Taiwanese moths represent about 4,000 known moth species. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
This is a list of moth species that have been recorded in Taiwan.
Acrolepiidae Acrolepiopsis brevipennella Moriuti, 1972 Digitivalva longipennella Moriuti, 1972
Adelidae Nematopogon taiwanella KozLev, 2001 Nemophora aritai KozLev & Hirowatari, 1997 Nemophora askoldella (Milliere, 1879) Nemophora decisella Walker, 1863 Nemophora issikii KozLev & Hirowatari, 1997 Nemophora lapikella KozLev, 1997b Nemophora limenites (Meyrick, 1914) Nemophora magnifica KozLev, 1997a Nemophora polychorda (Meyrick, 1914) Nemophora uncella KozLev, 1996
Agonoxenidae Zaratha prosarista Meyrick, 1909
Alucitidae Alucita spilodesma (Meyrick, 1908)
Amphisbatidae Anchinia porphyritica Meyrick Cryptolechia argometra Meyrick, 1935 Cryptolechia coriata Meyrick, 1914 Cryptolechia epistemon Strand, 1920 Cryptolechia fenerata Meyrick, 1914 Cryptolechia malacobyrsa Meyrick, 1921 Cryptolechia metacentra Meyrick, 1914 Cryptolechia mitis Meyrick, 1914 Cryptolechia pelophaea Meyrick, 1931 Eutorna insidiosa Meyrick Machimia guerneella de Joannis, 1914
Amphitheridae Agriothera elaeocarpophaga Moriuti, 1978 Agriothera issikii Moriuti, 1978 Telethera blepharacma Meyrick, 1913 Telethera formosa Moriuti, 1978
Arctiidae Aglaomorpha histrio (Miyake, 1907) Agrgina astrea (Drury, 1773) Agylla asakurana (Matsumura, 1931) Agylla pulchristriata Kishida Agylla virago Rothschild Agylla virilis Rothschild Amata edwardsii (Butler, 1876) Amata flava (Wileman, 1910) Amata formosensis (Wileman, 1928) Amata fortunei (Sonan, 1941) Amata hirayamae Matsumura Amata issikii (Sonan, 1941) Amata lucerna (Wileman, 1910) Amata nigrifrons Wileman Amata perixanthia (Hampson, 1898) Amata rantaisana (Sonan, 1941) Amata shirakii (Sonan, 1941) Amata t-nigra (Matsumura, 1931) Amata wilemani Rothschild, 1911 Amerila astrea (Drury, 1773) Amsacta lactinea (Cramer, 1777) Amsactoides solitaria (Wileman, 1910) Areas galactina Okano, 1960 Argina argus (Kollar, 1847) Argyarctia fuscobasalis (Matsumura, 1930) Argyarctia reikoae (Kishida, 1984) Asura acteota Swinhoe Asura albidorsalis Wileman Asura alikangiae Strand Asura arcuata (Moore, 1882) Asura connexa (Wileman, 1910) Asura striata Wileman Asura strigipennis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1914) Asura tricolor (Wileman, 1910) Asura uniformeola Hampson Asuridia rubripennis Inoue Asurpopsis ranruna Matsumura Brunia antica (Walker, 1854) Caeneressa alikangiensis (Strand, 1915) Caeneressa diaphana (Kollar, 1844) Calpenia takamukui Matsumura Chamaita hirta Wileman Chamaita ranruna (Matsumura, 1927) Chrysaeglia magnifica (Walker, 1862) Chrysaeglia taiwana (Hampson, 1914) Chrysorabdia taiwana Wileman Chrysorabdia vilemani Hampson, 1911 Conilepia nigricosta Kishida, 1991 Creatonotos gangis (Linnaeus, 1763) Creatonotos transiens (Walker, 1855) Creatonotos vacillans Walker Cyana effracta (Walker, 1854) Cyana formosana (Hampson, 1909) Cyana hamata (Walker, 1854) Cyana posilla (Wileman, 1910) Cyana propinqua (Wileman, 1910) Cyana quadripartita (Wileman, 1910) Cyana sanguinea (Bremer & Grey, 1852) Cyana straminea (Hampson, 1914) Cyana subalba (Wileman, 1910) Diduga flavicostata (Snellen, 1878) Eilema acutapex Strand Eilema arizana Wileman Eilema bicoloriceps Strand Eilema costipuncta (Leech, 1890) Eilema formosicola (Matsumura, 1927) Eilema griseola (Hübner, 1803) Eilema karenkona (Matsumura, 1927) Eilema magnata (Matsumura, 1927) Eilema obliquistria (Hampson, 1894) Eilema pulverea Wileman Eilema ranrunensis (Matsumura, 1927) Eilema ratonella (Matsumura, 1927) Eilema ratonis (Matsumura, 1927) Eilema rubrescens (Hampson, 1909) Eilema saitonis (Matsumura, 1927) Eilema sakia (Matsumura, 1927) Eilema serva (Walker, 1854) Eilema subcosteol (Druce, 1899) Eilema taiwana Wileman Eilema taiwanella (Matsumura, 1927) Eilema tecta Wileman Eilema tomponis (Matsumura, 1927) Eilema tricolor Wileman Eilema usuguronis (Matsumura, 1927) Eilema vensosa (Moore, 1878) Eospilarctia formosana (Rothschild, 1933) Eospilarctia nehallenia (Matsumura) Eospilarctia neurographa (Hampson, 1909) Eressa confinis (Wileman, 1910) Euchromia elegantissima Butler Eugoa bipunctata (Walker, 1862) Eugoa brunnea Hampson, 1914 Eugoa formosibia Strand Eugoa grisea Butler, 1877 Eugoa obscura Hampson Eugoa sinuata Wileman Garudinia simulana (Walker, 1863) Ghoria bani Kishida, 2006 Ghoria subpurpurea (Matsumura, 1927) Gymnasura semilutea (Wileman, 1911) Heliosia alba Hampson Hemipsilia coavestis (Hampson, 1894) Hesudra divisa Moore, 1878 Hyposiccia punctigera (Leech, 1899) Lemyra stigmata (Moore, 1865) Lemyra alikangensis (Strand, 1915) Lemyra fallaciosa (Matsumura, 1930) Lemyra imparilis (Butler, 1877) Lemyra infernalis (Butler, 1877) Lemyra moltrechti (Miyake, 1909) Lemyra nigricosta Thomas Lemyra rhodophilodes (Hampson, 1909) Lemyra wernerthomasi Inoue, 1993 Macaduma cretacea Hampson Macrobrochis gigas (Walker, 1854) Meteugoa japonica Strand Meteugoa ochrivena (Hampson, 1898) Miltochrista convexa Wileman Miltochrista delineata (Walker, 1854) Miltochrista dentata Wileman Miltochrista fuscozonata Inoue Miltochrista karenkonis Matsumura Miltochrista koshunica Strand Miltochrista sauteri Strand Miltochrista takamukui Matsumura Miltochrista ziczac (Walker, 1856) Mithuna arizana Wileman Nannoarctia integra (Walker, 1855) Neasura gyochiana Matsumura Neasura melanopyga (Hampson, 1918) Neasura nigroanalis Matsumura Neasuroides asakurai Matsumura Neasuroides simplicior Matsumura Neoblavia scoteola Hampson Nikaea longipennis (Walker, 1855) Nikaea matsumurai Kishida Nikaeoides arisana (Matsumura, 1911) Nishada formosibia Matsumura Notata parva Hampson Nudaria suffusa Hampson Nudina artaxidia (Bulter, 1881) Nyctemera adversata (Schaller, 1788) Nyctemera albofasciata (Wileman, 1911) Nyctemera arctata Walker 1856 Nyctemera baulus (Boisduval, 1832) Nyctemera cenis (Cramer, 1777) Nyctemera coleta (Stoll, 1781) Nyctemera formosana (Swinhoe, 1908) Nyctemera kotoshonis Matsumura Nyctemera lacticinia (Cramer, 1777) Oeonistis entella (Cramer, 1779) Palaeopsis diaphanella Hampson, 1893 Palaeopsis squamifera Hampson Paraona staudingeri Okano, 1960 Parasiccia dentata (Wileman, 1911) Parasiccia fuscipennis Wileman Parasiccia maculata (Poujade, 1886) Parasiccia nebulosa Wileman Parasiccia punctilinea Wileman Paraspilarctia magna (Wileman, 1910) Pelosia muscerda Hampson, 1900 Philenora latifasciata Inoue & Kobayashi Pitasila brylancik (Bryk, 1937) Pitasila fractifascia (Wileman, 1911) Schistophleps bipuncta Hampson Siccia fumeola Hampson Siccia sordida (Bulter, 1877) Siccia taiwana Wileman Spilarctia alba (Matsumura, 1927) Spilarctia clava (Wileman, 1910) Spilarctia contaminata (Wileman, 1910) Spilarctia fumida (Wileman, 1910) Spilarctia nigrovittatus (Matsumura, 1911) Spilarctia postrubida (Wileman, 1910) Spilarctia rubida (Leech, 1890) Spilarctia subcarnea (Walker, 1855) Spilarctia subtestacea (Rothschild, 1910) Spilarctia taiwanensis (Matsumura, 1927) Spilarctia tienmushanica Kishida, 1991 Spilarctia wilemani (Rothschild, 1914) Spilosoma daitoensis (Matsumura, 1930) Stigmatophora flava (Bremer, 1852) Stigmatophora palmata (Moore, 1878) Stigmatophora tridens (Wileman, 1910) Syntomoides imaon (Cramer, 1780) Taicallimorpha albipuncta (Wileman, 1910) Teulisna tumida (Walker, 1862) Thysanoptyx incurvata (Wileman & West, 1928) Tigrioides dimidiatus Matsumura Tigrioides immaculatus (Butler, 1880) Utetheisa lotrix (Cramer, 1777) Utetheisa pulchelloides Hampson Utetheisa vaga Jordan, 1939
Arrhenophanidae Palaeophanes lativalva Davis, 2003 Palaeophanes taiwanensis Davis, 2003
Bedelliidae Bedellia ipomoella Kuroko, 1982
Batrachedridae Batrachedra arenosella (Walker, 1864) Batrachedra pastor Meyrick, 1932
Blastobasidae Blastobasis indirecta Meyrick, 1931 Blastobasis nephelophaea Meyrick, 1931 Blastobasis spermologa Meyrick, 1916 Coniogenes contempta Meyrick, 1936 Neoblastobasis decolor (Meyrick, 1907)
Bombycidae Andraca olivacea Matsumura, 1927 Andraca theae (Matsumura, 1909) Bombyx horsfieldi (Moore, 1860) Bombyx mandarina (Matsumura, 1927) Bombyx mori (Linnaeus, 1758) Bombyx rotundapex Miyata & Kishida, 1990 Ernolatia moorei (Hutton, 1865) Mustilia fusca Kishida, 1993 Mustilia sphingiformis gerontica West, 1932 Oberthueria formosibia Matsumura, 1927 Prismosticta fenestrata Butler, 1880 Trilocha varians (Walker, 1855) Triuncina brunnea (Wileman, 1911)
Brachodidae Miscera sauteri Kallies, 2004 Nigilgia limata Diakonoff & Arita, 1979 Paranigilgia bushii (Arita, 1980)
Brahmaeidae Brahmaea wallichii Inoue, 1984
Bucculatricidae Bucculatrix eremospora Meyrick, 1935 Bucculatrix hypocypha Meyrick, 1936
Callidulidae Callidula attenuata (Moore, 1879) Pterodecta felderi (Bremer, 1864) Tetragonus catamitus Geyer, 1832
Carposinidae Heterogymna ochrogramma Meyrick, 1913 Meridarchis concinna Meyrick, 1913 Meridarchis jumboa Kawabe, 1980 Metacosmesis aelinopa Diakonoff, 1982
Choreutidae Anthophila halimora (Meyrick, 1912) Brenthia moriutii Arita, 1987 Brenthia yaeyamae Arita, 1971 Brenthia formosensis Issiki, 1930 Choreutis achyrodes (Meyrick, 1912) Choreutis amethystodes (Meyrick, 1914) Choreutis basalis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Choreutis diplogramma (Meyrick, 1912) Choreutis fulminea Meyrick, 1912 Choreutis hyligenes (Butler, 1879) Choreutis ophiosema (Lower, 1896) Choreutis orthogona (Meyrick, 1886) Choreutis semicincta (Meyrick, 1921) Choreutis sexfasciella (Sauber, 1902) Choreutis xanthogramma (Meyrick, 1912) Choreutis yakushimensis (Marumo, 1923) Litobrenthia grammodes Diakonoff, 1979 Litobrenthia stephanephora Diakonoff, 1979 Saptha angustistriata Issiki, 1930 Saptha beryllitis (Meyrick, 1910) Saptha divitiosa Walker, 1864 Saptha pretiosa (Walker, 1866)
Coleophoridae Coleophora citrarga Meyrick, 1934
Cosmopterigidae Ashibusa jezoensis Matsumura, 1931 Balionebris bacteriota Meyrick, 1935 Cosmopterix attenuatella (Walker, 1864) Cosmopterix brachyclina Meyrick, 1933 Cosmopterix issikiella Kuroko, 1957 Cosmopterix lienigiella Zeller, 1846 Labdia bitabulata Meyrick, 1935 Labdia citrama (Meyrick, 1915) Labdia promacha (Meyrick, 1897) Labdia semicoccinae (Stainton, 1859) Metagrypa tetrarrhycha Meyrick, 1933 Passalotis irianthes Meyrick, 1932 Persicoptila leucosarca Meyrick, 1936 Placoptila semioceros (Meyrick, 1935) Pyroderces nephelopyrrha (Meyrick, 1917) Pyroderces simplex Walsingham, 1891 Rhadinastis serpula Meyrick, 1932 Stagmatophora leptarga Meyrick, 1914 Stagmatophora urantha Meyrick, 1914 Syntomaula simulatella (Walker, 1864)
Cossidae Holcocerus vicarinus (Walker, 1865) Phragmataecia castaneae (Huebner, 1790) Phragmataecia cinnamomea Wileman, 1911 Phragmataecia fusca Wileman, 1911 Ratarda excellens (Strand, 1917) Shisa excellens Strand, 1917 Squamura discipuncta (Wileman, 1915) Xyleutes strix (Linnaeus, 1758) Xyleutes unimaculosa (Matsumura, 1931) Zeuzera coffeae Nietner, 1861 Zeuzera indica Herrich-Schaeffer, 1854 Zeuzera multistrigata Moore, 1881
Crambidae Achyra massalis Walker, 1859 Achyra takowensis Maes, 1987 Acropentias aurea Butler, 1878 Aediodina quaternalis Lederer, 1863 Aethaloessa calidalis Guenee, 1854 Aetholix flavibasalis Guenée, 1863 Agassiziella hapilista (Swinhoe, 1892) Agathodes ostentalis Geyer, 1837 Agrotera basinotata Hampson, 1891 Agrotera discinotata Swinhoe, 1894 Agrotera ornata Wileman & South, 1917 Agrotera scissalis Walker, 1866 Analthes contortalis Hampson, 1900 Analthes euryterminalis Hampson, 1918 Analthes insignis Butler, 1881 Analthes semitritalis Lederer, 1863 Analthes taihokualis Strand, 1918 Anania pata (Strand, 1918) Ancylolomia japonica Zeller, 1877 Angustalius malacelloides Błeszyński, 1955 Antigastra catalaunalis Duponchel, 1833 Ategumia adipalis Lederer, 1863 Autocharis amethystina Swinhoe, 1894 Bocchoris inspersalis Zeller, 1852 Botyodes asialis Guenee, 1854 Botyodes diniasalis Walker, 1859 Botyodes principalis Leech, 1889 Bradina atopalis Yamanaka, 1984