Italian moths represent about 4,959 different types of moths. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
This is a list of moth species (families beginning A-E) which have been recorded in Italy, including San Marino, Sardinia, Sicily and Vatican City. Other parts of the list are at List of moths of Italy
Adelidae Adela albicinctella Mann, 1852 Adela australis (Heydenreich, 1851) Adela croesella (Scopoli, 1763) Adela cuprella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Adela mazzolella (Hübner, 1801) Adela paludicolella Zeller, 1850 Adela reaumurella (Linnaeus, 1758) Adela violella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Cauchas fibulella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Cauchas leucocerella (Scopoli, 1763) Cauchas rufifrontella (Treitschke, 1833) Cauchas rufimitrella (Scopoli, 1763) Nematopogon adansoniella (Villers, 1789) Nematopogon metaxella (Hübner, 1813) Nematopogon pilella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Nematopogon prolai (Hartig, 1941) Nematopogon robertella (Clerck, 1759) Nematopogon schwarziellus Zeller, 1839 Nematopogon sericinellus Zeller, 1847 Nematopogon swammerdamella (Linnaeus, 1758) Nemophora associatella (Zeller, 1839) Nemophora barbatellus (Zeller, 1847) Nemophora congruella (Zeller, 1839) Nemophora cupriacella (Hübner, 1819) Nemophora degeerella (Linnaeus, 1758) Nemophora fasciella (Fabricius, 1775) Nemophora metallica (Poda, 1761) Nemophora minimella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Nemophora ochsenheimerella (Hübner, 1813) Nemophora prodigellus (Zeller, 1853) Nemophora raddaella (Hübner, 1793) Nemophora violellus (Herrich-Schäffer in Stainton, 1851)
Alucitidae Alucita acutata Scholz & Jackh, 1994 Alucita bidentata Scholz & Jackh, 1994 Alucita cancellata (Meyrick, 1908) Alucita cymatodactyla Zeller, 1852 Alucita desmodactyla Zeller, 1847 Alucita grammodactyla Zeller, 1841 Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 Alucita huebneri Wallengren, 1859 Alucita iberica Scholz & Jackh, 1994 Alucita major (Rebel, 1906) Alucita palodactyla Zeller, 1847 Alucita tridentata Scholz & Jackh, 1994 Alucita zonodactyla Zeller, 1847 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 goedartella (Linnaeus, 1758) 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 amiantella (Zeller, 1847) Argyresthia arceuthina Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia bergiella (Ratzeburg, 1840) Argyresthia dilectella Zeller, 1847 Argyresthia glabratella (Zeller, 1847) Argyresthia illuminatella Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia laevigatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Argyresthia praecocella Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia trifasciata Staudinger, 1871
Autostichidae Apatema apolausticum Gozmány, 1996 Apatema impunctella Amsel, 1940 Apatema mediopallidum Walsingham, 1900 Aprominta cryptogamarum (Milliere, 1872) Deroxena venosulella (Moschler, 1862) Donaspastus bosellii (Hartig, 1941) Donaspastus liguricus Gozmány, 1977 Donaspastus pannonicus Gozmány, 1952 Dysspastus gracilellus (Turati, 1922) Dysspastus hartigi Gozmány, 1977 Dysspastus mediterraneus (Gozmány, 1957) Dysspastus perpygmaeella (Walsingham, 1901) Holcopogon bubulcellus (Staudinger, 1859) Nukusa praeditella (Rebel, 1891) Oecia oecophila (Staudinger, 1876) Oegoconia annae Sutter, 2007 Oegoconia caradjai Popescu-Gorj & Capuse, 1965 Oegoconia ceres Sutter, 2007 Oegoconia deauratella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Oegoconia huemeri Sutter, 2007 Oegoconia novimundi (Busck, 1915) Oegoconia uralskella Popescu-Gorj & Capuse, 1965 Orpecovalva acantha (Gozmány, 1963) Pantacordis pallida (Staudinger, 1876) Symmoca achrestella Rebel, 1889 Symmoca caliginella Mann, 1867 Symmoca cinerariella (Mann, 1859) Symmoca dolomitana Huemer & Gozmány, 1992 Symmoca italica Gozmány, 1962 Symmoca orphnella Rebel, 1893 Symmoca signatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Symmoca signella (Hübner, 1796) Symmoca tofosella Rebel, 1893 Symmocoides oxybiella (Milliere, 1872) Telephirca quadrifariella (Mann, 1855)
Batrachedridae Batrachedra parvulipunctella Chrétien, 1915 Batrachedra pinicolella (Zeller, 1839) Batrachedra praeangusta (Haworth, 1828)
Bedelliidae Bedellia ehikella Szocs, 1967 Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller, 1847)
Blastobasidae Blastobasis huemeri Sinev, 1993 Blastobasis magna Amsel, 1952 Blastobasis phycidella (Zeller, 1839) Hypatopa binotella (Thunberg, 1794) Hypatopa inunctella Zeller, 1839 Tecmerium anthophaga (Staudinger, 1870)
Brachodidae Brachodes appendiculata (Esper, 1783) Brachodes flavescens (Turati, 1919) Brachodes nana (Treitschke, 1834) Brachodes powelli (Oberthur, 1922) Brachodes pumila (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
Brahmaeidae Brahmaea europaea Hartig, 1963 Lemonia dumi (Linnaeus, 1761) Lemonia taraxaci (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Bucculatricidae Bucculatrix absinthii Gartner, 1865 Bucculatrix albedinella (Zeller, 1839) Bucculatrix albella Stainton, 1867 Bucculatrix albiguttella Milliere, 1886 Bucculatrix alpina Frey, 1870 Bucculatrix argentisignella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Bucculatrix artemisiella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Bucculatrix atagina Wocke, 1876 Bucculatrix bechsteinella (Bechstein & Scharfenberg, 1805) Bucculatrix benacicolella Hartig, 1937 Bucculatrix bicolorella Chrétien, 1915 Bucculatrix cantabricella Chrétien, 1898 Bucculatrix cidarella (Zeller, 1839) Bucculatrix clavenae Klimesch, 1950 Bucculatrix cristatella (Zeller, 1839) Bucculatrix demaryella (Duponchel, 1840) Bucculatrix fatigatella Heyden, 1863 Bucculatrix frangutella (Goeze, 1783) Bucculatrix gnaphaliella (Treitschke, 1833) Bucculatrix helichrysella Constant, 1889 Bucculatrix herbalbella Chrétien, 1915 Bucculatrix lavaterella Milliere, 1865 Bucculatrix maritima Stainton, 1851 Bucculatrix nigricomella (Zeller, 1839) Bucculatrix noltei Petry, 1912 Bucculatrix ratisbonensis Stainton, 1861 Bucculatrix santolinella Walsingham, 1898 Bucculatrix telavivella Amsel, 1935 Bucculatrix thoracella (Thunberg, 1794) Bucculatrix ulmella Zeller, 1848 Bucculatrix ulmifoliae M. Hering, 1931
Carposinidae Carposina berberidella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Castniidae Paysandisia archon (Burmeister, 1880)
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 nemorana (Hübner, 1799) Choreutis pariana (Clerck, 1759) Prochoreutis holotoxa (Meyrick, 1903) Prochoreutis myllerana (Fabricius, 1794) Prochoreutis stellaris (Zeller, 1847) Tebenna bjerkandrella (Thunberg, 1784) Tebenna micalis (Mann, 1857) Tebenna pretiosana (Duponchel, 1842)
Cimeliidae Axia margarita (Hübner, 1813)
Coleophoridae Augasma aeratella (Zeller, 1839) Coleophora absinthii Wocke, 1877 Coleophora acrisella Milliere, 1872 Coleophora acutiphaga Baldizzone, 1982 Coleophora adelogrammella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora adjectella Hering, 1937 Coleophora adjunctella Hodgkinson, 1882 Coleophora adspersella Benander, 1939 Coleophora aestuariella Bradley, 1984 Coleophora aethiops Wocke, 1877 Coleophora afrosarda Baldizzone & Kaltenbach, 1983 Coleophora ahenella Heinemann, 1877 Coleophora albella (Thunberg, 1788) Coleophora albicans Zeller, 1849 Coleophora albicella Constant, 1885 Coleophora albicosta (Haworth, 1828) Coleophora albicostella (Duponchel, 1842) Coleophora albidella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Coleophora albilineella Toll, 1960 Coleophora albitarsella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora albulae Frey, 1880 Coleophora alcyonipennella (Kollar, 1832) Coleophora aleramica Baldizzone & Stubner, 2007 Coleophora algeriensis Toll, 1952 Coleophora algidella Staudinger, 1857 Coleophora alnifoliae Barasch, 1934 Coleophora alticolella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora altivagella Toll, 1952 Coleophora amellivora Baldizzone, 1979 Coleophora anatipenella (Hübner, 1796) Coleophora angustiorella Fuchs, 1903 Coleophora antennariella Herrich-Schäffer, 1861 Coleophora arctostaphyli Meder, 1934 Coleophora argenteonivea Walsingham, 1907 Coleophora argentula (Stephens, 1834) Coleophora artemisicolella Bruand, 1855 Coleophora asteris Muhlig, 1864 Coleophora asthenella Constant, 1893 Coleophora astragalella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora auricella (Fabricius, 1794) Coleophora badiipennella (Duponchel, 1843) Coleophora ballotella (Fischer v. Röslerstamm, 1839) Coleophora barbaricina Baldizzone, 1980 Coleophora bassii Baldizzone, 1989 Coleophora betulella Heinemann, 1877 Coleophora bifrondella Walsingham, 1891 Coleophora bilineatella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora bilineella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Coleophora binderella (Kollar, 1832) Coleophora breviuscula Staudinger, 1880 Coleophora brunneosignata Toll, 1944 Coleophora caelebipennella Zeller, 1839 Coleophora caespititiella Zeller, 1839 Coleophora calycotomella Stainton, 1869 Coleophora cecidophorella Oudejans, 1972 Coleophora chamaedriella Bruand, 1852 Coleophora chiclanensis Hering, 1936 Coleophora chretieni Baldizzone, 1979 Coleophora chrysanthemi Hofmann, 1869 Coleophora ciconiella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Coleophora cinerea Toll, 1953 Coleophora colutella (Fabricius, 1794) Coleophora congeriella Staudinger, 1859 Coleophora conspicuella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora conyzae Zeller, 1868 Coleophora coracipennella (Hübner, 1796) Coleophora coronillae Zeller, 1849 Coleophora corsicella Walsingham, 1898 Coleophora coxi Baldizzone & van der Wolf, 2007 Coleophora crepidinella Zeller, 1847 Coleophora currucipennella Zeller, 1839 Coleophora cyrniella Rebel, 1926 Coleophora cythisanthi Baldizzone, 1978 Coleophora deauratella Lienig & Zeller, 1846 Coleophora delmastroella Baldizzone, 2000 Coleophora dentiferella Toll, 1952 Coleophora derasofasciella Klimesch, 1952 Coleophora deviella Zeller, 1847 Coleophora dianthi Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Coleophora dianthivora Walsingham, 1901 Coleophora didymella Chrétien, 1899 Coleophora dignella Toll, 1961 Coleophora directella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora discordella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora ditella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora etrusca Baldizzone, 1990 Coleophora eupreta Walsingham, 1907 Coleophora expressella Klemensiewicz, 1902 Coleophora fiorii Toll, 1954 Coleophora flaviella Mann, 1857 Coleophora flavipennella (Duponchel, 1843) Coleophora follicularis (Vallot, 1802) Coleophora frankii Schmidt, 1886 Coleophora fretella Zeller, 1847 Coleophora fringillella Zeller, 1839 Coleophora frischella (Linnaeus, 1758) Coleophora fuscociliella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora fuscocuprella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Coleophora galatellae Hering, 1942 Coleophora galbulipennella Zeller, 1838 Coleophora gallipennella (Hübner, 1796) Coleophora gallurella Amsel, 1951 Coleophora gardesanella Toll, 1954 Coleophora gaviaepennella Toll, 1952 Coleophora genistae Stainton, 1857 Coleophora glaucicolella Wood, 1892 Coleophora glitzella Hofmann, 1869 Coleophora graminicolella Heinemann, 1876 Coleophora granulatella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora gryphipennella (Hübner, 1796) Coleophora halophilella Zimmermann, 1926 Coleophora hartigi Toll, 1944 Coleophora helianthemella Milliere, 1870 Coleophora helichrysiella Krone, 1909 Coleophora hemerobiella (Scopoli, 1763) Coleophora hieronella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora ibipennella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora insulicola Toll, 1942 Coleophora inulae Wocke, 1877 Coleophora juncicolella Stainton, 1851 Coleophora kautzi Rebel, 1933 Coleophora kroneella Fuchs, 1899 Coleophora kuehnella (Goeze, 1783) Coleophora laricella (Hübner, 1817) Coleophora lassella Staudinger, 1859 Coleophora lessinica Baldizzone, 1980