The Geometrid Moths of the Oman
Axel Hausmann, Bjarne Skule, Leonardo Dapporto, Andrés Exposito Hermosa, Heinz Fischer & Aidas Saldaitis
Version 1: July 10, 2009
Joint project of the Zoologische Staatssammlung München (Dr. Axel Hausmann) and the Barcode of Life Data Systems/ Global Campaign Geometridae (Dr. Paul Hebert, Canada) with financial support through iBOL/Genome Canada
Neighbor Joining Tree, Kimura 2 Parameter, BOLD database / MEGA4, provided by the courtesy of Paul Hebert, CCDB, Canada
pdf of version 1 (July 10, 2009)
Habitats of Oman
N Oman, Wadi Al Khawd, photo B. Skule (highres)
N Oman, Jabal Akhdar, photo B. Skule (highres)
N Oman, Wadi Abyad, photo B. Skule (highres)
N Oman, Wadi Abyad, photo B. Skule (highres)
C Oman, Wahiba Sands, photo B. Skule (highres)
Systematic List
The whole list actually contains 102 geometrid species and presents a survey on the distribution of the species within the Oman. The names in parentheses refer to the voucher material collected in several expeditions by Bjarne Skule, Aidas Saldaitis, Leonardo Dapporto, and Heinz Fischer. The material of B. Skule was partly collected together with M. Gallagher, that of A. Saldaitis together with J. Krueger, that of Fischer with Görgner and M. Ströhle. Parts of the material collected by the two last names collectors is deposited in ZSM and coll. Exposito, Mostoles. ID numbers below the photographs refer to the DNA barcode ID’s from BOLD database. Literature citations are abbreviated as follows:
Abbreviations (cf bibliography below)
- H98 = Hausmann (1998)
- H06 = Hausmann (2006)
- H09 = Hausmann (2009)
- LW98 = Legrain & Wiltshire (1998)
- W77a = Wiltshire (1977a)
- W77b = Wiltshire (1977b)
- W80 = Wiltshire (1980)
- W82 = Wiltshire (1982)
- W83 = Wiltshire (1983)
- W84 = Wiltshire (1984)
- W85 = Wiltshire (1985)
- W86 = Wiltshire (1986)
- W88 = Wiltshire (1988)
- W89 = Wiltshire (1989)
- W90 = Wiltshire (1990)
Desmobathrinae
Conolophia conscitaria (Walker, 1861)
BC ZSM Lep 09684, 19694, 19695
W77a, W77b, W80
North: Al Hamra, Saiq, Jabal Shams, Jabal Akhdar Nizwa (Skule, Fischer)
Geometrinae
Pseudoterpnini
Pingasa lahayei (Oberthür, 1887)
W85, H09
North: Saiq, Ibra, Jabal Akhdar Nizwa (Skule, Fischer) (subsp. multispurcata Prout, 1913)
South: Al Mughsayl (Saldaitis) (nominate subspecies)
Comibaenini
Microbaena pulchra minor Hausmann, 1996
W90 (Comibaena pulchra), H98, H09
South: Salalah, Ain Hamran (Saldaitis, Skule)
Victoria omanensis (Wiltshire, 1980)
W80 (Celidomphax), H93, W94, H09
South: 20km W Al Mughsayl, Al Mughsayl (Saldaitis)
Hemistolini
Gnophosema isometra (Warren, 1888)
W77b, LW98
North: Jabal Akhdar Nizwa (Fischer)
Gnophosema leucites Wiltshire, 1980
W80, W86, W90 (all as Gnophosema isometra leucites), H09
South: 20km W Al Mughsayl, Al Mughsayl (Saldaitis)
Comostolini
Eucrostes disparata (Walker, 1861)
H09
South: 20km W Al Mughsayl, Al Mughsayl, Khubrart, Wadi Darbat (Saldaitis, Dapporto)
Hemitheini
Hemithea punctifimbria (Warren, 1896)
BC ZSM Lep 09681, 19696, 19697, 19698
W85
North: Al Hail, Wahiba Sands (Skule)
# Omphacodes pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902)
In Hacker & Hausmann 1999 erroneosly listed for the Oman, misinterpreting Wiltshire’s (1985) record for Hemithea punctifimbria. To be cancelled from the list!
# Phaiogramma discessa (Walker, 1861)
W80 (Chlorissa)
Misidentification, referring to the next species. To be cancelled from the list!
Phaiogramma faustinata (Millière, 1868)
BC ZSM Lep 14764, 14765, 19699
W86, W90 (in both as Chlorissa), H98, H09
North: Al Hail (Skule)
South: 20km W Al Mughsayl, Al Mughsayl, 20km NE Jihjat, Wadi Razat, Salalah, Ain Hamran, Madinat al Hagg (Saldaitis, Skule)
Neromia integrata Hausmann, 2009
BC ZSM Lep 19700 (paratype)
Hausmann & Hebert 2009 (Fauna of UAE2)
North: Jabal Shams, Al Hamra, 20km SE Ibra, Wadi Tanuf, Wadi Muyadin, Wadi al Khawd, 10km NE Al Khamil (Skule)
Neromia pulvereisparsa (Hampson, 1896)
W80, W85, H09
South: Al Mughsayl, Jabal Qara/Ayn Tobroc (Saldaitis)
Remarks: Populations from southern Oman and Yemen with a second haplotype strongly differing from typical N. pulvereisparsa and awaiting detailed revision (cf. Hausmann 2009).
Neromia simplexa Brandt, 1938
W85, W90
North: Wadi Al Khawd, Wadi Abyad (Skule)
Microloxiini
Microloxia indecretata Walker, 1897
W77b, W85 (as Microloxia herbaria advolata)
North
Remarks: Specimens from nearby prov. Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates belong to that Indian species, genetically. Wiltshire’s Omanese records are drawn here, preliminarily.
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897
BC ZSM Lep 14760, 14761, 09680
W80 (as Microloxia herbaria indecretata), H09
North: S of Sanaw (Skule)
South: 20km W Al Mughsayl, Al Mughsayl (Saldaitis)
Remarks: One barcoded specimen from N Oman and all specimens from S Oman belong to that species of African origin, genetically.
Acidaliastis micra Hampson, 1896
BC ZSM Lep 09683
W80
South: 20km N Liqbe Sahilal Jazr, Jabal Qara/Ayn Tobroc (Skule)
Hemidromodes sabulifera Prout, 1922
BC ZSM Lep 14762
W77a, W77b, W80, W85, W88, H09
North: Al Hamra, Wadi Tanuf, Wadi Al Khawd, Saiq, Al Hail, Ibra, Wadi Al Muaydin, Jabal Akhdar Nizwa, 70km SW Sur (Skule, Fischer)
South: Al Mughsayl, Samhan (Saldaitis, Dapporto)
Sterrhinae
Sterrhini
Idaea sanctaria crassisquama (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
BC ZSM Lep 19703
W77b, W80 (in both as Idaea sanctaria), W86
North: Wadi Al Khawd, Al Hamra, Wadi Abyad, Wadi Tanuf (Skule)
Idaea mimetes mimetes (Brandt, 1941)
BC ZSM Lep 16894, 16895, 09701, 19704, 19705, 19706
W77b, W80, W88, W94
North: Wadi Al Khawd, Wahiba Sands, Barka, N Sur (Skule)
Idaea mimetes kruegeri Hausmann, 2009
BC ZSM Lep 13990, 13991, 13992, 13975, 13976, 13977
H09
South: Al Mughsayl, Darbat Pool (Saldaitis, Dapporto)
Idaea granulosa triangulifera Hausmann, 1998
H98
North: Wadi Al Khawd, Al Hail, Wadi Abyad (Skule)
Idaea sordida sordida Wiltshire, 1986
BC ZSM Lep 19707
North: Saiq, Al Hail, Wadi Abyad, Jabal Akhdar Nizwa (Skule, Fischer)
Idaea sordida dhofarica Wiltshire, 1986
BC ZSM Lep 13973, 13974, 09703
W86 (Idaea sordida dhofarica), H09
South: 20km W Al Mughsayl, Al Mughsayl, Ain Jarziz, Samhan, Jabal Qara/Ayn Tobroc (Saldaitis, Dapporto, Skule)
Idaea illustris (Brandt, 1941)
W80
North: Wadi Al Khawd, Al Hail, Wadi Abyad (Skule)
Idaea illustrior(Wiltshire, 1952)
W85
South
Idaea gallagheri Wiltshire, 1983
BC ZSM Lep 09704, 19708, 19709
W83, W85, H98
North: Al Hamra, Saiq (Skule)
Idaea damadensis Wiltshire, 1986
BC ZSM Lep 13985
H09
South: Khubrart, Darbat Pool, Wadi Darbat, Ain Jarziz (Saldaitis, Dapporto)
Idaea shaathensis Wiltshire, 1986
BC ZSM Lep 13971, 13972, 09699, 09700, 14815, 14816
W86, H09
South: 20km W Al Mughsayl, Al Mughsayl, Khubrart, Jabal Samhan (Saldaitis, Skule)
Idaea tahamae Wiltshire, 1983
H09
South: 20km W Al Mughsayl, Mughsayl, Khubrart, Madinat al Hagg E Salalah, Darbat Pool, Wadi Darbat, Ain Jarziz (Saldaitis, Dapporto)
Idaea hathor (Wiltshire, 1949)
BC ZSM Lep 14787, 13988, 13989
H09
South: Al Mughsayl, Wadi Darbat, Samhan (Saldaitis, Dapporto)
Idaea eremica (Brandt, 1941)
BC ZSM Lep 09690, 09691, 09695, 09702
W77b, W90 (in both misidentified as Idaea hathor), H98
North: Wadi Al Khawd, Wadi Abyad, Wadi Muaydin, Al Hamra, Jabal Shams, Hufq/Dibab (Skule)
# Idaea banghaasi (Prout, 1934)
W80, W90
Misidentification, identity unclear. To be cancelled from the list!
Brachyglossina sciasmatica Brandt, 1941
BC ZSM Lep 19710
W77b, W80, H98 (in all three under the synonym Brachyglossina rowlandi)
North: Al Hail, Saiq, Al Hamra (Skule)
Brachyglossina sonyae Wiltshire, 1990
BC ZSM Lep 13980, 13981, 13982, 19711, 19712
H98, H09
South: Madinat al Hagg, Ain Hamran, Salalah (Saldaitis, Skule)
Brachyglossina tibbuana erythra Wiltshire, 1990
H09
South: 20km W Al Mughsayl; Al Mughsayl (Saldaitis)
Scopulini
Scopula origalis (Brandt, 1941)
BC ZSM Lep 19713
H98
North: Al Hamra, Wadi Al Khawd (Skule)
Scopula subgastonaria Wiltshire, 1982
H09
South: 20km W Al Mughsayl; Al Mughsayl, Jabal Samhan (Saldaitis, Dapporto)
Scopula omana Wiltshire, 1977
W77b, W80
North: Al Hail, Saiq, Hufq/Dibab (Skule)
Scopula morandinii Hausmann, 2009
H09
South: 20km SW Al Mughsayl, Al Mughsayl, Wadi Razat, Khubrart, Wadi Darbat (Saldaitis, Dapporto)
Scopula caesaria walkeros Wiltshire, 1980
BC ZSM Lep 09692, 14814, 19715
W80, H09
North: Al Hamra, Saiq, Wadi Abyad, Jabal Shams (Skule)
South: Al Mughsayl (Saldaitis)
Scopula alhamrensis Hausmann, 2009
BC ZSM Lep 21901 (holotype), 21902, 21903, 21904, 21905 (all paratypes)
H98, H09
North: Al Hamra, Saiq, Wadi Abyad, Jabal Akhdar Nizwa (Skule, Fischer)
Scopula nepheloperas aidasi Hausmann, 2009
W77b, W80 (in both as S. nepheloperas), H09
South: Al Mughsayl (Saldaitis)
# Scopula luridata (Zeller, 1847)
W80 (as Scopula nigrinotata), W90 (correction of identification)
Probably referring to the following species
Scopula nubifera Hausmann, 1998
BC ZSM Lep 14797, 14798, 14799, 14800, 14801, 14802
H98, H09
North: Al Hamra (Skule) (conspecifity with southern populations to be confirmed)
South: 20km W Al Mughsayl, Al Mughsayl, Khubrart, Ain Jarziz, Jabal Samhan, Ain Hamran (Saldaitis, Skule, Dapporto)
Scopula colymbas pasii Hausmann, 2009
BC ZSM Lep 14807, 14809, 14810
H09
South: 20km SW from Al Mughsayl, Al Mughsayl, Road 47 near Arift (Saldaitis, Dapporto)
Scopula addictaria rufinubes (Warren, 1900)
BC ZSM Lep 19714
W90, H09
South: Ain Hamran, 20km W Al Mughsayl, Wadi Razat, 20km N Salalah (Saldaitis, Skule)
Scopula proverai Hausmann, 2009
BC ZSM Lep 14808, 14811, 14812, 14813
W82, W90 (in both as S. sarfaitensis), H09
South: Al Mughsayl, 20km SW Al Mughsayl (Saldaitis)
Scopula dhofarata Wiltshire, 1986
BC ZSM Lep 14792
W86, H09
South: Wadi Razat, Road 47 near Arift (Saldaitis, Dapporto)
Scopula lactaria qaboosi Hausmann, 1998
H98
North: Al Hail (Skule)
Scopula adelpharia (Püngeler, 1894)
BC ZSM Lep 14793, 14794, 19717
W77b, W80, H98, H09
North: (Skule): Seeq, Saiq, Al Hail
South: 20km SW from Al Mughsayl, Al Mughsayl (Saldaitis)
Scopula minorata ochroleucaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)
W80, W88 (90?) (in both as Scopula ochroleucaria)
North, South
Scopula species
BC ZSM Lep 09694
North: Wabal, Wadi Bani Ruwaha (Samal`il) (Skule)
Remarks: In habitus similar to Scopula minorata, but in DNA barcode (BC ZSM Lep 09694) and female genitalia different from all other Scopula species, currently prepared for revision.
Scopula chalcographata Brandt, 1938
(= Glossotrophia adenensis)
BC ZSM Lep 14788, 14790, 14791
W77a (Glossotrophia), W77b (Glossotrophia), W77b (Glossotrophia buraimana, corrected in W90), W80 (Glossotrophia), W80 (Glossotrophia buraimana, corrected in W90), W85 (Glossotrophia buraimana, corrected in W90), W90 (Glossotrophia chalcographata sinaica), H98 (Glossotrophia), H09
North: Wadi Muaydin (Skule)
South: Al Mughsayl (Saldaitis)
# Scopula buraimana (Wiltshire, 1949)
Wrong identification in W77b, W85 and W86 (“Glossotrophia buraimana”) corrected in W90 to G. chalcographata, but again listed under G. buraimana in Hacker & Hausmann (1999). To be cancelled from the list! According to new molecular analyses, buraimana is just a synonym of Scopula (Glossotrophia) alfierii (Wiltshire, 1949).
Scopula alfierii (Wiltshire, 1949)
BC ZSM Lep 14783, 14786, 14789
W80, W90 (in both as Glossotrophia), H09
South: Al Mughsayl, Samhan, Ain Jarziz (Saldaitis, Dapporto)
Scopula disparata (Hampson, 1903)
H98 (Glossotrophia)
North: Seeq (Skule)
South: Salalah (Skule)
Requiring confirmation by molecular data (so far not sequenced successfully). The four southern Arabian species of the ‘subgenus’ Microglossotrophia, i.e. S. alfierii, S. uvarovi, S. harteni and S. disparata are clearly distinguished by their COI.
Scopula harteni Hausmann, 2009
BC ZSM Lep 00988, 00991, 19720
H98 (Glossotrophia gracilis), Hausmann & Hebert 2009 (Fauna of UAE2)
North: Wadi Tanuf, Ibra, Wadi Al Khawd, Saiq, Al Hamra, Saiq, Wadi Abyad, Dibba/Musandam, Jabal Akhdar Nizwa, 4km NW Al Khuwaymah (Skule, Fischer)
Scopula uvarovi (Wiltshire, 1952)
BC ZSM Lep 14784, 14785, 09696, 09697, 09698
H09
South: Al Mughsayl, Khawr Dirif, 20km N Liqbe Sahil (Saldaitis, Dapporto, Skule)
Original generic combination with ‘Glossotrophia’.
Scopula larseni (Wiltshire, 1982)
BC ZSM Lep 14779, 14780, 14781, 09688
W82, W90 (in both as Zygophyxia), H09
South: 20km SW from Al Mughsayl, Khubrart (Saldaitis)
Original generic combination with ‘Zygophyxia’.
Scopula ochrea (Hausmann, 2006)
BC ZSM Lep 14782
H09
South: Al Mughsayl (Saldaitis)
Original generic combination with ‘Zygophyxia’.
Scopula relictata (Walker, 1866)
W77b, W90, H06 (in all three references as Zygophyxia)
North: Barka, Al Hail (Skule)
Scopula retracta (Hausmann, 2006)
W80 (Zygophyxia relictata)
South
Problepsis ocellata cinerea (Butler, 1886)
BC ZSM Lep 09685, 09686, 19721
W77a, W77b, W80, W82, H98
North: Saiq, Al Hail, Hufq/Dibab, Jabal Akhdar Nizwa (Skule, Fischer)
Problepsis erythra Wiltshire, 1982
H98, H09
South: Salalah, Jabal Samhan (Skule, Dapporto)
Somatina pythiaria nigrimacula Hausmann, 2009
BC ZSM Lep 14777, 14778 (paratypes)
W80 (as Somatina ?pythiaria), H09
South: Madinat al Hagg, Khubrart, Wadi Razat, Jihjat (Saldaitis)
Rhodostrophiini
Rhodostrophia skulei Hausmann, 1998
BC ZSM Lep 09687, 19722 (paratype), 19723 (paratype)
W77a, W77b, W80, W89 (in all four references as Rhodostrophia cuprinaria), H98
North: Al Hamra, Wadi Abyad, Wadi Al Khawd, Wadi Muaydin, Saiq, Al Khamil, Jabal Akhdar Nizwa, 70km SW Sur (Skule, Fischer)
Cosymbiini
Traminda neptunaria (Guenée, 1858)
W90
South
Traminda mundissima (Walker, 1861)
BC ZSM Lep 19724
W80, W85, W90
North: Al Hail, Seeq, Barka, Wahiba Sands (Skule)
Pseudosterrha rufistrigata (Hampson, 1896)
BC ZSM Lep 14773, 09689, 19726
W77a, W77b, W85, W88 (in all four references as Cyclophora), W80 (Traminda), H09
North: Al Hamra, Wadi Tanuf, Al Hail, Wadi Abyad, Wadi Al Khawd, Seeq, Ibra, Wahiba Sands, Wadi Al Muaydin, Jabal Akhdar Nizwa, viz. Nizwa, 70km SW Sur (Skule, Fischer)
South: 20km SW from Al Mughsayl, Al Mughsayl, Samhan, Ain Hamran (Saldaitis, Skule, Dapporto)
Pseudosterrha colettae Hausmann, 2007
BC ZSM Lep 14774, 14775, 14776
H09
South: 20km W Al Mughsayl; Al Mughsayl, Road 47 near Arift (Saldaitis, Dapporto)
Pseudosterrha paulula (Swinhoe, 1886)
BC ZSM Lep 19725
H09
North: Ibra (Skule)
Palaeaspilates sublutearia (Wiltshire, 1977)
BC ZSM Lep 19727, 19728, 19729
W77a, W77b, W80 (in all three references as Anisephyra)
North: Al Hamra, Wadi Abyad, Seeq, Wadi Muaydin, Saiq, Jabal Akhdar Nizwa, 70km SW Sur (Skule, Fischer)
Palaeaspilates reducta (Wiltshire, 1980)
BC ZSM Lep 14770, 14771, 14772
W80 (Anisephyra), H09
South: Salalah, Al Mughsayl, Madinat al Hagg, Ain Hamran, Ain Jarziz (Skule, Saldaitis, Dapporto)
Rhodometrini
Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767)
W77b, W80
North
Larentiinae
Xanthorhoini
Xanthorhoe wiltshirei (Brandt, 1941)
BC ZSM Lep 09705, 19730, 19731, 19732, 19733
W77b, W80 (in both as Epirrhoe)
North: Al Hamra, Wadi Tanuf, Al Hail, Wadi Al Khawd, Seeb Airport, Ibra, Wadi Al Muaydin, 70km SW Sur (Skule, Fischer)
Xanthorhoe rhodoides (Brandt, 1941)
BC ZSM Lep 19734
W77b, W80, W85 (in all three references as Epirrhoe)
North
Conspecfity to Iranian X. rhodoides awaiting confirmation; X. rhodoides sensu Wiltshire perhaps only refering to aberrations of X. wiltshirei (see H98).
Protorhoe unicata centralisata (Staudinger, 1892)
W85, LW98
North
Cidariini
Nebula saidabadi (Brandt, 1941)
BC ZSM Lep 09706
H98, LW98
North: Al Hamra, Al Hail, Wadi Al Khawd, Jabal Shams (Skule)
Remarks: Genetically the Omanese populations are very close to Nebula mantelorum from Egypt and Yemen. N. saidabadi from Iran still awaits DNA barcoding. it is not excluded that mantelorum will need downgrading to subsp. of N. saidabadi.
Eupitheciini
Eupithecia maerkerata Schütze, 1961
H09
North: Al Hamra, Ibra, Wadi Al Khawd, Wadi Tanuf, 70km SW Sur (Skule, Fischer)
Eupithecia mekrana amiralis Wiltshire, 1986
W86
North: Ibra, Al Ulyah (Skule)
Eupithecia relaxata Dietze, 1904
W85 (Eupithecia relaxata costimaculata (sic!))
North
Correct spelling ‘costisignata’, referring to central Asian populations, doubtfully different from Eupithecia relaxata (see Vojnits, 1977: 480 and 1982: 226). Awaiting verification.
Eupithecia ultimaria (Boisduval, 1840)
H09
North: Wadi Al Khawd (Skule)
Eupithecia tenellata perspicuata Schütze, 1961
W85, W90
North
Pasiphila palaearctica (Brandt, 1938)
BC ZSM Lep 09707, 09708, 09709
W77b (Chloroclystis lita), W80 (Chloroclystis palaeartica (sic!) incorrect subsequent spelling), W85 (Calliclystis)
North: Al Hamra, Al Hail, Wadi Al Khawd, Wadi Tanuf, Saiq, Wadi Muaydin, Hufq/Dibab, Jabal Shams, Wadi Al Muaydin (Skule, Fischer)
South: “Dhofar/Khawr Salalah” (Skule)
Remarks: The specimen from Dhofar (mislabelled?) awaiting dissection, genetically it belongs to P. palaearctica. Distribution in S Oman awaiting confirmation.
Pasiphila derasata (Bastelberger, 1905)
BC ZSM Lep 14766, 14767, 14768, 13979
W80 (Chloroclystis nanula), W90 (Calliclystis nanula), H09
South: 20km W Al Mughsayl, Al Mughsayl, Madinat al Hagg, Khubrart, Salalah (Saldaitis, Skule)
Ennominae
Ennomini
Coenina collenettei Prout, 1931
W77a, W77b, W80, LW98
North: Saiq, Al Hamra, Jabal Shams, Jabal Akhdar Nizwa (Skule, Fischer)
South: “Dhofar/Khawr Salalah” (Skule)
Remarks: The specimen from Dhofar possibly mislabelled? See remarks under P. palaearctica. Distribution in S Oman awaiting confirmation.
Cassymini
Zamarada minimaria (Swinhoe, 1895)
W77b, W80
North: Wadi Tanuf, Wadi Al Muaydin (Skule, Fischer)
Zamarada latilimbata Rebel, 1948
H09
South: Al Mughsayl, Jabal Samhan (Saldaitis, Dapporto)
Heterostegane serrata (Fletcher, 1958)
H09
South: Madinat al Hagg, Samhan (Saldaitis, Skule)
Macariini
Platypepla arabella Wiltshire, 1983
H09
South: 20km W Al Mughsayl; Al Mughsayl (Saldaitis)
Chiasmia aestimaria sareptanaria (Staudinger, 1871)
W85 (Semiothisa)
North
Chiasmia fuscomarginata (Warren, 1893)
W77a, W77b, W80 (in all three references as Semiothisa)
North: Al Hamra, Al Hail, Saiq, Jabal Shams, Jabal Akhdar Nizwa (Skule, Fischer)
South: Khawr Salalah (Skule)
Chiasmia latimarginaria (Rebel, 1931)
BC ZSM Lep 09711
W77a (Osteodes latimarginata (sic!)), W77b (Osteodes), W80 (Osteodes), W90 (Semiothisa), H09
North: Al Hamra, Wadi Tanuf, Wadi Abyad, Saiq, Jabal Akhdar Nizwa, vic Nizwa, 70km SW Sur (Skule, Fischer)
South: Jabal Samhan (Dapporto, Skule)
# Chiasmia trizonaria (Hampson, 1909)
W80 (Semiothisa)
South
Probably a misidentification and referring to C. assimilis. Awaiting verification with the original material.
Chiasmia assimilis (Warren, 1899)
BC ZSM Lep 14737, 14738, 14739
H09
South: 20km W Al Mughsayl (Saldaitis)
Isturgia sublimbata (Butler, 1884)
BC ZSM Lep 14730, 14731, 14735
W80, B88 (in both as Tephrina), H09
South: Al Mughsayl, Salalah (Saldaitis, Skule)
Isturgia perviaria (Lederer, 1855)
W80, W88, W90, B88 (in all four references as Tephrina)
North: Al Hail, Wadi Al Khawd, Seeq, Yalooni, Barka, Wahiba Sands (Skule)
Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858)
BC ZSM Lep 09715
W77a, W77b, W80, W88, B88 (in all five references as Tephrina)
North: Al Hamra, Ibra, Al Lansab, Wadi Al Khawd, Seeq, Yalooni, Wadi Tanuf, Al Batinah, Wadi Al Muaydin, Jabal Akhdar Nizwa, 70km SW Sur (Skule, Fischer)
Note: here a female is figured, males with different habitus
Isturgia philbyi (Wiltshire, 1980)
W90, H09
South: Al Mughsayl, Madinat al Hagg, Samhan (Saldaitis, Dapporto)
Isturgia pulinda deerraria (Walker, 1861)
BC ZSM Lep 14740, 14741, 14742, 14744, 14745, 09714, 14732, 14733, 14734
B88, H98 (in both as Tephrina), H09
North: Seeq (Skule)
South: 20km W Al Mughsayl; Al Mughsayl, Khubrart, Madinat al Hagg, Salalah, Ain Hamran, Jabal Qara Ayn Tobroc (Saldaitis, Skule)
Gnopharmia objectaria (Staudinger, 1892)
W85 (Gnopharmia (?) abjectaria) (incorrect subsequent spelling), LW98 (Gnopharmia musandamensis nomen nudum)
Caberini
Lhommeia subapicata omanirufa Hausmann, 2009
BC ZSM Lep 14746, 14747, 14748
W86 (Lhommeia ?), H09
South: Al Mughsayl, Madinat al Hagg, Darbat Pool, Jabal Samhan (Saldaitis, Dapporto)
Hyperythra swinhoei Butler, 1880
BC ZSM Lep 09716
W77a, W77b (in both as Syrrhodia muselmana), W80, W85, W88 (in all three references as Hyperythra muselmana)
North: Saiq, Wadi Tanuf, Wadi Muyadin, Al Batinah, Wadi Al Muaydin (Skule, Fischer)
Boarmiini
Phaselia erika (Ebert, 1965)
W90 (Phaselia deliciosaria), LW98
North (Skule)
Atomorpha hedemanni khalia Wiltshire, 1986
W85 (A. h. baloutschistana), W86 (khalia; type series), W88 (A. h. balouchistana (sic!) incorrect subsequent spelling), W90 (A. h. baloutschistana)
North: Wahiba Sands (Skule)
Cleora nana Hausmann, 2008
Hausmann & Skou 2008 (Fauna of UAE1)
North: Shinas (Skule)
Note. Closely related to Cleora littoralis from Sokotra
Zeuctoboarmia syntropha (Prout, 1931)
BC ZSM Lep 14723
W80 (Paracotis), W90, H09
South: Salalah, Ain Hamran, Ain Jarziz, Rd Hajaif-Uyun, Madinat al Hagg (Saldaitis, Skule, Dapporto)
Oreometra fifae Wiltshire, 1986
H09
South: Khubrart, Madinat al Hagg, Ain Jarziz (Saldaitis, Dapporto)
Gnophini
Gnophos orthogonia Wehrli, 1939
W85 (Gnophos ? nr. chorista), H98 (Dicrognophos orthogonius)
North: Wadi Abyad (Skule)
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