List of moths of Japan
Moths of Japan represent over 6,000 known moth species. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
Location of Japan
This page provides a link to detailed lists of moth species which have been recorded in Japan, including the Japanese common names.
Lists based on superfamilies
- List of moths of Japan (superfamilies Micropterigoidea to Yponomeutoidea): Micropterigoidea: Micropterigidae, Eriocraniidae, Hepialidae; Nepticuloidea: Nepticulidae, Opostegidae; Incurvarioidea: Heliozelidae, Adelidae, Prodoxidae, Incurvariidae; Tischerioidea: Tischeriidae; Tineoidea: Tineidae, Galacticidae, Psychidae, Amphitheridae; Gracillarioidea: Bucculatricidae, Gracillariidae; Yponomeutoidea: Yponomeutidae, Ypsolophidae, Plutellidae, Acrolepiidae, Glyphipterigidae, Heliodinidae, Bedelliidae, Lyonetiidae.
- List of moths of Japan (superfamily Gelechioidea): Gelechioidea: Ethmiidae, Depressariidae, Elachistidae, Parametriotidae, Deuterogoniidae, Xyloryctidae, Scythrididae, Chimabachidae, Schistonoeidae, Oecophoridae, Stathmopodidae, Lecithoceridae, Batrachedridae, Coleophoridae, Momphidae, Blastobasidae, Autostichidae, Peleopodidae, Cosmopterigidae, Gelechiidae.
- List of moths of Japan (superfamilies Zygaenoidea to Tortricoidea): Zygaenoidea: Epipyropidae, Limacodidae, Zygaenidae; Sesioidea: Brachodidae, Sesiidae; Cossoidea: Cossidae; Tortricoidea: Tortricidae.
- List of moths of Japan (superfamilies Choreutoidea to Thyridoidea): Choreutoidea: Choreutidae; Schreckensteinioidea: Schreckensteiniidae; Epermenioidea: Epermeniidae; Alucitoidea: Alucitidae; Pterophoroidea: Pterophoridae; Immoidea: Immidae; Hyblaeoidea: Hyblaeidae; Copromorphoidea: Carposinidae, Copromorphidae; Thyridoidea: Thyrididae.
- List of moths of Japan (superfamilies Pyraloidea to Drepanoidea): Pyraloidea: Pyralidae, Crambidae; Calliduloidae: Callidulidae; Drepanoidea: Epicopeiidae, Drepanidae.
- List of moths of Japan (superfamilies Bombycoidea and Geometroidea): Bombycoidea: Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Saturniidae, Brahmaeidae, Sphingidae; Geometroidea: Uraniidae, Geometridae.
- List of moths of Japan (superfamily Noctuoidea): Noctuoidea: Notodontidae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Pantheidae, Noctuidae.
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See also
External links
- A revision of the Japanese species of the family Bucculatricidae (Lepidoptera)
- Japanese Moths
- Adalbert Seitz Ed. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart
- Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909
- Band 2: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Spinner und Schwärmer, 1912–1913
- Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914
- Band 4: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die spannerartigen Nachtfalter, 1915
All online in English here BHL and Plates in the German edition
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