List of Lepidoptera of the Midway Atoll

The Midway Atoll

Lepidoptera of the Midway Atoll consist of both the Butterflies and Moths recorded from the islands of the Midway Atoll. Midway Atoll is part of a chain of volcanic islands, atolls, and seamounts extending from Hawai'i up to the tip of the Aleutian Islands.

According to a recent estimate, there are a total of 36 Lepidoptera species present on the Midway Atoll.

Butterflies

Nymphalidae

Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)

Moths

Arctiidae

Utetheisa pulchelloides Hampson, 1907

Cosmopterigidae

Asymphorodes dimorpha (Busck, 1914)
Undescribed Asymphorodes species
Hyposmocoma neckerensis (Swezey, 1926)
Hyposmocoma rubescens Walsingham, 1907
Pyroderces rileyi (Walsingham, 1882)

Crambidae

Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781)
Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)

Geometridae

Cyclophora nanaria (Walker, 1861)
Macaria abydata Guenee, 1857

Gracilariidae

Stoeberhinus testaceus Butler, 1881

Noctuidae

Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Agrotis fasciata (Rothschild, 1894)
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1767)
Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday, 1843)
Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850)
Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1858
Leucania loreyimima Rungs, 1953
Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haworth, 1809)
Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1856)
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)
Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)

Plutellidae

Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pterophoridae

Lioptilodes parvus (Walsingham, 1880)
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1793)

Pyralidae

Pyralis manihotalis Guenee, 1854

Sphingidae

Agrius cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)
Deilephila nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tineidae

Erechthias simulans (Butler, 1882)
Monopis meliorella (Walker, 1863)
Opogona aurisquamosa (Butler, 1881)

Tortricidae

Amorbia emigratella Busck, 1910
Undescribed Bactra sp. nr. Bactra straminea (Butler, 1881)
Crocidosema blackburni (Butler, 1881)

External links

A Review of the Insects and Related Arthropods of Midway Atoll

List of butterflies of Oceania

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