The Lepidoptera of Malta consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the island of Malta.
Butterflies Hesperiidae Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
Lycaenidae Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758) Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767) Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761) Lysandra bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775) Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775) Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
Nymphalidae Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758) Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) Boloria dia (Linnaeus, 1767) Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) Hipparchia blachieri (Fruhstorfer, 1908) Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus, 1758) Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus, 1767) Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758) Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778) Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758) Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758) Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus, 1758) Polygonia egea (Cramer, 1775) Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1767) Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758) Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
Papilionidae Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758) Iphiclides podalirius podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758) Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758
Pieridae Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758) Colias croceus (Fourcroy, 1785) Colias hyale (Linnaeus, 1758) Euchloe belemia (Esper, 1800) Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus, 1767) Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758) Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758) Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758) Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Moths Adelidae Nemophora raddaella (Hübner, 1793)
Alucitidae Alucita grammodactyla Zeller, 1841 Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758
Autostichidae Apatema mediopallidum Walsingham, 1900 Dysspastus lilliput Gozmany, 1996 Holcopogon bubulcellus (Staudinger, 1859) Holcopogon bubulcellus bubulcellus (Staudinger, 1859) Oecia oecophila (Staudinger, 1876) Oegoconia deauratella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Oegoconia deluccai Amsel, 1952 Pantacordis pallida (Staudinger, 1876) Symmoca signatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Batrachedridae Batrachedra parvulipunctella Chretien, 1915
Bedelliidae Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller, 1847)
Blastobasidae Blastobasis phycidella (Zeller, 1839)
Choreutidae Choreutis nemorana (Hübner, 1799) Tebenna bjerkandrella (Thunberg, 1784)
Coleophoridae Coleophora binotapennella (Duponchel, 1843) Coleophora calycotomella Stainton, 1869 Coleophora conyzae Zeller, 1868 Coleophora crepidinella Zeller, 1847 Coleophora jefreniensis Toll, 1954 Coleophora luteolella Staudinger, 1880 Coleophora pyrrhulipennella Zeller, 1839 Coleophora semicinerea Staudinger, 1859 Coleophora versurella Zeller, 1849 Goniodoma limoniella (Stainton, 1884)
Cosmopterigidae Anatrachyntis badia (Hodges, 1962) Ascalenia acaciella Chretien, 1915 Ascalenia echidnias (Meyrick, 1891) Bifascioides leucomelanella (Rebel, 1916) Coccidiphila gerasimovi Danilevsky, 1950 Coccidiphila ledereriella (Zeller, 1850) Cosmopterix coryphaea Walsingham, 1908 Cosmopterix pulchrimella Chambers, 1875 Eteobalea intermediella (Riedl, 1966) Eteobalea serratella (Treitschke, 1833) Gisilia stereodoxa (Meyrick, 1925) Pyroderces argyrogrammos (Zeller, 1847) Pyroderces wolschrijni Koster & Sinev, 2003
Cossidae Zeuzera pyrina pyrina (Linnaeus, 1761) Zeuzera pyrina (Linnaeus, 1761)
Crambidae Achyra nudalis (Hübner, 1796) Agriphila trabeatellus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848) Anania crocealis (Hübner, 1796) Anania hortulata (Linnaeus, 1758) Anania lancealis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Anania testacealis (Zeller, 1847) Ancylolomia inornata Staudinger, 1870 Ancylolomia pectinatellus (Zeller, 1847) Ancylolomia tentaculella (Hübner, 1796) Ancylolomia tripolitella Rebel, 1909 Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel, 1833) Aporodes floralis (Hübner, 1809) Arnia nervosalis Guenee, 1849 Cataonia erubescens (Christoph, 1877) Cornifrons ulceratalis Lederer, 1858 Cynaeda dentalis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834) Dolicharthria bruguieralis (Duponchel, 1833) Duponchelia fovealis Zeller, 1847 Euchromius cambridgei (Zeller, 1867) Euchromius ocellea (Haworth, 1811) Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973 Eudonia angustea (Curtis, 1827) Evergestis desertalis (Hübner, 1813) Evergestis isatidalis (Duponchel, 1833) Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781) Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Hydriris ornatalis (Duponchel, 1832) Hyperlais nemausalis (Duponchel, 1834) Loxostege sticticalis (Linnaeus, 1761) Mecyna asinalis (Hübner, 1819) Metacrambus carectellus (Zeller, 1847) Metasia corsicalis (Duponchel, 1833) Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Nymphula nitidulata (Hufnagel, 1767) Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner, 1796) Palepicorsia ustrinalis (Christoph, 1877) Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794) Paracorsia repandalis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Pediasia siculellus (Duponchel, 1836) Pleuroptya ruralis (Scopoli, 1763) Pyrausta despicata (Scopoli, 1763) Pyrausta sanguinalis (Linnaeus, 1767) Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775) Tegostoma comparalis (Hübner, 1796) Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796) Udea lutealis (Hübner, 1809) Uresiphita gilvata (Fabricius, 1794)
Elachistidae Agonopterix adspersella (Kollar, 1832) Agonopterix assimilella (Treitschke, 1832) Agonopterix propinquella (Treitschke, 1835) Agonopterix rutana (Fabricius, 1794) Agonopterix subpropinquella (Stainton, 1849) Agonopterix thapsiella (Zeller, 1847) Agonopterix vendettella (Chretien, 1908) Agonopterix yeatiana (Fabricius, 1781) Depressaria depressana (Fabricius, 1775) Depressaria marcella Rebel, 1901 Depressaria veneficella Zeller, 1847 Ethmia bipunctella (Fabricius, 1775)
Erebidae Anumeta cestis (Menetries, 1848) Anumeta hilgerti (Rothschild, 1909) Araeopteron ecphaea Hampson, 1914 Autophila dilucida (Hübner, 1808) Autophila rosea (Staudinger, 1888) Autophila maura (Staudinger, 1888) Casama innotata (Walker, 1855) Catocala coniuncta (Esper, 1787) Catocala elocata (Esper, 1787) Catocala nymphaea (Esper, 1787) Catocala nymphagoga (Esper, 1787) Cerocala algiriae Oberthur, 1876 Clytie illunaris (Hübner, 1813) Coscinia striata (Linnaeus, 1758) Cymbalophora pudica (Esper, 1785) Dysauxes famula (Freyer, 1836) Dysgonia algira (Linnaeus, 1767) Dysgonia torrida (Guenee, 1852) Eilema caniola (Hübner, 1808) Eilema pygmaeola (Doubleday, 1847) Eublemma cochylioides (Guenee, 1852) Eublemma deleta (Staudinger, 1901) Eublemma deserta (Rothschild, 1909) Eublemma ostrina (Hübner, 1808) Eublemma parva (Hübner, 1808) Eublemma scitula Rambur, 1833 Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus, 1758) Grammodes bifasciata (Petagna, 1787) Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775) Heteropalpia acrosticta (Puneler, 1904) Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1796) Hypena obsitalis (Hübner, 1813) Hypena proboscidalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Lithosia quadra (Linnaeus, 1758) Lymantria atlantica (Rambur, 1837) Metachrostis velocior (Staudinger, 1892) Metachrostis velox (Hübner, 1813) Minucia lunaris (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Nodaria nodosalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) Odice suava (Hübner, 1813) Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1773) Orgyia trigotephras Boisduval, 1829 Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858) Pechipogo plumigeralis Hübner, 1825 Phragmatobia fuliginosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Schrankia costaestrigalis (Stephens, 1834) Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855) Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Zebeeba falsalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1839)
Eriocottidae Eriocottis fuscanella Zeller, 1847
Euteliidae Eutelia adulatrix (Hübner, 1813)
Gelechiidae Anarsia lineatella Zeller, 1839 Apodia bifractella (Duponchel, 1843) Aproaerema anthyllidella (Hübner, 1813) Aproaerema anthyllidella anthylidella (Hübner, 1813) Crossobela trinotella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1856) Dichomeris acuminatus (Staudinger, 1876) Dichomeris lamprostoma (Zeller, 1847) Ephysteris iberica Povolny, 1977 Ephysteris promptella (Staudinger, 1859) Epidola melitensis Amsel, 1955 Eulamprotes nigritella (Zeller, 1847) Isophrictis kefersteiniellus (Zeller, 1850) Megacraspedus lativalvellus Amsel, 1954 Mesophleps ochracella (Turati, 1926) Metzneria aestivella aestivella (Zeller, 1839) Metzneria aestivella (Zeller, 1839) Metzneria castiliella (Moschler, 1866) Metzneria torosulella (Rebel, 1893) Mirificarma eburnella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Ochrodia subdiminutella (Stainton, 1867) Ornativalva heluanensis (Debski, 1913) Ornativalva plutelliformis (Staudinger, 1859) Palumbina guerinii (Stainton, 1858) Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873) Platyedra subcinerea (Haworth, 1828) Pseudotelphusa paripunctella (Thunberg, 1794) Ptocheuusa paupella (Zeller, 1847) Recurvaria nanella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Scrobipalpa ergasima (Meyrick, 1916) Scrobipalpa halymella (Milliere, 1864) Scrobipalpa obsoletella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1841) Scrobipalpa ocellatella (Boyd, 1858) Scrobipalpa portosanctana (Stainton, 1859) Scrobipalpa traganella (Chretien, 1915) Scrobipalpa vicaria (Meyrick, 1921) Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier, 1789) Stomopteryx basalis (Staudinger, 1876) Syncopacma polychromella (Rebel, 1902) Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917)
Geometridae Aplocera efformata (Guenee, 1858) Apochima flabellaria (Heeger, 1838) Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Aspitates ochrearia (Rossi, 1794) Camptogramma bilineata (Linnaeus, 1758) Catarhoe basochesiata (Duponchel, 1831) Charissa mucidaria (Hübner, 1799) Charissa variegata (Duponchel, 1830) Chiasmia aestimaria (Hübner, 1809) Coenotephria ablutaria (Boisduval, 1840) Cyclophora puppillaria (Hübner, 1799) Eucrostes indigenata (de Villers, 1789) Eupithecia breviculata (Donzel, 1837) Eupithecia centaureata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Eupithecia innotata (Hufnagel, 1767) Eupithecia oxycedrata (Rambur, 1833) Eupithecia phoeniceata (Rambur, 1834) Eupithecia semigraphata Bruand, 1850 Eupithecia ultimaria Boisduval, 1840 Eupithecia venosata (Fabricius, 1787) Gymnoscelis rufifasciata (Haworth, 1809) Horisme exoletata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838) Idaea degeneraria (Hübner, 1799) Idaea determinata (Staudinger, 1876) Idaea distinctaria (Boisduval, 1840) Idaea elongaria (Rambur, 1833) Idaea fractilineata (Zeller, 1847) Idaea infirmaria (Rambur, 1833) Idaea inquinata (Scopoli, 1763) Idaea laevigata (Scopoli, 1763) Idaea longaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852) Idaea manicaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852) Idaea obsoletaria (Rambur, 1833) Idaea ochrata (Scopoli, 1763) Idaea rainerii Hausmann, 1994 Idaea rusticata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Idaea seriata (Schrank, 1802) Isturgia arenacearia (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Isturgia disputaria (Guenee, 1858) Isturgia spodiaria (Lefebvre, 1832) Larentia clavaria (Haworth, 1809) Larentia malvata (Rambur, 1833) Lithostege fissurata Mabille, 1888 Menophra japygiaria (O. Costa, 1849) Nycterosea obstipata (Fabricius, 1794) Phaiogramma etruscaria (Zeller, 1849) Phaiogramma faustinata (Milliere, 1868) Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767) Scopula asellaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847) Scopula decolor (Staudinger, 1898) Scopula emutaria (Hübner, 1809) Scopula imitaria (Hübner, 1799) Scopula marginepunctata (Goeze, 1781) Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833) Scopula ornata (Scopoli, 1763) Scopula vigilata (Sohn-Rethel, 1929) Scotopteryx chenopodiata (Linnaeus, 1758) Thera cupressata (Geyer, 1831) Xanthorhoe disjunctaria (de La Harpe, 1860)
Glyphipterigidae Glyphipterix equitella (Scopoli, 1763) Glyphipterix equitella equitella (Scopoli, 1763) Glyphipterix simpliciella (Stephens, 1834)
Gracillariidae Caloptilia coruscans (Walsingham, 1907) Dialectica scalariella (Zeller, 1850) Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856
Heliozelidae Holocacista rivillei (Stainton, 1855)
Lasiocampidae Gastropacha quercifolia (Linnaeus, 1758) Gastropacha quercifolia quercifolia (Linnaeus, 1758) Lasiocampa quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) Lasiocampa quercus quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) Lasiocampa trifolii (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Lasiocampa trifolii trifolii (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)