Location 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.

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

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

Xyloryctidae

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