Moths of Russia represent a large majority of the about 8,900 known Lepidoptera species of Russia. 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 Russia.
Micropterigoidea: Micropterigidae, Eriocraniidae, Hepialidae; Nepticuloidea: Nepticulidae, Opostegidae; Incurvarioidea: Heliozelidae, Adelidae, Prodoxidae, Incurvariidae; Tischerioidea: Tischeriidae; Tineoidea: Tineidae, Galacticidae, Eriocottidae, Lypusidae, Psychidae; Gracillarioidea: Douglasiidae, Bucculatricidae, Gracillariidae; Yponomeutoidea: Yponomeutidae, Ypsolophidae, Plutellidae, Acrolepiidae, Glyphipterigidae, Heliodinidae, Lyonetiidae, Bedelliidae.
Gelechioidea: Ethmiidae, Depressariidae, Peleopodidae, Elachistidae, Agonoxenidae, Scythrididae, Xyloryctidae, Chimabachidae, Oecophoridae, Lecithoceridae, Stathmopodidae, Batrachedridae, Coleophoridae, Momphidae, Blastobasidae, Autostichidae, Amphisbatidae, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiidae, Gelechiidae.
Zygaenoidea: Limacodidae, Zygaenidae; Sesioidea: Brachodidae, Sesiidae; Cossoidea: Cossidae; Tortricoidea: Tortricidae.
Choreutoidea: Choreutidae; Urodoidea: Urodidae; Schreckensteinioidea: Schreckensteiniidae; Epermenioidea: Epermeniidae; Alucitoidea: Alucitidae; Pterophoroidea: Pterophoridae; Copromorphoidea: Carposinidae; Thyridoidea: Thyrididae.
Pyraloidea: Pyralidae, Crambidae; Cimelioidea: Cimeliidae; Calliduloidae: Callidulidae; Drepanoidea: Epicopeiidae, Thyatiridae, Drepanidae.
Geometroidea: Uraniidae, Geometridae; Bombycoidea: Lasiocampidae, Bombycidae, Endromididae, Saturniidae, Lemoniidae, Brahmaeidae, Sphingidae.
Noctuoidea: Notodontidae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Micronoctuidae, Arctiidae, Syntomidae.