# List of Lepidoptera of the Faroe Islands

The Lepidoptera of the Faroe Islands consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the Faroe Islands.
According to a recent estimate, there are a total of 111 Lepidoptera species present in the Faroe Islands.

## Butterflies

There are no butterflies on the Faroe Islands.

## Moths
### Coleophoridae

* Coleophora glaucicolella Wood, 1892

### Coleophoridae

* Coleophora versurella Zeller, 1849

### Crambidae

* Catoptria furcatellus (Zetterstedt, 1839)
* Catoptria margaritella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Crambus ericella (Hübner, 1813)
* Crambus pascuella (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Loxostege sticticalis (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Scoparia ambigualis (Treitschke, 1829)
* Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)
* Udea lutealis (Hübner, 1809)

### Elachistidae

* Depressaria badiella (Hübner, 1796)

### Erebidae

* Arctia caja (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Catocala fraxini (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Scoliopteryx libatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)

### Gelechiidae

* Scrobipalpa samadensis (Pfaffenzeller, 1870)

### Geometridae

* Abraxas grossulariata (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Chloroclysta miata (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Chloroclysta siterata (Hufnagel, 1767)
* Dysstroma citrata (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Dysstroma truncata (Hufnagel, 1767)
* Entephria caesiata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Eupithecia nanata (Hübner, 1813)
* Eupithecia pusillata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Eupithecia satyrata (Hübner, 1813)
* Eupithecia venosata (Fabricius, 1787)
* Mesotype didymata (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Nycterosea obstipata (Fabricius, 1794)
* Operophtera brumata (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Perizoma albulata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Perizoma blandiata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Thera cognata (Thunberg, 1792)
* Xanthorhoe decoloraria (Esper, 1806)
* Xanthorhoe designata (Hufnagel, 1767)
* Xanthorhoe fluctuata (Linnaeus, 1758)

### Gracillariidae

* Aspilapteryx tringipennella (Zeller, 1839)

### Hepialidae

* Hepialus humuli (Linnaeus, 1758)

### Noctuidae

* Agrochola circellaris (Hufnagel, 1766)
* Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
* Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Amphipoea crinanensis (Burrows, 1908)
* Amphipoea lucens (Freyer, 1845)
* Amphipyra tragopoginis (Clerck, 1759)
* Anaplectoides prasina (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Anarta trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766)
* Apamea crenata (Hufnagel, 1766)
* Apamea exulis (Lefebvre, 1836)
* Apamea monoglypha (Hufnagel, 1766)
* Apamea remissa (Hübner, 1809)
* Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Autographa pulchrina (Haworth, 1809)
* Celaena haworthii (Curtis, 1829)
* Cerapteryx graminis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Diarsia mendica (Fabricius, 1775)
* Enargia paleacea (Esper, 1788)
* Eupsilia transversa (Hufnagel, 1766)
* Eurois occulta (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Hada plebeja (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Helotropha leucostigma (Hübner, 1808)
* Hydraecia micacea (Esper, 1789)
* Hypocoena stigmatica (Eversmann, 1855)
* Lycophotia porphyrea (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Mamestra brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Mesapamea secalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Mniotype adusta (Esper, 1790)
* Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809)
* Noctua orbona (Hufnagel, 1766)
* Noctua pronuba (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Parastichtis suspecta (Hübner, 1817)
* Peridroma saucia (Hübner, 1808)
* Phlogophora meticulosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Rhizedra lutosa (Hübner, 1803)
* Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
* Standfussiana lucernea (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Trigonophora flammea (Esper, 1785)
* Xanthia icteritia (Hufnagel, 1766)
* Xestia c-nigrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Xestia alpicola (Zetterstedt, 1839)
* Xylena vetusta (Hübner, 1813)

### Oecophoridae

* Endrosis sarcitrella (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Stainton, 1849)

### Plutellidae

* Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Rhigognostis annulatella (Curtis, 1832)
* Rhigognostis senilella (Zetterstedt, 1839)

### Pterophoridae

* Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (Hübner, 1813)
* Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla (Scopoli, 1763)

### Pyralidae

* Dioryctria abietella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, 1879
* Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, 1813)

### Sphingidae

* Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Hyles euphorbiae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Hyles gallii (Rottemburg, 1775)
* Hyles livornica (Esper, 1780)

### Tineidae

* Monopis laevigella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Tinea pallescentella Stainton, 1851

### Tortricidae

* Acleris aspersana (Hübner, 1817)
* Acleris comariana (Lienig & Zeller, 1846)
* Acleris maccana (Treitschke, 1835)
* Acleris notana (Donovan, 1806)
* Acleris sparsana (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
* Bactra lancealana (Hübner, 1799)
* Eana osseana (Scopoli, 1763)
* Epinotia caprana (Fabricius, 1798)
* Epinotia mercuriana (Frolich, 1828)
* Epinotia solandriana (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lobesia littoralis (Westwood & Humphreys, 1845)
* Phiaris schulziana (Fabricius, 1776)
* Zeiraphera griseana (Hübner, 1799)