Hong Kong Moths | Index to Moth Families in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Moths

Index to Moth Families found in Hong Kong

This page is an index to the moth family photo galleries on this website. The taxonomy is slowly being updated to follow van Niukerken et al., 2011, and eventually will follow Lees & Zilli, 2019: 198-201.
Each link leads to a web page listing the species of moth found in Hong Kong from that family.
Each photo thumbnail therein is linked (right mouse button click and open in a new tab) to the larger photo, with some thumbnails actively linked to a species information page containing details about that species.


Primitive Lepidoptera

MICROPTERIGIDAE || HEPIALIDAE || NEPTICULIDAE | OPOSTEGIDAE || ADELIDAE || HELIOZELIDAE || TISCHERIIDAE

Tineoidea & Gracillarioidea

MEESSIIDAE | PSYCHIDAE | ERIOCOTTIDAE | DRYADAULIDAE | TINEIDAE
ROESLERSTAMMIDAE | GRACILLARIIDAE | BUCCULATRICIDAE

Yponomeutoidea

YPONOMEUTIDAE | ARGYRESTHIIDAE | PLUTELLIDAE | GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE
ATTEVIDAE | PRAYDIDAE | BEDELLIIDAE | LYONETIIDAE

"Meso"lepidoptera (I)

ALUCITIDAE || PTEROPHORIDAE || COPROMORPHIDAE | CARPOSINIDAE || SCHRECKENSTEINIIDAE || EPERMENIIDAE || IMMIDAE ||

Gelechioidea

ELACHISTIDAE | XYLORYCTIDAE | OECOPHORIDAE | STATHMOPODIDAE | LECITHOCERIDAE | BATRACHEDRIDAE
COLEOPHORIDAE | AUTOSTICHIDAE | PELEOPODIDAE | COSMOPTERIGIDAE | GELECHIIDAE

Sesioidea & Cossoidea

BRACHODIDAE | SESIIDAE | CHOREUTIDAE || COSSIDAE

Zygaenoidea & Tortricoidea

LIMACODIDAE | LACTURIDAE | EPIPYROPIDAE | ZYGAENIDAE | PHAUDIDAE || TORTRICIDAE

"Meso"lepidoptera (II)

PYRALIDAE | CRAMBIDAE || HYBLAEIDAE || THYRIDIDAE

Noctuoidea

SCRANCIIDAE & NOTODONTIDAE | EREBIDAE | EUTELIIDAE | NOLIDAE | NOCTUIDAE

Geometroidea

CALLIDULIDAE | URANIIDAE | GEOMETRIDAE | DREPANIDAE

Bombycoidea & Lasiocampoidea

LASIOCAMPIDAE || BOMBYCIDAE | ENDROMIDAE | EUPTEROTIDAE | SATURNIIDAE | SPHINGIDAE


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