List of moths of Ireland

Irish moths represent about 1,400 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 which have been recorded in Ireland.

Suborder Zeugloptera (mandibulate archaic moths)

Family Micropterigidae

Suborder Glossata (moths and butterflies with a coilable proboscis)

Family Eriocraniidae
Family Hepialidae
Ghost swift, female and male adults.
Family Nepticulidae (pigmy or midget moths)
Family Opostegidae (white eyecap moths)
Family Tischeriidae
Family Incurvariidae
Family Prodoxidae
Family Adelidae (fairy longhorn moths)
Family Heliozelidae
Family Psychidae (bagworm moths)
Family Tineidae (fungus moths)
Closeup on the head of a common clothes moth
Family Bucculatricidae (ribbed cocoon makers)
Family Gracillariidae (leaf miner moths)
Family Schreckensteiniidae (bristle-legged moths)
A blackberry skeletonizer (Schreckensteinia festaliella). Note the distinctive bristly legs.
Family Agonoxenidae (palm moths)
Chrysoclista linneella and its favourite food, the lime tree.
Family Batrachedridae
Family Blastobasidae
Family Coleophoridae (case-bearers)
Family Cosmopterigidae (cosmet moths)
Family Elachistidae (grass-miner moths)
Agonopterix alstroemeriana, the hemlock moth
Family Gelechiidae (twirler moths)
Family Depressariidae (flat-bodied moths)
Family Momphidae (mompha moths)
Family Oecophoridae (concealer moths)
Family Peleopodidae
  • Carcina quercana (Fabricius, 1775) (oak lantern, long-horned flat-body, oak-skeletonizer moth)
Family Scythrididae (flower moths)
Family Alucitidae (many-plumed moths)
Family Epermeniidae (fringe-tufted moths)
Family Bedelliidae
Family Glyphipterigidae (sedge moths)
Family Lyonetiidae
Family Plutellidae (diamondback moths)
Family Praydidae
Family Yponomeutidae (ermine moths)
Family Ypsolophidae
Family Crambidae (grass moths)
Wingless female watermilfoil moth
Family Pyralidae (snout moths, grass moths)
Family Pterophoridae (plume moths)
Family Choreutidae (metalmark moths)
Family Sesiidae (clearwing moths)
Family Zygaenidae
Family Cossidae (cossid millers, carpenter millers)
Family Tortricidae (tortrix moths, leafroller moths)
rufous-margined button moth
Life cycle of the Oriental fruit moth, recently recorded in Ireland


Family Geometridae (geometer moths, inchworms)
March moth caterpillar on midland hawthorn plant
Family Drepanidae
Family Lasiocampidae (eggars, snout moths, lappet moths)
Caterpillar of the small eggar
Family Saturniidae
Family Sphingidae (hawk-moths)
The notorious male African death's head hawkmoth, which summers in Ireland.
Family Erebidae
Family Noctuidae (owlet moths, cutworms, armyworms)
Burren green, named after The Burren, County Clare
Merveille du jour caterpillar
Marbled green caterpillar
Family Nolidae (tuft moths)
Family Notodontidae (prominents, kitten moths)
Puss moth caterpillar


See also

References

  1. Oriental Fruit Moth (Grapholita molesta (Busck)) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) a second Irish record. Irish Naturalists' Journal Volume 35, Part 1 2016
  • Bond, K.G.M., Nash, R. and O'Connor, J.P., 2006: An annotated checklist of the Irish butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) The Irish Biogeographical Society and the National Museum of Ireland ISBN 0-9511514-9-5
  • K. G. M. Bond and J. P. O'Connor, 2012 Additions, deletions and corrections to An annotated checklist of the Irish butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) with a concise checklist of Irish species and Elachista biatomella (Stainton, 1848) new to Ireland Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society 2012: pp 60–179. concise and updated checklist of the Irish Lepidoptera is provided, based on Bond, Nash and O'Connor (2006). The Fauna Europaea species number is used, followed by the number used in Bradley (2000) in square brackets.
  • Heath, John, Ed. 1976– The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Phil Sterling, Mark Parsons and Richard Lewington, 2012 Field Guide to the Micro-Moths of Great Britain and Ireland British Wildlife Publications ISBN 0-9564902-1-2
  • Paul Waring, Martin Townsend, Mark Tunmore and Richard Lewington, 2009 Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland ISBN 978-0-9531399-8-9

Further reading

  • Jon Clifton and Jim Wheeler (2011). Bird-dropping Tortrix Moths of the British Isles. A Field Guide to the Bird-dropping Mimics Dorchester: Clifton & Wheeler ISBN 978-0-9568352-0-8
  • Chris Manley (2008) British moths and butterflies. A photographic guide. Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd / London: A&C Black, ISBN 978-0-7136-8636-4
  • Jim Porter (2010) Caterpillars of the British Isles Apollo Books ISBN 9788788757958
  • Jon Clifton and Jim Wheeler (2012). Conifer Moths of the British Isles: A Field Guide to Coniferous-feeding Lepidoptera Clifton and Wheeler ISBN 978-0-9568352-1-5
  • Sean Clancy, Morten Top-Jensen and Michael Fibiger (2012) Moths of Great Britain and Ireland: A field guide to all the macro-moths Oestermarie, Denmark ISBN 9788799351244
  • Bernard Skinner (2009).The Colour identification guide to the moths of the British Isles (3rd edition) Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757903
  • A.M. Emmet (1988). A field guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera (2nd edition) British Entomological and Natural History Society ISBN 978-0-9502891-6-8 Not identification – includes summaries of life histories, behaviour and info on finding species
  • M.C. Harvey, J. Clifton & B. Goodey (2010).British and Irish moths: an illustrated guide to selected difficult species (covering the use of genitalia characteristics and other features), Butterfly Conservation, Wareham, Dorset. ISBN 978-0-9562216-6-7
  • A.M. Riley & G. Prior (2003).British and Irish Pug Moths. A guide to their identification and biology Harley Books.ISBN 0-946589-51-8
  • B. Goater (1986).British Pyralid moths, A comprehensive photographic guide to pyralid moths of the British Isles, giving distribution, flight-times and habitats and foodplants for each species. Harley Books ISBN 0-946589-08-9
  • J.D. Bradley, W.G. Tremewan & A. Smith (1979).British Tortricoid moths 2 volumes Ray Society. London.ISBN 978-1-904690-12-2
  • David Newland, Robert Still, & Andy Swash, 2013 Britain’s Day-flying Moths: A Field Guide to the Day-flying Moths of Britain and Ireland Wild Guides ISBN 978-0-691-15832-7
  • Peder Skou, 1997 The Geometroid Moths of North Europe: Lepidoptera – Drepanidae and Geometridae (Entomonograph) Brill Archive ISBN 978-90-04-07859-8
  • Michael Fibiger et al. Noctuidae Europaeae Soro, Denmark: Entomological Press

Literature

See also

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