The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other families of the Noctuoidea. It was considered the largest family in Lepidoptera for a long time, but after regrouping Lymantriinae, Catocalinae and Calpinae within the family Erebidae, the latter holds this title now. Currently, Noctuidae is the second largest family in Noctuoidea, with about 1,089 genera and 11,772 species. This classification is still contingent, as more changes continue to appear between Noctuidae and Erebidae.
Zethes insularis is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Jules Pierre Rambur in 1833. The species is found in the warmer parts of the Mediterranean area: Armenia and the Caucasus, Iraq, south-western Iran, Lebanon, Israel, Syria and Jordan.
Apopestes spectrum is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1787.
Sideridis implexa is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Morocco to Libya, in Spain and from south-eastern Europe and the Balkans to Turkey, Israel, Lebanon and the Caucasian region.
Hecatera fixseni is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Egypt, Israel, Armenia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Enterpia laudeti is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern Europe, Ukraine, European part of south-eastern Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the Sinai in Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula.
Mythimna riparia is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Morocco, southern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Syria and Turkmenistan.
Leucania zeae is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North Africa, southern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, central Asia and western China.
Polytela cliens is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found through North Africa and the Sahara to Israel, Jordan, the Arabian Peninsula and to southern Iran.
Brachygalea kalchbergi is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Otto Staudinger in 1897. It is known only from Israel and Jordan.
Cucullia improba is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1885. It is found in the south-eastern Caucasus, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Jordan and Israel.
Shargacucullia blattariae is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1790. It is found in south-eastern Europe, the Near East, Israel and Jordan.
Calocucullia celsiae is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1850. It is found from the Balkans to Turkey, northern Iraq, Armenia, Iran, Israel, Jordan and Lebanon.
Metalopha gloriosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1887. It is found from western Turkey to eastern Taurus Mountains, Iraq, Anatolia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
Metalopha liturata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1887. It is widespread but local in the Near East and Middle East from the Levant area to the western Himalayas.
Calophasia angularis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Pierre Chrétien in 1911. It is found from the western parts of the Sahara and Morocco throughout all North Africa, Riyadh, Israel, Jordan and Turkmenistan.
Cleonymia chabordis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Charles Oberthür in 1876. It is found in North Africa, the Near East and Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Jordan and Israel.
Omphalophana antirrhinii is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from southern France through all southern Europe, Corsica, Sardinia towards northern Iraq, western Iran, Jordan and Israel.
Omphalophana anatolica is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Julius Lederer in 1857. It is found in south-eastern Europe, the Near East and Middle East.
Recophora beata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Otto Staudinger in 1892. It is found from Anatolia and southern Turkey eastward to Iraq, south-western Iran, Syria and Israel.
