List of moths of Iran

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Location of Iran

There are over 4000 known moth species in Iran. Moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Contents

In 2023 the results of a 13-year megaproject about the Lepidoptera of Iran were produced as Lepidoptera Iranica. [1] It was published as a special issue of Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History and provides a comprehensive overview of the Lepidoptera of Iran. It involved an international collaboration between 73 researchers, who reviewed published and unpublished data. The project was led and edited by Hossein Rajaei of the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart in Germany) and Ole Karsholt of the Natural History Museum of Denmark.

The authors also added hundreds of new records from institutional and private collections. In total, 4,812 butterfly and moth species were documented as part of the project, including the first records of three families and 182 species for Iran. Four species new to science were discovered and several taxonomic changes were proposed. The special issue also provides a historical overview of lepidopterology in Iran, as well as an analysis of Iranian Lepidoptera and an estimate of the number of Lepidoptera species still to be discovered. Finally, a gazetteer of sampling localities is supplied.

The following list provides a subset of known moth species, which have been recorded in Iran. A complete list of Lepidoptera of Iran is included in the External links below.

Brahmaeidae

Bombycidae

Lasiocampidae

Saturnidae

Lemoniidae

Sphingidae

Arctiidae

Lymantriidae

Noctuidae

Condicinae

Herminiinae

Raphiinae

Rivulinae

Hypeninae

Scoliopteryginae

Catocalinae

Nolinae

Sarrothripinae

Chloephorinae

Acronictinae

Cyrphiinae

Euteliinae

Plusiinae

Acontiinae

Cuculliinae

Psaphidinae

Stiriinae

Heliothinae

Agaristinae

Amphipyrinae

Hadeninae

Noctuinae

Unassigned

Syntomidae

Notodontidae

Thaumetopoeidae

Geometridae

Oenochrominae

Geometrinae

Sterrhinae

Larentiinae

Ennominae

Drepanidae

Thyatiridae

Cimeliidae

Zygaenidae

Limacodidae

Pyralidae

Subfamily unknown

Galleriinae

Pyralinae

Epipaschiinae

Phycitinae

Scopariinae

Heliothelinae

Crambinae

Schoenobiinae

Cyblomiinae

Nymphulinae

Odontiinae

Evergestinae

Glaphyriinae

Pyraustinae

Pterophoridae

Carposinidae

Sesiidae

Brachodidae

Choreutidae

Tortricidae

Tortricinae

Cochylini

Tortricini

Archipini

Other tribes

Olethreutinae

Cossidae

Oecophoridae

Coleophoridae

Cosmopterigidae

Scythrididae

Gelechiidae

Yponomeutidae

Ypsolophidae

Plutellidae

Glyphipterygidae

Heliodinidae

Lyonetiidae

Bucculatricidae

Psychidae

Tineidae

Gracilariidae

Tischeriidae

Heliozelidae

Adelidae

Nepticulidae

Hepialidae

Alucitidae

Autostichidae

Batrachedridae

Crambidae

See also

References

  1. Rajaei, Hossein; Karsholt, Ole, eds. (March 2023). "Lepidoptera Iranica". Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History. 6 (SP1) via BioOne Complete.