Italian moths represent about 4,959 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 (families beginning F-M) which have been recorded in Italy, including San Marino, Sardinia, Sicily and Vatican City. Other parts of the list are at List of moths of Italy.
Gelechiidae
Acompsia cinerella (Clerck, 1759) Acompsia delmastroella Huemer, 1998 Acompsia maculosella (Stainton, 1851) Acompsia minorella Rebel, 1899 Acompsia tripunctella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Acompsia schmidtiellus (Heyden, 1848) Altenia scriptella (Hübner, 1796) Anacampsis blattariella (Hübner, 1796) Anacampsis hirsutella (Constant, 1885) Anacampsis obscurella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Anacampsis populella (Clerck, 1759) Anacampsis scintillella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1841) Anacampsis temerella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846) Anacampsis timidella (Wocke, 1887) Anacampsis trifoliella (Constant, 1890) Anarsia lineatella Zeller, 1839 Anarsia spartiella (Schrank, 1802) Anasphaltis renigerellus (Zeller, 1839) Apatetris mediterranella Nel & Varenne, 2012 Apodia bifractella (Duponchel, 1843) Aproaerema anthyllidella (Hübner, 1813) Argolamprotes micella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Aristotelia brizella (Treitschke, 1833) Aristotelia decoratella (Staudinger, 1879) Aristotelia decurtella (Hübner, 1813) Aristotelia ericinella (Zeller, 1839) Aristotelia heliacella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Aristotelia staticella Milliere, 1876 Aristotelia subdecurtella (Stainton, 1859) Aristotelia subericinella (Duponchel, 1843) Aroga aristotelis (Milliere, 1876) Aroga flavicomella (Zeller, 1839) Aroga pascuicola (Staudinger, 1871) Aroga velocella (Duponchel, 1838) Athrips amoenella (Frey, 1882) Athrips mouffetella (Linnaeus, 1758) Athrips nigricostella (Duponchel, 1842) Athrips rancidella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Atremaea lonchoptera Staudinger, 1871 Brachmia blandella (Fabricius, 1798) Brachmia dimidiella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Brachmia procursella Rebel, 1903 Bryotropha affinis (Haworth, 1828) Bryotropha arabica Amsel, 1952 Bryotropha desertella (Douglas, 1850) Bryotropha domestica (Haworth, 1828) Bryotropha dryadella (Zeller, 1850) Bryotropha figulella (Staudinger, 1859) Bryotropha galbanella (Zeller, 1839) Bryotropha gallurella Amsel, 1952 Bryotropha hendrikseni Karsholt & Rutten, 2005 Bryotropha italica Karsholt & Rutten, 2005 Bryotropha pallorella Amsel, 1952 Bryotropha plebejella (Zeller, 1847) Bryotropha sattleri Nel, 2003 Bryotropha senectella (Zeller, 1839) Bryotropha similis (Stainton, 1854) Bryotropha sutteri Karsholt & Rutten, 2005 Bryotropha terrella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) Carpatolechia aenigma (Sattler, 1983) Carpatolechia alburnella (Zeller, 1839) Carpatolechia decorella (Haworth, 1812) Carpatolechia fugacella (Zeller, 1839) Carpatolechia fugitivella (Zeller, 1839) Carpatolechia notatella (Hübner, 1813) Carpatolechia proximella (Hübner, 1796) Caryocolum alsinella (Zeller, 1868) Caryocolum amaurella (M. Hering, 1924) Caryocolum blandelloides Karsholt, 1981 Caryocolum blandulella (Tutt, 1887) Caryocolum bosalella (Rebel, 1936) Caryocolum cauligenella (Schmid, 1863) Caryocolum crypticum Huemer, Karsholt & Mutanen, 2014 Caryocolum delphinatella (Constant, 1890) Caryocolum fibigerium Huemer, 1988 Caryocolum gallagenellum Huemer, 1989 Caryocolum huebneri (Haworth, 1828) Caryocolum interalbicella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Caryocolum junctella (Douglas, 1851) Caryocolum klosi (Rebel, 1917) Caryocolum laceratella (Zeller, 1868) Caryocolum leucomelanella (Zeller, 1839) Caryocolum leucothoracellum (Klimesch, 1953) Caryocolum marmorea (Haworth, 1828) Caryocolum moehringiae (Klimesch, 1954) Caryocolum mucronatella (Chretien, 1900) Caryocolum peregrinella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Caryocolum petrophila (Preissecker, 1914) Caryocolum petryi (O.