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 F-M) 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.
Gelechiidae Acompsia cinerella (Clerck, 1759) Acompsia delmastroella Huemer, 1998 Acompsia maculosella (Stainton, 1851) Acompsia minorella Rebel, 1899 Acompsia tripunctella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Acompsia schmidtiellus (Heyden, 1848) Altenia scriptella (Hübner, 1796) Anacampsis blattariella (Hübner, 1796) Anacampsis hirsutella (Constant, 1885) Anacampsis obscurella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Anacampsis populella (Clerck, 1759) Anacampsis scintillella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1841) Anacampsis temerella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846) Anacampsis timidella (Wocke, 1887) Anacampsis trifoliella (Constant, 1890) Anarsia lineatella Zeller, 1839 Anarsia spartiella (Schrank, 1802) Anasphaltis renigerellus (Zeller, 1839) Apatetris mediterranella Nel & Varenne, 2012 Apodia bifractella (Duponchel, 1843) Aproaerema anthyllidella (Hübner, 1813) Argolamprotes micella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Aristotelia brizella (Treitschke, 1833) Aristotelia decoratella (Staudinger, 1879) Aristotelia decurtella (Hübner, 1813) Aristotelia ericinella (Zeller, 1839) Aristotelia heliacella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Aristotelia staticella Milliere, 1876 Aristotelia subdecurtella (Stainton, 1859) Aristotelia subericinella (Duponchel, 1843) Aroga aristotelis (Milliere, 1876) Aroga flavicomella (Zeller, 1839) Aroga pascuicola (Staudinger, 1871) Aroga velocella (Duponchel, 1838) Athrips amoenella (Frey, 1882) Athrips mouffetella (Linnaeus, 1758) Athrips nigricostella (Duponchel, 1842) Athrips rancidella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Atremaea lonchoptera Staudinger, 1871 Brachmia blandella (Fabricius, 1798) Brachmia dimidiella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Brachmia procursella Rebel, 1903 Bryotropha affinis (Haworth, 1828) Bryotropha arabica Amsel, 1952 Bryotropha desertella (Douglas, 1850) Bryotropha domestica (Haworth, 1828) Bryotropha dryadella (Zeller, 1850) Bryotropha figulella (Staudinger, 1859) Bryotropha galbanella (Zeller, 1839) Bryotropha gallurella Amsel, 1952 Bryotropha hendrikseni Karsholt & Rutten, 2005 Bryotropha italica Karsholt & Rutten, 2005 Bryotropha pallorella Amsel, 1952 Bryotropha plebejella (Zeller, 1847) Bryotropha sattleri Nel, 2003 Bryotropha senectella (Zeller, 1839) Bryotropha similis (Stainton, 1854) Bryotropha sutteri Karsholt & Rutten, 2005 Bryotropha terrella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Carpatolechia aenigma (Sattler, 1983) Carpatolechia alburnella (Zeller, 1839) Carpatolechia decorella (Haworth, 1812) Carpatolechia fugacella (Zeller, 1839) Carpatolechia fugitivella (Zeller, 1839) Carpatolechia notatella (Hübner, 1813) Carpatolechia proximella (Hübner, 1796) Caryocolum alsinella (Zeller, 1868) Caryocolum amaurella (M. Hering, 1924) Caryocolum blandelloides Karsholt, 1981 Caryocolum blandulella (Tutt, 1887) Caryocolum bosalella (Rebel, 1936) Caryocolum cauligenella (Schmid, 1863) Caryocolum crypticum Huemer, Karsholt & Mutanen, 2014 Caryocolum delphinatella (Constant, 1890) Caryocolum fibigerium Huemer, 1988 Caryocolum gallagenellum Huemer, 1989 Caryocolum huebneri (Haworth, 1828) Caryocolum interalbicella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Caryocolum junctella (Douglas, 1851) Caryocolum klosi (Rebel, 1917) Caryocolum laceratella (Zeller, 1868) Caryocolum leucomelanella (Zeller, 1839) Caryocolum leucothoracellum (Klimesch, 1953) Caryocolum marmorea (Haworth, 1828) Caryocolum moehringiae (Klimesch, 1954) Caryocolum mucronatella (Chretien, 1900) Caryocolum peregrinella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Caryocolum petrophila (Preissecker, 1914) Caryocolum petryi (O. Hofmann, 1899) Caryocolum proxima (Haworth, 1828) Caryocolum pullatella (Tengstrom, 1848) Caryocolum repentis Huemer & Luquet, 1992 Caryocolum saginella (Zeller, 1868) Caryocolum schleichi (Christoph, 1872) Caryocolum siculum Bella, 2008 Caryocolum stramentella (Rebel, 1935) Caryocolum tischeriella (Zeller, 1839) Caryocolum trauniella (Zeller, 1868) Caryocolum vicinella (Douglas, 1851) Caryocolum viscariella (Stainton, 1855) Caulastrocecis furfurella (Staudinger, 1871) Chionodes continuella (Zeller, 1839) Chionodes distinctella (Zeller, 1839) Chionodes electella (Zeller, 1839) Chionodes fumatella (Douglas, 1850) Chionodes hayreddini Kocak, 1986 Chionodes holosericella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Chionodes luctuella (Hübner, 1793) Chionodes lugubrella (Fabricius, 1794) Chionodes nebulosella (Heinemann, 1870) Chionodes perpetuella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Chionodes praeclarella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Chionodes tragicella (Heyden, 1865) Chionodes viduella (Fabricius, 1794) Chrysoesthia aletris (Walsingham, 1919) Chrysoesthia atriplicella (Amsel, 1939) Chrysoesthia drurella (Fabricius, 1775) Chrysoesthia sexguttella (Thunberg, 1794) Coleotechnites piceaella (Kearfott, 1903) Cosmardia moritzella (Treitschke, 1835) Crossobela trinotella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1856) Deltophora stictella (Rebel, 1927) Dichomeris acuminatus (Staudinger, 1876) Dichomeris alacella (Zeller, 1839) Dichomeris barbella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Dichomeris derasella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Dichomeris helianthemi (Walsingham, 1903) Dichomeris juniperella (Linnaeus, 1761) Dichomeris lamprostoma (Zeller, 1847) Dichomeris latipennella (Rebel, 1937) Dichomeris limbipunctellus (Staudinger, 1859) Dichomeris limosellus (Schlager, 1849) Dichomeris marginella (Fabricius, 1781) Dichomeris nitiellus (Costantini, 1923) Dichomeris rasilella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Dichomeris ustalella (Fabricius, 1794) Ephysteris diminutella (Zeller, 1847) Ephysteris iberica Povolny, 1977 Ephysteris insulella (Heinemann, 1870) Ephysteris inustella (Zeller, 1847) Ephysteris promptella (Staudinger, 1859) Epidola barcinonella Milliere, 1867 Epidola nuraghella Hartig, 1939 Eulamprotes atrella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Eulamprotes baldizzonei Huemer & Karsholt, 2013 Eulamprotes helotella (Staudinger, 1859) Eulamprotes libertinella (Zeller, 1872) Eulamprotes nigritella (Zeller, 1847) Eulamprotes nigromaculella (Milliere, 1872) Eulamprotes occidentella Huemer & Karsholt, 2011 Eulamprotes ochricapilla (Rebel, 1903) Eulamprotes superbella (Zeller, 1839) Eulamprotes unicolorella (Duponchel, 1843) Eulamprotes wilkella (Linnaeus, 1758) Exoteleia dodecella (Linnaeus, 1758) Exoteleia succinctella (Zeller, 1872) Filatima spurcella (Duponchel, 1843) Filatima tephritidella (Duponchel, 1844) Gelechia asinella (Hübner, 1796) Gelechia basipunctella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Gelechia dujardini Huemer, 1991 Gelechia hippophaella (Schrank, 1802) Gelechia mediterranea Huemer, 1991 Gelechia muscosella Zeller, 1839 Gelechia nigra (Haworth, 1828) Gelechia rhombella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Gelechia sabinellus (Zeller, 1839) Gelechia scotinella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Gelechia senticetella (Staudinger, 1859) Gelechia sestertiella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Gelechia sororculella (Hübner, 1817) Gelechia turpella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Gladiovalva rumicivorella (Milliere, 1881) Gnorimoschema epithymella (Staudinger, 1859) Gnorimoschema hoefneri (Rebel, 1909) Gnorimoschema nilsi Huemer, 1996 Gnorimoschema soffneri Riedl, 1965 Gnorimoschema steueri Povolny, 1975 Gnorimoschema streliciella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Gnorimoschema valesiella (Staudinger, 1877) Helcystogramma arulensis (Rebel, 1929) Helcystogramma klimeschi Ponomarenko & Huemer, 2001 Helcystogramma lutatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Helcystogramma rufescens (Haworth, 1828) Helcystogramma triannulella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Hypatima rhomboidella (Linnaeus, 1758) Isophrictis anthemidella (Wocke, 1871) Isophrictis corsicella Amsel, 1936 Isophrictis invisella (Constant, 1885) Isophrictis kefersteiniellus (Zeller, 1850) Isophrictis lineatellus (Zeller, 1850) Isophrictis meridionella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Isophrictis striatella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Istrianis brucinella (Mann, 1872) Istrianis femoralis (Staudinger, 1876) Istrianis myricariella (Frey, 1870) Iwaruna biguttella (Duponchel, 1843) Iwaruna klimeschi Wolff, 1958 Keiferia lycopersicella (Walsingham, 1897) Klimeschiopsis discontinuella (Rebel, 1899) Klimeschiopsis kiningerella (Duponchel, 1843) Megacraspedus bilineatella Huemer & Karsholt, 1996 Megacraspedus binotella (Duponchel, 1843) Megacraspedus dolosellus (Zeller, 1839) Megacraspedus eburnellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2001 Megacraspedus imparellus (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843) Megacraspedus lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850) Megacraspedus separatellus (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843) Megacraspedus tristictus Walsingham, 1910 Mesophleps corsicella Herrich-Schäffer, 1856 Mesophleps oxycedrella (Milliere, 1871) Mesophleps silacella (Hübner, 1796) Metanarsia modesta Staudinger, 1871 Metzneria aestivella (Zeller, 1839) Metzneria agraphella (Ragonot, 1895) Metzneria aprilella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Metzneria artificella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1861) Metzneria campicolella (Mann, 1857) Metzneria diffusella Englert, 1974 Metzneria intestinella (Mann, 1864) Metzneria lappella (Linnaeus, 1758) Metzneria littorella (Douglas, 1850) Metzneria metzneriella (Stainton, 1851) Metzneria neuropterella (Zeller, 1839) Metzneria paucipunctella (Zeller, 1839) Metzneria santolinella (Amsel, 1936) Metzneria subflavella Englert, 1974 Metzneria torosulella (Rebel, 1893) Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924 Mirificarma burdonella (Rebel, 1930) Mirificarma cytisella (Treitschke, 1833) Mirificarma eburnella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Mirificarma flavella (Duponchel, 1844) Mirificarma interrupta (Curtis, 1827) Mirificarma lentiginosella (Zeller, 1839) Mirificarma maculatella (Hübner, 1796) Mirificarma monticolella (Rebel, 1931) Mirificarma mulinella (Zeller, 1839) Mirificarma ulicinella (Staudinger, 1859) Monochroa bronzella Karsholt, Nel, Fournier, Varenne & Huemer, 2013 Monochroa conspersella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Monochroa cytisella (Curtis, 1837) Monochroa dellabeffai (Rebel, 1932) Monochroa elongella (Heinemann, 1870) Monochroa ferrea (Frey, 1870) Monochroa hornigi (Staudinger, 1883) Monochroa lucidella (Stephens, 1834) Monochroa lutulentella (Zeller, 1839) Monochroa melagonella (Constant, 1895) Monochroa nomadella (Zeller, 1868) Monochroa parvulata (Gozmany, 1957) Monochroa scutatella (Muller-Rutz, 1920) Monochroa sepicolella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Monochroa servella (Zeller, 1839) Monochroa simplicella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846) Monochroa sperata Huemer & Karsholt, 2010 Monochroa tenebrella (Hübner, 1817) Neofaculta ericetella (Geyer, 1832) Neofaculta infernella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Neofriseria peliella (Treitschke, 1835) Neofriseria singula (Staudinger, 1876) Neotelphusa cisti (Stainton, 1869) Neotelphusa huemeri Nel, 1998 Neotelphusa sequax (Haworth, 1828) Nothris congressariella (Bruand, 1858) Nothris lemniscellus (Zeller, 1839) Nothris verbascella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Ochrodia subdiminutella (Stainton, 1867) Oecocecis guyonella Guenee, 1870 Ornativalva heluanensis (Debski, 1913) Ornativalva plutelliformis (Staudinger, 1859) Ornativalva pseudotamaricella Sattler, 1967 Ornativalva tamaricella (Zeller, 1850) Palumbina guerinii (Stainton, 1858) Parachronistis albiceps (Zeller, 1839) Paranarsia joannisiella Ragonot, 1895 Parastenolechia nigrinotella (Zeller, 1847) Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) Pexicopia malvella (Hübner, 1805) Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873) Platyedra subcinerea (Haworth, 1828) Pogochaetia solitaria Staudinger, 1879 Prolita sexpunctella (Fabricius, 1794) Prolita solutella (Zeller, 1839) Psamathocrita osseella (Stainton, 1860) Pseudosophronia exustellus (Zeller, 1847) Pseudotelphusa istrella (Mann, 1866) Pseudotelphusa paripunctella (Thunberg, 1794) Pseudotelphusa scalella (Scopoli, 1763) Pseudotelphusa tessella (Linnaeus, 1758)