List of moths of Ireland

Irish moths represent about 1,400 different types of moths.

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 Ireland.

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Accounts of species are often more complete on Vertebrates:

Phylogenetic chart of the Lepidoptera
Micropterix aruncella
Eriocrania cicatricella
Eriocrania unimaculella larva
Ghost swift , female and male adults.
The small birch leafminer
Leaf mining damage by Stigmella splendidissimella larva
Male feathered diamond-back
Female green longhorn
Cauchas rufimitrella larva
Closeup on the head of a common clothes moth
Pupa of the horse-chestnut leaf miner
A blackberry skeletonizer ( Schreckensteinia festaliella ). Note the distinctive bristly legs.
Chrysoclista linneella and its favourite food, the lime tree .
Agonopterix alstroemeriana , the hemlock moth
Depressaria daucella larva
Mompha locupletella
Diurnea lipsiella
Twenty-plume moth
Glyphipterix schoenicolella
Bronze alder moth
Variable ypsolopha moth
Wingless female watermilfoil moth
Small magpie moth larva
Brown china mark
Scarce crimson and gold
Udea olivalis pupa
Lesser wax moth
Adaina microdactyla
Morning-glory plume moth caterpillar
Lunar hornet moth
Red-tipped clearwing
rufous-margined button moth
Acleris ferrugana larva
Ancylis achatana larva
Brown oak tortrix eggs
Life cycle of the Oriental fruit moth , recently recorded in Ireland
Lozotaenia forsterana
Arched marble
Tortricodes alternella larva
Zeiraphera isertana
clouded magpie
dotted carpet
March moth caterpillar on midland hawthorn plant
Latticed heath
red-green carpet
lime-speck pug
valerian pug
Irish annulet
brimstone moth
Peach blossom cocoon
Caterpillar of the small eggar
Male Saturnia pavonia
The notorious male African death's head hawkmoth , which summers in Ireland.
small elephant hawk-moth
Catocala fraxini
hoary footman
gypsy moth
Vapourer moth eggs
The miller
green-brindled crescent
Svensson's copper underwing caterpillar
Beautiful yellow underwing
Burren green , named after The Burren , County Clare
Burnished brass
Merveille du jour caterpillar
Marbled green caterpillar
Golden plusia
Poplar grey
Puss moth caterpillar
White prominent