Cytherea aureus Fabricius, 1794

Material: Three specimens: Dayr Alla 8.IV.1974 (1ɗ, 1Ψ); Al Mujib 13.III.2002 (1ɗ). Distribution: Palaearctic: Algeria, Egypt, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia.

It is readily recognizable owing to its unusual brownish yellow tawny color; and the black hairs are confined to ocellar tubercle (Austen 1937). Evenhuis and Greathead (1999) cited this species as recorded from Jordan.