List of moths of Ireland
Irish moths represent about 1,400 different types of moths. The moths and butterflies together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Ireland.
Suborder [Zeugloptera] (mandibulate archaic moths)
Superfamily [Micropterigoidea]
Family [Micropterigidae]
- Micropterix aruncella
- Micropterix aureatella
- Micropterix calthella
- Micropterix mansuetella Zeller, 1844
Suborder [Glossata] (moths and butterflies with a coilable proboscis)
Infraorder [Dacnonypha]
Superfamily [Eriocranioidea]
Family [Eriocraniidae]
- Dyseriocrania subpurpurella
- Eriocrania cicatricella
- Eriocrania salopiella
- Eriocrania sangii
- Eriocrania semipurpurella
- Eriocrania sparrmannella
- Eriocrania unimaculella
- Paracrania chrysolepidella
Infraorder [Exoporia]
Superfamily [Hepialoidea] (ghost moths, swift moths)
Family [Hepialidae]
- Hepialus humuli
- Pharmacis fusconebulosa
- Korscheltellus lupulina
- Phymatopus hecta
Infraorder [Heteroneura] (wing venation which is different in each pair of wings)
Division [Monotrysia] (females have a single genital opening)
Section Nepticulina
Superfamily [Nepticuloidea]
Family [Nepticulidae] (pigmy or midget moths)
- Bohemannia pulverosella
- Bohemannia quadrimaculella
- Ectoedemia albifasciella
- Ectoedemia angulifasciella
- Ectoedemia arcuatella
- Ectoedemia argyropeza
- Ectoedemia atricollis
- Ectoedemia heringi
- Ectoedemia intimella
- Ectoedemia minimella
- Ectoedemia occultella
- Ectoedemia rubivora
- Ectoedemia subbimaculella
- Ectoedemia septembrella
- Enteucha acetosae
- Stigmella aeneofasciella
- Stigmella alnetella
- Stigmella anomalella
- Stigmella atricapitella
- Stigmella aurella
- Stigmella auromarginella
- Stigmella betulicola
- Stigmella catharticella
- Stigmella centifoliella
- Stigmella confusella
- Stigmella continuella
- Stigmella crataegella
- Stigmella dryadella
- Stigmella filipendulae
- Stigmella floslactella
- Stigmella glutinosae
- Stigmella hemargyrella
- Stigmella hybnerella
- Stigmella lapponica
- Stigmella lemniscella
- Stigmella luteella
- Stigmella magdalenae
- Stigmella malella
- Stigmella microtheriella
- Stigmella myrtillella
- Stigmella nylandriella
- Stigmella obliquella
- Stigmella oxyacanthella
- Stigmella paradoxa
- Stigmella perpygmaeella
- Stigmella plagicolella
- Stigmella poterii
- Stigmella ruficapitella
- Stigmella salicis
- Stigmella sorbi
- Stigmella spinosissimae
- Stigmella splendidissimella
- Stigmella svenssoni
- Stigmella tityrella
- Stigmella trimaculella
- Stigmella ulmivora
- Trifurcula cryptella
- Trifurcula eurema
- Trifurcula immundella
- Trifurcula subnitidella
Family [Opostegidae] (white eyecap moths)
- Opostega salaciella
- Pseudopostega crepusculella
Superfamily [Tischerioidea] (trumpet leaf miner moths)
Family [Tischeriidae]
- Coptotriche marginea
- Tischeria dodonea Stainton, 1858
- Tischeria ekebladella
Section [Incurvariina]
Superfamily [Adeloidea] (moths with piercing, extensible ovipositor)
Family [Incurvariidae]
- Incurvaria masculella
- Incurvaria oehlmanniella
- Incurvaria pectinea Haworth, 1828
- Incurvaria praelatella
- Phylloporia bistrigella
Family [Prodoxidae]
- Lampronia corticella
- Lampronia luzella
- Lampronia pubicornis
Family [Adelidae] (fairy longhorn moths)
- Adela croesella
- Adela cuprella
- Adela reaumurella
- Cauchas rufimitrella
- Nematopogon magna
- Nematopogon metaxella
- Nematopogon pilella
- Nematopogon schwarziellus Zeller, 1839
- Nematopogon swammerdamella
- Nemophora cupriacella
- Nemophora degeerella
- Nemophora minimella
Family [Heliozelidae]
- Heliozela hammoniella Sorhagen, 1885
- Heliozela resplendella
- Heliozela sericiella
Division [Ditrysia] (females have two genital openings)
Section [Tineina]
Superfamily [Tineoidea] (clothes moths, bagworms, etc.)
Family [Psychidae] (bagworm moths)
- Diplodoma laichartingella
- Epichnopterix plumella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Luffia ferchaultella
- Psyche casta Pallas, 1767
Family [Tineidae] (fungus moths)
- Dryadaula pactolia Meyrick, 1902
- Monopis crocicapitella
- Monopis laevigella
- Monopis obviella
- Nemapogon cloacella
- Nemapogon granella
- Nemapogon ruricolella
- Niditinea fuscella
- Psychoides filicivora
- Psychoides verhuella Bruand, 1853
- Tinea dubiella Stainton, 1859
- Tinea flavescentella Haworth, 1828
- Tinea pallescentella Stainton, 1851
- Tinea pellionella Linnaeus, 1758
- Tinea semifulvella Haworth, 1828
- Tinea trinotella Thunberg, 1794
- Tineola bisselliella
- Trichophaga tapetzella''
Superfamily [Gracillarioidea]
Family [Bucculatricidae] (ribbed cocoon makers)
- Bucculatrix bechsteinella
- Bucculatrix cidarella
- Bucculatrix cristatella
- Bucculatrix demaryella
- Bucculatrix frangutella
- Bucculatrix maritima Stainton, 1851
- Bucculatrix nigricomella
- Bucculatrix ulmella Zeller, 1848
Family [Gracillariidae] (leaf miner moths)
- Acrocercops brongniardella
- Aspilapteryx tringipennella
- Callisto denticulella
- Caloptilia alchimiella
- Caloptilia azaleella
- Caloptilia betulicola
- Caloptilia cuculipennella
- Caloptilia elongella
- Caloptilia falconipennella
- Caloptilia populetorum
- Caloptilia robustella Jackh, 1972
- Caloptilia rufipennella Hübner, 1796
- Caloptilia stigmatella
- Calybites phasianipennella
- Cameraria ohridella Deschka & Dimić, 1986
- Euspilapteryx auroguttella Stephens, 1835
- Gracillaria syringella
- Parornix anglicella
- Parornix betulae
- Parornix devoniella
- Parornix loganella
- Parornix scoticella
- Parornix torquillella
- Phyllocnistis unipunctella
- Phyllonorycter blancardella
- Phyllonorycter cerasicolella
- Phyllonorycter coryli
- Phyllonorycter corylifoliella
- Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella
- Phyllonorycter froelichiella
- Phyllonorycter harrisella
- Phyllonorycter heegeriella
- Phyllonorycter hilarella
- Phyllonorycter hostis Triberti, 2007
- Phyllonorycter insignitella
- Phyllonorycter klemannella
- Phyllonorycter lautella
- Phyllonorycter leucographella
- Phyllonorycter maestingella
- Phyllonorycter mespilella
- Phyllonorycter messaniella
- Phyllonorycter nicellii
- Phyllonorycter nigrescentella
- Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae
- Phyllonorycter quercifoliella
- Phyllonorycter quinqueguttella
- Phyllonorycter rajella
- Phyllonorycter roboris
- Phyllonorycter salicicolella
- Phyllonorycter salictella
- Phyllonorycter scopariella
- Phyllonorycter sorbi
- Phyllonorycter spinicolella
- Phyllonorycter trifasciella
- Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella
- Phyllonorycter viminetorum
- Caloptilia leucapennella
Superfamily [Schreckensteinioidea]
Family [Schreckensteiniidae] (bristle-legged moths)
- Schreckensteinia festaliella
Superfamily [Gelechioidea] (case-bearers, twirler moths, curved-horn moths)
Family [Agonoxenidae] (palm moths)
- Chrysoclista lathamella
- Chrysoclista linneella
Family [Batrachedridae]
- Batrachedra praeangusta
Family [Blastobasidae]
- Blastobasis adustella Walsingham, 1894
- Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940
Family [Coleophoridae] (case-bearers)
- Coleophora adjunctella Hodgkinson, 1882
- Coleophora adspersella Benander, 1939
- Coleophora albicosta
- Coleophora albidella
- Coleophora alticolella Zeller, 1849
- Coleophora anatipennella
- Coleophora argentula
- Coleophora atriplicis Meyrick, 1928
- Coleophora betulella Heinemann, 1877
- Coleophora binderella
- Coleophora caespititiella Zeller, 1839
- Coleophora deauratella Lienig & Zeller, 1846
- Coleophora discordella Zeller, 1849
- Coleophora flavipennella
- Coleophora follicularis
- Coleophora fuscocuprella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
- Coleophora glaucicolella Wood, 1892
- Coleophora gryphipennella
- Coleophora juncicolella Stainton, 1851
- Coleophora laricella
- Coleophora lassella Staudinger, 1859
- Coleophora lithargyrinella Zeller, 1849
- Coleophora lixella Zeller, 1849
- Coleophora lusciniaepennella
- Coleophora lutipennella
- Coleophora maritimella Newman, 1863
- Coleophora mayrella
- Coleophora milvipennis Zeller, 1839
- Coleophora orbitella Zeller, 1849
- Coleophora otidipennella
- Coleophora pappiferella Hofmann, 1869
- Coleophora paripennella Zeller, 1839
- Coleophora peribenanderi Toll, 1943
- Coleophora potentillae Elisha, 1885
- Coleophora pyrrhulipennella Zeller, 1839
- Coleophora ramosella Zeller, 1849
- Coleophora salicorniae Heinemann & Wocke, 1877
- Coleophora saxicolella
- Coleophora serratella
- Coleophora siccifolia Stainton, 1856
- Coleophora spinella
- Coleophora striatipennella Nylander in Tengstrom, 1848
- Coleophora sylvaticella Wood, 1892
- Coleophora taeniipennella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
- Coleophora tamesis Waters, 1929
- Coleophora therinella Tengstrom, 1848
- Coleophora trifolii
- Coleophora trochilella
- Coleophora versurella Zeller, 1849
- Coleophora virgaureae Stainton, 1857
Family [Cosmopterigidae] (cosmet moths)
- Cosmopterix lienigiella Zeller, 1846
- Cosmopterix orichalcea Stainton, 1861
- Limnaecia phragmitella Stainton, 1851
- Pancalia leuwenhoekella
- Pancalia schwarzella
- Sorhagenia lophyrella
- Sorhagenia rhamniella
Family [Elachistidae] (grass-miner moths)
- Blastodacna atra
- Chrysoclista lathamella
- Elachista adscitella Stainton, 1851
- Elachista argentella
- Elachista bisulcella
- Elachista cahorsensis Traugott-Olsen, 1992
- Elachista gangabella Zeller, 1850
- Elachista obliquella Stainton, 1854
- Elachista subalbidella Schlager, 1847
- Elachista subocellea
- Elachista triatomea
- Elachista albidella Nylander, 1848
- Elachista albifrontella
- Elachista alpinella Stainton, 1854
- Elachista apicipunctella Stainton, 1849
- Elachista atricomella Stainton, 1849
- Elachista canapennella
- Elachista cinereopunctella
- Elachista consortella Stainton, 1851
- Elachista eleochariella Stainton, 1851
- Elachista freyerella
- Elachista gleichenella
- Elachista humilis Zeller, 1850
- Elachista kilmunella Stainton, 1849
- Elachista luticomella Zeller, 1839
- Elachista maculicerusella
- Elachista occidentalis Frey, 1882
- Elachista poae Stainton, 1855
- Elachista rufocinerea
- Elachista scirpi Stainton, 1887
- Elachista serricornis Stainton, 1854
- Elachista subnigrella Douglas, 1853
- Elachista trapeziella Stainton, 1849
- Elachista utonella Frey, 1856
- Elachista biatomella
- Perittia obscurepunctella
- Spuleria flavicaput
- Stephensia brunnichella
Family [Gelechiidae] (twirler moths)
- Acompsia cinerella
- Anacampsis populella
- Anacampsis temerella
- Anarsia spartiella
- Aproaerema anthyllidella
- Aristotelia ericinella
- Athrips mouffetella
- Athrips tetrapunctella
- Bryotropha affinis
- Bryotropha desertella
- Bryotropha domestica
- Bryotropha politella
- Bryotropha senectella
- Bryotropha similis
- Bryotropha terrella
- Bryotropha umbrosella
- Carpatolechia decorella
- Carpatolechia fugitivella
- Carpatolechia notatella
- Carpatolechia proximella
- Caryocolum alsinella
- Caryocolum blandella
- Caryocolum fraternella
- Caryocolum marmorea
- Caryocolum tricolorella
- Caryocolum vicinella
- Caryocolum viscariella
- Chionodes distinctella
- Chionodes fumatella
- Chrysoesthia sexguttella
- Dichomeris marginella
- Eulamprotes atrella
- Eulamprotes immaculatella
- Eulamprotes unicolorella
- Eulamprotes wilkella
- Exoteleia dodecella
- Gelechia rhombella
- Gelechia sororculella
- Helcystogramma rufescens
- Hypatima rhomboidella
- Metzneria aestivella
- Metzneria metzneriella
- Mirificarma mulinella
- Monochroa cytisella
- Monochroa lucidella
- Monochroa lutulentella
- Monochroa palustrella
- Monochroa suffusella
- Monochroa tenebrella
- Neofaculta ericetella
- Phthorimaea operculella
- Prolita sexpunctella
- Pseudotelphusa paripunctella
- Ptocheuusa paupella
- Recurvaria leucatella
- Scrobipalpa acuminatella
- Scrobipalpa artemisiella
- Scrobipalpa atriplicella
- Scrobipalpa costella
- Scrobipalpa instabilella
- Scrobipalpa murinella
- Scrobipalpa nitentella
- Scrobipalpa obsoletella
- Scrobipalpa ocellatella
- Scrobipalpa samadensis
- Stenolechia gemmella
- Syncopacma cinctella
- Syncopacma polychromella
- Syncopacma sangiella
- Syncopacma taeniolella
- Teleiodes luculella
- Teleiodes vulgella
- Teleiodes wagae
- Teleiopsis diffinis
- Xenolechia aethiops
Family [Depressariidae] (flat-bodied moths)
- Agonopterix alstroemeriana
- Agonopterix angelicella
- Agonopterix arenella
- Agonopterix assimilella
- Agonopterix astrantiae
- Agonopterix capreolella
- Agonopterix ciliella
- Agonopterix conterminella
- Agonopterix heracliana
- Agonopterix kaekeritziana
- Agonopterix liturosa
- Agonopterix nanatella
- Agonopterix nervosa
- Agonopterix ocellana
- Agonopterix pallorella
- Agonopterix propinquella
- Agonopterix purpurea
- Agonopterix rotundella
- Agonopterix subpropinquella
- Agonopterix umbellana
- Agonopterix yeatiana
- Depressaria badiella
- Depressaria daucella
- Depressaria douglasella Stainton, 1849
- Depressaria pulcherrimella Stainton, 1849
- Depressaria radiella
- Depressaria ultimella Stainton, 1849
- Exaeretia allisella Stainton, 1849
- Hypercallia citrinalis
Family [Momphidae] (mompha moths)
- Mompha langiella
- Mompha epilobiella
- Mompha lacteella
- Mompha ochraceella
- Mompha propinquella
- Mompha subbistrigella
- Mompha locupletella
- Mompha raschkiella
- Mompha terminella
- Mompha conturbatella
Family [Oecophoridae] (concealer moths)
- Alabonia geoffrella
- Batia lambdella
- Borkhausenia fuscescens
- Borkhausenia minutella
- Dasystoma salicella
- Denisia similella
- Diurnea fagella
- Diurnea lipsiella
- Endrosis sarcitrella
- Esperia sulphurella
- Hofmannophila pseudospretella
- Oegoconia quadripuncta
- Pleurota bicostella
- Semioscopis avellanella
- Semioscopis steinkellneriana
Family [Peleopodidae]
- Carcina quercana
Family [Scythrididae] (flower moths)
- Scythris crassiuscula
- Scythris grandipennis
- Scythris picaepennis
Superfamily [Copromorphoidea] (fruitworm moths)
Family [Alucitidae] (many-plumed moths)
- Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758
Family [Epermeniidae] (fringe-tufted moths)
- Epermenia aequidentellus
- Epermenia chaerophyllella
- Epermenia falciformis
- Phaulernis fulviguttella
Superfamily [Yponomeutoidea]
Family [Bedelliidae]
- Bedellia somnulentella
Family [Glyphipterigidae] (sedge moths)
- Acrolepia autumnitella Curtis, 1838
- Digitivalva pulicariae
- Glyphipterix equitella
- Glyphipterix forsterella
- Glyphipterix haworthana
- Glyphipterix schoenicolella Boyd, 1859
- Glyphipterix simpliciella
- Glyphipterix thrasonella
- Orthotelia sparganella
Family [Lyonetiidae]
- Leucoptera laburnella
- Leucoptera lotella
- Leucoptera malifoliella
- Leucoptera orobi
- Leucoptera spartifoliella
- Lyonetia clerkella
Family [Plutellidae] (diamondback moths)
- Plutella xylostella
- Plutella porrectella
- Rhigognostis annulatella
- Rhigognostis incarnatella
- Rhigognostis senilella
Family [Praydidae]
- Prays fraxinella Bjerkander, 1784
Family [Yponomeutidae] (ermine moths)
- Argyresthia albistria
- Argyresthia bonnetella
- Argyresthia brockeella
- Argyresthia conjugella Zeller, 1839
- Argyresthia curvella
- Argyresthia glaucinella Zeller, 1839
- Argyresthia goedartella
- Argyresthia pruniella
- Argyresthia pygmaeella
- Argyresthia retinella Zeller, 1839
- Argyresthia semifusca
- Argyresthia semitestacella
- Argyresthia sorbiella
- Argyresthia spinosella Stainton, 1849
- Argyresthia arceuthina Zeller, 1839
- Argyresthia dilectella Zeller, 1847
- Argyresthia laevigatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
- Argyresthia trifasciata Staudinger, 1871
- Argyresthia cupressella Walsingham, 1890
- Cedestis subfasciella
- Kessleria saxifragae
- Ocnerostoma friesei Svensson, 1966
- Ocnerostoma piniariella Zeller, 1847
- Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
- Paraswammerdamia lutarea
- Pseudoswammerdamia combinella
- Swammerdamia caesiella
- Swammerdamia compunctella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
- Swammerdamia pyrella
- Yponomeuta cagnagella
- Yponomeuta evonymella
- Yponomeuta malinellus Zeller, 1838
- Yponomeuta padella
- Yponomeuta plumbella
- Zelleria hepariella Stainton, 1849
Family [Ypsolophidae]
- Ochsenheimeria taurella
- Ochsenheimeria urella Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1842
- Ypsolopha dentella
- Ypsolopha mucronella
- Ypsolopha nemorella
- Ypsolopha parenthesella
- Ypsolopha scabrella
- Ypsolopha ustella
- Ypsolopha vittella
Superfamily [Pyraloidea] (pyraloid moths)
Family [Crambidae] (grass moths)
- Acentria ephemerella
- Agriphila geniculea
- Agriphila inquinatella
- Agriphila latistria
- Agriphila selasella
- Agriphila straminella
- Agriphila tristella
- Anania coronata
- Anania crocealis
- Anania funebris
- Anania fuscalis
- Anania hortulata
- Anania lancealis
- Antigastra catalaunalis
- Cataclysta lemnata
- Catoptria falsella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Catoptria margaritella
- Catoptria pinella
- Catoptria verellus
- Chilo phragmitella
- Chrysoteuchia culmella
- Crambus ericella
- Crambus hamella
- Crambus lathoniellus
- Crambus pascuella
- Crambus perlella
- Crambus pratella
- Crambus silvella
- Crambus uliginosellus Zeller, 1850
- Donacaula forficella
- Donacaula mucronella
- Duponchelia fovealis Zeller, 1847
- Elophila nymphaeata
- Eudonia angustea
- Eudonia delunella
- Eudonia lacustrata
- Eudonia lineola
- Eudonia mercurella
- Eudonia pallida
- Eudonia truncicolella
- Evergestis extimalis
- Evergestis forficalis
- Evergestis pallidata
- Mecyna asinalis
- Nomophila noctuella
- Nymphula nitidulata
- Ostrinia nubilalis
- Palpita vitrealis
- Parapoynx stratiotata
- Paratalanta pandalis
- Pediasia aridella )
- Pediasia contaminella
- Platytes alpinella
- Pleuroptya ruralis
- Pyrausta cingulata
- Pyrausta despicata
- Pyrausta ostrinalis
- Pyrausta purpuralis
- Pyrausta sanguinalis
- Scoparia ambigualis
- Scoparia pyralella
- Scoparia subfusca Haworth, 1811
- Thisanotia chrysonuchella
- Udea lutealis
- Udea olivalis
- Udea prunalis
- Udea uliginosalis
- Uresiphita gilvata
Family [Pyralidae] (snout moths, grass moths)
- Achroia grisella
- Acrobasis advenella
- Acrobasis consociella
- Aglossa pinguinalis
- Anerastia lotella
- Aphomia sociella
- Cadra calidella
- Cadra cautella
- Cryptoblabes bistriga
- Delplanqueia dilutella
- Dioryctria abietella
- Ephestia elutella
- Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, 1879
- Galleria mellonella
- Hellula undalis
- Homoeosoma nebulella
- Hypsopygia costalis )
- Hypsopygia glaucinalis
- Matilella fusca
- Nephopterix angustella
- Oncocera semirubella
- Pempelia palumbella
- Pempeliella ornatella
- Phycita roborella
- Phycitodes binaevella
- Phycitodes saxicola
- Plodia interpunctella
- Pyralis farinalis
Superfamily [Pterophoroidea]
Family [Pterophoridae] (plume moths)
- Adaina microdactyla
- Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
- Amblyptilia punctidactyla
- Capperia britanniodactylus
- Crombrugghia laetus
- Emmelina monodactyla
- Gillmeria pallidactyla
- Hellinsia tephradactyla
- Merrifieldia leucodactyla
- Merrifieldia tridactyla
- Oidaematophorus lithodactyla
- Oxyptilus parvidactyla
- Platyptilia calodactyla
- Platyptilia gonodactyla
- Platyptilia isodactylus
- Platyptilia tesseradactyla
- Pterophorus pentadactyla
- Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla
- Stenoptilia millieridactylus
- Stenoptilia pterodactyla
- Stenoptilia zophodactylus
Superfamily [Choreutoidea]
Family [Choreutidae] (metalmark moths)
- Anthophila fabriciana
- Prochoreutis myllerana
- Prochoreutis sehestediana
- Tebenna micalis
Superfamily [Sesioidea]
Family [Sesiidae] (clearwing moths)
- Pyropteron muscaeforme
- Sesia apiformis
- Sesia bembeciformis
- Synanthedon formicaeformis
- Synanthedon scoliaeformis
- Synanthedon tipuliformis
Superfamily [Zygaenoidea] (burnet moths, forester moths, smoky moths)
Family [Zygaenidae]
- Adscita statices
- Zygaena purpuralis
- Zygaena filipendulae
- Zygaena lonicerae
Section [Cossina]
Superfamily [Cossoidea] (carpenter moths and relatives)
Family [Cossidae] (cossid millers, carpenter millers)
- Cossus cossus
Superfamily [Tortricoidea]
Family [Tortricidae] (tortrix moths, leafroller moths)
- Acleris abietana
- Acleris aspersana
- Acleris bergmanniana
- Acleris caledoniana
- Acleris comariana
- Acleris cristana
- Acleris effractana
- Acleris emargana
- Acleris ferrugana
- Acleris forsskaleana
- Acleris hastiana
- Acleris holmiana
- Acleris hyemana
- Acleris laterana
- Acleris literana
- Acleris notana
- Acleris permutana
- Acleris rhombana
- Acleris rufana
- Acleris schalleriana
- Acleris sparsana
- Acleris variegana
- Aethes cnicana
- Aethes francillana
- Aethes piercei Obraztsov, 1952
- Aethes rubigana
- Agapeta hamana
- Agapeta zoegana
- Aleimma loeflingiana
- Ancylis achatana
- Ancylis badiana
- Ancylis geminana
- Ancylis diminutana
- Ancylis mitterbacheriana
- Ancylis myrtillana
- Ancylis obtusana
- Ancylis uncella
- Ancylis unguicella
- Aphelia viburnana
- Aphelia paleana
- Aphelia unitana
- Apotomis betuletana
- Apotomis capreana
- Apotomis semifasciana
- Apotomis sororculana
- Apotomis turbidana Hübner, 1825
- Archips crataegana
- Archips podana
- Archips rosana
- Archips xylosteana
- Argyroploce arbutella
- Argyrotaenia ljungiana
- Bactra furfurana
- Bactra lancealana
- Bactra robustana
- Bactra venosana
- Cacoecimorpha pronubana
- Capua vulgana
- Celypha aurofasciana
- Celypha cespitana
- Syricoris lacunana
- Celypha rivulana
- Celypha rufana
- Celypha striana
- Choristoneura hebenstreitella
- Clavigesta purdeyi
- Clavigesta sylvestrana
- Clepsis consimilana
- Clepsis rurinana
- Clepsis senecionana
- Clepsis spectrana
- Cnephasia asseclana
- Cnephasia communana
- Cnephasia conspersana Douglas, 1846
- Cnephasia longana
- Cnephasia pasiuana
- Cnephasia stephensiana
- Cnephasia incertana
- Cochylidia rupicola
- Cochylimorpha straminea
- Cochylis atricapitana
- Cochylis dubitana
- Cochylis flaviciliana
- Cochylis hybridella
- Cochylis nana
- Cochylis pallidana Zeller, 1847
- Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847
- Cydia amplana
- Cydia coniferana
- Cydia fagiglandana
- Cydia microgrammana
- Cydia nigricana
- Cydia pomonella
- Cydia succedana
- Dichrorampha acuminatana
- Dichrorampha aeratana
- Dichrorampha alpinana
- Dichrorampha consortana Stephens, 1852
- Dichrorampha montanana
- Dichrorampha petiverella
- Dichrorampha plumbagana
- Dichrorampha plumbana
- Dichrorampha simpliciana
- Dichrorampha vancouverana McDunnough, 1935
- Ditula angustiorana n
- Eana penziana
- Eana osseana
- Enarmonia formosana
- Endothenia ericetana
- Endothenia marginana
- Endothenia quadrimaculana
- Endothenia ustulana
- Epagoge grotiana
- Epiblema costipunctana
- Epiblema scutulana
- Epiblema sticticana
- Epiblema turbidana
- Epinotia abbreviana
- Epinotia bilunana
- Epinotia brunnichana
- Epinotia caprana
- Epinotia cruciana
- Epinotia fraternana
- Epinotia immundana
- Epinotia maculana
- Epinotia mercuriana
- Epinotia nanana
- Epinotia nemorivaga
- Epinotia nigricana
- Epinotia nisella
- Epinotia pygmaeana
- Epinotia ramella
- Epinotia signatana
- Epinotia solandriana
- Epinotia subocellana
- Epinotia subsequana
- Epinotia tedella
- Epinotia tenerana
- Epinotia tetraquetrana
- Epinotia trigonella
- Eriopsela quadrana
- Eucosma aspidiscana
- Eucosma campoliliana
- Eucosma cana
- Eucosma hohenwartiana
- Eucosma obumbratana
- Eucosma tripoliana
- Eudemis profundana
- Eulia ministrana
- Eupoecilia angustana
- Falseuncaria ruficiliana
- Grapholita funebrana Treitschke, 1835
- Grapholita janthinana
- Grapholita tenebrosana Duponchel, 1843
- Grapholita compositella
- Grapholita internana
- Grapholita jungiella
- Grapholita lunulana
- Grapholita molesta
- Gynnidomorpha alismana
- Gynnidomorpha minimana
- Gynnidomorpha permixtana
- Gynnidomorpha vectisana
- Gypsonoma aceriana
- Gypsonoma dealbana
- Hedya nubiferana
- Hedya ochroleucana
- Hedya pruniana
- Hysterophora maculosana
- Lathronympha strigana
- Lobesia abscisana
- Lobesia littoralis
- Lobesia reliquana
- Lozotaenia forsterana
- Metendothenia atropunctana
- Notocelia cynosbatella
- Notocelia incarnatana
- Notocelia roborana
- Notocelia rosaecolana
- Notocelia tetragonana
- Notocelia trimaculana
- Notocelia uddmanniana
- Olethreutes arcuella
- Olindia schumacherana
- Orthotaenia undulana
- Pammene argyrana
- Pammene albuginana
- Pammene aurana
- Pammene fasciana
- Pammene germmana
- Pammene giganteana
- Pammene gallicana
- Pammene ochsenheimeriana
- Pammene obscurana
- Pammene populana
- Pammene regiana
- Pammene rhediella
- Pammene spiniana
- Pammene splendidulana
- Pandemis cerasana
- Pandemis corylana
- Pandemis heparana
- Phalonidia affinitana
- Phalonidia manniana
- Phiaris micana
- Olethreutes palustrana
- Phiaris schulziana
- Philedone gerningana
- Philedonides lunana
- Phtheochroa inopiana
- Phtheochroa sodaliana
- Piniphila bifasciana
- Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
- Blastesthia posticana
- Ptycholoma lecheana
- Rhopobota myrtillana
- Rhopobota naevana
- Rhopobota stagnana
- Rhyacionia buoliana
- Rhyacionia pinivorana
- Spilonota laricana
- Spilonota ocellana
- Stictea mygindiana
- Strophedra nitidana
- Syndemis musculana
- Thiodia citrana
- Tortricodes alternella
- Tortrix viridana Linnaeus, 1758
- Zeiraphera griseana
- Zeiraphera isertana
- Zeiraphera ratzeburgiana
Superfamily [Geometroidea]
Family [Geometridae] (geometer moths, inchworms)
- Abraxas grossulariata
- Abraxas sylvata
- Acasis viretata
- Aethalura punctulata
- Agriopis aurantiaria
- Agriopis leucophaearia
- Agriopis marginaria
- Alcis jubata
- Alcis repandata
- Alsophila aescularia
- Angerona prunaria
- Anticlea derivata
- Apeira syringaria
- Aplocera plagiata
- Aspitates gilvaria
- Asthena albulata
- Biston betularia
- Biston strataria
- Bupalus piniaria
- Cabera exanthemata
- Cabera pusaria
- Campaea margaritata
- Camptogramma bilineata
- Carsia sororiata
- Catarhoe cuculata
- Cepphis advenaria
- Charissa obscurata
- Chesias legatella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Chesias rufata
- Chiasmia clathrata
- Chloroclysta miata
- Chloroclysta siterata
- Chloroclystis v-ata
- Cidaria fulvata
- Cleora cinctaria
- Cleorodes lichenaria
- Coenocalpe lapidata
- Coenotephria salicata
- Colostygia multistrigaria
- Colostygia olivata
- Colostygia pectinataria
- Colotois pennaria
- Cosmorhoe ocellata
- Crocallis elinguaria
- Cyclophora linearia
- Cyclophora punctaria
- Cyclophora albipunctata
- Cyclophora puppillaria
- Deileptenia ribeata
- Dyscia fagaria
- Dysstroma citrata
- Dysstroma truncata
- Earophila badiata
- Ecliptopera silaceata
- Ectropis crepuscularia
- Electrophaes corylata
- Ematurga atomaria
- Ennomos alniaria
- Ennomos autumnaria
- Ennomos erosaria
- Ennomos fuscantaria
- Ennomos quercinaria
- Entephria caesiata
- Entephria flavicinctata
- Epione repandaria
- Epirrhoe alternata
- Epirrhoe galiata
- Epirrhoe tristata
- Epirrita christyi
- Epirrita dilutata
- Epirrita filigrammaria
- Erannis defoliaria
- Euchoeca nebulata
- Eulithis mellinata
- Eulithis populata
- Eulithis prunata
- Eulithis testata
- Euphyia biangulata
- Euphyia unangulata
- Eupithecia abbreviata Stephens, 1831
- Eupithecia abietaria
- Eupithecia absinthiata
- Eupithecia assimilata Doubleday, 1856
- Eupithecia centaureata
- Eupithecia denotata
- Eupithecia distinctaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1848
- Eupithecia dodoneata Guenee, 1858
- Eupithecia exiguata
- Eupithecia expallidata Doubleday, 1856
- Eupithecia haworthiata Doubleday, 1856
- Eupithecia icterata
- Eupithecia indigata
- Eupithecia innotata
- Eupithecia intricata
- Eupithecia lariciata
- Eupithecia nanata
- Eupithecia phoeniceata
- Eupithecia pimpinellata
- Eupithecia plumbeolata
- Eupithecia pulchellata Stephens, 1831
- Eupithecia pusillata
- Eupithecia pygmaeata
- Eupithecia satyrata
- Eupithecia simpliciata
- Eupithecia subfuscata
- Eupithecia subumbrata
- Eupithecia succenturiata
- Eupithecia tantillaria Boisduval, 1840
- Eupithecia tenuiata
- Eupithecia tripunctaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1852
- Eupithecia trisignaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1848
- Eupithecia valerianata
- Eupithecia venosata
- Eupithecia virgaureata Doubleday, 1861
- Eupithecia vulgata
- Eulithis pyraliata
- Geometra papilionaria
- Gnophos obfuscata
- Gnophos dumetata Treitschke, 1827
- Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
- Hemistola chrysoprasaria
- Hemithea aestivaria
- Hydrelia sylvata
- Hydria undulata
- Hydriomena furcata
- Hydriomena impluviata
- Hydriomena ruberata
- Hylaea fasciaria
- Hypomecis punctinalis
- Idaea aversata
- Idaea biselata
- Idaea dimidiata
- Idaea fuscovenosa
- Idaea muricata
- Idaea straminata
- Idaea subsericeata
- Jodis lactearia
- Lampropteryx suffumata
- Larentia clavaria
- Ligdia adustata
- Lobophora halterata
- Lomaspilis marginata
- Lomographa bimaculata
- Lomographa temerata
- Lycia hirtaria
- Lycia zonaria
- Macaria alternata
- Macaria liturata
- Macaria notata
- Macaria wauaria
- Martania taeniata
- Mesoleuca albicillata
- Mesotype didymata
- Orthonama obstipata
- Odezia atrata
- Odontopera bidentata
- Operophtera brumata
- Opisthograptis luteolata
- Orthonama vittata
- Ourapteryx sambucaria
- Paradarisa consonaria
- Pasiphila debiliata
- Pasiphila rectangulata
- Pelurga comitata
- Perconia strigillaria
- Peribatodes rhomboidaria
- Perizoma affinitata
- Perizoma albulata
- Perizoma alchemillata
- Perizoma bifaciata
- Perizoma blandiata
- Perizoma flavofasciata
- Perizoma minorata
- Petrophora chlorosata
- Phigalia pilosaria
- Philereme transversata
- Philereme vetulata
- Plagodis dolabraria
- Plagodis pulveraria
- Plemyria rubiginata
- Pseudopanthera macularia
- Pseudoterpna pruinata
- Pterapherapteryx sexalata
- Rheumaptera hastata
- Rhodometra sacraria
- Scopula emutaria
- Scopula floslactata
- Scopula imitaria
- Scopula immutata
- Scopula marginepunctata
- Scotopteryx chenopodiata
- Scotopteryx luridata
- Scotopteryx mucronata
- Selenia dentaria
- Selenia lunularia
- Selidosema brunnearia
- Thera britannica
- Thera cognata
- Thera firmata
- Thera juniperata
- Thera obeliscata
- Theria primaria
- Timandra comae Schmidt, 1931
- Trichopteryx carpinata
- Venusia cambrica Curtis, 1839
- Xanthorhoe decoloraria
- Xanthorhoe designata
- Xanthorhoe ferrugata
- Xanthorhoe fluctuata
- Xanthorhoe montanata
- Xanthorhoe spadicearia
Superfamily [Drepanoidea] (hook tip moths)
Family [Drepanidae]
- Achlya flavicornis
- Cilix glaucata
- Drepana falcataria
- Falcaria lacertinaria
- Habrosyne pyritoides
- Ochropacha duplaris
- Tethea or
- Tetheella fluctuosa
- Thyatira batis
- Watsonalla binaria
Superfamily [Bombycoidea]
Family [Lasiocampidae] (eggars, snout moths, lappet moths)
- Eriogaster lanestris
- Euthrix potatoria
- Lasiocampa quercus
- Macrothylacia rubi
- Malacosoma neustria
- Poecilocampa populi
- Trichiura crataegi
Family [Saturniidae]
- Saturnia pavonia
Family [Sphingidae] (hawk-moths)
- Acherontia atropos
- Agrius convolvuli
- Daphnis nerii
- Deilephila elpenor
- Deilephila porcellus
- Hemaris tityus
- Hippotion celerio
- Hyles gallii
- Hyles livornica
- Laothoe populi
- Macroglossum stellatarum
- Mimas tiliae
- Smerinthus ocellata
Superfamily [Noctuoidea] (owlet moths)
Family [Erebidae]
- Arctia caja
- Atolmis rubricollis
- Calliteara pudibunda
- Catocala fraxini
- Diacrisia sannio
- Diaphora mendica
- Dicallomera fascelina
- Eilema caniola
- Manulea complana
- Katha depressa
- Manulea lurideola
- Wittia sororcula
- Eublemma ostrina
- Eublemma parva
- Callistege mi
- Euclidia glyphica
- Euproctis similis
- Grammodes stolida
- Herminia grisealis
- Zanclognatha tarsipennalis
- Hypena crassalis
- Hypena obsitalis
- Hypena proboscidalis
- Hypenodes humidalis Doubleday, 1850
- Leucoma salicis
- Lithosia quadra
- Lymantria dispar
- Lymantria monacha
- Miltochrista miniata
- Nudaria mundana
- Orgyia antiqua
- Parasemia plantaginis
- Pechipogo strigilata
- Phragmatobia fuliginosa
- Phytometra viridaria
- Rivula sericealis
- Schrankia costaestrigalis
- Scoliopteryx libatrix
- Setina irrorella
- Spilosoma lubricipeda
- Spilosoma lutea
- Thumatha senex
- Tyria jacobaeae
- Utetheisa pulchella
Family [Noctuidae] (owlet moths, cutworms, armyworms)
- Abrostola tripartita
- Abrostola triplasia
- Acronicta auricoma
- Acronicta leporina
- Acronicta alni
- Acronicta psi
- Acronicta euphorbiae
- Acronicta menyanthidis
- Acronicta rumicis
- Actebia praecox
- Agrochola lychnidis
- Agrochola helvola
- Agrochola lunosa
- Agrochola lota
- Agrochola macilenta
- Agrochola circellaris
- Agrotis cinerea
- Agrotis clavis
- Agrotis exclamationis
- Agrotis ipsilon
- Agrotis ripae Hübner, 1823
- Agrotis segetum
- Agrotis trux
- Agrotis vestigialis
- Allophyes oxyacanthae
- Amphipoea crinanensis
- Amphipoea fucosa
- Amphipoea lucens
- Amphipoea oculea
- Amphipyra berbera Rungs, 1949
- Amphipyra pyramidea
- Amphipyra tragopoginis
- Anaplectoides prasina
- Anarta myrtilli
- Anarta trifolii
- Antitype chi
- Apamea anceps
- Apamea crenata
- Apamea epomidion
- Apamea furva
- Apamea lithoxylaea
- Apamea monoglypha
- Apamea oblonga
- Apamea remissa
- Apamea scolopacina
- Apamea sordens
- Apamea sublustris
- Apamea unanimis
- Aporophyla australis
- Aporophyla lueneburgensis
- Aporophyla nigra
- Fissipunctia ypsillon
- Archanara dissoluta
- Asteroscopus sphinx
- Atethmia centrago
- Autographa bractea
- Autographa gamma
- Autographa jota
- Autographa pulchrina
- Axylia putris
- Brachylomia viminalis
- Cryphia domestica
- Calamia tridens
- Caradrina morpheus
- Paradrina clavipalpis Scopoli, 1763
- Celaena haworthii
- Ceramica pisi
- Cerapteryx graminis
- Cerastis rubricosa
- Charanyca trigrammica
- Rusina ferruginea
- Coenobia rufa
- Colocasia coryli
- Conisania andalusica
- Conistra ligula
- Conistra vaccinii
- Cosmia trapezina
- Craniophora ligustri
- Cucullia absinthii
- Cucullia chamomillae
- Cucullia umbratica
- Cucullia verbasci
- Dasypolia templi
- Deltote bankiana
- Lithacodia uncula
- Protodeltote pygarga
- Denticucullus pygmina
- Diachrysia chrysitis
- Diarsia brunnea
- Diarsia dahlii
- Diarsia mendica
- Diarsia rubi
- Diloba caeruleocephala
- Dryobotodes eremita
- Egira conspicillaris
- Enargia paleacea
- Eugnorisma glareosa
- Euplexia lucipara
- Eupsilia transversa
- Eurois occulta
- Euxoa cursoria
- Euxoa nigricans
- Euxoa nigrofusca
- Euxoa obelisca
- Capsula algae
- Capsula sparganii
- Gortyna flavago
- Graphiphora augur
- Griposia aprilina
- Hada plebeja
- Hadena perplexa
- Hadena bicruris
- Hadena caesia
- Hadena confusa
- Hecatera bicolorata
- Helicoverpa armigera
- Heliothis nubigera
- Heliothis peltigera
- Helotropha leucostigma
- Hoplodrina ambigua)
- Hoplodrina octogenaria
- Hydraecia micacea
- Hyppa rectilinea
- Ipimorpha subtusa
- Lacanobia contigua
- Lacanobia suasa
- Lacanobia thalassina
- Lacanobia oleracea
- Lacanobia w-latinum
- Apamea ophiogramma
- Leucania loreyi
- Leucania comma
- Lithophane leautieri Boisduval, 1829
- Lithophane ornitopus
- Lithophane semibrunnea
- Lithophane socia
- Mesoligia literosa
- Luperina nickerlii
- Luperina testacea
- Lycophotia porphyrea
- Mamestra brassicae
- Melanchra persicariae
- Mesoligia furuncula
- Mniotype adusta
- Mormo maura
- Mythimna albipuncta
- Mythimna ferrago
- Mythimna l-album
- Mythimna litoralis
- Mythimna conigera
- Mythimna impura
- Mythimna pallens
- Mythimna pudorina
- Mythimna straminea
- Mythimna turca
- Mythimna vitellina
- Mythimna unipuncta
- Naenia typica
- Noctua comes Hübner, 1813
- Noctua fimbriata
- Noctua interjecta Hübner, 1803
- Noctua janthe
- Noctua pronuba
- Nonagria typhae
- Nyctobrya muralis
- Ochropleura plecta
- Oligia fasciuncula
- Oligia latruncula
- Oligia strigilis
- Oligia versicolor
- Orthosia gracilis
- Orthosia cerasi
- Orthosia cruda
- Orthosia miniosa
- Orthosia incerta
- Orthosia gothica
- Orthosia opima
- Pachetra sagittigera
- Panemeria tenebrata
- Panolis flammea
- Papestra biren
- Parastichtis suspecta
- Peridroma saucia
- Perigrapha munda
- Phlogophora meticulosa
- Photedes captiuncula
- Photedes minima
- Plusia festucae
- Polia bombycina
- Polia nebulosa
- Polychrysia moneta
- Polymixis lichenea
- Polymixis xanthomista
- Protoschinia scutosa
- Pyrrhia umbra
- Rhizedra lutosa
- Rhyacia simulans
- Sideridis rivularis
- Sideridis reticulata
- Sideridis turbida
- Spodoptera exigua
- Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
- Standfussiana lucernea
- Stilbia anomala
- Acronicta megacephala
- Syngrapha interrogationis
- Thalpophila matura
- Tholera cespitis
- Tholera decimalis
- Tiliacea citrago
- Thysanoplusia orichalcea
- Trichoplusia ni
- Trigonophora flammea
- Xanthia icteritia
- Xanthia togata
- Xestia c-nigrum
Family [Nolidae] (tuft moths)
- Earias clorana Linnaeus, 1758
- Meganola albula Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Nycteola revayana
- Pseudoips prasinana
Family [Notodontidae] (prominents, kitten moths)
- Cerura vinula
- Clostera pigra
- Drymonia dodonaea
- Drymonia ruficornis
- Furcula bifida
- Furcula furcula
- Leucodonta bicoloria
- Notodonta dromedarius
- Notodonta ziczac
- Odontosia carmelita
- Phalera bucephala
- Pheosia gnoma
- Pheosia tremula
- Pterostoma palpina Clerck, 1759)
- Ptilodon capucina
- Stauropus fagi
Literature
- provides bibliography of key literature for identification