List of moths of the United Arab Emirates

Moths of the United Arab Emirates represent about 220 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 from the United Arab Emirates.

Autostichidae[]

• Turatia iranica Gozmány, 2000

Batrachedridae[]

• Batrachedra amydraula Meyrick, 1916

Brachodidae[]

• Nigilgia superbella (Rebel, 1907)

Choreutidae[]

• Choreutis aegyptiaca (Zeller, 1867)

Coleophoridae[]

• Coleophora albidorsella Toll, 1942
• Coleophora eilatica Baldizzone, 1994
• Coleophora fulgidella Too & Amsel, 1967
• Coleophora gymnocarpella Walsingham, 1907
• Coleophora jerusalemella Toll, 1942
• Coleophora lasloella Baldizzone, 1982
• Coleophora mausolella Chrétien, 1908
• Coleophora niphomesta Meyrick, 1917
• Coleophora nurmahal Toll, 1957
• Coleophora safadella van der Wolf, 2008
• Coleophora sudanella Rebel, 1916
• Coleophora versurella Zeller, 1849
• Coleophora viettella Toll, 1956
• Neoblastobasis eurotella Adamski, 2010

Cosmopterigidae[]

• Alloclita cerritella (Riedl, 1993)
• Alloclita delozona Meyrick, 1919
• Anatrachyntis simplex (Walsingham, 1891)
• Anatrachyntis vanharteni Koster, 2010
• Ascalenia callynella Kasy, 1968
• Ascalenia kairaella Kasy, 1969
• Bifascioides leucomelanella (Rebel, 1917)
• Coccidiphila nivea Koster, 2010
• Cosmopterix crassicervicella Chrétien, 1896
• Eteobalea sumptuosella (Lederer, 1855)
• Gisilia gielisi Koster, 2010
• Gisilia sclerodes (Meyrick, 1909)
• Pseudascalenia riadella Kasy, 1968
• Pyroderces argentata Koster, 2010
• Pyroderces wolschrijni Koster & Sinev, 2003

Crambidae[]

• (Christoph, 1877)
• Aeschremon desertalis Asselbergs, 2008
• Aeschremon ochrealis Asselbergs, 2008
• Aeschremon similis Asselbergs, 2008
• Amselia heringi (Amsel, 1935)
• Ancylolomia micropalpella Amsel, 1951
• Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel, 1833)
• Autocharis fessalis (Swinhoe, 1886)
• Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Diaphana indica (Saunders, 1851)
• Duponchelia fovealis Zeller, 1847
• Emprepes flavomarginalis (Amsel, 1951)
• Epimetasia rufoarenalis (Rothschild, 1913)
• Euchromius ocellea (Haworth, 1811)
• Euchromius vinculellus (Zeller, 1847)
• Euclasta mirabilis Amsel, 1949
• Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis (Zeller, 1852)
• Evergestis desertalis (Hübner, 1813)
• Evergestis laristanalis Amsel, 1961
• (Guenée, 1854)
• Heliothela ophideresana (Walker, 1863)
• Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781)
• Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
• Hymenoptychis sordida Zeller, 1852
• Leucinodes orbonalis Guenée, 1854
• Maruca vitrata (Fabricius, 1787)
• Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Noorda blitealis Walker, 1859
• Palepicorsia ustrinalis (Christoph, 1877)
• Pediasia numidellus (Rebel, 1903)
• Piletocera opacalis Rebel, 1927
• Prionapteryx soudanensis (Hampson, 1919)
• Prionapteryx strioliger Rothschild, 1913
• Prochoristis rupicapralis (Lederer, 1855)
• Pyrausta panopealis (Walker, 1859)
• Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Stiphrometasia monialis (Erschoff, 1872)
• Synclera traducalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Tegostoma comparalis (Hübner, 1796)

Elachistidae[]

• Elachista densa Parenti, 1981
• Elachista veruta Kaila, 2008
• Ethmia alba (Amsel, 1949)
• Ethmia lecmima (Sattler, 1967)
• Ethmia lepidella (Chrétien, 1907)
• Ethmia quadrinotella (Mann, 1861)

Geometridae[]

• Brandt, 1941
• Hausmann & Skou, 2008
• Eupithecia mekrana Brandt, 1941
• Eupithecia ultimaria Boisduval, 1840
• Glossotrophia gracilis (Brandt, 1941)
• Prout, 1922
• Warren, 1896
• Butler, 1880
• (Brandt, 1941)
• (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
• (Brandt, 1941)
• (Brandt, 1941)
• Staudinger, 1900
• (Rothschild, 1913)
• Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Lithostege fissurata Mabille, 1888
• Warren, 1897
• (Hampson, 1896)
• Orthonama obstipata (Fabricius, 1794)
• (Wiltshire, 1977)
• (Brandt, 1938)
• (Walker, 1861)
• Pingasa lahayei (Oberthür, 1887)
• (Hampson, 1896)
• Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894)
• Scopula caesaria (Walker, 1861)
• Scopula chalcographata Brandt, 1938
• Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833)
• Spiralisigna angusta Hausmann & Skou, 2008
• Traminda mundissima (Walker, 1861)
• (Brandt, 1941)
• Zygophyxia relictata (Walker, 1866)

Gracillariidae[]

• Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856

Nepticulidae[]

• Acalyptris galinae (Puplesis, 1984)
• Acalyptris gielisi van Nieukerken, 2010
• Acalyptris repeteki (Puplesis, 1984)
• Stigmella birgittae Gustafsson, 1985
• Stigmella xystodes (Meyrick, 1916)

Noctuidae[]

• Oberthür, 1887
• Aurivillius, 1879
• Agrotis sardzeana Brandt, 1941
• (Wiltshire, 1961)
• (Plante, 1997)
• Drasteria kabylaria (Bang-Haas, 1906)
• (Lederer, 1858)
• Heteropalpia acrosticta (Püngeler, 1904)
• (Rebel, 1907)
• (Walker, 1865)
• (Krüger, 1939)
• Plecoptera reflexa Guenée, 1852
• Walker, 1855
• Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)

Nolidae[]

• Wiltshire, 1985

Oecophoridae[]

• Stathmopoda auriferella (Walker, 1864)
• Koster, 2010
• Kasy, 1973
• Tortilia pallidella Kasy, 1973

Pterophoridae[]

• Agdistis nanodes Meyrick, 1906
• Agdistis olei Arenberger, 1976
• Agdistis qurayyahiensis Gielis, 2008
• Agdistis tamaricis (Zeller, 1847)
• Agdistis tenera Arenberger, 1976
• Capperia celeusi (Frey, 1886)
• Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
• Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)
• Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1852)
• Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Pyralidae[]

• Acrobasis minutalis Asselbergs, 2008
• Acteniopsis robustus Asselbergs, 2010
• Aglossa aglossalis (Ragonot, 1892)
• Amsel, 1953
• Ancylosis costistrigella (Ragonot, 1890)
• Ancylosis lacteicostella (Ragonot, 1887)
• Ancylosis nubeculella (Ragonot, 1887)
• Roesler, 1973
• Asselbergs, 2008
• Arenipses sabella Hampson, 1901
• Arsenaria caidalis (Hampson, 1900)
• (Amsel, 1951)
• Asselbergs, 2008
• Bazaria lixiviella (Erschoff, 1874)
• Bazaria pempeliella Ragonot, 1893
• Belutchistania squamalis Amsel, 1951
• Asselbergs, 2008
• Ceutholopha isidis (Zeller, 1867)
• Cherchera abatesella Dumont, 1932
• Dalakia uniformella Amsel, 1961
• Ditrachyptera verruciferella (Ragonot, 1888)
• Epicrocis pseudodiscomaculella (Amsel, 1935)
• Asselbergs, 2008
• Epischnia albella Amsel, 1953
• Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832)
• (Amsel, 1953)
• Faveria dionysia (Zeller, 1846)
• Amsel, 1961
• Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Asselbergs, 2008
• Hypotia numidalis Hampson, 1900)
• Isauria dilucidella (Duponchel, 1836)
• Lamoria anella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Zerny, 1914
• Neorastia albicostella Amsel, 1953
• Asselbergs, 2008
• Asselbergs, 2008
• Amsel, 1950
• Asselbergs, 2008
• Pseudosyria malacella (Staudinger, 1870)
• Pyralis pictalis (Curtis, 1834)
• Raphimetopus ablutella (Zeller, 1839)
• Rungsina mimicralis (Amsel, 1951)
• Asselbergs, 2008
• Asselbergs, 2008
• (Amsel, 1949)
• Staudingeria albifrontella Asselbergs, 2010
• Staudingeria aspilatella (Ragonot, 1887)
• Staudingeria partitella Ragonot, 1887
• (Swinhoe, 1884)

Tischeriidae[]

• Meyrick, 1908

Tortricidae[]

• Age onychistica Diakonoff, 1982
• Chrétien, 1915
• Bactra minima Meyrick, 1909
• Bactra venosana (Zeller, 1847)
• Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847
• Diakonoff, 1983
• (Meyrick, 1924)
• Loboschiza koenigiana (Fabricius, 1775)
• Ophiorrhabda cellifera (Meyrick, 1912)
• (Obraztsov, 1959)

Xyloryctidae[]

• Eretmocera bradleyi Amsel, 1961
• Eretmocera impactella (Walker, 1864)
• Scythris amplexella Bengtsson, 2002
• Scythris cucullella Bengtsson, 2002
• Scythris elachistoides Bengtsson, 2002
• Scythris kebirella Amsel, 1935
• Meyrick, 1924
• Meyrick, 1933
• Scythris parenthesella Bengtsson, 2002
• Scythris valgella Bengtsson, 2002
• Scythris valvaearcella Bengtsson, 2002

External links[]

• AfroMoths