List of Lepidoptera of Greenland

Location of Greenland

Lepidoptera of Greenland consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from Greenland.

According to a recent estimate, there are a total of 52 Lepidoptera species present in Greenland.

## Butterflies

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### Lycaenidae

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* Lycaena phlaeas feildeni (McLachlan, 1878)
* Agriades glandon aquilina (Staudinger, 1901)

### Nymphalidae

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* Boloria polaris (Boisduval, [1828])
* Boloria chariclea (Schneider, 1794)

### Pieridae

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* Colias hecla Lefèbvre, 1836

## Moths

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### Arctiidae

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* Pararctia lapponica hyperborea (Curtis, 1835)

### Coleophoridae

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* Coleophora alticolella Zeller, 1849
* Coleophora glaucicolella Wood, 1892

### Crambidae

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* Gesneria centuriella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
* Udea torvalis (Möschler, 1864)
* Tehama bonifatella (Hulst, 1887)

### Gelechiidae

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* Bryotropha similis (Stainton, 1854)
* Gnorimoschema valesiella (Staudinger, 1877)
* Gnorimoschema vibei Wolff, 1964
* Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873)

### Geometridae

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* Entephria polata (Duponchel, 1831)
* Eupithecia gelidata Möschler, 1860
* Eupithecia pusillata Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
* Operophtera bruceata (Hulst, 1886)
* Psychophora sabini (Kirby, 1824)

### Gracillariidae

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* ?Phyllonorycter junoniella (Zeller, 1846)

### Lymantriidae

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* Gynaephora groenlandica (Wocke, 1874)

### Noctuidae

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* Apamea zeta (Treitschke, 1825)
* Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Eurois occulta (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Euxoa adumbrata drewseni (Staudinger, 1857)
* Euxoa westermanni (Staudinger, 1857)
* Lasionycta leucocycla (Staudinger, 1857)
* Mniotype adusta (Esper, 1790)
* Mniotype sommeri (Lefebvre, 1836)
* Polia richardsoni (Curtis, 1835)
* Rhyacia quadrangula (Zetterstedt, 1839)
* Spaelotis clandestina (Harris, 1841)
* Sympistis lapponica (Thunberg, 1791)
* Sympistis nigrita Staudinger, 1857
* Syngrapha borea (Aurivillius, 1890)
* Syngrapha parilis (Hübner, 1809)
* Syngrapha u-aureum (Guenée, 1852)

### Oecophoridae

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* Agonopterix antennariella Clarke, 1941
* Agonopterix heracliana (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Stainton, 1849)

### Plutellidae

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* Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Rhigognostis senilella (Zetterstedt, 1839)

### Pterophoridae

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* Stenoptilia mengeli Fernald, 1898

### Pyralidae

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* Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, [1813])
* Pyla fusca (Haworth, 1811)

### Scythrididae

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* Scythris noricella (Zeller, 1843)

### Tortricidae

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* Acleris arcticana (Guenée, 1845)
* Acleris laterana (Fabricius, 1794)
* Epinotia trigonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Olethreutes mengelana (Fernald, 1894)
* Olethreutes inquietana (Walker, 1863)

## References

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* "The Lepidoptera of Greenland; Some Geographic Considerations"
* Cabdirect.org: "Observations on Lepidoptera in south and southwest Greenland"

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