Lists of moths

This is a list of the species of Lepidoptera that are commonly known as moths.

Large and dramatic moth species include:

• Death's-head Hawkmoth Acherontia sp.
• Luna Moth Actias luna
• Atlas moth Attacus atlas The largest moth in the world
• Emperor Gum Moth Opodiphthera eucalypti
• Black Witch Ascalapha odorata

Moths that are of economic significance include:

• Gypsy moth Lymantria dispar
• Cotton bollworm or corn earworm a major agricultural pest
• Codling moth
• The silkworm Bombyx mori is the larva of a moth.

Other notable moths:

• Peppered moth Biston betularia The subject of a now well known study in evolution.

Other moths.

• Antler Moth Cerapteryx graminis
• Ash Pug Eupithecia fraxinata
• Autumnal Moth Epirrita autumnata
• Autumnal Rustic Eugnorisma glareosa
• Barred Straw Eulithis pyraliata
• Blood-vein Timandra griseata
• Blotched Emerald Comibaena bajularia
• Bogong Moth Agrotis infusa
• Bordered Pug Eupithecia succenturiata
• Bordered White Bupalus piniaria
• Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea
• Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata
• Broad-barred White Hecatera bicolorata
• Brown-tail Euproctis chrysorrhoea
• Buff Arches Habrosyne pyritoides
• Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum
• Buff-tip Phalera bucephala
• Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae
• The Clay Mythimna ferrago
• Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata
• Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata
• Common Emerald Hemithea aestivaria
• Common Footman Eilema lurideola
• Common Marbled Carpet Chloroclysta truncata
• Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata
• Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi
• Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina
• Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens
• Common Wave Cabera exanthemata
• Common White Wave Cabera pusaria
• Coxcomb Prominent Ptilodon capucina
• Currant Pug Eupithecia assimilata
• Dot Moth Melanchra persicariae
• Dotted Border Agriopis marginaria
• Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum
• Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
• Elephant hawk moth Deilephila elpenor
• Eloria noyesi Eloria noyesi
• Emperor Moth Pavonia pavonia
• The Engrailed Ectropis crepuscularia
• Feathered Thorn Colotois pennaria
• Figure of Eighty Tethea ocularis
• The Flame Axylia putris
• Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta
• Foxglove Pug Eupithecia pulchellata
• Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata
• Garden Dart Euxoa nigricans
• Ghost Moth Hepialus humuli
• Golden-rod Pug Eupithecia virgaureata
• The Gothic Naenia typica
• Green Pug Chloroclystis rectangulata
• Grey Chi Antitype chi
• Grey Pug Eupithecia subfuscata
• Heart and Club Agrotis clavis
• Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis
• Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica
• Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum
• Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella
• Ingrailed Clay Diarsia mendica
• Juniper Carpet Thera juniperata
• Juniper Pug Eupithecia pusillata
• Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba
• Large Emerald Geometra papilionaria
• Latticed Heath Semiothisa clathrata
• Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthina
• Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes
• Light Emerald Campaea margaritata
• Lime Hawk-moth Mimas tiliae
• Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata
• The Lychnis Hadena bicruris
• May Highflyer Hydriomena impluviata
• Minor Shoulder-knot Brachylomia viminalis
• Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata
• Mottled Pug Eupithecia exiguata
• Mottled Umber Erannis defoliaria
• Northern Deep-brown Dart Aporophyla lueneburgensis
• November Moth Epirrita dilutata
• The Nutmeg Discestra trifolii
• Oak Hook-tip Drepana binaria
• Pale November Moth Epirrita christyi
• Pasture Day Moth Apina callisto
• Peach Blossom Thyatira batis
• Pine Beauty Panolis flammea
• Pine Processionary Thaumetopoea pityocampa
• Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi
• Poplar Kitten Furcula bifida
• Purple Thorn Selenia tetralunaria
• Riband Wave Idaea aversata
• Rough Prominent Nadata gibbosa
• The Satellite Eupsilia transversa
• Scalloped Hazel Odontopera bidentata
• Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria
• Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum
• The Shark Cucullia umbratica
• Short-cloaked Moth Nola cucullatella
• Shoulder-striped Wainscot Leucania comma
• Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata
• Six-spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae
• Six-striped Rustic Xestia sexstrigata
• Slender Pug Eupithecia tenuiata
• Small Dusty Wave Idaea seriata
• Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata
• Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi
• Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura
• The Spinach Eulithis mellinata
• Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa
• The Streak Chesias legatella
• Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria
• Tawny Speckled Pug Eupithecia icterata
• Treble-bar Aplocera plagiata
• True Lover's Knot Lycophotia porphyrea
• Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum
• The V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata
• Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria
• Winter Moth Operophtera brumata
• Wormwood Pug Eupithecia absinthiata
• Yellow-tail Euproctis similis