40 Moths described in 1846

Acleris comariana, the strawberry tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, the Caucasus, Amur, Kamchatka, China, Korea and Japan.

Agonopterix rotundella is a moth of the family Depressariidae and is found in most of Europe. It was first described from moths found in Surrey, England by the entomologist John Douglas in 1846.

Anacampsis temerella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Belgium, Switzerland, the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.

Argyresthia pulchella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Fennoscandia, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Latvia, Estonia and Russia.

Borearctia is a monotypic of tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 1984. Its only species, Borearctia menetriesii, or Menetries' tiger moth, was first described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1846. It is found in Karelia, Oktyabrskoe, north-eastern Kazakhstan, Altai Mountains, Sayan Mountains, Evenkia, Yakutia, the central Amur region, Primorsky Krai and central Sakhalin. It was believed to be extinct in Fennoscandia, but the species has been recently recorded in Finland. This species is characterized by the fact that they never come to light; such behavior is atypical in the family Arctiidae.

Caligula boisduvali is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It was described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1846. It is found in the Russian Far East and Japan.

Catocala separata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1846. It is found in the Balkans, the Mediterranean part of southern Turkey and the Levant.

Catocala subnata, the youthful underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864. It is found in North America from Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick to Nova Scotia, south through Maine and Connecticut to North Carolina and west to Tennessee, Kentucky, and Texas, then north to Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

Cnephasia conspersana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and North Africa. The habitat consists of coastal chalk downlands and heathlands.

Coleophora deauratella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, Asia Minor, Tasmania and North America.

Dichagyris melanura is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from south-eastern Europe to Turkey, the Caucasus region, north Iran, Israel, Syria and Jordan.

Elatobia fuliginosella is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Friederike Lienig and Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1846. It is found in almost all of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, the Benelux, Denmark and parts of the Balkan Peninsula, eastwards up to European Russia; in North Africa known from Morocco and Tunisia, eastwards through Siberia up to Mongolia.

Epirrita filigrammaria, the small autumnal moth or small autumnal carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1846. It is found in Scotland, northern England, Wales and Ireland. Epirrita filigrammaria is endemic to the British Isles

Eucosma obumbratana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, China (Jilin), Russia and Kazakhstan.

Eudonia laetella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1846. It is found in Fennoscandia, the Baltic region, Belarus, Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Germany and Belgium.

Eudonia phaeoleuca is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, on the Balkan Peninsula and in Turkey and Russia.

Eupithecia conterminata is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found from Fennoscandia and the mountains of central Europe, through the Caucasus to southern Siberia.

Eupithecia immundata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is known from the mountainous areas of Europe, as well as northern Europe.

Exaeretia ciniflonella is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found from Great Britain to Fennoscandia, south through Germany to Italy, east through Austria, Poland and the Baltic region to the eastern parts of the Palearctic realm. It is also present in western North America.

Grapholita pallifrontana is a moth species of the family Tortricidae, subfamily Olethreutinae.

Lampronia redimitella is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Fennoscandia, the Baltic region, Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany.

Levipalpus hepatariella is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Belgium, the Iberian Peninsula, Ukraine and most of the Balkan Peninsula. In the east its range extends to the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.

Melanthia alaudaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It has a local distribution in central Europe.

Merulempista cingillella is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is known from China, Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and Morocco.

Monochroa simplicella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Russia, Belarus, Slovakia, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Finland and the Baltic region. Outside of Europe, it is found in the Altai and in Irkutskaya oblast.

Montescardia tessulatella is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, the Benelux, Britain, Ireland, the Balkan and Greece.

Ocnogyna loewii is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1846. It is found in Asia Minor, Cyprus, Near East, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Daghestan, southern Uzbekistan, south-western Tajikistan, northern Iran and Afghanistan.

Olethreutes palustrana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula. It is also known from the eastern part of the Palearctic realm and North America. The habitat consists of heathland with scattered trees.

Pammene gallicolana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in northern Russia and Latvia and from Germany to Italy and Greece.

Phalonidia affinitana, the large saltmarsh conch, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China, Japan, Korea, Russia and most of Europe. The habitat consists of salt marshes.

The European oak leaf-miner or Zeller's midget is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Europe south of the line running from Ireland, through Great Britain, Denmark to Ukraine. It is also found in Macaronesia. It is an introduced species in New Zealand and Australia.

Phyllonorycter pastorella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, east to Russia, China and Japan.

Phyllonorycter salictella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, east to Russia and Japan.

Phyllonorycter spinicolella, also known as the sloe midget, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, first described by the German entomologist Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1846. It is probably present in all of Europe.

Rhyacionia pinivorana, the spotted shoot moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from northern and central Europe to eastern Russia, China, Korea and Japan.

Scoparia ingratella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Portugal, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region and Ukraine.

Scrobipalpa instabilella, the saltern groundling, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by John William Douglas in 1846. It is found in on the Canary Islands, in Algeria, Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Greece, Cyprus and Palestine. It is also present in the United States, where it has been recorded from California.

Sorhagenia lophyrella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in most of Europe, Asia Minor and the Caucasus.

Synemon theresa, the cryptic sun moth, is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including South Australia and Victoria.

Victrix umovii is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Fennoscandia south to Poland, Ukraine and Moldova and east to Russia.