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The following is a list of the '''[[moth]]s of [[India]]'''. It is estimated that approximately 10,000 species of moths exist in India. <br />
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==Family lists for Indian moths==<br />
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* [[List of moths of India (Alucitidae)|Alucitidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Bombycidae)|Bombycidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Brachodidae)|Brachodidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Brahmaeidae)|Brahmaeidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Choreutidae)|Choreutidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Cosmopterigidae)|Cosmopterigidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Cossidae)|Cossidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Crambidae)|Crambidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Depressariidae)|Depressariidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Drepanidae)|Drepanidae]]<br />
* Elachistidae<br />
*''[[Urodeta jurateae]]'' Sruoga & Rociene, 2018<br />
*''[[Urodeta pectena]]'' Sruoga & Rociene, 2018<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Erebidae)|Erebidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Eupterotidae)|Eupterotidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Gelechiidae)|Gelechiidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Geometridae)|Geometridae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Glyphipterigidae)|Glyphipterigidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Gracillariidae)|Gracillariidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Hepialidae)|Hepialidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Immidae)|Immidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Lasiocampidae)|Lasiocampidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Lecithoceridae)|Lecithoceridae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Limacodidae)|Limacodidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Lymantriidae)|Lymantriidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Noctuidae)|Noctuidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Nolidae)|Nolidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Notodontidae)|Notodontidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Oecophoridae)|Oecophoridae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Pantheidae)|Pantheidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Peleopodidae)|Peleopodidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Phaudidae)|Phaudidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Psychidae)|Psychidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Pterophoridae)|Pterophoridae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Pyralidae)|Pyralidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Saturniidae)|Saturniidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Sesiidae)|Sesiidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Sphingidae)|Sphingidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Thyrididae)|Thyrididae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Tineidae)|Tineidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Tortricidae)|Tortricidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Uraniidae)|Uraniidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Xyloryctidae)|Xyloryctidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Yponomeutidae)|Yponomeutidae]]<br />
* [[List of moths of India (Zygaenidae)|Zygaenidae]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Lepidoptera]]<br />
* [[Fauna of India]]<br />
* [[Flora of India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359181015_New_species_of_Urodeta_Stainton_1869_Lepidoptera_Elachistidae_Elachistinae_from_Ghana_and_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_with_identification_keys_to_the_Afrotropical_species_of_the_genus New species of Urodeta Stainton, 1869 (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae, Elachistinae) from Ghana and Democratic Republic of the Congo, with identification keys to the Afrotropical species of the genus]<br />
*{{cite web |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/ |title=The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex) |last1=Beccaloni |first1=George |last2=Scoble |first2=Malcolm |last3=Kitching |first3=Ian |last4=Simonsen |first4=Thomas |last5=Robinson |first5=Gaden |last6=Pitkin |first6=Brian |last7=Hine |first7=Adrian |last8=Lyal |first8=Chris |publisher=Natural History Museum, London |accessdate=2016-10-15 }}<br />
* [[George Francis Hampson|Hampson, G.F.]] & al (1892-1937) ''Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma - Moths''. Vols. 1-5 cxix + 2813 p - 1295 figs - 1 table - 15 pl (12 in col.)<br />
* Kendrick, R.C., 2002 [2003]. ''Moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of Hong Kong''. PhD thesis, The University of Hong Kong. xvi + 660 pp. [http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B30278831]<br />
* Savela, Markku. Website on Lepidoptera and some other life forms - page on [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/index.html order Lepidoptera] (Accessed 8 July 2007).<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Commonscat|Moths of India}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180613075326/http://www.srilankaninsects.net/ Insects of Sri Lanka]<br />
* {{cite web |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ |title=Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' }}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100420182128/http://envfor.nic.in/legis/legis.html#R Indian Wildlife Act and scheduled species lists] <br />
** [http://www.envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife1s1.html Schedule 1]<br />
** [http://www.envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife1s2.html Schedule 2]<br />
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