List of moths of Japan explained

Moths of Japan represent over 6,000 known moth species. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

This page provides a link to detailed lists of moth species which have been recorded in Japan, including the Japanese common names.

Lists based on superfamilies

• List of moths of Japan (superfamilies Micropterigoidea to Yponomeutoidea)

Micropterigoidea: Micropterigidae, Eriocraniidae, Hepialidae; Nepticuloidea: Nepticulidae, Opostegidae; Incurvarioidea: Heliozelidae, Adelidae, Prodoxidae, Incurvariidae; Tischerioidea: Tischeriidae; Tineoidea: Tineidae, Galacticidae, Psychidae, Amphitheridae; Gracillarioidea: Bucculatricidae, Gracillariidae; Yponomeutoidea: Yponomeutidae, Ypsolophidae, Plutellidae, Acrolepiidae, Glyphipterigidae, Heliodinidae, Bedelliidae, Lyonetiidae.

• List of moths of Japan (superfamily Gelechioidea)

Gelechioidea: Ethmiidae, Depressariidae, Elachistidae, Parametriotidae, Deuterogoniidae, Xyloryctidae, Scythrididae, Chimabachidae, Schistonoeidae, Oecophoridae, Stathmopodidae, Lecithoceridae, Batrachedridae, Coleophoridae, Momphidae, Blastobasidae, Autostichidae, Peleopodidae, Cosmopterigidae, Gelechiidae.

• List of moths of Japan (superfamilies Zygaenoidea to Tortricoidea)

Zygaenoidea: Epipyropidae, Limacodidae, Zygaenidae; Sesioidea: Brachodidae, Sesiidae; Cossoidea: Cossidae; Tortricoidea: Tortricidae.

• List of moths of Japan (superfamilies Choreutoidea to Thyridoidea)

Choreutoidea: Choreutidae; Schreckensteinioidea: Schreckensteiniidae; Epermenioidea: Epermeniidae; Alucitoidea: Alucitidae; Pterophoroidea: Pterophoridae; Immoidea: Immidae; Hyblaeoidea: Hyblaeidae; Copromorphoidea: Carposinidae, Copromorphidae; Thyridoidea: Thyrididae.

• List of moths of Japan (superfamilies Pyraloidea to Drepanoidea)

Pyraloidea: Pyralidae, Crambidae; Calliduloidae: Callidulidae; Drepanoidea: Epicopeiidae, Drepanidae.

• List of moths of Japan (superfamilies Bombycoidea and Geometroidea)

Bombycoidea: Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Saturniidae, Brahmaeidae, Sphingidae; Geometroidea: Uraniidae, Geometridae.

• List of moths of Japan (superfamily Noctuoidea)

Noctuoidea: Notodontidae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Pantheidae, Noctuidae.

See also

• List of butterflies of Japan

External links

• A revision of the Japanese species of the family Bucculatricidae (Lepidoptera)
• Web site: Utsugi Jinbo. List-MJ 日本産蛾類総目録(List of Moth of Japan) [version 3] ]. 16 December 2020 . 22 December 2020.
  • Web site: みんなでつくる日本産蛾類図鑑(An Identification Guide of Japanese Moths Compiled by Everyone) . 16 October 2020 . 22 December 2020.
• Adalbert Seitz Ed. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart
  • Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909
  • Band 2: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Spinner und Schwärmer, 1912–1913
  • Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914
  • Band 4: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die spannerartigen Nachtfalter, 1915

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