There are about 2,638 species of moth in Sweden. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Sweden.
Adelidae Adela croesella (Scopoli, 1763) Adela cuprella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Adela reaumurella (Linnaeus, 1758) Cauchas breviantennella Nielsen & Johansson, 1980 Cauchas fibulella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Cauchas rufimitrella (Scopoli, 1763) Nematopogon adansoniella (Villers, 1789) Nematopogon magna (Zeller, 1878) Nematopogon metaxella (Hübner, 1813) Nematopogon pilella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Nematopogon robertella (Clerck, 1759) Nematopogon schwarziellus Zeller, 1839 Nematopogon swammerdamella (Linnaeus, 1758) Nemophora amatella (Staudinger, 1892) Nemophora bellela (Walker, 1863) Nemophora cupriacella (Hübner, 1819) Nemophora degeerella (Linnaeus, 1758) Nemophora dumerilella (Duponchel, 1839) Nemophora metallica (Poda, 1761) Nemophora minimella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Alucitidae Alucita grammodactyla Zeller, 1841 Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 Pterotopteryx dodecadactyla Hübner, 1813
Argyresthiidae Argyresthia abdominalis Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia albistria (Haworth, 1828) Argyresthia aurulentella Stainton, 1849 Argyresthia bonnetella (Linnaeus, 1758) Argyresthia brockeella (Hübner, 1813) Argyresthia conjugella Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia curvella (Linnaeus, 1761) Argyresthia fundella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1835) Argyresthia glaucinella Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia goedartella (Linnaeus, 1758) Argyresthia ivella (Haworth, 1828) Argyresthia pruniella (Clerck, 1759) Argyresthia pulchella Lienig & Zeller, 1846 Argyresthia pygmaeella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Argyresthia retinella Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia semifusca (Haworth, 1828) Argyresthia semitestacella (Curtis, 1833) Argyresthia sorbiella (Treitschke, 1833) Argyresthia spinosella Stainton, 1849 Argyresthia submontana Frey, 1871 Argyresthia arceuthina Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia bergiella (Ratzeburg, 1840) Argyresthia dilectella Zeller, 1847 Argyresthia glabratella (Zeller, 1847) Argyresthia laevigatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Argyresthia praecocella Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia trifasciata Staudinger, 1871
Autostichidae Oegoconia deauratella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Batrachedridae Batrachedra pinicolella (Zeller, 1839) Batrachedra praeangusta (Haworth, 1828)
Bedelliidae Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller, 1847)
Blastobasidae Hypatopa binotella (Thunberg, 1794) Hypatopa inunctella Zeller, 1839 Hypatopa segnella (Zeller, 1873)
Brahmaeidae Lemonia dumi (Linnaeus, 1761)
Bucculatricidae Bucculatrix absinthii Gartner, 1865 Bucculatrix albedinella (Zeller, 1839) Bucculatrix artemisiella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Bucculatrix bechsteinella (Bechstein & Scharfenberg, 1805) Bucculatrix cidarella (Zeller, 1839) Bucculatrix cristatella (Zeller, 1839) Bucculatrix demaryella (Duponchel, 1840) Bucculatrix frangutella (Goeze, 1783) Bucculatrix gnaphaliella (Treitschke, 1833) Bucculatrix humiliella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Bucculatrix laciniatella Benander, 1931 Bucculatrix maritima Stainton, 1851 Bucculatrix nigricomella (Zeller, 1839) Bucculatrix ratisbonensis Stainton, 1861 Bucculatrix thoracella (Thunberg, 1794) Bucculatrix ulmella Zeller, 1848
Chimabachidae Dasystoma salicella (Hübner, 1796) Diurnea fagella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Diurnea lipsiella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Choreutidae Anthophila fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767) Choreutis diana (Hübner, 1822) Choreutis pariana (Clerck, 1759) Prochoreutis myllerana (Fabricius, 1794) Prochoreutis sehestediana (Fabricius, 1776) Prochoreutis ultimana (Krulikovsky, 1909) Tebenna bjerkandrella (Thunberg, 1784)
Coleophoridae Augasma aeratella (Zeller, 1839) Coleophora absinthii Wocke, 1877 Coleophora adelogrammella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora adjectella Hering, 1937 Coleophora adjunctella Hodgkinson, 1882 Coleophora adspersella Benander, 1939 Coleophora ahenella Heinemann, 1877 Coleophora albella (Thunberg, 1788) Coleophora albicans Zeller, 1849 Coleophora albidella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Coleophora albitarsella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora alcyonipennella (Kollar, 1832) Coleophora alnifoliae Barasch, 1934 Coleophora alticolella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora amellivora Baldizzone, 1979 Coleophora anatipenella (Hübner, 1796) Coleophora antennariella Herrich-Schäffer, 1861 Coleophora arctostaphyli Meder, 1934 Coleophora argentula (Stephens, 1834) Coleophora artemisicolella Bruand, 1855 Coleophora asteris Muhlig, 1864 Coleophora atriplicis Meyrick, 1928 Coleophora badiipennella (Duponchel, 1843) Coleophora betulella Heinemann, 1877 Coleophora binderella (Kollar, 1832) Coleophora boreella Benander, 1939 Coleophora brevipalpella Wocke, 1874 Coleophora caelebipennella Zeller, 1839 Coleophora caespititiella Zeller, 1839 Coleophora chalcogrammella Zeller, 1839 Coleophora clypeiferella Hofmann, 1871 Coleophora colutella (Fabricius, 1794) Coleophora conspicuella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora conyzae Zeller, 1868 Coleophora cornutella Herrich-Schäffer, 1861 Coleophora currucipennella Zeller, 1839 Coleophora deauratella Lienig & Zeller, 1846 Coleophora dianthi Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Coleophora directella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora discordella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora expressella Klemensiewicz, 1902 Coleophora flavipennella (Duponchel, 1843) Coleophora follicularis (Vallot, 1802) Coleophora frischella (Linnaeus, 1758) Coleophora fuscocuprella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Coleophora galbulipennella Zeller, 1838 Coleophora gallipennella (Hübner, 1796) Coleophora genistae Stainton, 1857 Coleophora glaucicolella Wood, 1892 Coleophora glitzella Hofmann, 1869 Coleophora gnaphalii Zeller, 1839 Coleophora graminicolella Heinemann, 1876 Coleophora granulatella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora gryphipennella (Hübner, 1796) Coleophora hackmani (Toll, 1953) Coleophora hemerobiella (Scopoli, 1763) Coleophora hydrolapathella Hering, 1921 Coleophora ibipennella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora idaeella Hofmann, 1869 Coleophora jaernaensis Bjorklund & Palm, 2002 Coleophora juncicolella Stainton, 1851 Coleophora kuehnella (Goeze, 1783) Coleophora kyffhusana Petry, 1898 Coleophora laricella (Hübner, 1817) Coleophora lassella Staudinger, 1859 Coleophora ledi Stainton, 1860 Coleophora limosipennella (Duponchel, 1843) Coleophora lineolea (Haworth, 1828) Coleophora lithargyrinella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora lixella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora lusciniaepennella (Treitschke, 1833) Coleophora lutipennella (Zeller, 1838) Coleophora maritimella Newman, 1863 Coleophora mayrella (Hübner, 1813) Coleophora millefolii Zeller, 1849 Coleophora milvipennis Zeller, 1839 Coleophora murinella Tengstrom, 1848 Coleophora niveicostella Zeller, 1839 Coleophora nutantella Muhlig & Frey, 1857 Coleophora obscuripalpella Kanerva, 1941 Coleophora ochrea (Haworth, 1828) Coleophora onobrychiella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora orbitella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora otidipennella (Hübner, 1817) Coleophora paeltsaella Palmqvist & Hellberg, 1999 Coleophora pappiferella Hofmann, 1869 Coleophora paradrymidis Toll, 1949 Coleophora paripennella Zeller, 1839 Coleophora parthenogenella Falck, 2010 Coleophora partitella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora pennella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Coleophora peri Svensson, 1976 Coleophora peribenanderi Toll, 1943 Coleophora plumbella Kanerva, 1941 Coleophora potentillae Elisha, 1885 Coleophora prunifoliae Doets, 1944 Coleophora pulmonariella Ragonot, 1874 Coleophora pyrrhulipennella Zeller, 1839 Coleophora ramosella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora salicorniae Heinemann & Wocke, 1877 Coleophora saponariella Heeger, 1848 Coleophora saturatella Stainton, 1850 Coleophora saxicolella (Duponchel, 1843) Coleophora scabrida Toll, 1959 Coleophora serratella (Linnaeus, 1761) Coleophora siccifolia Stainton, 1856 Coleophora solitariella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora spinella (Schrank, 1802) Coleophora squalorella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora squamosella Stainton, 1856 Coleophora sternipennella (Zetterstedt, 1839) Coleophora striatipennella Nylander in Tengstrom, 1848 Coleophora succursella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Coleophora svenssoni Baldizzone, 1985 Coleophora sylvaticella Wood, 1892 Coleophora taeniipennella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Coleophora tamesis Waters, 1929 Coleophora tanaceti Muhlig, 1865 Coleophora therinella Tengstrom, 1848 Coleophora thulea Johansson, 1967 Coleophora trifolii (Curtis, 1832) Coleophora trigeminella Fuchs, 1881 Coleophora trochilella (Duponchel, 1843) Coleophora uliginosella Glitz, 1872 Coleophora unigenella Svensson, 1966 Coleophora vacciniella Herrich-Schäffer, 1861 Coleophora versurella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora vestianella (Linnaeus, 1758) Coleophora vibicigerella Zeller, 1839 Coleophora violacea (Strom, 1783) Coleophora virgaureae Stainton, 1857 Coleophora vitisella Gregson, 1856 Coleophora vulnerariae Zeller, 1839 Coleophora zelleriella Heinemann, 1854 Metriotes lutarea (Haworth, 1828)
Cosmopterigidae Cosmopterix lienigiella Zeller, 1846 Cosmopterix orichalcea Stainton, 1861 Cosmopterix scribaiella Zeller, 1850 Cosmopterix zieglerella (Hübner, 1810) Eteobalea anonymella (Riedl, 1965) Eteobalea tririvella (Staudinger, 1870) Limnaecia phragmitella Stainton, 1851 Pancalia leuwenhoekella (Linnaeus, 1761) Pancalia schwarzella (Fabricius, 1798) Sorhagenia janiszewskae Riedl, 1962 Sorhagenia lophyrella (Douglas, 1846) Sorhagenia rhamniella (Zeller, 1839)
Cossidae Acossus terebra (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Cossus cossus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phragmataecia castaneae (Hübner, 1790) Zeuzera pyrina (Linnaeus, 1761)
Crambidae Acentria ephemerella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Agriphila biarmicus (Tengstrom, 1865) Agriphila deliella (Hübner, 1813) Agriphila geniculea (Haworth, 1811) Agriphila inquinatella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Agriphila latistria (Haworth, 1811) Agriphila poliellus (Treitschke, 1832) Agriphila selasella (Hübner, 1813) Agriphila straminella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Agriphila tristella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Agrotera nemoralis (Scopoli, 1763) Anania coronata (Hufnagel, 1767) Anania crocealis (Hübner, 1796) Anania funebris (Strom, 1768) Anania fuscalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Anania hortulata (Linnaeus, 1758) Anania lancealis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Anania perlucidalis (Hübner, 1809) Anania stachydalis (Germar, 1821) Anania terrealis (Treitschke, 1829) Anania verbascalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel, 1833) Atralata albofascialis (Treitschke, 1829) Calamotropha paludella (Hübner, 1824) Cataclysta lemnata (Linnaeus, 1758) Catoptria falsella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Catoptria fulgidella (Hübner, 1813) Catoptria furcatellus (Zetterstedt, 1839) Catoptria lythargyrella (Hübner, 1796) Catoptria maculalis (Zetterstedt, 1839) Catoptria margaritella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Catoptria osthelderi (Lattin, 1950) Catoptria permutatellus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848) Catoptria pinella (Linnaeus, 1758) Catoptria verellus (Zincken, 1817) Chilo phragmitella (Hübner, 1805) Chrysoteuchia culmella (Linnaeus, 1758) Crambus alienellus Germar & Kaulfuss, 1817 Crambus ericella (Hübner, 1813) Crambus hamella (Thunberg, 1788) Crambus heringiellus Herrich-Schäffer, 1848 Crambus lathoniellus (Zincken, 1817) Crambus pascuella (Linnaeus, 1758) Crambus perlella (Scopoli, 1763) Crambus pratella (Linnaeus, 1758) Crambus silvella (Hübner, 1813) Crambus uliginosellus Zeller, 1850 Cynaeda dentalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Diasemia reticularis (Linnaeus, 1761) Dolicharthria punctalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Donacaula forficella (Thunberg, 1794) Donacaula mucronella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Elophila nymphaeata (Linnaeus, 1758) Epascestria pustulalis (Hübner, 1823) Euchromius ocellea (Haworth, 1811) Eudonia aequalis Kyrki & Svensson, 1986 Eudonia alpina (Curtis, 1850) Eudonia lacustrata (Panzer, 1804) Eudonia laetella (Zeller, 1846) Eudonia mercurella (Linnaeus, 1758) Eudonia murana (Curtis, 1827) Eudonia pallida (Curtis, 1827) Eudonia sudetica (Zeller, 1839)