The Lepidoptera of the Faroe Islands consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the Faroe Islands.
According to a recent estimate, there are a total of 111 Lepidoptera species present in the Faroe Islands.
Butterflies There are no butterflies on the Faroe Islands.
Moths Coleophoridae Coleophora glaucicolella Wood, 1892
Coleophoridae Coleophora versurella Zeller, 1849
Crambidae Catoptria furcatellus (Zetterstedt, 1839) Catoptria margaritella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Crambus ericella (Hübner, 1813) Crambus pascuella (Linnaeus, 1758) Loxostege sticticalis (Linnaeus, 1761) Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Scoparia ambigualis (Treitschke, 1829) Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796) Udea lutealis (Hübner, 1809)
Elachistidae Depressaria badiella (Hübner, 1796)
Erebidae Arctia caja (Linnaeus, 1758) Catocala fraxini (Linnaeus, 1758) Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus, 1758) Scoliopteryx libatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gelechiidae Scrobipalpa samadensis (Pfaffenzeller, 1870)
Geometridae Abraxas grossulariata (Linnaeus, 1758) Chloroclysta miata (Linnaeus, 1758) Chloroclysta siterata (Hufnagel, 1767) Dysstroma citrata (Linnaeus, 1761) Dysstroma truncata (Hufnagel, 1767) Entephria caesiata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Eupithecia nanata (Hübner, 1813) Eupithecia pusillata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Eupithecia satyrata (Hübner, 1813) Eupithecia venosata (Fabricius, 1787) Mesotype didymata (Linnaeus, 1758) Nycterosea obstipata (Fabricius, 1794) Operophtera brumata (Linnaeus, 1758) Perizoma albulata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Perizoma blandiata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Thera cognata (Thunberg, 1792) Xanthorhoe decoloraria (Esper, 1806) Xanthorhoe designata (Hufnagel, 1767) Xanthorhoe fluctuata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gracillariidae Aspilapteryx tringipennella (Zeller, 1839)
Hepialidae Hepialus humuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
Noctuidae Agrochola circellaris (Hufnagel, 1766) Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Amphipoea crinanensis (Burrows, 1908) Amphipoea lucens (Freyer, 1845) Amphipyra tragopoginis (Clerck, 1759) Anaplectoides prasina (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Anarta trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766) Apamea crenata (Hufnagel, 1766) Apamea exulis (Lefebvre, 1836) Apamea monoglypha (Hufnagel, 1766) Apamea remissa (Hübner, 1809) Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758) Autographa pulchrina (Haworth, 1809) Celaena haworthii (Curtis, 1829) Cerapteryx graminis (Linnaeus, 1758) Diarsia mendica (Fabricius, 1775) Enargia paleacea (Esper, 1788) Eupsilia transversa (Hufnagel, 1766) Eurois occulta (Linnaeus, 1758) Hada plebeja (Linnaeus, 1761) Helotropha leucostigma (Hübner, 1808) Hydraecia micacea (Esper, 1789) Hypocoena stigmatica (Eversmann, 1855) Lycophotia porphyrea (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Mamestra brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) Mesapamea secalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Mniotype adusta (Esper, 1790) Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809) Noctua orbona (Hufnagel, 1766) Noctua pronuba (Linnaeus, 1758) Parastichtis suspecta (Hübner, 1817) Peridroma saucia (Hübner, 1808) Phlogophora meticulosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Rhizedra lutosa (Hübner, 1803) Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Standfussiana lucernea (Linnaeus, 1758) Trigonophora flammea (Esper, 1785) Xanthia icteritia (Hufnagel, 1766) Xestia c-nigrum (Linnaeus, 1758) Xestia alpicola (Zetterstedt, 1839) Xylena vetusta (Hübner, 1813)
Oecophoridae Endrosis sarcitrella (Linnaeus, 1758) Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Stainton, 1849)
Plutellidae Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758) Rhigognostis annulatella (Curtis, 1832) Rhigognostis senilella (Zetterstedt, 1839)
Pterophoridae Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (Hübner, 1813) Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla (Scopoli, 1763)
Pyralidae Dioryctria abietella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, 1879 Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, 1813)
Sphingidae Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758) Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758) Hyles euphorbiae (Linnaeus, 1758) Hyles gallii (Rottemburg, 1775) Hyles livornica (Esper, 1780)
Tineidae Monopis laevigella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Tinea pallescentella Stainton, 1851
Tortricidae Acleris aspersana (Hübner, 1817) Acleris comariana (Lienig & Zeller, 1846) Acleris maccana (Treitschke, 1835) Acleris notana (Donovan, 1806) Acleris sparsana (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Bactra lancealana (Hübner, 1799) Eana osseana (Scopoli, 1763) Epinotia caprana (Fabricius, 1798) Epinotia mercuriana (Frolich, 1828) Epinotia solandriana (Linnaeus, 1758) Lobesia littoralis (Westwood & Humphreys, 1845) Phiaris schulziana (Fabricius, 1776) Zeiraphera griseana (Hübner, 1799)
External links Fauna Europaea