Moth Name Generator

Soft, nocturnal names for moths and moth characters

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Generate moth names for characters, pets, and moth-themed OCs, drawing on real moth species like Luna, Atlas, and Cecropia, moon and lantern imagery, and the velvet, dusty aesthetic that makes moths so beloved.

About moth names

Moth names have two distinct flavours. The first is scientific and surprisingly poetic: real moth species carry names like Luna, Atlas, Cecropia, Polyphemus, Promethea, and Io, all borrowed from Greek myth by 18th-century naturalists, alongside gorgeously odd British common names like Merveille du Jour, Mother Shipton, Old Lady, Hebrew Character, and Burnished Brass. Any of these works as a character name straight off the field guide.

The second flavour is aesthetic. Since moths became an internet mascot for soft, cozy, nocturnal energy, moth OCs and mascots get names built from moon, lantern, and velvet imagery: Selene, Vesper, Lamplight, Moondust, Velveteen, Hush. The joke names matter too. Moth characters are very often given an old-fashioned human name that sounds vaguely dusty and dignified, like Mortimer, Millicent, or Bartholomew, or a name that hides the word itself, like Timothy and Dorothy.

When picking, think about the family. Giant silk moths (Saturniidae) suit grand names; hawkmoths suit fast, sleek ones like Sphinx or Swift; tiger and ermine moths suit textile names like Muslin, Cashmere, and Wool; and small brown micro-moths are perfect for humble names like Smudge, Speck, and Fawn. The list also takes in stars such as Capella and Deneb, words for moth in other languages like Falena and Polilla, Shakespeare's fairies, and wardrobe names such as Mothball and Cedarwood.

How to choose moth names

  • Real species names are the strongest option: Luna, Atlas, Cecropia, Io, and Cinnabar are all actual moths, so they sound authentic and are instantly recognisable to anyone who likes moths.
  • For a soft or cozy moth OC, combine one light-source word with one texture word (Lantern and Velvet, Porchlight and Fluff) and use one as the name and the other as a nickname.
  • Old-fashioned human names ending in a soft consonant, such as Mortimer, Millicent, and Winifred, are the classic joke-moth naming style and land especially well for a moth wearing a tiny cardigan.
  • Match wing colour: Sable, Soot, and Cinder for dark moths, Ivory, Cream, and Bone for pale ones, Rosy or Peach Blossom for pink-and-yellow species like the rosy maple moth.
  • For a moth villain or eerie character, use hawkmoth or underwing names such as Acherontia (the death's-head), Sphinx, Nyx, or Hecate.

Frequently asked questions

What are some real moth species that make good names?

Luna, Atlas, Cecropia, Polyphemus, Promethea, Io, Isabella, Cinnabar, Emerald, Brimstone, Herald, and Comet are all real moths. British moth common names such as Merveille du Jour, Peach Blossom, and Feathered Thorn are also lovely as character names.

Why is the luna moth called Luna?

Actias luna was named by Linnaeus in 1758 for its pale green, moon-like colouring and the crescent-shaped eyespots on its wings; Luna is the Roman moon goddess. Its cousins Selene and Artemis (Greek moon deities) are also used as moth and moth-character names.

What are cute names for a moth character or OC?

The most popular styles are light-and-lantern names (Lamplight, Porchlight, Flicker, Glow), soft texture names (Velvet, Fluff, Powder, Cashmere), and dignified old human names (Mortimer, Millicent, Timothy, Ophelia).

Can I use these names for a moth mascot, brand, or published story?

Yes. Species names, common words, and mythological names are free to use. Mothra and Mothman are specific characters and legends, so avoid them for commercial mascots.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 57 names

  • Abantiades
  • Abbott's Sphinx
  • Abraxas
  • Achemon
  • Acherontia
  • Actias
  • Actinic
  • Adela
  • African Moon Moth
  • Agatha
  • Aglia
  • Agnes
  • Agreeable Tiger
  • Agrippina
  • Agrotis
  • Ailanthus
  • Alcides
  • Alcyone
  • Alder
  • Alder Kitten
  • Algernon
  • Alucita
  • Amata
  • Amatrix
  • Amber
  • Ambrose
  • American Dagger
  • Amphion
  • Amyntor
  • Anania
  • Angel's Trumpet
  • Angerona
  • Angle Shades
  • Angora
  • Anna Tiger
  • Antenna
  • Antheraea
  • Antler Moth
  • Apamea
  • Apantesis
  • Araminta
  • Arched Hooktip
  • Arctia
  • Argema
  • Argent and Sable
  • Artemis
  • Ash
  • Aspen
  • Asteria
  • Atlas
  • Atropos
  • Attacus
  • Attic
  • Aurelia
  • Aurora
  • Automeris
  • Autumnal Moth

B: 76 names

  • Bagworm
  • Baltimore Snout
  • Banded Woolly
  • Barnaby
  • Barred Hook-tip
  • Barred Sallow
  • Barred Straw
  • Barred Umber
  • Bartholomew
  • Beaded Chestnut
  • Beatrix
  • Beautiful Carpet
  • Beautiful China-mark
  • Beautiful Golden Y
  • Beautiful Hook-tip
  • Beautiful Plume
  • Beautiful Wood-nymph
  • Bedstraw
  • Bee Moth
  • Beeswax
  • Bella
  • Belladonna
  • Bellatrix
  • Belted Beauty
  • Bent-wing Ghost Moth
  • Bertram
  • Beryl
  • Bethune's Pinion
  • Big Poplar Sphinx
  • Birch
  • Birch Mocha
  • Bird's Wing
  • Bird-cherry Ermine
  • Biston
  • Black Arches
  • Black Mountain Moth
  • Black Witch
  • Black-waved Flannel

B, continued

  • Blackneck
  • Bleeding Flower Moth
  • Blood-vein
  • Blue Moon
  • Blue Underwing
  • Blue-bordered Carpet
  • Bluish Spring Moth
  • Bobbin
  • Bogong
  • Bombyx
  • Bone
  • Bordered Beauty
  • Bordered Gothic
  • Bordered Straw
  • Bordered White
  • Box-tree Moth
  • Brahmin Moth
  • Bramble
  • Bright Wave
  • Bright-line Brown-eye
  • Brimstone
  • Brindled Beauty
  • Briseis
  • Broad-bordered Bee Hawk
  • Brontes
  • Broom Moth
  • Brown China-mark
  • Brown-tail
  • Brussels Lace
  • Buck Moth
  • Buddleia
  • Buff Arches
  • Buff Ermine
  • Buff Footman
  • Buff-tip
  • Burnet Companion
  • Burnished Brass
  • Buttoned Snout

C: 83 names

  • Cabbage Tree Emperor
  • Calico Moth
  • Calleta
  • Callimorpha
  • Callisto
  • Callosamia
  • Camphor
  • Campion
  • Canary-shouldered Thorn
  • Candle
  • Candleglow
  • Candlewick
  • Capella
  • Cara
  • Cardigan
  • Case-bearer
  • Cashmere
  • Caterpillar
  • Catkin
  • Catocala
  • Ceanothus Silkmoth
  • Cecropia
  • Cecrops
  • Cedarwood
  • Centre-barred Sallow
  • Cerura
  • Chai
  • Chalk Carpet
  • Chamomile Shark
  • Chandelier
  • Chenille
  • Chimney Sweeper
  • Chinese Character
  • Chinese Moon Moth
  • Chrysalis
  • Chrysiridia
  • Cilix
  • Cinder
  • Cinnabar
  • Cisseps
  • Citheronia

C, continued

  • Clearwing
  • Clifden Nonpareil
  • Cloaked Minor
  • Clothes Moth
  • Clouded Border
  • Clouded Brindle
  • Clouded Buff
  • Clouded Silver
  • Clouded-bordered Brindle
  • Clymene
  • Ćma
  • Cobweb
  • Cocoa
  • Cocoon
  • Codling
  • Comet
  • Common Heath
  • Common Lutestring
  • Common Quaker
  • Convolvulus
  • Coprosma Hawk
  • Cordelia
  • Corduroy
  • Cordwainer
  • Corona
  • Coronet
  • Coscinocera
  • Cosmia
  • Cossus
  • Cottonball
  • Cream
  • Cream-bordered Green Pea
  • Cream-spot Tiger
  • Crepuscule
  • Crescent
  • Crimson
  • Crimson-speckled Flunkey
  • Crumble
  • Cuthbert
  • Cygnus
  • Cynthia Silkmoth
  • Cyrus

D: 39 names

  • Daphnis
  • Dark Arches
  • Dark Chestnut
  • Dark Spinach
  • Darkling
  • Darling Underwing
  • Darning
  • Datura
  • Death's-head
  • December Moth
  • Deilephila
  • Delicate Cycnia
  • Delightful Dagger
  • Deneb
  • Dentated Pug
  • Devonshire Wainscot
  • Diamond-back Moth
  • Dimpsy
  • Dingy Shell
  • Dog Star
  • Dogbane Tiger
  • Doily
  • Dorothea
  • Dorothy
  • Dotted Border
  • Dotted Clay
  • Drinker
  • Dryocampa
  • Dun-bar
  • Dusk
  • Dusking
  • Duskwing
  • Dusky Brocade
  • Dusky Sallow
  • Dust
  • Dustbunny
  • Dustling
  • Dustmote
  • Dwarf Cream Wave

E: 41 names

  • Ear Moth
  • Earl Grey
  • Early Grey
  • Early Thorn
  • Early Tooth-striped
  • Edith
  • Edwina
  • Eggbox
  • Eight-spotted Forester
  • Eilema
  • Elder
  • Elephant Hawk
  • Elpenor
  • Ember
  • Emerald
  • Emperor
  • Emperor Gum Moth
  • Empress
  • Endymion
  • Engrailed
  • Epione
  • Erebus
  • Eri
  • Eriocrania
  • Eriogaster
  • Ermine
  • Estelle
  • Euclidia
  • Eumorpha
  • Euphemia
  • Euplagia
  • Euproctis
  • European Owl Moth
  • Eustace
  • Evenfall
  • Evening Primrose
  • Evening Star
  • Evensong
  • Eventide
  • Eyed Hawk
  • Eyespot

F: 45 names

  • Fairy Moth
  • Falena
  • False Mocha
  • Fan-foot
  • Farfalla Notturna
  • Fawn
  • Feather
  • Featherdust
  • Feathered Bright
  • Feathered Footman
  • Feathered Thorn
  • Felt
  • Festoon
  • Field Guide
  • Figure of Eight
  • Figure of Eighty
  • Figured Tiger
  • Filament
  • Flame Carpet
  • Flame Shoulder
  • Flame-shouldered Dart
  • Fleece
  • Flicker
  • Flitter
  • Flounced Rustic
  • Fluff
  • Flutter
  • Flutterby
  • Fog
  • Footman
  • Footpath Sallow
  • Forewing
  • Four O'Clock Moth
  • Fox Moth
  • Foxfire
  • Foxglove Pug
  • Fraxini
  • Fringe
  • Fritter
  • Frost
  • Frosted Green
  • Frosted Orange
  • Funerary Dagger
  • Fuzz
  • Fuzzwick

G: 53 names

  • Galleria
  • Garden Carpet
  • Garden Grass-veneer
  • Garden Pebble
  • Garden Tiger
  • Gardenia
  • Gardenia Bee Hawk
  • Gaslamp
  • Geometer
  • Geometra
  • Ghost
  • Ghost Swift
  • Giant Leopard
  • Giant Wood Moth
  • Gingersnap
  • Gingham
  • Glade
  • Glaucous Shears
  • Glimmer
  • Gloaming
  • Glow
  • Glowworm
  • Goat Moth
  • Godfrey
  • Gold Spangle
  • Gold Spot
  • Gold Swift
  • Gold Triangle
  • Golden Argent
  • Golden Pigmy
  • Golden Y
  • Goldenrod Flower Moth
  • Gordius
  • Gossamer
  • Graellsia
  • Grammia
  • Granny's Cloak
  • Grapevine Epimenis
  • Grapholita
  • Grass Rivulet
  • Great Ash Sphinx
  • Great Brocade
  • Great Peacock
  • Great Tiger
  • Green Arches
  • Green Carpet
  • Green Longhorn
  • Green Marvel
  • Green Oak Tortrix
  • Green Silver-lines
  • Grey Dagger
  • Gwendolyn
  • Gwyfyn

H: 46 names

  • Hadena
  • Hag Moth
  • Half-light
  • Halo
  • Hand-me-down
  • Haploa
  • Harnessed Tiger
  • Harriet
  • Harris's Three-spot
  • Hatbox
  • Hawkmoth
  • Hawthorn
  • Haze
  • Heart and Dart
  • Hearth
  • Hebrew Character
  • Hecate
  • Hedge Rustic
  • Heirloom
  • Helena Gum Moth
  • Heliotrope Moth
  • Hemaris
  • Hepialus
  • Herald
  • Hercules
  • Herminia
  • Hesperus
  • Hester
  • Hickory Horned Devil
  • Honey
  • Honey Locust Moth
  • Honeybun
  • Honeycomb Moth
  • Horatio
  • Hornet Moth
  • Horse Chestnut
  • Hortense
  • Hummingbird
  • Hummingbird Hawk
  • Humphrey
  • Hurricane Lamp
  • Hush
  • Hyalophora
  • Hyles
  • Hyphantria
  • Hypnos

I: 14 names

  • Idaea
  • Ilia
  • Imago
  • Imperial
  • Imperialis
  • Inchworm
  • Indian Meal
  • Indian Moon Moth
  • Instar
  • Io
  • Isabella
  • Isabelline
  • Ivory
  • Ivy Blossom

J: 5 names

  • Jersey
  • Joseph's Coat Moth
  • July Belle
  • July Highflyer
  • Juniper

K: 1 name

  • Kentish Glory

L: 47 names

  • Lace Border
  • Lachesis
  • Lackey
  • Lacrymosa
  • Lambswool
  • Lamplight
  • Lamplighter
  • Lampshade
  • Lampyra
  • Lantern
  • Lasiocampa
  • Latticed Heath
  • Lavender
  • Lavinia
  • Lead Belle
  • Leaf-miner
  • Leamhan
  • Leonora
  • Leopard
  • Lepidoptera
  • Lesser Treble-bar
  • Lesser Yellow Underwing
  • Lettered Habrosyne
  • Leucoma
  • Levant Hawk
  • Lichen
  • Light Arches
  • Light Trap
  • Lime Hawk
  • Linen
  • Little Dipper
  • Little Nymph
  • Little White Lichen
  • Lobster
  • Longhorn Moth
  • Looper
  • Lucia
  • Lull
  • Lullaby
  • Luna
  • Lunar Hornet
  • Lunar Marbled Brown
  • Lunar Thorn
  • Lunar-spotted Pinion
  • Lunate Zale
  • Lunette
  • Lychnis

M: 87 names

  • Mab
  • Mabel
  • Macrothylacia
  • Madagascan
  • Madagascan Sunset
  • Magpie Moth
  • Maia
  • Maiden's Blush
  • Malaysian Moon Moth
  • Mallow
  • Mammoth
  • Manduca
  • Many-plumed
  • Maple Prominent
  • Maple Zale
  • Marbled Beauty
  • Marbled Coronet
  • Marbled Pug
  • March Moth
  • Marumba
  • Maud
  • Mavis
  • Meadowsweet
  • Mealmoth
  • Merino
  • Merveille du Jour
  • Micropterix
  • Midnight
  • Midsummer Night
  • Milkweed Tussock Moth
  • Milky Way
  • Millicent
  • Mimas
  • Mint Moth
  • Mist
  • Mitten
  • Mohair
  • Moma
  • Moonbeam
  • Moondust
  • Moonflower
  • Moonglow
  • Moonlace

M, continued

  • Moonmoth
  • Moonpetal
  • Moonrise
  • Moonseed Moth
  • Moonshadow
  • Moonstone
  • Moonwing
  • Mopane
  • Mori
  • Mormo
  • Morpheus
  • Mortimer
  • Moss
  • Mote
  • Moth Night
  • Moth-eaten
  • Mothball
  • Mother of Pearl
  • Mother Shipton
  • Mothew
  • Mothgomery
  • Mothias
  • Mothilda
  • Mothilde
  • Mothkin
  • Mothling
  • Mothman
  • Mothra
  • Mothsworth
  • Mothy
  • Motte
  • Mottled Beauty
  • Mouse Moth
  • Muffin
  • Muga
  • Mugwort
  • Muliercula
  • Mullein
  • Muslin
  • Mustard Sallow
  • Mustardseed
  • Mylitta
  • Myron
  • Myrtle

N: 30 names

  • Nachtfalter
  • Nachtvlinder
  • Nameless Pinion
  • Natsværmer
  • Nattfjäril
  • Nemophora
  • Nerii
  • Nessus
  • Netted Carpet
  • Nettie
  • Nettle-tap
  • Neustria
  • Nicotiana
  • Night Phlox
  • Night-scented Stock
  • Nightbloom
  • Nightfall
  • Nightflyer
  • Nightjar
  • Nightlight
  • Nightshade
  • Nimbus
  • Noctuid
  • Nocturna
  • North Star
  • November Moth
  • Nox
  • Nupta
  • Nut-tree Tussock
  • Nyx

O: 29 names

  • Oak Beauty
  • Oak Eggar
  • Oak Hawk
  • Oak Hook-tip
  • Oak-tree Pug
  • Oatmeal
  • Oberon
  • Ocellata
  • Ochre
  • Old Coat
  • Old Lady
  • Old Maid
  • Old Man Dart
  • Oleander
  • Onyx
  • Oolong
  • Ophelia
  • Orange Moth
  • Orange Sallow
  • Orange Underwing
  • Orange-tipped Oakworm
  • Orgyia
  • Orizaba
  • Ornate
  • Orthosia
  • Oswald
  • Ottoline
  • Owl-light
  • Owlet

P: 72 names

  • Pachysphinx
  • Painted Lichen
  • Pale Beauty
  • Pale Tussock
  • Pandorus
  • Panthea
  • Pantry Moth
  • Papillon de Nuit
  • Pavonia
  • Peach Blossom
  • Peachfuzz
  • Pearly Wood-nymph
  • Peaseblossom
  • Pebble Hook-tip
  • Pebble Prominent
  • Pellucid Hawk
  • Penumbra
  • Peppered
  • Peregrine
  • Perizoma
  • Perseid
  • Petunia
  • Phalène
  • Phalera
  • Pheromone
  • Phineas
  • Phosphor
  • Pine Beauty
  • Pine Devil
  • Pine Hawk
  • Pine-tree Lappet
  • Pinion-streaked Snout
  • Pink Star Moth
  • Pink-barred Sallow
  • Pink-striped Oakworm
  • Plain Pug

P, continued

  • Pleiades
  • Plodia
  • Plume Moth
  • Plumed Prominent
  • Plush
  • Polia
  • Polilla
  • Polka-dot Wasp Moth
  • Pollen
  • Polyphemus
  • Pompom
  • Poplar Hawk
  • Poplar Kitten
  • Porcellus
  • Porchlight
  • Portland Ribbon Wave
  • Powder
  • Powdered Quaker
  • Primrose Moth
  • Privet Hawk
  • Prodoxus
  • Promethea
  • Prominent
  • Promissa
  • Pronuba
  • Proserpinus
  • Prudence
  • Psyche
  • Pterophorus
  • Puck
  • Puriri
  • Purple Clay
  • Purple Thorn
  • Purple-bordered Gold
  • Puss Moth
  • Pyralid

Q: 3 names

  • Queen of the Night
  • Quicksilver
  • Quilt

R: 30 names

  • Ragwort
  • Rain Moth
  • Red Underwing
  • Regal
  • Regalis
  • Relicta
  • Rest Harrow
  • Reverie
  • Riband Wave
  • Ringed China-mark
  • Rivulet
  • Robin Goodfellow
  • Rose Hooktip
  • Rosie Maple
  • Rosy
  • Rosy Footman
  • Rosy Rustic
  • Rothschildia
  • Round-winged Muslin
  • Rowan
  • Royal Mantle
  • Royal Walnut Moth
  • Rubicunda
  • Ruby Quaker
  • Ruby Tiger
  • Rush Veneer
  • Rust
  • Rustic Sphinx
  • Rusty Wave
  • Rusty-dot Pearl

S: 119 names

  • Sable
  • Sachet
  • Saddleback
  • Sage
  • Sallow Blossom
  • Sallow Kitten
  • Salt Marsh
  • Samia
  • Sappho
  • Satin Beauty
  • Saturnia
  • Scalloped Hazel
  • Scalloped Hook-tip
  • Scalloped Oak
  • Scarce Burnished Brass
  • Scarce Footman
  • Scarce Silver-lines
  • Scarce Tissue
  • Scarf
  • Scarlet
  • Scarlet Tiger
  • Scarlet-bodied Wasp
  • Schinia
  • Sconce
  • Scorched Carpet
  • Scorched Wing
  • Scribonia
  • Selena
  • Selene
  • Selenia
  • Senatoria
  • Sepia
  • September Thorn
  • Septimus
  • Seraphim
  • Serenade
  • Setaceous
  • Shaded Pug
  • Sharp-angled Peacock
  • Shawl
  • Sheep Moth
  • Shortbread
  • Shoulder-striped Wainscot
  • Shuttle-shaped Dart
  • Sigh
  • Silas
  • Silk
  • Silkmoth
  • Silkworm
  • Silky Wave
  • Silver Y
  • Silver-ground Carpet
  • Silver-striped Hawk
  • Silvery Arches
  • Sir Flutters
  • Six-spot Burnet
  • Six-striped Rustic
  • Sixty Watt
  • Skiff Moth

S, continued

  • Sloe Pug
  • Small Chocolate-tip
  • Small Elephant
  • Small Emerald
  • Small Fan-footed Wave
  • Small Lappet
  • Small Magpie
  • Small Mottled Willow
  • Small Phoenix
  • Small Waved Umber
  • Small White Wave
  • Smudge
  • Snowdrop
  • Soapwort
  • Sock Drawer
  • Soot
  • Sootling
  • Sorrel
  • Southern Flannel
  • Spanish Moon Moth
  • Speck
  • Speckled Beauty
  • Speckled Yellow
  • Spectacle
  • Sphingicampa
  • Sphinx
  • Spica
  • Spinach
  • Spindle
  • Spiny Oakworm
  • Sponsa
  • Sprawler
  • Spring Usher
  • Spurge
  • Stardust
  • Starlight
  • Stella
  • Sthenopis
  • Stigmella
  • Stinging Rose Moth
  • Straw Dot
  • Streak
  • Streetlamp
  • Striped Hawk
  • Styx
  • Sugaring
  • Sulphur Tubic
  • Sunday Best
  • Sunset Moth
  • Suraka
  • Sussex Emerald
  • Swallow-tailed Moth
  • Swansdown
  • Sweater
  • Sweet Rocket
  • Sweetheart Underwing
  • Swift
  • Sword-grass
  • Sycamore
  • Syntomeida

T: 45 names

  • Tabitha
  • Tallow
  • Tantalus
  • Taper
  • Tapestry Moth
  • Tassel
  • Tau
  • Taupe
  • Teacake
  • Tealight
  • Tegeticula
  • Tersa
  • The Asteroid
  • The Bad-wing
  • The Beggar
  • The Bride
  • The Laugher
  • The Scribbler
  • Thera
  • Threadbare
  • Thyatira
  • Thyme
  • Thysania
  • Thysbe
  • Timandra
  • Timothea
  • Timothy
  • Tinea
  • Tineola
  • Titania
  • Tityus
  • Tomato Hornworm
  • Tortrix
  • Treacle
  • Tropical Swallowtail Moth
  • True Lover's Knot
  • Tuberose
  • Tulip-tree Beauty
  • Tussar
  • Tussock
  • Tweed
  • Twenty-plume
  • Twilight
  • Twin-spotted Wainscot
  • Tyria

U: 7 names

  • Ultronia
  • Umber
  • Uncertain
  • Underwing
  • Urania
  • Ursula
  • Utetheisa

V: 18 names

  • V-Moth
  • Vapourer
  • Velour
  • Velvet
  • Velveteen
  • Venerable Dart
  • Verdant Hawk
  • Vesper
  • Vespera
  • Vespertine
  • Vestal
  • Vidua
  • Vine Hawk
  • Virescens
  • Virgin Tiger
  • Virginia Creeper
  • Virginia Ctenucha
  • Votive

W: 39 names

  • Wainscot
  • Walnut Sphinx
  • Wardrobe
  • Water Veneer
  • Waved Black
  • Wax Moth
  • Welsh Wave
  • Whisper
  • White Cedar Moth
  • White Ermine
  • White Flannel Moth
  • White Furcula
  • White Plume
  • White Satin Moth
  • White Spring Moth
  • White Witch
  • Wick
  • Widow Underwing
  • Wild Cherry Sphinx
  • Wilfred
  • Will-o'-the-Wisp
  • Willow
  • Willow Beauty
  • Willowherb Hawk
  • Windowlight
  • Wine Rope
  • Wingscale
  • Wingston
  • Winifred
  • Winter Moth
  • Winter Woollens
  • Wisp
  • Witching Hour
  • Wood Carpet
  • Wood Tiger
  • Woodbine
  • Wool
  • Woolly Bear
  • Wormwood Pug

X: 2 names

  • Xanthia
  • Xestia

Y: 9 names

  • Yamamai
  • Yarn
  • Yellow Bear
  • Yellow Belle
  • Yellow Shell
  • Yellow-tail
  • Yökkö
  • Yponomeuta
  • Yucca Moth

Z: 3 names

  • Zelda
  • Zodiac Moth
  • Zygaena