List of moths of Mauritania
Moths of Mauritania represent about 165 known moth species. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
Location of Mauritania
This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Mauritania.
Arctiidae
- Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cossidae
- Nomima prophanes Durrant, 1916
Crambidae
- Filodes costivitralis Guenée, 1862
Lasiocampidae
- Braura othello Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
- Odontocheilopteryx ferlina Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
Noctuidae
- Abrostola confusa Dufay, 1958
- Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858)
- Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
- Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
- Acontia biskrensis Oberthür, 1887
- Acontia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856
- Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)
- Acontia nigrimacula Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008
- Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
- Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
- Adisura callima Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
- Agrotis biconica Kollar, 1844
- Agrotis herzogi Rebel, 1911
- Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
- Agrotis sardzeana Brandt, 1941
- Agrotis segetum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Agrotis trux (Hübner, 1824)
- Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
- Amyna delicata Wiltshire, 1994
- Anarta trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766)
- Androlymnia clavata Hampson, 1910
- Antarchaea conicephala (Staudinger, 1870)
- Anumeta spilota (Erschoff, 1874)
- Argyrogramma signata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Aspidifrontia berioi Hacker & Hausmann, 2010
- Aspidifrontia hemileuca (Hampson, 1909)
- Aspidifrontia pallidula Hacker & Hausmann, 2010
- Aspidifrontia villiersi (Laporte, 1972)
- Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
- Attatha metaleuca Hampson, 1913
- Audea kathrina Kühne, 2005
- Audea melaleuca Walker, 1865
- Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
- Autoba teilhardi (de Joannis, 1909)
- Brevipecten confluens Hampson, 1926
- Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775)
- Calliodes pretiosissima Holland, 1892
- Calophasia platyptera (Esper, [1788])
- Cardepia affinis Rothschild, 1913
- Cardepia sociabilis de Graslin, 1850
- Cerocala albicornis Berio, 1966
- Cerocala caelata Karsch, 1896
- Chalciope pusilla (Holland, 1894)
- Chasmina vestae (Guenée, 1852)
- Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
- Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
- Clytie infrequens (Swinhoe, 1884)
- Clytie sancta (Staudinger, 1900)
- Clytie tropicalis Rungs, 1975
- Condica capensis (Guenée, 1852)
- Condica conducta (Walker, 1857)
- Condica viscosa (Freyer, 1831)
- Crypsotidia maculifera (Staudinger, 1898)
- Crypsotidia remanei Wiltshire, 1977
- Cyligramma fluctuosa (Drury, 1773)
- Cyligramma magus (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
- Diparopsis watersi (Rothschild, 1901)
- Drasteria kabylaria (Bang-Haas, 1906)
- Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
- Eublemma baccalix (Swinhoe, 1886)
- Eublemma ecthaemata Hampson, 1896
- Eublemma gayneri (Rothschild, 1901)
- Eublemma parva (Hübner, [1808])
- Eublemma ragusana (Freyer, 1844)
- Eublemma robertsi Berio, 1969
- Eublemma scitula (Rambur, 1833)
- Eublemma tytrocoides Hacker & Hausmann, 2010
- Eublemmoides apicimacula (Mabille, 1880)
- Eutelia polychorda Hampson, 1902
- Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859
- Gnamptonyx innexa (Walker, 1858)
- Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858
- Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
- Haplocestra similis Aurivillius, 1910
- Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808])
- Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
- Heliocheilus confertissima (Walker, 1865)
- Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
- Heliothis peltigera ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Heteropalpia acrosticta (Püngeler, 1904)
- Heteropalpia exarata (Mabille, 1890)
- Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1790)
- Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
- Hypocala rostrata (Fabricius, 1794)
- Hypotacha ochribasalis (Hampson, 1896)
- Iambia jansei Berio, 1966
- Leoniloma convergens Hampson, 1926
- Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
- Marathyssa cuneata (Saalmüller, 1891)
- Masalia albiseriata (Druce, 1903)
- Masalia bimaculata (Moore, 1888)
- Masalia nubila (Hampson, 1903)
- Masalia rubristria (Hampson, 1903)
- Maxera nigriceps (Walker, 1858)
- Melanephia nigrescens (Wallengren, 1856)
- Metachrostis quinaria (Moore, 1881)
- Metopoceras kneuckeri (Rebel, 1903)
- Mitrophrys magna (Walker, 1854)
- Mythimna languida (Walker, 1858)
- Mythimna umbrigera (Saalmüller, 1891)
- Ophiusa mejanesi (Guenée, 1852)
- Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777)
- Oraesia intrusa (Krüger, 1939)
- Ozarba rubrivena Hampson, 1910
- Ozarba subtilimba Berio, 1963
- Ozarba variabilis Berio, 1940
- Pandesma muricolor Berio, 1966
- Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858)
- Parachalciope benitensis (Holland, 1894)
- Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
- Pericyma metaleuca Hampson, 1913
- Plecopterodes moderata (Wallengren, 1860)
- Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
- Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Polytelodes florifera (Walker, 1858)
- Prionofrontia ochrosia Hampson, 1926
- Pseudozarba bipartita (Herrich-Schäffer, 1950)
- Rhabdophera arefacta (Swinhoe, 1884)
- Rhabdophera clathrum (Guenée, 1852)
- Rhabdophera hansali (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Rhynchina leucodonta Hampson, 1910
- Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefèbvre, 1827)
- Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer, 1777)
- Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
- Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
- Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
- Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
- Tachosa fumata (Wallengren, 1860)
- Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855)
- Thiacidas meii Hacker & Zilli, 2007
- Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])
- Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
- Tytroca leucoptera (Hampson, 1896)
- Ulotrichopus primulina (Hampson, 1902)
- Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902)
Nolidae
- Arcyophora patricula (Hampson, 1902)
- Bryophilopsis tarachoides Mabille, 1900
- Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
- Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
- Leocyma appollinis Guenée, 1852
- Meganola reubeni Agassiz, 2009
- Neaxestis mesogonia (Hampson, 1905)
- Negeta luminosa (Walker, 1858)
- Negeta purpurascens Hampson, 1912
- Odontestis striata Hampson, 1912
- Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)
- Xanthodes albago (Fabricius, 1794)
- Xanthodes brunnescens (Pinhey, 1968)
Pterophoridae
- Agdistis tamaricis (Zeller, 1847)
Pyralidae
- Hypotia numidalis Hampson, 1900)
Tineidae
- Anomalotinea cubiculella (Staudinger, 1859)
- Ceratophaga infuscatella (de Joannis, 1897)
- Infurcitinea marcunella (Rebel, 1901)
- Myrmecozela lambessella Rebel, 1901
- Perissomastix agenjoi (Petersen, 1957)
- Perissomastix biskraella (Rebel, 1901)
- Rhodobates algiricella (Rebel, 1901)
- Trichophaga bipartitella (Ragonot, 1892)
Tortricidae
- Epinotia hesperidana Kennel, 1921
References
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