List of Lepidoptera of Malta

Location of Malta

The Lepidoptera of Malta consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the island of Malta.

## Butterflies

[edit]

### Hesperiidae

[edit]

* Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)

### Lycaenidae

[edit]

* Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Lysandra bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
* Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775)
* Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)

### Nymphalidae

[edit]

* Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Boloria dia (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Hipparchia blachieri (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
* Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778)
* Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Polygonia egea (Cramer, 1775)
* Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)

### Papilionidae

[edit]

* Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Iphiclides podalirius podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758

### Pieridae

[edit]

* Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Colias croceus (Fourcroy, 1785)
* Colias hyale (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Euchloe belemia (Esper, 1800)
* Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)

## Moths

[edit]

### Adelidae

[edit]

* Nemophora raddaella (Hübner, 1793)

### Alucitidae

[edit]

* Alucita grammodactyla Zeller, 1841
* Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758

### Autostichidae

[edit]

* Apatema mediopallidum Walsingham, 1900
* Dysspastus lilliput Gozmany, 1996
* Holcopogon bubulcellus (Staudinger, 1859)
* Holcopogon bubulcellus bubulcellus (Staudinger, 1859)
* Oecia oecophila (Staudinger, 1876)
* Oegoconia deauratella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
* Oegoconia deluccai Amsel, 1952
* Pantacordis pallida (Staudinger, 1876)
* Symmoca signatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

### Batrachedridae

[edit]

* Batrachedra parvulipunctella Chretien, 1915

### Bedelliidae

[edit]

* Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller, 1847)

### Blastobasidae

[edit]

* Blastobasis phycidella (Zeller, 1839)

### Choreutidae

[edit]

* Choreutis nemorana (Hübner, 1799)
* Tebenna bjerkandrella (Thunberg, 1784)

### Coleophoridae

[edit]

* Coleophora binotapennella (Duponchel, 1843)
* Coleophora calycotomella Stainton, 1869
* Coleophora conyzae Zeller, 1868
* Coleophora crepidinella Zeller, 1847
* Coleophora jefreniensis Toll, 1954
* Coleophora luteolella Staudinger, 1880
* Coleophora pyrrhulipennella Zeller, 1839
* Coleophora semicinerea Staudinger, 1859
* Coleophora versurella Zeller, 1849
* Goniodoma limoniella (Stainton, 1884)

### Cosmopterigidae

[edit]

* Anatrachyntis badia (Hodges, 1962)
* Ascalenia acaciella Chretien, 1915
* Ascalenia echidnias (Meyrick, 1891)
* Bifascioides leucomelanella (Rebel, 1916)
* Coccidiphila gerasimovi Danilevsky, 1950
* Coccidiphila ledereriella (Zeller, 1850)
* Cosmopterix coryphaea Walsingham, 1908
* Cosmopterix pulchrimella Chambers, 1875
* Eteobalea intermediella (Riedl, 1966)
* Eteobalea serratella (Treitschke, 1833)
* Gisilia stereodoxa (Meyrick, 1925)
* Pyroderces argyrogrammos (Zeller, 1847)
* Pyroderces wolschrijni Koster & Sinev, 2003

### Cossidae

[edit]

* Zeuzera pyrina pyrina (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Zeuzera pyrina (Linnaeus, 1761)

### Crambidae

[edit]

* Achyra nudalis (Hübner, 1796)
* Agriphila trabeatellus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848)
* Anania crocealis (Hübner, 1796)
* Anania hortulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Anania lancealis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Anania testacealis (Zeller, 1847)
* Ancylolomia inornata Staudinger, 1870
* Ancylolomia pectinatellus (Zeller, 1847)
* Ancylolomia tentaculella (Hübner, 1796)
* Ancylolomia tripolitella Rebel, 1909
* Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel, 1833)
* Aporodes floralis (Hübner, 1809)
* Arnia nervosalis Guenee, 1849
* Cataonia erubescens (Christoph, 1877)
* Cornifrons ulceratalis Lederer, 1858
* Cynaeda dentalis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834)
* Dolicharthria bruguieralis (Duponchel, 1833)
* Duponchelia fovealis Zeller, 1847
* Euchromius cambridgei (Zeller, 1867)
* Euchromius ocellea (Haworth, 1811)
* Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973
* Eudonia angustea (Curtis, 1827)
* Evergestis desertalis (Hübner, 1813)
* Evergestis isatidalis (Duponchel, 1833)
* Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781)
* Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794)
* Hydriris ornatalis (Duponchel, 1832)
* Hyperlais nemausalis (Duponchel, 1834)
* Loxostege sticticalis (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Mecyna asinalis (Hübner, 1819)
* Metacrambus carectellus (Zeller, 1847)
* Metasia corsicalis (Duponchel, 1833)
* Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Nymphula nitidulata (Hufnagel, 1767)
* Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner, 1796)
* Palepicorsia ustrinalis (Christoph, 1877)
* Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794)
* Paracorsia repandalis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Pediasia siculellus (Duponchel, 1836)
* Pleuroptya ruralis (Scopoli, 1763)
* Pyrausta despicata (Scopoli, 1763)
* Pyrausta sanguinalis (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
* Tegostoma comparalis (Hübner, 1796)
* Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)
* Udea lutealis (Hübner, 1809)
* Uresiphita gilvata (Fabricius, 1794)

### Elachistidae

[edit]

* Agonopterix adspersella (Kollar, 1832)
* Agonopterix assimilella (Treitschke, 1832)
* Agonopterix propinquella (Treitschke, 1835)
* Agonopterix rutana (Fabricius, 1794)
* Agonopterix subpropinquella (Stainton, 1849)
* Agonopterix thapsiella (Zeller, 1847)
* Agonopterix vendettella (Chretien, 1908)
* Agonopterix yeatiana (Fabricius, 1781)
* Depressaria depressana (Fabricius, 1775)
* Depressaria marcella Rebel, 1901
* Depressaria veneficella Zeller, 1847
* Ethmia bipunctella (Fabricius, 1775)

### Erebidae

[edit]

* Anumeta cestis (Menetries, 1848)
* Anumeta hilgerti (Rothschild, 1909)
* Araeopteron ecphaea Hampson, 1914
* Autophila dilucida (Hübner, 1808)
* Autophila rosea (Staudinger, 1888)
* Autophila maura (Staudinger, 1888)
* Casama innotata (Walker, 1855)
* Catocala coniuncta (Esper, 1787)
* Catocala elocata (Esper, 1787)
* Catocala nymphaea (Esper, 1787)
* Catocala nymphagoga (Esper, 1787)
* Cerocala algiriae Oberthur, 1876
* Clytie illunaris (Hübner, 1813)
* Coscinia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Cymbalophora pudica (Esper, 1785)
* Dysauxes famula (Freyer, 1836)
* Dysgonia algira (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Dysgonia torrida (Guenee, 1852)
* Eilema caniola (Hübner, 1808)
* Eilema pygmaeola (Doubleday, 1847)
* Eublemma cochylioides (Guenee, 1852)
* Eublemma deleta (Staudinger, 1901)
* Eublemma deserta (Rothschild, 1909)
* Eublemma ostrina (Hübner, 1808)
* Eublemma parva (Hübner, 1808)
* Eublemma scitula Rambur, 1833
* Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Grammodes bifasciata (Petagna, 1787)
* Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
* Heteropalpia acrosticta (Puneler, 1904)
* Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1796)
* Hypena obsitalis (Hübner, 1813)
* Hypena proboscidalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lithosia quadra (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lymantria atlantica (Rambur, 1837)
* Metachrostis velocior (Staudinger, 1892)
* Metachrostis velox (Hübner, 1813)
* Minucia lunaris (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Nodaria nodosalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
* Odice suava (Hübner, 1813)
* Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1773)
* Orgyia trigotephras Boisduval, 1829
* Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858)
* Pechipogo plumigeralis Hübner, 1825
* Phragmatobia fuliginosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Schrankia costaestrigalis (Stephens, 1834)
* Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855)
* Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Zebeeba falsalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1839)

### Eriocottidae

[edit]

* Eriocottis fuscanella Zeller, 1847

### Euteliidae

[edit]

* Eutelia adulatrix (Hübner, 1813)

### Gelechiidae

[edit]

* Anarsia lineatella Zeller, 1839
* Apodia bifractella (Duponchel, 1843)
* Aproaerema anthyllidella (Hübner, 1813)
* Aproaerema anthyllidella anthylidella (Hübner, 1813)
* Crossobela trinotella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1856)
* Dichomeris acuminatus (Staudinger, 1876)
* Dichomeris lamprostoma (Zeller, 1847)
* Ephysteris iberica Povolny, 1977
* Ephysteris promptella (Staudinger, 1859)
* Epidola melitensis Amsel, 1955
* Eulamprotes nigritella (Zeller, 1847)
* Isophrictis kefersteiniellus (Zeller, 1850)
* Megacraspedus lativalvellus Amsel, 1954
* Mesophleps ochracella (Turati, 1926)
* Metzneria aestivella aestivella (Zeller, 1839)
* Metzneria aestivella (Zeller, 1839)
* Metzneria castiliella (Moschler, 1866)
* Metzneria torosulella (Rebel, 1893)
* Mirificarma eburnella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Ochrodia subdiminutella (Stainton, 1867)
* Ornativalva heluanensis (Debski, 1913)
* Ornativalva plutelliformis (Staudinger, 1859)
* Palumbina guerinii (Stainton, 1858)
* Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844)
* Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873)
* Platyedra subcinerea (Haworth, 1828)
* Pseudotelphusa paripunctella (Thunberg, 1794)
* Ptocheuusa paupella (Zeller, 1847)
* Recurvaria nanella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Scrobipalpa ergasima (Meyrick, 1916)
* Scrobipalpa halymella (Milliere, 1864)
* Scrobipalpa obsoletella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1841)
* Scrobipalpa ocellatella (Boyd, 1858)
* Scrobipalpa portosanctana (Stainton, 1859)
* Scrobipalpa traganella (Chretien, 1915)
* Scrobipalpa vicaria (Meyrick, 1921)
* Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier, 1789)
* Stomopteryx basalis (Staudinger, 1876)
* Syncopacma polychromella (Rebel, 1902)
* Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917)

### Geometridae

[edit]

* Aplocera efformata (Guenee, 1858)
* Apochima flabellaria (Heeger, 1838)
* Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Aspitates ochrearia (Rossi, 1794)
* Camptogramma bilineata (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Catarhoe basochesiata (Duponchel, 1831)
* Charissa mucidaria (Hübner, 1799)
* Charissa variegata (Duponchel, 1830)
* Chiasmia aestimaria (Hübner, 1809)
* Coenotephria ablutaria (Boisduval, 1840)
* Cyclophora puppillaria (Hübner, 1799)
* Eucrostes indigenata (de Villers, 1789)
* Eupithecia breviculata (Donzel, 1837)
* Eupithecia centaureata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Eupithecia innotata (Hufnagel, 1767)
* Eupithecia oxycedrata (Rambur, 1833)
* Eupithecia phoeniceata (Rambur, 1834)
* Eupithecia semigraphata Bruand, 1850
* Eupithecia ultimaria Boisduval, 1840
* Eupithecia venosata (Fabricius, 1787)
* Gymnoscelis rufifasciata (Haworth, 1809)
* Horisme exoletata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838)
* Idaea degeneraria (Hübner, 1799)
* Idaea determinata (Staudinger, 1876)
* Idaea distinctaria (Boisduval, 1840)
* Idaea elongaria (Rambur, 1833)
* Idaea fractilineata (Zeller, 1847)
* Idaea infirmaria (Rambur, 1833)
* Idaea inquinata (Scopoli, 1763)
* Idaea laevigata (Scopoli, 1763)
* Idaea longaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
* Idaea manicaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
* Idaea obsoletaria (Rambur, 1833)
* Idaea ochrata (Scopoli, 1763)
* Idaea rainerii Hausmann, 1994
* Idaea rusticata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Idaea seriata (Schrank, 1802)
* Isturgia arenacearia (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Isturgia disputaria (Guenee, 1858)
* Isturgia spodiaria (Lefebvre, 1832)
* Larentia clavaria (Haworth, 1809)
* Larentia malvata (Rambur, 1833)
* Lithostege fissurata Mabille, 1888
* Menophra japygiaria (O. Costa, 1849)
* Nycterosea obstipata (Fabricius, 1794)
* Phaiogramma etruscaria (Zeller, 1849)
* Phaiogramma faustinata (Milliere, 1868)
* Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Scopula asellaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)
* Scopula decolor (Staudinger, 1898)
* Scopula emutaria (Hübner, 1809)
* Scopula imitaria (Hübner, 1799)
* Scopula marginepunctata (Goeze, 1781)
* Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833)
* Scopula ornata (Scopoli, 1763)
* Scopula vigilata (Sohn-Rethel, 1929)
* Scotopteryx chenopodiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Thera cupressata (Geyer, 1831)
* Xanthorhoe disjunctaria (de La Harpe, 1860)

### Glyphipterigidae

[edit]

* Glyphipterix equitella (Scopoli, 1763)
* Glyphipterix equitella equitella (Scopoli, 1763)
* Glyphipterix simpliciella (Stephens, 1834)

### Gracillariidae

[edit]

* Caloptilia coruscans (Walsingham, 1907)
* Dialectica scalariella (Zeller, 1850)
* Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856

### Heliozelidae

[edit]

* Holocacista rivillei (Stainton, 1855)

### Lasiocampidae

[edit]

* Gastropacha quercifolia (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Gastropacha quercifolia quercifolia (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lasiocampa quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lasiocampa quercus quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lasiocampa trifolii (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Lasiocampa trifolii trifolii (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Malacosoma neustria (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Malacosoma neustria neustria (Linnaeus, 1758)

### Momphidae

[edit]

* Mompha subbistrigella (Haworth, 1828)

### Nepticulidae

[edit]

* Stigmella aurella (Fabricius, 1775)

### Noctuidae

[edit]

* Abrostola asclepiadis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Abrostola triplasia (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Acontia lucida (Hufnagel, 1766)
* Acontia trabealis (Scopoli, 1763)
* Aedia leucomelas (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Aegle semicana (Esper, 1798)
* Agrochola lychnidis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Agrochola lychnidis lychnidis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Agrotis catalaunensis (Milliere, 1873)
* Agrotis catalaunensis catalaunensis (Milliere, 1873)
* Agrotis haifae Staudinger, 1897
* Agrotis herzogi Rebel, 1911
* Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
* Agrotis lasserrei (Oberthur, 1881)
* Agrotis lata Treitschke, 1835
* Agrotis puta (Hübner, 1803)
* Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808)
* Agrotis trux (Hübner, 1824)
* Amphipyra tragopoginis (Clerck, 1759)
* Anarta deserticola (Hampson, 1905)
* Anarta trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766)
* Anarta sabulorum (Alpheraky, 1892)
* Anarta sabulorum pulverata (A. Bang-Haas, 1907)
* Aporophyla canescens (Duponchel, 1826)
* Aporophyla chioleuca (Herrich-Schäffer, 1850)
* Aporophyla chioleuca sammuti Fibiger, Yela, Zilli & Ronkay, 2010
* Aporophyla nigra (Haworth, 1809)
* Aporophyla nigra cinerea Staudinger, 1901
* Athetis hospes (Freyer, 1831)
* Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775)
* Bryophila raptricula (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827)
* Calophasia platyptera (Esper, 1788)
* Caradrina germainii (Duponchel, 1835)
* Caradrina flava Oberthur, 1876
* Caradrina vicina Staudinger, 1870
* Caradrina vicina castrensis Berio, 1981
* Caradrina clavipalpis Scopoli, 1763
* Caradrina flavirena Guenee, 1852
* Caradrina selini Boisduval, 1840
* Caradrina selini djebli Rungs, 1972
* Caradrina proxima Rambur, 1837
* Cerastis faceta (Treitschke, 1835)
* Chloantha hyperici (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
* Cleonymia chabordis (Oberthur, 1876)
* Condica viscosa (Freyer, 1831)
* Conisania luteago (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Conisania luteago luteago (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Cornutiplusia circumflexa (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Cryphia algae (Fabricius, 1775)
* Cryphia pallida (Baker, 1894)
* Ctenoplusia accentifera (Lefebvre, 1827)
* Cucullia biskrana Oberthur, 1918
* Cucullia calendulae Treitschke, 1835
* Cucullia chamomillae (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Cucullia syrtana Mabille, 1888
* Cucullia lychnitis Rambur, 1833
* Cucullia verbasci (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Denticucullus pygmina (Haworth, 1809)
* Diloba caeruleocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Dryobotodes tenebrosa (Esper, 1789)
* Episema grueneri Boisduval, 1837
* Eremohadena roseonitens (Oberthur, 1887)
* Euxoa canariensis Rebel, 1902
* Euxoa canariensis mauretanica (A. Bang-Haas, 1910)
* Euxoa distinguenda (Lederer, 1857)
* Gortyna xanthenes Germar, 1842
* Hadena sancta (Staudinger, 1859)
* Hadena sancta sancta (Staudinger, 1859)
* Hadena capsincola (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Hecatera cappa (Hübner, 1809)
* Hecatera weissi (Draudt, 1934)
* Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808)
* Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
* Heliothis peltigera (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Hoplodrina ambigua (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Lacanobia blenna (Hübner, 1824)
* Lacanobia oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
* Leucania punctosa (Treitschke, 1825)
* Leucania putrescens (Hübner, 1824)
* Leucania putrescens vallettai Boursin, 1952
* Leucania zeae (Duponchel, 1827)
* Luperina dumerilii (Duponchel, 1826)
* Luperina dumerilii dumerilli (Duponchel, 1826)
* Mamestra brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Melanchra persicariae (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Melanchra persicariae persicariae (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Mniotype deluccai (Berio, 1976)
* Mormo maura (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Mythimna albipuncta (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Mythimna l-album (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Mythimna languida (Walker, 1858)
* Mythimna vitellina (Hübner, 1808)
* Mythimna prominens (Walker, 1856)
* Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809)
* Mythimna sicula (Treitschke, 1835)
* Noctua comes Hübner, 1813
* Noctua janthe (Borkhausen, 1792)
* Noctua pronuba (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Noctua tirrenica Biebinger, Speidel & Hanigk, 1983
* Nonagria typhae (Thunberg, 1784)
* Nyctobrya muralis (Forster, 1771)
* Nyctobrya segunai Fibiger, Steiner, & Ronkay, 2009
* Ochropleura leucogaster (Freyer, 1831)
* Oria musculosa (Hübner, 1808)
* Peridroma saucia (Hübner, 1808)
* Phlogophora meticulosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Protoschinia scutosa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Pseudozarba bipartita (Herrich-Schäffer, 1850)
* Rhabinopteryx subtilis (Mabille, 1888)
* Scythocentropus inquinata (Mabille, 1888)
* Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857
* Sesamia nonagrioides Lefebvre, 1827
* Spodoptera cilium Guenee, 1852
* Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
* Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
* Synthymia fixa (Fabricius, 1787)
* Thalpophila vitalba (Freyer, 1834)
* Thysanoplusia circumscripta (Freyer, 1831)
* Thysanoplusia daubei (Boisduval, 1840)
* Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
* Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, 1803)
* Tyta luctuosa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Valeria oleagina (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Xanthia ruticilla (Esper, 1791)
* Xanthodes albago (Fabricius, 1794)
* Xestia c-nigrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Xestia xanthographa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Xylena solidaginis (Hübner, 1803)
* Xylena exsoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Xylena exsoleta exsoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Xylena exsoleta maltensis Fibiger, Sammut, Seguna & Catania, 2006

### Nolidae

[edit]

* Earias clorana (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
* Garella nilotica (Rogenhofer, 1882)
* Nola cristatula (Hübner, 1793)

### Oecophoridae

[edit]

* Batia lunaris (Haworth, 1828)
* Epicallima formosella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Esperia sulphurella (Fabricius, 1775)

### Plutellidae

[edit]

* Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)

### Praydidae

[edit]

* Prays citri (Milliere, 1873)
* Prays oleae (Bernard, 1788)

### Psychidae

[edit]

* Apterona helicinella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1846)
* Oiketicoides tedaldii (Heylaerts, 1881)
* Pachythelia villosella (Ochsenheimer, 1810)
* Penestoglossa dardoinella (Milliere, 1863)
* Phalacropterix apiformis (Rossi, 1790)
* Sciopetris melitensis Rebel, 1919

### Pterolonchidae

[edit]

* Pterolonche pulverulenta Zeller, 1847
* Pterolonche albescens Zeller, 1847
* Pterolonche vallettae Amsel, 1955

### Pterophoridae

[edit]

* Adaina microdactyla (Hübner, 1813)
* Agdistis frankeniae (Zeller, 1847)
* Agdistis melitensis Amsel, 1954
* Agdistis meridionalis (Zeller, 1847)
* Agdistis satanas Milliere, 1875
* Agdistis symmetrica Amsel, 1955
* Agdistis tamaricis (Zeller, 1847)
* Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (Hübner, 1813)
* Capperia hellenica Adamczewski, 1951
* Crombrugghia laetus (Zeller, 1847)
* Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Hellinsia carphodactyla (Hübner, 1813)
* Hellinsia inulae (Zeller, 1852)
* Merrifieldia malacodactylus (Zeller, 1847)
* Merrifieldia tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Porrittia galactodactyla (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Pterophorus ischnodactyla (Treitschke, 1835)
* Puerphorus olbiadactylus (Milliere, 1859)
* Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla (Scopoli, 1763)
* Stenoptilia pterodactyla (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Stenoptilia zophodactylus (Duponchel, 1840)
* Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

### Pyralidae

[edit]

* Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794)
* Acrobasis obtusella (Hübner, 1796)
* Aglossa caprealis (Hübner, 1809)
* Aglossa pinguinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Alophia combustella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
* Ancylodes pallens Ragonot, 1887
* Ancylosis convexella (Lederer, 1855)
* Ancylosis faustinella (Zeller, 1867)
* Ancylosis gracilella Ragonot, 1887
* Ancylosis harmoniella (Ragonot, 1887)
* Ancylosis nigripunctella (Staudinger, 1879)
* Ancylosis oblitella (Zeller, 1848)
* Ancylosis ochracea (Staudinger, 1870)
* Ancylosis partitella (Ragonot, 1887)
* Anerastia lotella (Hübner, 1813)
* Apomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller, 1839)
* Bostra obsoletalis (Mann, 1884)
* Bradyrrhoa cantenerella (Duponchel, 1837)
* Bradyrrhoa confiniella Zeller, 1848
* Cadra abstersella (Zeller, 1847)
* Cadra calidella (Guenee, 1845)
* Cadra cautella (Walker, 1863)
* Cadra figulilella (Gregson, 1871)
* Cathayia insularum (Speidel & Schmitz, 1991)
* Ceutholopha isidis (Zeller, 1867)
* Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton, 1866)
* Cryptoblabes gnidiella (Milliere, 1867)
* Delplanqueia dilutella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Denticera divisella (Duponchel, 1842)
* Dioryctria mendacella (Staudinger, 1859)
* Dioryctria pineae (Staudinger, 1859)
* Dioryctria sylvestrella (Ratzeburg, 1840)
* Ematheudes punctella (Treitschke, 1833)
* Endotricha flammealis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796)
* Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, 1879
* Ephestia unicolorella Staudinger, 1881
* Ephestia unicolorella woodiella Richards & Thomson, 1932
* Ephestia welseriella (Zeller, 1848)
* Epischnia asteris Staudinger, 1870
* Epischnia illotella Zeller, 1839
* Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832)
* Euzophera bigella (Zeller, 1848)
* Euzophera lunulella (O. Costa, 1836)
* Euzophera subcribrella Ragonot, 1887
* Euzopherodes vapidella (Mann, 1857)
* Faveria dionysia (Zeller, 1846)
* Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Gymnancyla canella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Homoeosoma nimbella (Duponchel, 1837)
* Homoeosoma sinuella (Fabricius, 1794)
* Hypotia corticalis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Hypotia infulalis Lederer, 1858
* Hypotia pectinalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838)
* Hypsopygia glaucinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Hypsotropa vulneratella (Zeller, 1847)
* Khorassania compositella (Treitschke, 1835)
* Lamoria anella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Loryma egregialis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838)
* Maradana fuscolimbalis (Ragonot, 1888)
* Metallostichodes nigrocyanella (Constant, 1865)
* Moitrelia hispanella Staudinger, 1859
* Moitrelia italogallicella (Milliere, 1882)
* Myelois circumvoluta (Fourcroy, 1785)
* Neurotomia coenulentella (Zeller, 1846)
* Nyctegretis ruminella La Harpe, 1860
* Oxybia transversella (Duponchel, 1836)
* Pempelia brephiella (Staudinger, 1879)
* Pempeliella sororiella Zeller, 1839
* Phycita diaphana (Staudinger, 1870)
* Phycita roborella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Phycitodes binaevella (Hübner, 1813)
* Phycitodes inquinatella (Ragonot, 1887)
* Phycitodes lacteella (Rothschild, 1915)
* Phycitodes saxicola (Vaughan, 1870)
* Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, 1813)
* Postemmalocera palaearctella (Turati, 1917)
* Pterothrixidia rufella (Duponchel, 1836)
* Pyralis farinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Stemmatophora brunnealis (Treitschke, 1829)
* Synaphe punctalis (Fabricius, 1775)

### Sesiidae

[edit]

* Bembecia tunetana (Le Cerf, 1920)
* Chamaesphecia aerifrons (Zeller, 1847)
* Chamaesphecia aerifrons aerifrons (Zeller, 1847)
* Chamaesphecia anthraciformis (Rambur, 1832)
* Synanthedon myopaeformis (Borkhausen, 1789)
* Synanthedon myopaeformis cruentata (Mann, 1859)

### Sphingidae

[edit]

* Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Hyles livornica (Esper, 1780)
* Hyles sammuti Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998
* Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758)

### Stathmopodidae

[edit]

* Neomariania partinicensis (Rebel, 1937)

### Tineidae

[edit]

* Ateliotum insulare (Rebel, 1896)
* Ceratuncus danubiella (Mann, 1866)
* Monopis obviella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Praeacedes atomosella (Walker, 1863)
* Reisserita mauretanica (Baker, 1885)
* Rhodobates unicolor (Staudinger, 1870)
* Trichophaga bipartitella (Ragonot, 1892)

### Tischeriidae

[edit]

* Coptotriche angusticollella (Duponchel, 1843)

### Tortricidae

[edit]

* Acleris variegana (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Acroclita subsequana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
* Aethes bilbaensis (Rossler, 1877)
* Aethes deaurana (Peyerimhoff, 1877)
* Aethes francillana (Fabricius, 1794)
* Aphelia peramplana (Hübner, 1825)
* Aphelia unitana (Hübner, [1796-99])
* Archips rosana (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Avaria hyerana (Milliere, 1858)
* Bactra furfurana (Haworth, 1811)
* Bactra lancealana (Hübner, 1799)
* Bactra robustana (Christoph, 1872)
* Bactra venosana (Zeller, 1847)
* Cacoecimorpha pronubana (Hübner, 1799)
* Clepsis consimilana (Hübner, 1817)
* Clepsis neglectana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
* Clepsis spectrana (Treitschke, 1830)
* Clepsis unicolorana (Duponchel, 1835)
* Cnephasia bizensis Real, 1953
* Cnephasia gueneeana (Duponchel, 1836)
* Cnephasia longana (Haworth, 1811)
* Cnephasia orientana (Alpheraky, 1876)
* Cochylidia heydeniana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
* Cochylimorpha decolorella (Zeller, 1839)
* Cochylimorpha straminea (Haworth, 1811)
* Cochylis molliculana Zeller, 1847
* Cochylis moguntiana (Rössler, 1864)
* Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847
* Cydia fagiglandana (Zeller, 1841)
* Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Cydia sammuti Diakonoff, 1986
* Cydia succedana (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Cydia ulicetana (Haworth, [1811])
* Enarmonia formosana (Scopoli, 1763)
* Endothenia marginana (Haworth, 1811)
* Epinotia thapsiana (Zeller, 1847)
* Eucosma cana (Haworth, 1811)
* Eucosma fulvana (Stephens, 1834)
* Fulvoclysia nerminae Koçak, 1982
* Grapholita molesta (Busck, 1916)
* Grapholita compositella (Fabricius, 1775)
* Grapholita lunulana (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Gypsonoma dealbana (Frolich, 1828)
* Hedya dimidiana (Clerck, 1759)
* Lobesia botrana (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Lobesia indusiana (Zeller, 1847)
* Lobesia limoniana (Millière, 1860)
* Lobesia porrectana (Zeller, 1847)
* Pammene fasciana (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Pelochrista hepatariana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
* Pelochrista mollitana (Zeller, 1847)
* Phalonidia contractana (Zeller, 1847)
* Phtheochroa duponchelana (Duponchel, 1843)
* Phtheochroa ochralana (Chretien, 1915)
* Phtheochroa rectangulana (Chretien, 1915)
* Pseudococcyx tessulatana (Staudinger, 1871)
* Rhyacionia buoliana (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Selania capparidana (Zeller, 1847)
* Selania leplastriana (Curtis, 1831)
* Spilonota ocellana (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

### Yponomeutidae

[edit]

* Yponomeuta evonymella (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Yponomeuta padella (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Zelleria oleastrella (Milliere, 1864)

## References

[edit]

## External links

[edit]

* Fauna Europaea

* v
* t
* e

List of butterflies of Europe

Sovereign states|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
*   * Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

States with limited
recognition|

* Abkhazia
* Kosovo
* Northern Cyprus
* South Ossetia
* Transnistria

Dependencies and
other entities|

* Åland
* Faroe Islands
* Gibraltar
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Jersey
* Svalbard

* v
* t
* e

List of moths of Europe

Sovereign states|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
*   * Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

States with limited
recognition|

* Abkhazia
* Kosovo
* Northern Cyprus
* South Ossetia
* Transnistria

Dependencies and
other entities|

* Åland
* Faroe Islands
* Gibraltar
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Jersey
* Svalbard

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template