The small dusty wave is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802. It is found throughout Western, Central and Northern Europe. In the north, its range extends as far as Denmark and southern Scandinavia. In the east its range extends as far as Russia. Idaea seriata is replaced by the subspecies Idaea seriata canteneraria, from the north-east of Spain and the central and eastern Mediterranean to the Crimean peninsula, while the western Mediterranean and the Balearic Islands are inhabited by the sister species Idaea minuscularia. Outside Europe it is found in eastern Algeria, Tunisia, Turkey, Cyprus, the Caucasus and the northwest of Transcaucasia. In Morocco and western Algeria, it is replaced by the sister species Idaea minuscularia. In the British Isles it is common in England and Wales but is only found in the eastern half of Scotland and it is rare in Ireland.
Geometrinae is the nominate subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae). It is strongly split, containing a considerable number of tribes of which most are presently very small or monotypic. These small moths are often a light bluish green, leading to the common name of emerald moths, though a few species called thus are also found in the tribe Campaeini of the Ennominae. In 2018, a phylogeny and classification based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis was published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society in which 13 tribes were accepted.
Eupithecia ultimaria, the Channel Islands pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840. It can be found in Europe, where it is found in Portugal and Spain, coastal western and southern France, Italy, the Mediterranean islands including Cyprus and Greece. It is also found in southern England and the Channel Islands. Furthermore, it is present in North Africa, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq and Iran.
Eucrostes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Parexarnis photophila is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found on the Canary Islands and in Morocco, Algeria and the southern tip of Spain.
Stigmella suberivora is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widespread in the western Mediterranean region, where it is found in Portugal, Spain, southern France, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, the Adriatic coast in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia. It is also found in North Africa, including Algeria and Tunisia. It is an introduced and established species in southern England. Records of leafmines in Mallorca are probably also this species.
Agriphila deliella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in most of Europe and North Africa and from Anatolia to Afghanistan.
Adscita mauretanica is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Morocco and north-western Algeria
Epinotia cedricida is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Morocco, Algeria, Lebanon and Turkey. It is an introduced species in Europe, where it has been recorded from south-eastern France, Spain and Austria.
Evergestis isatidalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Greece, Turkey and North Africa, including Algeria.
Gynaephora selenitica is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1789. It is found from central Europe through eastern Europe to the Urals and Ob' River in West Siberia. It is not found in western and southern Europe and Scandinavia.
Wiltshirocossus aries is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in southern Spain, on the Canary Islands, as well as in Mauritania, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt. The habitat consists of deserts and semidesert areas.
Bryotropha dryadella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Great Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy, Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Crete and Algeria.
Thetidia plusiaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in central and eastern Spain, the Pyrenees, on Mallorca, as well as in Algeria and Morocco. In the mountains, it is found up to altitudes of about 2,400 meters.
Diceratura ostrinana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Algeria and the Iberian Peninsula to Hungary, Albania and the Crimea. It is also found in Asia Minor, Lebanon, Transcaucasia, Siberia and Iran.
Diceratura infantana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in France, Portugal, Spain, Morocco and Algeria.
Phtheochroa syrtana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in north-western Africa, Spain and Iran.
Phtheochroa duponchelana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Portugal, southern France, Italy, Sicily, Malta, Crete, Albania, former Yugoslavia, southern Hungary, North Macedonia, Greece, Asia Minor, Lebanon, Syria, Morocco and Algeria.
Phtheochroa rectangulana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on Malta and in Spain, Algeria and Tunisia.
Eucrostes disparata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Taiwan, Japan and Australia.
