List of Lepidoptera of Iceland explained

The Lepidoptera of Iceland consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from Iceland.

Butterflies

Nymphalidae

• Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)^[1]
• Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)^[1]

Pieridae

• Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Moths

Coleophoridae

• Coleophora algidella Staudinger, 1857
• Coleophora alticolella Zeller, 1849

Crambidae

• Crambus pascuella (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Gesneria centuriella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)

Erebidae

• Catocala fraxini (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Orgyia antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Scoliopteryx libatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gelechiidae

• Bryotropha similis (Stainton, 1854)
• Gnorimoschema valesiella (Staudinger, 1877)
• Scrobipalpa atriplicella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1841)
• Scrobipalpa samadensis (Pfaffenzeller, 1870)
• Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier, 1789)

Geometridae

• Dysstroma citrata (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Entephria caesiata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Entephria flavicinctata (Hübner, 1813)
• Epirrhoe alternata (Muller, 1764)
• Erannis defoliaria (Clerck, 1759)
• Eupithecia nanata (Hübner, 1813)
• Eupithecia plumbeolata (Haworth, 1809)
• Eupithecia pusillata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Eupithecia satyrata (Hübner, 1813)
• Hydriomena furcata (Thunberg, 1784)
• Nycterosea obstipata (Fabricius, 1794)
• Operophtera brumata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Perizoma blandiata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Perizoma minorata (Treitschke, 1828)
• Rheumaptera hastata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Xanthorhoe decoloraria (Esper, 1806)
• Xanthorhoe designata (Hufnagel, 1767)

Momphidae

• Mompha conturbatella (Hübner, 1819)

Noctuidae

• Agrochola circellaris (Hufnagel, 1766)
• Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
• Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Apamea exulis (Lefebvre, 1836)
• Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Caradrina clavipalpis Scopoli, 1763
• Ceramica pisi (Linnaeus, 1758)^[2]
• Cerapteryx graminis (Linnaeus, 1758)^[3]
• Diarsia mendica (Fabricius, 1775)
• Eupsilia transversa (Hufnagel, 1766)
• Eurois occulta (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Euxoa ochrogaster (Guenee, 1852)^[3]
• Fabula zollikoferi (Freyer, 1836)
• Helotropha leucostigma (Hübner, 1808)
• Hydraecia micacea (Esper, 1789)
• Hypocoena stigmatica (Eversmann, 1855)
• Mniotype adusta (Esper, 1790)
• Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809)
• Noctua comes Hübner, 1813
• Noctua pronuba (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Parastichtis suspecta (Hübner, 1817)
• Peridroma saucia (Hübner, 1808)
• Phlogophora meticulosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Rhizedra lutosa (Hübner, 1803)
• Rhyacia quadrangula (Zetterstedt, 1839)
• Standfussiana lucernea (Linnaeus, 1758)^[3]
• Syngrapha interrogationis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Xestia c-nigrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Xylena exsoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Xylena vetusta (Hübner, 1813)

Oecophoridae

• Endrosis sarcitrella (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Stainton, 1849)

Plutellidae

• Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Rhigognostis senilella (Zetterstedt, 1839)

Pterophoridae

• Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (Hübner, 1813)
• Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Stenoptilia islandicus (Staudinger, 1857)

Pyralidae

• Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796)
• Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, 1879
• Matilella fusca (Haworth, 1811)
• Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, 1813)

Sphingidae

• Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hyles gallii (Rottemburg, 1775)
• Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tineidae

• Monopis laevigella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
• Nemapogon variatella (Clemens, 1859)
• Tinea translucens Meyrick, 1917
• Tineola bisselliella (Hummel, 1823)

Tortricidae

• Acleris maccana (Treitschke, 1835)
• Acleris notana (Donovan, 1806)
• Apotomis sororculana (Zetterstedt, 1839)
• Cochylis dubitana (Hübner, 1799)
• Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Eana osseana (Scopoli, 1763)
• Epinotia caprana (Fabricius, 1798)
• Epinotia solandriana (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lobesia littoralis (Westwood & Humphreys, 1845)
• Notocelia rosaecolana (Doubleday, 1850)
• Zeiraphera griseana (Hübner, 1799)

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• Checklist of the Noctuidae of Iceland

Notes and References

1. WAHLBERG . NIKLAS . RUBINOFF . DANIEL . Vagility across Vanessa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): mobility in butterfly species does not inhibit the formation and persistence of isolated sister taxa . Systematic Entomology . Wiley . 36 . 2 . 2011-03-14 . 0307-6970 . 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00566.x . free . 362–370.
2. Hrafnkelsdóttir . Brynja . Oddsdóttir . Edda S . Halldórsson . Gudmundur . The effect of summer temperature on the distribution of Ceramica pisi (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Iceland. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences . Agricultural University of Iceland . 36 . 2023 . 10.16886/ias.2023.04 . free . 41–53.
3. Eliasson . C. . A contribution to the knowledge of the Iceland noctuid fauna (coll. Lindroth, Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) with new aspects on passive dispersal by ice-rafting. Entomologisk Tidskrift. 1992 . 25 .