List of moths of Russia

Location of Russia

Moths of Russia represent the lionshare of the about 8,900 known Lepidoptera species of Russia. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

This page provides a link to detailed lists of moth species which have been recorded in Russia.

Lists based on superfamilies

• List of moths of Russia (superfamilies Micropterigoidea to Yponomeutoidea): Micropterigoidea: Micropterigidae, Eriocraniidae, Hepialidae; Nepticuloidea: Nepticulidae, Opostegidae; Incurvarioidea: Heliozelidae, Adelidae, Prodoxidae, Incurvariidae; Tischerioidea: Tischeriidae; Tineoidea: Tineidae, Galacticidae, Eriocottidae, Lypusidae, Psychidae; Gracillarioidea: Douglasiidae, Bucculatricidae, Gracillariidae; Yponomeutoidea: Yponomeutidae, Ypsolophidae, Plutellidae, Acrolepiidae, Glyphipterigidae, Heliodinidae, Lyonetiidae, Bedelliidae.
• List of moths of Russia (superfamily Gelechioidea): Gelechioidea: Ethmiidae, Depressariidae, Peleopodidae, Elachistidae, Agonoxenidae, Scythrididae, Xyloryctidae, Chimabachidae, Oecophoridae, Lecithoceridae, Stathmopodidae, Batrachedridae, Coleophoridae, Momphidae, Blastobasidae, Autostichidae, Amphisbatidae, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiidae, Gelechiidae.
• List of moths of Russia (superfamilies Zygaenoidea to Tortricoidea): Zygaenoidea: Limacodidae, Zygaenidae; Sesioidea: Brachodidae, Sesiidae; Cossoidea: Cossidae; Tortricoidea: Tortricidae.
• List of moths of Russia (superfamilies Choreutoidea to Thyridoidea): Choreutoidea: Choreutidae; Urodoidea: Urodidae; Schreckensteinioidea: Schreckensteiniidae; Epermenioidea: Epermeniidae; Alucitoidea: Alucitidae; Pterophoroidea: Pterophoridae; Copromorphoidea: Carposinidae; Thyridoidea: Thyrididae.
• List of moths of Russia (superfamilies Pyraloidea to Drepanoidea): Pyraloidea: Pyralidae, Crambidae; Cimelioidea: Cimeliidae; Calliduloidae: Callidulidae; Drepanoidea: Epicopeiidae, Thyatiridae, Drepanidae.
• List of moths of Russia (superfamilies Geometroidea and Bombycoidea): Geometroidea: Uraniidae, Geometridae; Bombycoidea: Lasiocampidae, Bombycidae, Endromididae, Saturniidae, Lemoniidae, Brahmaeidae, Sphingidae.
• List of moths of Russia (superfamily Noctuoidea): Noctuoidea: Notodontidae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Micronoctuidae, Arctiidae, Syntomidae.

See also

• List of butterflies of Russia
• List of the butterflies of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast

References

• Sinev, S.Y. (Ed.) 2008: Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. St. Petersburg-Moscow: KMK Press, 425 p.
• Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview

External links

• Fauna Europaea