List of moths of Oman

Location 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

  • Lepista arabica (Rebel, 1907)
  • Siccia dudai Ivinskis & Saldaitis, 2008
  • Teracotona murtafaa Wiltshire, 1980

Autostichidae

  • Turatia iranica Gozmány, 2000

Coleophoridae

  • 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

Crambidae

Geometridae

  • 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

Lasiocampidae

  • Sena augustasi Zolotuhin, Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2009

Limacodidae

  • Deltoptera omana Wiltshire, 1976

Metarbelidae

Micronoctuidae

Nepticulidae

Noctuidae

Nolidae

  • 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

Tischeriidae

  • Tischeria omani Puplesis & Diškus, 2003

Tortricidae

  • Age onychistica Diakonoff, 1982
  • Ancylis sederana Chrétien, 1915
  • Bactra venosana (Zeller, 1847)
  • Dasodis cladographa Diakonoff, 1983
  • Fulcrifera refrigescens (Meyrick, 1924)

Xyloryctidae

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