Gynaephora selenitica is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1789.

[1] It is found from central Europe through eastern Europe to the Urals and Ob' River in West Siberia.

It is not found in western and southern Europe and Scandinavia.

The larvae are polyphagous and feed mainly on Fabaceae species (including Lotus, Coronilla, Hippocrepis and Onobrychis), as well as various shrubs (Prunus spinosa, Salix, Vaccinium, Calluna and Rosa) and other plants (Asteraceae, Rosaceae including Potentilla).

This article on a moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae is a stub.