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.
Lists based on superfamilies
List of moths of Russia (superfamilies Micropterigoidea to Yponomeutoidea): 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.
List of moths of Russia (superfamily Gelechioidea): Gelechioidea: Ethmiidae, Depressariidae, Peleopodidae, Elachistidae, Agonoxenidae, Scythrididae, Xyloryctidae, Chimabachidae, Oecophoridae, Lecithoceridae, Stathmopodidae, Batrachedridae, Coleophoridae, Momphidae, Blastobasidae, Autostichidae, Amphisbatidae, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiidae, Gelechiidae.
List of moths of Russia (superfamilies Choreutoidea to Thyridoidea): Choreutoidea: Choreutidae; Urodoidea: Urodidae; Schreckensteinioidea: Schreckensteiniidae; Epermenioidea: Epermeniidae; Alucitoidea: Alucitidae; Pterophoroidea: Pterophoridae; Copromorphoidea: Carposinidae; Thyridoidea: Thyrididae.
Sinev, S.Y. (Ed.) 2008: Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. St. Petersburg-Moscow: KMK Press, 425 p.
Junnilainen, J.et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
