List of Lepidoptera of the Faroe Islands

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.

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)