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[edit]
- Lepista arabica (Rebel, 1907)
- Siccia dudai Ivinskis & Saldaitis, 2008
- Teracotona murtafaa Wiltshire, 1980
Autostichidae[edit]
- Turatia iranica Gozmány, 2000
Coleophoridae[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Heliothela ophideresana (Walker, 1863)
Geometridae[edit]
- Brachyglossina sciasmatica Brandt, 1941
- Cleora nana Hausmann & Skou, 2008
- Eupithecia mekrana Brandt, 1941
- Eupithecia ultimaria Boisduval, 1840
- Hemithea punctifimbria Warren, 1896
- Idaea eremica (Brandt, 1941)
- Idaea gallagheri Wiltshire, 1983
- Idaea granulosa (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
- Idaea illustris (Brandt, 1941)
- Palaeaspilates sublutearia (Wiltshire, 1977)
- Pasiphila palaearctica (Brandt, 1938)
- Scopula caesaria (Walker, 1861)
- Traminda mundissima (Walker, 1861)
- Xanthorhoe rhodoides (Brandt, 1941)
- Xanthorhoe wiltshirei (Brandt, 1941)
Gracillariidae[edit]
- Phyllonorycter jabalshamsi de Prins, 2012
Lasiocampidae[edit]
- Sena augustasi Zolotuhin, Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2009
Limacodidae[edit]
- Deltoptera omana Wiltshire, 1976
Metarbelidae[edit]
- Salagena guichardi Wiltshire, 1980
Micronoctuidae[edit]
- Micronola wadicola Amsel, 1935
Nepticulidae[edit]
- Stigmella birgittae Gustafsson, 1985
Noctuidae[edit]
- Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858)
- Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
- Acontia akbar Wiltshire, 1985
- Acontia asbenensis (Rothschild, 1921)
- Acontia basifera Walker, 1857
- Acontia binominata (Butler, 1892)
- Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
- Acontia minuscula Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
- Acontia peksi Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
- Acontia philbyi Wiltshire, 1988
- Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898)
- Acontia saldaitis Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
- Acontia solitaria Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
- Acontia tabberti Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
- Adisura callima Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Aegocera brevivitta Hampson, 1901
- Agrotis biconica Kollar, 1844
- Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
- Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
- Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
- Anarta trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766)
- Androlymnia clavata Hampson, 1910
- Anoba triangularis (Warnecke, 1938)
- Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
- Anomis sabulifera (Guenée, 1852)
- Antarchaea conicephala (Staudinger, 1870)
- Antarchaea erubescens (Bang-Haas, 1910)
- Antarchaea fragilis (Butler, 1875)
- Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)
- Argyrogramma signata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Armada gallagheri Wiltshire, 1985
- Athetis pigra (Guenée, 1852)
- Brevipecten hypocornuta Hacker & Fibiger, 2007
- Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827)
- Caradrina eremicola (Plante, 1997)
- Caradrina soudanensis (Hampson, 1918)
- Caranilla uvarovi (Wiltshire, 1949)
- Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
- Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
- Clytie infrequens (Swinhoe, 1884)
- Clytie tropicalis 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)
- Eublemma apicipunctalis (Brandt, 1939)
- Eublemma khonoides Wiltshire, 1980
- Eublemma odontophora Hampson, 1910
- Eublemma parva (Hübner, [1808])
- Eublemma roseana (Moore, 1881)
- Eublemma seminivea Hampson, 1896
- Eublemma siticuosa (Lederer, 1858)
- Eulocastra alfierii Wiltshire, 1948
- Eutelia adulatrix (Hübner, 1813)
- Feliniopsis consummata (Walker, 1857)
- Feliniopsis talhouki (Wiltshire, 1983)
- Gnamptonyx innexa (Walker, 1858)
- Hadjina tyriobaphes Wiltshire, 1983
- Haplocestra similis Aurivillius, 1910
- Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808])
- Heliocheilus confertissima (Walker, 1865)
- Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
- Heliothis peltigera ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Heteropalpia acrosticta (Püngeler, 1904)
- Heteropalpia exarata (Mabille, 1890)
- Heteropalpia robusta Wiltshire, 1988
- Heteropalpia vetusta (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
- Iambiodes postpallida Wiltshire, 1977
- Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
- Lophoptera arabica Hacker & Fibiger, 2006
- Lyncestoides unilinea (Swinhoe, 1885)
- Marathyssa cuneata (Saalmüller, 1891)
- Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
- Metopoceras kneuckeri (Rebel, 1903)
- Mimasura dhofarica Wiltshire, 1985
- Mimasura larseni Wiltshire, 1985
- Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
- Nagia natalensis (Hampson, 1902)
- Nimasia brachyura Wiltshire, 1982
- Oedicodia jarsisi Wiltshire, 1985
- Ophiusa dianaris (Guenée, 1852)
- Ophiusa mejanesi (Guenée, 1852)
- Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794)
- Oraesia intrusa (Krüger, 1939)
- Ozarba adducta Berio, 1940
- Ozarba atrifera Hampson, 1910
- Ozarba mesozonata Hampson, 1916
- Ozarba nyanza (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Ozarba phlebitis Hampson, 1910
- Ozarba socotrana Hampson, 1910
- Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858)
- Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
- Pericyma metaleuca Hampson, 1913
- Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
- Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Prionofrontia ochrosia Hampson, 1926
- Pseudozarba mesozona (Hampson, 1896)
- Rhynchina albiscripta Hampson, 1916
- Rhynchina coniodes Vári, 1962
- Rhynchodontodes larseni Wiltshire, 1983
- Sideridis chersotoides Wiltshire, 1956
- Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
- Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
- Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
- Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
- Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
- Stenosticta grisea Hampson, 1912
- Stenosticta sibensis Wiltshire, 1977
- Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855)
- Thiacidas postica Walker, 1855
- Thysanoplusia exquisita (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])
- Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
- Tytroca balnearia (Distant, 1898)
- Ulotrichopus stertzi (Püngeler, 1907)
- Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)
- Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856)
- Zethesides bettoni (Butler, 1898)
Nolidae[edit]
- Bryophilopsis tarachoides Mabille, 1900
- Churia gallagheri Wiltshire, 1985
- Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
- Giaura dakkaki Wiltshire, 1986
- Neaxestis aviuncis Wiltshire, 1985
- Xanthodes albago (Fabricius, 1794)
Pterophoridae[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Tischeria omani Puplesis & Diškus, 2003
Tortricidae[edit]
- Age onychistica Diakonoff, 1982
- Ancylis sederana Chrétien, 1915
- Bactra venosana (Zeller, 1847)
- Dasodis cladographa Diakonoff, 1983
- Fulcrifera refrigescens (Meyrick, 1924)
Xyloryctidae[edit]
- 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
- Scythris nipholecta Meyrick, 1924
- Scythris pangalactis Meyrick, 1933
- Scythris pollicella Bengtsson, 2002
- Scythris valgella Bengtsson, 2002
