List of moths of Turkey explained

There are about 4,200 known moth species of Turkey. 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 Turkey.

Micropterigidae

Eriocraniidae

Hepialidae

Nepticulidae

Opostegidae

Tischeriidae

Heliozelidae

Incurvariidae

Prodoxidae

Adelidae

Deuterotineidae

Psychidae

Eriocottidae

Tineidae

Bucculatricidae

Douglasiidae

Gracillariidae

Roeslerstammiidae

Pterolonchidae

Agonoxenidae

Batrachedridae

Blastobasidae

Coleophoridae

About 187 species – see: List of moths of Turkey (Coleophoridae)

Elachistidae

Oecophoridae

Ethmiidae

Gelechiidae

Xyloryctidae

Momphidae

Cosmopterigidae

Scythridae

Alucitidae

Epermeniidae

Yponomeutidae

Ochsenheimeriidae

Lyonetidae

Glyphipterigidae

Argyresthiidae

Heliodinidae

Schreckensteiniidae

Brachodidae

Sesiidae

Choreutidae

Cossidae

Zygaenidae

Limacodidae

Tortricidae

Pterophoridae

Carposinidae

Pyralidae

Thyridae

Lasiocampidae

Bombycidae

Lemoniidae

Endromidae

Saturniidae

Brahmaeidae

Geometridae

Cimeliidae

Drepanidae

Thyatiridae

Sphingidae

Notodontidae

Thaumetopoeidae

Lymantriidae

Arctiidae

Ctenuchidae

Noctuidae

About 1085 species – see: List of moths of Turkey (Noctuidae)

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