List of moths of Metropolitan France (P–Z)

This is a list of moths of families starting from P to Z that are found in Metropolitan France (including Corsica). It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of Lepidoptera of Metropolitan France.

Family Praydidae

Family Prodoxidae

Family Psychidae

  • Acanthopsyche atra (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Anaproutia comitella (Bruand, 1853)
  • Anaproutia raiblensis (Mann, 1870)
  • Apterona crenulella (Bruand, 1853)
  • Apterona helicoidella (Vallot, 1827)
  • Apterona nylanderi (Wehrli, 1927)
  • Bacotia claustrella (Bruand, 1845)
  • Bankesia conspurcatella (Zeller, 1850)
  • Bankesia deplatsella Nel, 1999
  • Bankesia montanella (Walsingham, 1899)
  • Bijugis bombycella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  • Bijugis pectinella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  • Canephora hirsuta (Poda, 1761)
  • Dahlica argenterae (Wehrli, 1924)
  • Dahlica caspari Herrmann, 1984
  • Dahlica dorotheae Herrmann, 1981
  • Dahlica lazuri (Clerck, 1759)
  • Dahlica lichenella (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Dahlica rebeli (Wehrli, 1924)
  • Dahlica sauteri (Hattenschwiler, 1977)
  • Dahlica triquetrella (Hübner, 1813)
  • Diplodoma laichartingella Goeze, 1783
  • Dissoctena granigerella Staudinger, 1859
  • Epichnopterix montanella Heylaerts, 1900
  • Epichnopterix plumella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  • Epichnopterix pontbrillantella (Bruand, 1858)
  • Epichnopterix sieboldi (Reutti, 1853)
  • Eumasia parietariella (Heydenreich, 1851)
  • Leptopterix hirsutella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  • Leptopterix plumistrella (Hübner, 1793)
  • Luffia ferchaultella (Stephens, 1850)
  • Luffia lapidella (Goeze, 1783)
  • Narycia astrella (Herrich-Schaffer, 1851)
  • Narycia duplicella (Goeze, 1783)
  • Narycia infernalis Herrmann, 1986
  • Oiketicoides febretta (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1835)
  • Oreopsyche tenella (Ad. Speyer, 1862)
  • Pachythelia villosella (Ochsenheimer, 1810)
  • Penestoglossa dardoinella (Milliere, 1863)
  • Phalacropterix apiformis (Rossi, 1790)
  • Phalacropterix calberlae (Heylaerts, 1890)
  • Phalacropterix graminifera (Fourcroy, 1785)
  • Phalacropterix graslinella (Boisduval, 1852)
  • Phalacropterix praecellens (Staudinger, 1870)
  • Proutia betulina (Zeller, 1839)
  • Pseudobankesia alpestrella (Heinemann, 1870)
  • Pseudobankesia casaella Hattenschwiler, 1994
  • Pseudobankesia gramatella (Lhomme, 1938)
  • Pseudobankesia vernella (Constant, 1899)
  • Psyche casta (Pallas, 1767)
  • Psyche crassiorella Bruand, 1851
  • Psyche pyrenaea (Bourgogne, 1961)
  • Psychidea nudella (Ochsenheimer, 1810)
  • Ptilocephala agrostidis (Schrank, 1802)
  • Ptilocephala albida (Esper, 1786)
  • Ptilocephala leschenaulti (Staudinger, 1860)
  • Ptilocephala lessei (Bourgogne, 1954)
  • Ptilocephala muscella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  • Ptilocephala plumifera (Ochsenheimer, 1810)
  • Ptilocephala pyrenaella (Herrich-Schaffer, 1852)
  • Ptilocephala sicheliella (Bruand, 1858)
  • Ptilocephala silphella (Milliere, 1871)
  • Ptilocephala vesubiella (Milliere, 1872)
  • Rebelia herrichiella Strand, 1912
  • Rebelia surientella (Bruand, 1858)
  • Reisseronia tarnierella (Bruand, 1851)
  • Siederia alpicolella (Rebel, 1919)
  • Siederia listerella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Sterrhopterix fusca (Haworth, 1809)
  • Taleporia defoliella Constant, 1895
  • Taleporia politella (Ochsenheimer, 1816)
  • Taleporia tubulosa (Retzius, 1783)
  • Typhonia ciliaris (Ochsenheimer, 1810)
  • Whittleia retiella (Newman, 1847)

Family Pyralidae

Family Sesiidae

Family Sphingidae

Family Thyrididae

Family Tineidae

Family Urodidae

Family Zygaenidae

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