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 A-E) 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
Adelidae
Adela albicinctella Mann, 1852
Adela australis (Heydenreich, 1851) Adela croesella (Scopoli, 1763) Adela cuprella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Adela mazzolella (Hübner, 1801) Adela paludicolella Zeller, 1850 Adela reaumurella (Linnaeus, 1758) Adela violella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Cauchas fibulella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Cauchas leucocerella (Scopoli, 1763) Cauchas rufifrontella (Treitschke, 1833) Cauchas rufimitrella (Scopoli, 1763) Nematopogon adansoniella (Villers, 1789) Nematopogon metaxella (Hübner, 1813) Nematopogon pilella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Nematopogon prolai (Hartig, 1941) Nematopogon robertella (Clerck, 1759) Nematopogon schwarziellus Zeller, 1839 Nematopogon sericinellus Zeller, 1847 Nematopogon swammerdamella (Linnaeus, 1758) Nemophora associatella (Zeller, 1839) Nemophora barbatellus (Zeller, 1847) Nemophora congruella (Zeller, 1839) Nemophora cupriacella (Hübner, 1819) Nemophora degeerella (Linnaeus, 1758) Nemophora fasciella (Fabricius, 1775) Nemophora metallica (Poda, 1761) Nemophora minimella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Nemophora ochsenheimerella (Hübner, 1813) Nemophora prodigellus (Zeller, 1853) Nemophora raddaella (Hübner, 1793) Nemophora violellus (Herrich-Schäffer in Stainton, 1851)
Alucitidae
Alucita acutata Scholz & Jackh, 1994
Alucita bidentata Scholz & Jackh, 1994
Alucita cancellata (Meyrick, 1908) Alucita cymatodactyla Zeller, 1852 Alucita desmodactyla Zeller, 1847 Alucita grammodactyla Zeller, 1841 Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 Alucita huebneri Wallengren, 1859 Alucita iberica Scholz & Jackh, 1994 Alucita major (Rebel, 1906) Alucita palodactyla Zeller, 1847 Alucita tridentata Scholz & Jackh, 1994 Alucita zonodactyla Zeller, 1847 Pterotopteryx dodecadactyla Hübner, 1813
Argyresthiidae
Argyresthia abdominalis Zeller, 1839
Argyresthia albistria (Haworth, 1828) Argyresthia aurulentella Stainton, 1849 Argyresthia bonnetella (Linnaeus, 1758) Argyresthia brockeella (Hübner, 1813) Argyresthia conjugella Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia curvella (Linnaeus, 1761) Argyresthia fundella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1835) Argyresthia goedartella (Linnaeus, 1758) Argyresthia pruniella (Clerck, 1759) Argyresthia pulchella Lienig & Zeller, 1846 Argyresthia pygmaeella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Argyresthia retinella Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia semifusca (Haworth, 1828) Argyresthia semitestacella (Curtis, 1833) Argyresthia sorbiella (Treitschke, 1833) Argyresthia spinosella Stainton, 1849 Argyresthia submontana Frey, 1871 Argyresthia amiantella (Zeller, 1847) Argyresthia arceuthina Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia bergiella (Ratzeburg, 1840) Argyresthia dilectella Zeller, 1847 Argyresthia glabratella (Zeller, 1847) Argyresthia illuminatella Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia laevigatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Argyresthia praecocella Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia trifasciata Staudinger, 1871
Autostichidae
Apatema apolausticum Gozmány, 1996
Apatema impunctella Amsel, 1940
Apatema mediopallidum Walsingham, 1900
Aprominta cryptogamarum (Milliere, 1872) Deroxena venosulella (Moschler, 1862) Donaspastus bosellii (Hartig, 1941) Donaspastus liguricus Gozmány, 1977 Donaspastus pannonicus Gozmány, 1952 Dysspastus gracilellus (Turati, 1922) Dysspastus hartigi Gozmány, 1977 Dysspastus mediterraneus (Gozmány, 1957) Dysspastus perpygmaeella (Walsingham, 1901) Holcopogon bubulcellus (Staudinger, 1859) Nukusa praeditella (Rebel, 1891) Oecia oecophila (Staudinger, 1876) Oegoconia annae Sutter, 2007 Oegoconia caradjai Popescu-Gorj & Capuse, 1965 Oegoconia ceres Sutter, 2007 Oegoconia deauratella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Oegoconia huemeri Sutter, 2007 Oegoconia novimundi (Busck, 1915) Oegoconia uralskella Popescu-Gorj & Capuse, 1965 Orpecovalva acantha (Gozmány, 1963) Pantacordis pallida (Staudinger, 1876) Symmoca achrestella Rebel, 1889 Symmoca caliginella Mann, 1867 Symmoca cinerariella (Mann, 1859) Symmoca dolomitana Huemer & Gozmány, 1992 Symmoca italica Gozmány, 1962 Symmoca orphnella Rebel, 1893 Symmoca signatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Symmoca signella (Hübner, 1796) Symmoca tofosella Rebel, 1893 Symmocoides oxybiella (Milliere, 1872) Telephirca quadrifariella (Mann, 1855)