List of moths of Taiwan

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Taiwanese moths represent about 4,000 known moth species. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Contents

This is a list of moth species that have been recorded in Taiwan.

Acrolepiidae

Adelidae

Agonoxenidae

Alucitidae

Amphisbatidae

Amphitheridae

Arctiidae

Arrhenophanidae

Bedelliidae

Batrachedridae

Blastobasidae

Bombycidae

Brachodidae

Brahmaeidae

Bucculatricidae

Callidulidae

Carposinidae

Choreutidae

Coleophoridae

Cosmopterigidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Drepanidae

Elachistidae

Epermeniidae

Epicopeiidae

Epipyropidae

Eriocottidae

Eupterotidae

Galacticidae

Gelechiidae

Geometridae

Glyphipterigidae

Gracillariidae

Heliodinidae

Hepialidae

Hyblaeidae

Immidae

Lasiocampidae

Lecithoceridae

Limacodidae

Lymantriidae

Lyonetiidae

Macropiratidae

Micropterigidae

Momphidae

Neopseustidae

Noctuidae

Nolidae

Notodontidae

Oecophoridae

Opostegidae

Palaeosetidae

Pantheidae

Peleopodidae

Phaudidae

Plutellidae

Psychidae

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Saturniidae

Schreckensteiniidae

Scythrididae

Sesiidae

Sphingidae

Thyrididae

Tineidae

Tineodidae

Tortricidae

Uraniidae

Xyloryctidae

Yponomeutidae

Zygaenidae

See also

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