List of Lepidoptera of Greenland
# List of Lepidoptera of Greenland

Lepidoptera of Greenland consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from Greenland.

According to a recent estimate, there are a total of 52 Lepidoptera species present in Greenland.

## Butterflies

### Lycaenidae

* Lycaena phlaeas feildeni (McLachlan, 1878)
* Agriades glandon aquilina (Staudinger, 1901)

### Nymphalidae

* Boloria polaris (Boisduval, [1828])
* Boloria chariclea (Schneider, 1794)

### Pieridae

* Colias hecla Lefèbvre, 1836

## Moths

### Arctiidae

* Pararctia lapponica hyperborea (Curtis, 1835)

### Coleophoridae

* Coleophora alticolella Zeller, 1849
* Coleophora glaucicolella Wood, 1892

### Crambidae

* Gesneria centuriella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
* Udea torvalis (Möschler, 1864)
* Tehama bonifatella (Hulst, 1887)

### Gelechiidae

* Bryotropha similis (Stainton, 1854)
* Gnorimoschema valesiella (Staudinger, 1877)
* Gnorimoschema vibei Wolff, 1964
* Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873)

### Geometridae

* Entephria polata (Duponchel, 1831)
* Eupithecia gelidata Möschler, 1860
* Eupithecia pusillata Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
* Operophtera bruceata (Hulst, 1886)
* Psychophora sabini (Kirby, 1824)

### Gracillariidae

* ?Phyllonorycter junoniella (Zeller, 1846)

### Lymantriidae

* Gynaephora groenlandica (Wocke, 1874)

### Noctuidae

* Apamea zeta (Treitschke, 1825)
* Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Eurois occulta (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Euxoa adumbrata drewseni (Staudinger, 1857)
* Euxoa westermanni (Staudinger, 1857)
* Lasionycta leucocycla (Staudinger, 1857)
* Mniotype adusta (Esper, 1790)
* Mniotype sommeri (Lefebvre, 1836)
* Polia richardsoni (Curtis, 1835)
* Rhyacia quadrangula (Zetterstedt, 1839)
* Spaelotis clandestina (Harris, 1841)
* Sympistis lapponica (Thunberg, 1791)
* Sympistis nigrita Staudinger, 1857
* Syngrapha borea (Aurivillius, 1890)
* Syngrapha parilis (Hübner, 1809)
* Syngrapha u-aureum (Guenée, 1852)

### Oecophoridae

* Agonopterix antennariella Clarke, 1941
* Agonopterix heracliana (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Stainton, 1849)

### Plutellidae

* Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Rhigognostis senilella (Zetterstedt, 1839)

### Pterophoridae

* Stenoptilia mengeli Fernald, 1898

### Pyralidae

* Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, [1813])
* Pyla fusca (Haworth, 1811)

### Scythrididae

* Scythris noricella (Zeller, 1843)

### Tortricidae

* Acleris arcticana (Guenée, 1845)
* Acleris laterana (Fabricius, 1794)
* Epinotia trigonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Olethreutes mengelana (Fernald, 1894)
* Olethreutes inquietana (Walker, 1863)
