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 N-P) 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.
Nepticulidae Acalyptris loranthella (Klimesch, 1937) Acalyptris maritima A. & Z. Lastuvka, 1997 Acalyptris minimella (Rebel, 1924) Acalyptris platani (Muller-Rutz, 1934) Bohemannia pulverosella (Stainton, 1849) Bohemannia quadrimaculella (Boheman, 1853) Ectoedemia agrimoniae (Frey, 1858) Ectoedemia albifasciella (Heinemann, 1871) Ectoedemia angulifasciella (Stainton, 1849) Ectoedemia arcuatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Ectoedemia argyropeza (Zeller, 1839) Ectoedemia atricollis (Stainton, 1857) Ectoedemia caradjai (Groschke, 1944) Ectoedemia cerris (Zimmermann, 1944) Ectoedemia contorta van Nieukerken, 1985 Ectoedemia erythrogenella (de Joannis, 1908) Ectoedemia gilvipennella (Klimesch, 1946) Ectoedemia hannoverella (Glitz, 1872) Ectoedemia haraldi (Soffner, 1942) Ectoedemia heringella (Mariani, 1939) Ectoedemia heringi (Toll, 1934) Ectoedemia intimella (Zeller, 1848) Ectoedemia klimeschi (Skala, 1933) Ectoedemia mahalebella (Klimesch, 1936) Ectoedemia minimella (Zetterstedt, 1839) Ectoedemia occultella (Linnaeus, 1767) Ectoedemia phyllotomella (Klimesch, 1946) Ectoedemia preisseckeri (Klimesch, 1941) Ectoedemia pubescivora (Weber, 1937) Ectoedemia quinquella (Bedell, 1848) Ectoedemia rubivora (Wocke, 1860) Ectoedemia rufifrontella (Caradja, 1920) Ectoedemia spinosella (de Joannis, 1908) Ectoedemia subbimaculella (Haworth, 1828) Ectoedemia suberis (Stainton, 1869) Ectoedemia turbidella (Zeller, 1848) Ectoedemia albibimaculella (Larsen, 1927) Ectoedemia louisella (Sircom, 1849) Ectoedemia obtusa (Puplesis & Diskus, 1996) Ectoedemia sericopeza (Zeller, 1839) Ectoedemia euphorbiella (Stainton, 1869) Ectoedemia groschkei (Skala, 1943) Ectoedemia septembrella (Stainton, 1849) Ectoedemia vincamajorella (Hartig, 1964) Ectoedemia viridissimella (Caradja, 1920) Ectoedemia weaveri (Stainton, 1855) Ectoedemia amani Svensson, 1966 Ectoedemia atrifrontella (Stainton, 1851) Ectoedemia liebwerdella Zimmermann, 1940 Ectoedemia liguricella Klimesch, 1953 Ectoedemia longicaudella Klimesch, 1953 Ectoedemia reichli Z. & A. Lastuvka, 1998 Parafomoria helianthemella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1860) Parafomoria liguricella (Klimesch, 1946) Parafomoria pseudocistivora van Nieukerken, 1983 Simplimorpha promissa (Staudinger, 1871) Stigmella aceris (Frey, 1857) Stigmella aeneofasciella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Stigmella alaternella (Le Marchand, 1937) Stigmella alnetella (Stainton, 1856) Stigmella anomalella (Goeze, 1783) Stigmella assimilella (Zeller, 1848) Stigmella atricapitella (Haworth, 1828) Stigmella aurella (Fabricius, 1775) Stigmella basiguttella (Heinemann, 1862) Stigmella betulicola (Stainton, 1856) Stigmella carpinella (Heinemann, 1862) Stigmella catharticella (Stainton, 1853) Stigmella centifoliella (Zeller, 1848) Stigmella confusella (Wood & Walsingham, 1894) Stigmella crataegella (Klimesch, 1936) Stigmella desperatella (Frey, 1856) Stigmella dorsiguttella (Johansson, 1971) Stigmella dryadella (O. Hofmann, 1868) Stigmella eberhardi (Johansson, 1971) Stigmella floslactella (Haworth, 1828) Stigmella freyella (Heyden, 1858) Stigmella glutinosae (Stainton, 1858) Stigmella hahniella (Worz, 1937) Stigmella hemargyrella (Kollar, 1832) Stigmella hybnerella (Hübner, 1796) Stigmella incognitella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Stigmella irregularis Puplesis, 1994 Stigmella johanssonella A. & Z. Lastuvka, 1997 Stigmella lapponica (Wocke, 1862) Stigmella lemniscella (Zeller, 1839) Stigmella lonicerarum (Frey, 1856) Stigmella luteella (Stainton, 1857) Stigmella magdalenae (Klimesch, 1950) Stigmella malella (Stainton, 1854) Stigmella mespilicola (Frey, 1856) Stigmella microtheriella (Stainton, 1854) Stigmella minusculella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Stigmella myrtillella (Stainton, 1857) Stigmella naturnella (Klimesch, 1936) Stigmella nivenburgensis (Preissecker, 1942) Stigmella nylandriella (Tengstrom, 1848) Stigmella obliquella (Heinemann, 1862) Stigmella oxyacanthella (Stainton, 1854) Stigmella paliurella Gerasimov, 1937 Stigmella pallidiciliella Klimesch, 1946 Stigmella paradoxa (Frey, 1858) Stigmella perpygmaeella (Doubleday, 1859) Stigmella plagicolella (Stainton, 1854) Stigmella poterii (Stainton, 1857) Stigmella prunetorum (Stainton, 1855) Stigmella pyri (Glitz, 1865) Stigmella regiella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Stigmella rhamnella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1860) Stigmella rhamnophila (Amsel, 1934) Stigmella roborella (Johansson, 1971) Stigmella rolandi van Nieukerken, 1990 Stigmella ruficapitella (Haworth, 1828) Stigmella sakhalinella Puplesis, 1984 Stigmella salicis (Stainton, 1854) Stigmella samiatella (Zeller, 1839) Stigmella sorbi (Stainton, 1861) Stigmella speciosa (Frey, 1858) Stigmella splendidissimella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Stigmella stelviana (Weber, 1938) Stigmella suberivora (Stainton, 1869) Stigmella svenssoni (Johansson, 1971) Stigmella szoecsiella (Borkowski, 1972) Stigmella thuringiaca (Petry, 1904) Stigmella tiliae (Frey, 1856) Stigmella tityrella (Stainton, 1854) Stigmella tormentillella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1860) Stigmella trimaculella (Haworth, 1828) Stigmella ulmivora (Fologne, 1860) Stigmella vimineticola (Frey, 1856) Stigmella viscerella (Stainton, 1853) Stigmella zangherii (Klimesch, 1951) Trifurcula headleyella (Stainton, 1854) Trifurcula istriae A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2000 Trifurcula melanoptera van Nieukerken & Puplesis, 1991 Trifurcula montana Z. Lastuvka, A. Lastuvka & Van Nieukerken, 2007 Trifurcula rosmarinella (Chretien, 1914) Trifurcula saturejae (Parenti, 1963) Trifurcula stoechadella Klimesch, 1975 Trifurcula cryptella (Stainton, 1856) Trifurcula eurema (Tutt, 1899) Trifurcula ortneri (Klimesch, 1951) Trifurcula aurella Rebel, 1933 Trifurcula austriaca van Nieukerken, 1990 Trifurcula baldensis A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2005 Trifurcula calycotomella A. & Z. Lastuvka, 1997 Trifurcula cytisanthi A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2005 Trifurcula etnensis A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2005 Trifurcula immundella (Zeller, 1839) Trifurcula josefklimeschi van Nieukerken, 1990 Trifurcula moravica Z. & A. Lastuvka, 1994 Trifurcula orientella Klimesch, 1953 Trifurcula pallidella (Duponchel, 1843) Trifurcula silviae van Nieukerken, 1990 Trifurcula subnitidella (Duponchel, 1843) Trifurcula trasaghica A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2005
Noctuidae Abrostola agnorista Dufay, 1956 Abrostola asclepiadis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Abrostola tripartita (Hufnagel, 1766) Abrostola triplasia (Linnaeus, 1758) Acontia lucida (Hufnagel, 1766) Acontia trabealis (Scopoli, 1763) Acontiola moldavicola (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) Acosmetia caliginosa (Hübner, 1813) Acronicta aceris (Linnaeus, 1758) Acronicta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758) Acronicta strigosa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Acronicta alni (Linnaeus, 1767) Acronicta cuspis (Hübner, 1813) Acronicta psi (Linnaeus, 1758) Acronicta tridens (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Acronicta auricoma (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Acronicta euphorbiae (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Acronicta menyanthidis (Esper, 1789) Acronicta rumicis (Linnaeus, 1758) Actebia praecox (Linnaeus, 1758) Actebia multifida (Lederer, 1870) Actinotia polyodon (Clerck, 1759) Actinotia radiosa (Esper, 1804) Aedia funesta (Esper, 1786) Aedia leucomelas (Linnaeus, 1758) Aegle agatha (Staudinger, 1861) Aegle kaekeritziana (Hübner, 1799) Aegle semicana (Esper, 1798) Agrochola lychnidis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Agrochola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) Agrochola humilis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Agrochola kindermannii (Fischer v. Röslerstamm, 1837) Agrochola litura (Linnaeus, 1758) Agrochola lunosa (Haworth, 1809) Agrochola meridionalis (Staudinger, 1871) Agrochola orejoni Agenjo, 1951 Agrochola pistacinoides (d'Aubuisson, 1867) Agrochola prolai Berio, 1976 Agrochola haematidea (Duponchel, 1827) Agrochola blidaensis (Stertz, 1915) Agrochola lota (Clerck, 1759) Agrochola macilenta (Hübner, 1809) Agrochola laevis (Hübner, 1803) Agrochola circellaris (Hufnagel, 1766) Agrotis bigramma (Esper, 1790) Agrotis catalaunensis (Milliere, 1873) Agrotis cinerea (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Agrotis clavis (Hufnagel, 1766) Agrotis endogaea Boisduval, 1834 Agrotis exclamationis (Linnaeus, 1758) Agrotis fatidica (Hübner, 1824) Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Agrotis lata Treitschke, 1835 Agrotis obesa Boisduval, 1829 Agrotis proverai Zilli, Fibiger, Ronkay & Yela, 2010 Agrotis puta (Hübner, 1803) Agrotis schawerdai Bytinski-Salz, 1937 Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Agrotis simplonia (Geyer, 1832) Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Agrotis trux (Hübner, 1824) Agrotis turatii Standfuss, 1888 Agrotis vestigialis (Hufnagel, 1766) Allophyes corsica (Spuler, 1905) Allophyes oxyacanthae (Linnaeus, 1758) Alvaradoia numerica (Boisduval, 1840) Amephana anarrhini (Duponchel, 1840) Amephana aurita (Fabricius, 1787) Ammoconia caecimacula (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Ammoconia senex (Geyer, 1828) Ammopolia witzenmanni (Standfuss, 1890) Amphipoea fucosa (Freyer, 1830) Amphipoea oculea (Linnaeus, 1761) Amphipyra berbera Rungs, 1949 Amphipyra effusa Boisduval, 1828 Amphipyra livida (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Amphipyra perflua (Fabricius, 1787) Amphipyra pyramidea (Linnaeus, 1758) Amphipyra tetra (Fabricius, 1787) Amphipyra tragopoginis (Clerck, 1759) Amphipyra cinnamomea (Goeze, 1781) Anaplectoides prasina (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Anarta myrtilli (Linnaeus, 1761) Anarta dianthi (Tauscher, 1809) Anarta melanopa (Thunberg, 1791) Anarta odontites (Boisduval, 1829) Anarta pugnax (Hübner, 1824) Anarta sodae (Rambur, 1829) Anarta stigmosa (Christoph, 1887) Anarta trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766) Anorthoa munda (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Anthracia ephialtes (Hübner, 1822) Antitype chi (Linnaeus, 1758) Antitype jonis (Lederer, 1865) Antitype suda (Geyer, 1832) Apamea anceps (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Apamea aquila Donzel, 1837 Apamea arabs Oberthur, 1881 Apamea crenata (Hufnagel, 1766) Apamea epomidion (Haworth, 1809) Apamea furva (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Apamea illyria Freyer, 1846 Apamea lateritia (Hufnagel, 1766) Apamea lithoxylaea (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Apamea maillardi (Geyer, 1834) Apamea monoglypha (Hufnagel, 1766) Apamea oblonga (Haworth, 1809) Apamea platinea (Treitschke, 1825) Apamea remissa (Hübner, 1809) Apamea rubrirena (Treitschke, 1825) Apamea scolopacina (Esper, 1788) Apamea sicula (Turati, 1909) Apamea sordens (Hufnagel, 1766) Apamea sublustris (Esper, 1788) Apamea syriaca (Osthelder, 1933) Apamea unanimis (Hübner, 1813) Apamea zeta (Treitschke, 1825) Aporophyla australis (Boisduval, 1829) Aporophyla canescens (Duponchel, 1826) Aporophyla chioleuca (Herrich-Schäffer, 1850) Aporophyla lueneburgensis (Freyer, 1848) Aporophyla nigra (Haworth, 1809) Apterogenum ypsillon (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Archanara dissoluta (Treitschke, 1825) Archanara neurica (Hübner, 1808) Arenostola phragmitidis (Hübner, 1803) Asteroscopus sphinx (Hufnagel, 1766) Atethmia ambusta (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Atethmia centrago (Haworth, 1809) Athetis furvula (Hübner, 1808) Athetis gluteosa (Treitschke, 1835) Athetis pallustris (Hübner, 1808) Athetis hospes (Freyer, 1831) Atypha pulmonaris (Esper, 1790) Auchmis detersa (Esper, 1787) Autographa aemula (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Autographa bractea (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758) Autographa jota (Linnaeus, 1758) Autographa pulchrina (Haworth, 1809) Axylia putris (Linnaeus, 1761) Brachionycha nubeculosa (Esper, 1785) Brachylomia viminalis (Fabricius, 1776) Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775) Bryonycta pineti (Staudinger, 1859) Bryophila amoenissima Turati, 1909 Bryophila ereptricula Treitschke, 1825 Bryophila felina (Eversmann, 1852) Bryophila galathea Milliere, 1875