Estonian moths represent about 2,228 different types of moths. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Estonia.
Adelidae
Adela croesella (Scopoli, 1763) Adela cuprella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Adela reaumurella (Linnaeus, 1758) Cauchas fibulella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Cauchas rufimitrella (Scopoli, 1763) Nematopogon magna (Zeller, 1878) Nematopogon metaxella (Hübner, 1813) Nematopogon pilella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Nematopogon robertella (Clerck, 1759) Nematopogon schwarziellus Zeller, 1839 Nematopogon swammerdamella (Linnaeus, 1758) Nemophora cupriacella (Hübner, 1819) Nemophora degeerella (Linnaeus, 1758) Nemophora dumerilella (Duponchel, 1839) Nemophora fasciella (Fabricius, 1775) Nemophora metallica (Poda, 1761)
Alucitidae
Alucita grammodactyla Zeller, 1841
Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758
Pterotopteryx dodecadactyla Hübner, 1813
Argyresthiidae
Argyresthia abdominalis Zeller, 1839
Argyresthia albistria (Haworth, 1828) Argyresthia aurulentella Stainton, 1849 Argyresthia bonnetella (Linnaeus, 1758) Argyresthia brockeella (Hübner, 1813) Argyresthia conjugella Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia curvella (Linnaeus, 1761) Argyresthia glaucinella Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia goedartella (Linnaeus, 1758) Argyresthia ivella (Haworth, 1828) Argyresthia pruniella (Clerck, 1759) Argyresthia pulchella Lienig & Zeller, 1846 Argyresthia pygmaeella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Argyresthia retinella Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia semifusca (Haworth, 1828) Argyresthia sorbiella (Treitschke, 1833) Argyresthia spinosella Stainton, 1849 Argyresthia arceuthina Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia bergiella (Ratzeburg, 1840) Argyresthia dilectella Zeller, 1847 Argyresthia glabratella (Zeller, 1847) Argyresthia illuminatella Zeller, 1839 Argyresthia laevigatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Argyresthia praecocella Zeller, 1839
Batrachedridae
Batrachedra pinicolella (Zeller, 1839) Batrachedra praeangusta (Haworth, 1828)
Bedelliidae
Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller, 1847)
Blastobasidae
Hypatopa binotella (Thunberg, 1794) Hypatopa inunctella Zeller, 1839
Brahmaeidae
Lemonia dumi (Linnaeus, 1761)
Bucculatricidae
Bucculatrix albedinella (Zeller, 1839) Bucculatrix argentisignella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Bucculatrix artemisiella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Bucculatrix bechsteinella (Bechstein & Scharfenberg, 1805) Bucculatrix cidarella (Zeller, 1839) Bucculatrix cristatella (Zeller, 1839) Bucculatrix demaryella (Duponchel, 1840) Bucculatrix frangutella (Goeze, 1783) Bucculatrix gnaphaliella (Treitschke, 1833) Bucculatrix latviaella Sulcs, 1990 Bucculatrix maritima Stainton, 1851 Bucculatrix nigricomella (Zeller, 1839) Bucculatrix noltei Petry, 1912 Bucculatrix ratisbonensis Stainton, 1861 Bucculatrix thoracella (Thunberg, 1794) Bucculatrix ulmella Zeller, 1848
Chimabachidae
Dasystoma salicella (Hübner, 1796) Diurnea fagella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Diurnea lipsiella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Choreutidae
Anthophila fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767) Choreutis diana (Hübner, 1822) Choreutis pariana (Clerck, 1759) Prochoreutis myllerana (Fabricius, 1794) Prochoreutis sehestediana (Fabricius, 1776) Prochoreutis ultimana (Krulikovsky, 1909) Tebenna bjerkandrella (Thunberg, 1784) Tebenna pretiosana (Duponchel, 1842)