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Moths of Mauritania represent about 165 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 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

External links

• AfroMoths

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