Provisional Checklist of the Macro-heterocera [Lepidoptera] of the UAE

* Lamellocossus aries (P¸ngeler, 1902) (=cheesmani Tams, 1921)

Dyspessa (Eremocossus) vaulogeri Staudinger, 1897 (=blanca Daniel, 1949, =baloutchistanensis Daniel, 1949, =foeda Auct.)

Dyspessa (Eremocossus) reibellii (Oberth¸r, 1876) (=proleuca Hampson, 1896)

Meharia semilactea (Warren & Rothschild, 1897) (=incurvariella Chrètien, 1915)

o Azygophlebs inclusa (Walker, 1856)

Amicta murina (Klug, 1832)

Urobarba longicauda (Warren, 1888)

* Lasiocampa sp. nr. serrula Guenèe, 1858

e*** Bufoidia larseni Wiltshire & Legrain, in press (=Dendrolimus bufo Auct., =ledereri Auct.)

Streblote siva (Lefèbvre, 1827)

o Gnophosema isometra Warren, 1888 ssp. leucites Wiltshire, 1980

Phaiogramma discessa (Walker, 1861)

Neromia pulvereisparsa Hampson, 1896

Neromia simplexa Brandt, 1938

Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 (=halimaria

Chrètien, 1909, =herbaria Auct., =indecretata Auct.)

Hemidromodes sabulifera Prout, 1922

* Idaea sordida (Rothschild, 1913)

Idaea mimetes (Brandt, 1941)

Idaea sanctaria (Staudinger, 1900) ssp. crassisquama Warren & Rothschild, 1905

Idaea illustris (Brandt, 1941)

** Idaea eremica (Brandt, 1941) (=hathor Auct.)

e Brachyglossina rowlandi Wiltshire, 1977

Zygophyxia relictata (Walker, 1866)

Scopula ?distracta (Butler, 1881)/similata (Le Cerf, 1924)

e Scopula omana Wiltshire, 1977

Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833) ssp. ochroleucaria Herrich-Schâffer, 1847

Scopula adelpharia (P¸ngeler, 1894)

Scopula caesaria (Walker, 1861) ssp. walkeros Wiltshire, 1980

Glossotrophia chalcographata Brandt, 1938

** Glossotrophia gracilis Brandt, 1941 (=buraimana Auct.)

Traminda mundissima (Walker, 1861)

Pseudosterrha paulula (Swinhoe, 1886) (=ochrea Warren, 1888)

Pseudosterrha rufistrigata (Hampson, 1896) (=xerophilaria P¸ngeler, 1902, =marcida Warren & Rothschild, 1905, = elbaensis Rebel, 1948)

e Anisephyra sublutearia Wiltshire, 1977

eo***Rhodostrophia sp. nov. Hausmann, in press (=cuprinaria Auct.)

Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767)

* Lithostege fissurata Mabille, 1888 ssp. inanis Prout, 1941

Xanthorhoe wiltshirei (Brandt, 1941)

** Xanthorhoe peripleta (Brandt, 1941)

Xanthorhoe rhodoides (Brandt, 1941)

o** Nebula saidabadi ( Brandt, 1941)

o Protorhoe unicata (Guenèe, 1857) ssp. centralisata Staudinger, 1892

* Eupithecia maerkerata Sch¸tze, 1961

e Eupithecia mekrana Brandt, 1941 ssp. amiralis Wiltshire, 1986

Eupithecia sp. nr. relaxata Dietze, 1903

Calliclystis palaearctica (Brandt, 1938)

* Gymnoscelis ?rufifasciata (Haworth, 1809) (=pumilata H¸bner, 1813)

Zamarada minimaria Swinhoe, 1895

Semiothisa latimarginaria (Rebel, 1931)

Tephrina disputaria (Guenèe, 1857)

Tephrina perviaria (Lederer, 1855)

* Tephrina pulinda (Walker, 1860) ssp. deeraria

Walker, 1861

o***Gnopharmia musandamensis Wiltshire & Legrain,

in litt.

Atomorpha hedemanni (Christoph, 1885) ssp.

baloutschistana Wehrli, 1953

o Coenina collenettei Prout, 1931

o** Phaselia erika Ebert, 1965

Hyperythra swinhoei (Butler, late 19th C.) ssp.

muselmana Brandt, 1938

** Cleora cornaria (Guenèe, 1857)

** Dichrognophos wiltshirei (Wehrli, 1938) (?=orthogonius Wehrli, 1939)

Acherontia styx Westwood, 1844

Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)

o Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hyles livornica (Esper, 1870)

Casama vilis (Walker, 1865) (=richteri Daniel, 1960)

o Lymantria daraba Wiltshire, 1952

Creatonotos arabicum (Hampson, 1896)

Creatonotos gangis (Linnaeus, 1763)

Euxoa canariensis (Rebel, 1902) ssp. diamondi

Boursin, 1940

Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)

o* Agrotis trux (H¸bner, 1823-24)

Agrotis spinifera (H¸bner, 1803-08) (=biconica Kollar, 1844)

* Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schifferm¸ller, 1775)

* Agrotis herzogi Rebel, 1911 (=saracenica Tams, 1925)

* Agrotis haifae Staudinger, 1897

Agrotis sardzeana Brandt, 1941

** Dichagyris singularis (Staudinger, 1877)

Hadeninae

Discestra trifolii (Hufnagel, 1767)

Cardepia sp. nr. sociabilis (De Graslin, 1850)

Cardepia sp. nr. arenaria (Hampson, 1903)

* Hadena avempacei (Tams, 1925) (=pampaninii Kr¸ger, 1933)

*** Hadena lypra (P¸ngeler, 1904) ssp. hajara Hacker & Legrain, 1996

* Mythimna (Sablia) brandti Boursin, 1963 (?=citrinotata Hampson, 1905)

(e) Mythimna (Morphopoliana) larseni Wiltshire, 1985

o* Cucullia boryphora Ficher de Waldheim, 1840

o* Cucullia hemidiaphana Graeser, 1892 (?=efflatouni Wiltshire, 1948)

** Cucullia kasyi Wiltshire, 1976

Cleonymia chabordis (Oberth¸r, 1876)

Metopoceras omar (Oberth¸r, 1887) (=felix Standfuss, 1893, =sacra Staudinger, 1895, =caspica

Alpheraky, 1895)

e Metopoceras ioptera Wiltshire, 1977

** Metalopha liturata (Christoph, 1887) (=plusina Staudinger, 1892, =kashmirensis Hampson, 1894)

Rhabinopteryx subtilis (Mabille, 1888)

ssp. nov.

e Polymixis (Eremophysa) omanensis Boursin, 1970

Amphipyrinae

* Aucha polyphaenoides (Wiltshire, 1961)

* Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827)

** Anamecia ferdovsi Brandt, 1941

* Scythocentropus inquinata (Mabille, 1888)

* Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857

Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)

Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)

Spodoptera exigua (H¸bner, 1808)

Spodoptera cilium Guenèe, 1852

Caradrina (Platyperigea) soudanensis (Hampson, 1918)

*** Caradrina (Platyperigea) africarabica Plante, in press

Caradrina (Platyperigea) oberthueri (Rothschild, 1913) ssp. persica Boursin, 1942

Caradrina (Paradrina) flava Oberth¸r, 1876

*** Caradrina (Paradrina) eremica Plante, in press

Caradrina (Eremodrina) bodenheimeri Draudt, 1934 (=chlorotica Boursin, 1936)

Dysmilichia phaulopsis Brandt, 1938

** Dysmilichia mira (Brandt, 1938)

Heliothinae

Heliothis peltigera (Denis & Schifferm¸ller, 1775)

Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schâffer, 1851

Helicoverpa armigera (H¸bner, 1827) (=obsoleta Auct.)

* Heliocheilus confertissima (Walker, 1865) (=mekrana Brandt, 1941, =designata Brandt, 1941)

Masalia albida (Hampson, 1905)

* Masalia philbyi (Brandt, 1941)

Acontiinae

* Eublemma cochylioides (Guenèe, 1852)

Eublemma parva (H¸bner, 1808)

* Eublemma ostrina (H¸bner, 1808)

o* Eublemma bifasciata (Moore, 1881)

Eublemma rushi (Wiltshire, 1961)

Eublemma ?leucota Hampson, 1910

Eublemma bistellata (Wiltshire, 1961)

* Eublemma khalifa (Wiltshire, 1961)

* Eublemma bulla (Swinhoe, 1884)

Eublemma apicipunctalis (Brandt, 1939) (=guichardi Wiltshire, 1977)

Eublemma gayneri (Rothschild, 1901)

Thalerastria tamsina Wiltshire, 1948 (=tamsi Brandt, 1941)

e Thalerastria ochrizona (Hampson, 1910)

Thalerastria diaphora (Staudinger, 1879) (=atribasalis Hampson, 1896)

Pseudozarba mesozona (Hampson, 1896) (=mediana Staudinger, 1898)

Ozarba sancta (Staudinger, 1900)

Hoplotarache caeruleopicta Hampson, 1916 ssp. hemipentha Wiltshire, 1947

o Metapioplasta philbyi Wiltshire, 1988 (=marmoralis Auct.)

Acontia biskrensis (Oberth¸r, 1887) ssp. orientalis Brandt, 1939

Acontia lucida (Hufnagel, 1766) (=insolatrix H¸bner, 1819-22)

Acontia umbrigera Felder, 1874 (?=catenula Walker, 1865)

Euteliinae

Eutelia blandiatrix (Guenèe, 1852)

Sarrothripinae

Characoma nilotica (Rogenhofer, 1882)

Bryophilopsis tarachoides Mabille, 1900 ssp. scotina Wiltshire, 1980

Chloephorinae

* Earias vittella (Fabricius, 1794)

Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)

e Churia gallagheri Wiltshire, 1985

Plusiinae

Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)

Trichoplusia ni (H¸bner, 1802)

Trichoplusia daubei (Boisduval, 1840)

* Cornutiplusia circumflexa (Linnaeus, 1767)

Catocalinae

Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902) (=stertzi P¸ngeler, 1907, =arabica Rebel,1907)

Achaea catella Guenèe, 1852

Dysgonia torrida (Guenèe, 1852)

Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)

Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1780)

Clytie devia (Swinhoe, 1884)

Clytie benenotata (Warren,1888) (=moses Staudinger, 1895)

Pericyma signata Brandt, 1939 (?=albidens Walker, 1865)

Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865) (=sacra Staudinger, 1898)

e Heteropalpia robusta Wiltshire, 1988 ssp. omana Wiltshire, 1988

Heteropalpia acrosticta (P¸ngeler, 1903)

Heteropalpia exarata (Mabille, 1890)

Tytroca dispar (P¸ngeler, 1903)

o* Tytroca fasciolata (Warren & Rothschild,1905)

Gnamptonyx innexa (Walker, 1858) (=vilis Walker, 1865, =obsoleta Hampson, 1913)

* Anydrophila fouadi Wiltshire, 1947

** Anydrophila sirdar Brandt, 1939

* Cerocala algiriae Oberth¸r, 1876 (=biskrensis Culot, 1916, ?=insana Herrich-Sch‰ffer, 1856)

* Cerocala rothschildi Turati, 1924 (=sana Auct.)

Drasteria kabylaria (Bang-Haas, 1907)

Drasteria yerburyi (Butler, 1892) (=albofasciata John, 1917, =pica Brandt, 1939, =albifasciata Gaede, 1939)

Anumeta asiatica Wiltshire, 1961

Anumeta atrosignata Walker, 1858 (=arenosa Brandt, 1939)

Anumeta spilota (Erschov, 1874) (=harterti Rothschild, 1913, =azelikoula Dumont, 1920)

Anumeta cestis (MènètriËs, 1849)

Anumeta hilgerti Rothschild, 1909 (=comosa

Dumont, 1920)

Epharmottomena tenera (Brandt, 1939)

Epharmottomena leucodonta (Hampson, 1926) (=funesta Brandt, 1939)

Iranada turcorum (Zerny, 1915) ssp. atrior Wiltshire, 1977

* Riadhia diehli Wiltshire, 1961

Acrobyla kneuckeri Rebel, 1903 (=ariefera Hampson, 1926)

e Drasteriodes ellisoni Wiltshire, 1977

Armada maritima Brandt, 1939

Armada fletcheri Wiltshire, 1961

Armada philbyi Wiltshire, 1979

Catephia pericyma Hampson, 1916 (?=cana Brandt, 1939)

Thria robusta Walker, 1857 (=Pandesma anysa Auct. )

Thiacidas postica Walker, 1855 (=Raphia cheituna Brandt, 1939)

Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855)

e Autophila luxuriosa Zerny, 1933 (=einsleri Amsel, 1935) ssp. hormuza Wiltshire, 1977

o** Autophila depressa (P¸ngeler, 1914)

Autophila cerealis (Staudinger, 1871)

Autophila ligaminosa (Eversmann, 1851)

Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858)

Africalpe vagabunda (Swinhoe, 1884) (=nubifera Hampson, 1907, =intrusa Kr¸ger, 1939)

** Plecoptera reflexa Guenèe, 1852

Antarchaea conicephala (Staudinger, 1870)

*Antarchaea fragilis (Butler, 1875)

Antarchaea erubescens (Bang-Haas, 1910)

* Myana sopora Swinhoe, 1884 (=Raparna amseli Brandt, 1941)

Hypeninae

Hypena lividalis (H¸bner, 1796)

Rhynchodontodes revolutalis (Zeller, 1852) (=transcaspica Brandt, 1941)

Rhynchodontodes orientis (Brandt, 1938) ssp. richteri

Wiltshire, 1961