List of Lepidoptera of Iceland

Location of Iceland

The Lepidoptera of Iceland consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from Iceland.

Butterflies

Nymphalidae

  • Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pieridae

  • Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Moths

Coleophoridae

  • Coleophora algidella Staudinger, 1857
  • Coleophora alticolella Zeller, 1849

Crambidae

  • Crambus pascuella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Gesneria centuriella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  • Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  • Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)

Erebidae

  • Catocala fraxini (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Orgyia antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Scoliopteryx libatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gelechiidae

Geometridae

Momphidae

Noctuidae

Oecophoridae

Plutellidae

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Sphingidae

Tineidae

Tortricidae

References

  • Fauna Europaea
  • Checklist of the Noctuidae of Iceland