Cimeliidae, the gold moths, is a family of moths that is now placed in the macroheteroceran superfamily Drepanoidea, although previously placed in its own superfamily. Uniquely, they have a pair of pocket-like organs on the seventh abdominal spiracle of the adult moth which are only possibly sound receptive organs. They are quite large and brightly coloured moths that occur in southern Europe and feed on species of Euphorbia. Sometimes they are attracted to light. The family was first described by Pierre Chrétien in 1916.
Creatonotos is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The moths in the genus are found in the Afrotropics, South and East Asia, Sundaland and Australia.
Watsonarctia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 1984. Its only species, Watsonarctia deserta, the chaste pellicle, was first described by Max Bartel in 1902. It is found in central and south-eastern Europe, southern Russia, southern Siberia east to Lake Baikal; also in Asia Minor, Armenia, Azerbaijan, northern Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang in China.
Arnia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Arnia nervosalis, which is found in southern Europe, in North Africa, and in the Middle East.
Stoermeriana is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae described by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 1983.
The Museum Witt Munich (MWM) is a department of the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology. The former independent museum was located in Munich, Germany, and had the world's leading collection of certain moths. The museum was closed in 2023. The entire collection was handed over to the Bavarian State Collection.
Creatonotos gangis, the Baphomet moth or Australian horror moth, is a species of arctiine moth in South East Asia and Australia. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 Centuria Insectorum.
Agdistis arabica is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Israel, Iran, Pakistan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Egypt and Pakistan.
Exelastis ebalensis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It has been recorded from Kenya, Ghana, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Oman and Yemen.
Dubatolovia is a monotypic genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus includes only one species, Dubatolovia atrivena, which is found in western Africa, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Zaire, Rwanda, Uganda and Angola.
Patagobia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by B. Christian Schmidt and Josef J. de Freina in 2011. Its only species, Patagobia thursbyi, was first described by Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Chile and Argentina where it is known from temperate montane woodlands and grasslands in Patagonia.
Dyspessa ulula, the garlic mottled, is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found from central and southern Europe through Russia to central Asia. It is also found in Syria, Iran, Iraq and parts of North Africa.
Creatonotos leucanioides is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1893. It is found in Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, the Gambia, Uganda, Yemen, and Zambia.
Creatonotos punctivitta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia.
Creatonotos kishidai is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov and Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 2007. It is found on Sulawesi.
Amselia heringi is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1935, and is the type species of genus Amselia.
Arctia weigerti is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 1985. It is found in northern Pakistan (Karakorum).
Amata pseudosimplex is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Josef J. de Freina in 2013. It is found in South Africa.
Paidia elegantia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 2004. It is found in southern Iran.
Paidia minoica is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Josef J. de Freina in 2006. It is found on Crete. The habitat consists of forest fringes, wide forest clearings and fringes of shrubland on rocky soils at altitudes ranging from the lowlands to 1,400 meters above sea-level.
