio, 1939
  • (Rothschild, 1913)
  • Wiltshire, 1977
  • (Hampson, 1896)
  • Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
  • Hacker & Fibiger, 2006
  • (Hacker & Fibiger, 2006)
  • (Swinhoe, 1885)
  • (Saalmüller, 1891)
  • Hacker & Saldaitis, 2010
  • Maxera marchalii (Boisduval, 1833)
  • (Walker, 1858)
  • (Wallengren, 1856)
  • (Moore, 1881)
  • Hacker & Saldaitis, 2010
  • Metopoceras kneuckeri (Rebel, 1903)
  • Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
  • Mocis repanda (Fabricius, 1794)
  • (Hampson, 1905)
  • Mythimna languida (Walker, 1858)
  • Hreblay, 1996
  • (Saalmüller, 1891)
  • Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809)
  • Nagia natalensis (Hampson, 1902)
  • Nimasia brachyura Wiltshire, 1982
  • Ophiusa dianaris (Guenée, 1852)
  • Ophiusa mejanesi (Guenée, 1852)
  • Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777)
  • Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794)
  • (Krüger, 1939)
  • Hacker & Saldaitis, 2010
  • Hampson, 1910
  • Ozarba nyanza (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Saalmüller, 1891
  • (Rebel, 1907)
  • Hampson, 1910
  • (Hampson, 1899)
  • (Walker, 1865)
  • Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852
  • Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858)
  • Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
  • Pericyma metaleuca Hampson, 1913
  • (Walker, 1865)
  • Hacker & Saldaitis, 2010
  • Holland, 1894
  • Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
  • Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Hampson, 1926
  • Rebel, 1907
  • (Hampson, 1896)
  • (Guenée, 1852)
  • Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866)
  • Hampson, 1916
  • Vári, 1962
  • Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefèbvre, 1827)
  • Simplicia extinctalis (Zeller, 1852)
  • Guenée, 1854
  • 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)
  • Hampson, 1912
  • Wiltshire, 1977
  • Hacker, Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2010
  • Syngrapha circumflexa (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855)
  • (Rebel, 1907)
  • (Hampson, 1916)
  • (Pinhey, 1962)
  • (Hampson, 1902)
  • (Hampson, 1909)
  • Thysanoplusia exquisita (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • (D. S. Fletcher, 1963)
  • Thysanoplusia sestertia (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • (Hampson, 1910)
  • Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])
  • Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
  • (Distant, 1898)
  • Tytroca leucoptera (Hampson, 1896)
  • Ulotrichopus stertzi (Püngeler, 1907)
  • Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)
  • Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856)

Nolidae[]

  • Hampson, 1896
  • Mabille, 1900
  • Wiltshire, 1985
  • Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
  • Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
  • Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Wiltshire, 1986
  • (Walker, 1858)
  • Nola pumila Snellen, 1875
  • (Hampson, 1901)
  • Wiltshire, 1988
  • Hacker & Saldaitis, 2010
  • Hampson, 1912
  • Walker, 1866
  • Pardasena virgulana (Mabille, 1880)
  • Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)
  • Selepa celtis (Moore, 1858)
  • (Fabricius, 1794)
  • (Pinhey, 1968)
  • (Meyrick, 1902)

Notodontidae[]

  • Hacker, Fibiger & Schreier, 2007

Oecophoridae[]

  • Stathmopoda diplaspis (Meyrick, 1887)

Plutellidae[]

  • Walsingham, 1900
  • Mey, 2007
  • Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pterophoridae[]

Pyralidae[]

  • Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Ancylosis faustinella (Zeller, 1867)
  • (Chrétien, 1911)
  • Ancylosis nigripunctella (Staudigner, 1879)
  • Cadra cautella (Walker, 1863)
  • (Hampson, 1896)
  • Ragonot, 1888
  • Endotricha erythralis Mabille, 1900
  • Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796)
  • Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832)
  • (Duponchel, 1842)
  • Hampson, 1896
  • Hampson, 1896
  • Hampson, 1896
  • Phycita poteriella Zeller, 1846
  • (Swinhoe, 1885)
  • Hampson, 1916
  • Pyralis obsoletalis Mann, 1864
  • Raphimetopus ablutella (Zeller, 1839)
  • (Hampson, 1896)
  • (Ragonot, 1888)
  • Staudingeria yerburii (Butler, 1884)

Saturniidae[]

  • (Rougeot, 1977)
  • (Holland, 1892)

Sesiidae[]

  • Crinipus leucozonipus Hampson, 1896

Sphingidae[]

  • Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1848)
  • Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Basiothia medea (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Batocnema cocquerelii (Boisduval, 1875)
  • Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Hippotion rosae (Butler, 1882)
  • Hippotion socotrensis (Rebel, 1899)
  • Hyles livornica (Esper, 1780)
  • Nephele vau (Walker, 1856)
  • Sphingonaepiopsis nana (Walker, 1856)

Tineidae[]

  • (Walsingham, 1896)
  • Walsingham, 1896
  • Robinson, 1979
  • Trichophaga abruptella (Wollaston, 1858)
  • (Butler, 1884)

Tortricidae[]

  • Cryptophlebia socotrensis Walsingham, 1900
  • Diakonoff, 1983

Xyloryctidae[]

External links[]

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