There are about 550 known moth species of Yemen. 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 Yemen.
Alucitidae
Alucita nannodactyla (Rebel, 1907)
Arctiidae
Amatula kikiae Wiltshire, 1983
Creataloum arabicum (Hampson, 1896) Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 Eilema sokotrensis (Hampson, 1900) Nyctemera torbeni Wiltshire, 1983 Secusio strigata Walker, 1854 Siccia butvillai Ivinskis & Saldaitis, 2008 Spilosoma yemenensis (Hampson, 1916) Utetheisa lotrix (Cramer, 1779) Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Autostichidae
Hesperesta arabica Gozmány, 2000
Turatia argillacea Gozmány, 2000
Turatia striatula Gozmány, 2000
Turatia yemenensis Derra, 2008
Choreutidae
Choreutis aegyptiaca (Zeller, 1867)
Coleophoridae
Ishnophanes bifucata Baldizzone, 1994
Coleophora aegyptiacae Walsingham, 1907
Coleophora eilatica Baldizzone, 1994
Coleophora himyarita Baldizzone, 2007
Coleophora jerusalemella Toll, 1942
Coleophora lasloella Baldizzone, 1982
Coleophora longiductella Baldizzone, 1989
Coleophora recula Baldizzone, 2007
Coleophora sabaea Baldizzone, 2007
Coleophora semicinerea Staudinger, 1859
Coleophora sudanella Rebel, 1916
Coleophora taizensis Baldizzone, 2007
Coleophora yemenita Baldizzone, 2007
Cosmopterigidae
Alloclita gambiella (Walsingham, 1891)
Cossidae
Aethalopteryx diksami Yakovlev & Saldaitis, 2010
Azygophleps larseni Yakovlev & Saldaitis, 2011
Azygophleps sheikh Yakovlev & Saldaitis, 2011
Meharia acuta Wiltshire, 1982
Meharia philbyi Bradley, 1952
Meharia hackeri Saldaitis, Ivinskis & Yakovlev, 2011
Meharia semilactea (Warren & Rothschild, 1905) Meharia yakovlevi Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2010 Mormogystia brandstetteri Saldaitis, Ivinskis & Yakovlev, 2011 Mormogystia proleuca (Hampson in Walsingham & Hampson, 1896) Paropta frater Warnecke, 1930
Crambidae
Achyra nudalis (Hübner, 1796) Amselia leucozonellus (Hampson, 1896) Ancylolomia chrysographellus (Kollar, 1844) Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel, 1833) Aplectropus leucopis Hampson, 1896 Autocharis fessalis (Swinhoe, 1886) Bocchoris inspersalis (Zeller, 1852) Bocchoris onychinalis (Guenée, 1854) Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875) Cybalomia albilinealis (Hampson, 1896) Diaphana indica (Saunders, 1851) Dolicharthria paediusalis (Walker, 1859) Eoophyla peribocalis (Walker, 1859) Euchromius ocellea (Haworth, 1811) Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973 Heliothela ophideresana (Walker, 1863) Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781) Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859) Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Lamprosema inglorialis Hampson, 1918 Loxostege albifascialis (Hampson, 1896) Metasia profanalis (Walker, 1865) Noctuelia floralis (Hübner, [1809]) Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Noorda blitealis Walker, 1859 Palepicorsia ustrinalis (Christoph, 1877) Palpita unionalis (Hübner, 1796) Ptychopseustis pavonialis (Hampson, 1896) Pyrausta arabica Butler, 1884 Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775) Synclera traducalis (Zeller, 1852) Tegostoma bipartalis Hampson, 1896 Tegostoma comparalis (Hübner, 1796) Thyridiphora furia (Swinhoe, 1884)
Galacticidae
Galactica inornata (Walsingham, 1900) Homadaula maritima Mey, 2007 Homadaula montana Mey, 2007 Homadaula submontana Mey, 2007
Gelechiidae
Anarsia acaciae Walsingham, 1896
Parapsectris amseli (Povolny, 1981) Phthorimaea molitor (Walsingham, 1896) Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier, 1789)
