List of Lepidoptera of Midway Atoll
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The Lepidoptera of Midway Atoll consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the islands of 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.
Midway
Location of Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean
According to a recent estimate, there are a total of 36 Lepidoptera species present on the Midway Atoll.
Butterflies
editNymphalidae
edit- Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
Moths
editArctiidae
edit- Utetheisa pulchelloides Hampson, 1907
Cosmopterigidae
edit- Asymphorodes dimorpha (Busck, 1914)
- Undescribed Asymphorodes species
- Hyposmocoma neckerensis (Swezey, 1926)
- Hyposmocoma rubescens Walsingham, 1907
- Pyroderces rileyi (Walsingham, 1882)
Crambidae
edit- Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781)
- Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
- Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Geometridae
edit- Cyclophora nanaria (Walker, 1861)
- Macaria abydata Guenee, 1857
Gracilariidae
edit- Stoeberhinus testaceus Butler, 1881
Noctuidae
edit- 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
edit- Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pterophoridae
edit- Lioptilodes parvus (Walsingham, 1880)
- Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1793)
Pyralidae
edit- Pyralis manihotalis Guenee, 1854
Sphingidae
edit- Agrius cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Deilephila nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tineidae
edit- Erechthias simulans (Butler, 1882)
- Monopis meliorella (Walker, 1863)
- Opogona aurisquamosa (Butler, 1881)
Tortricidae
edit- Amorbia emigratella Busck, 1910
- Undescribed Bactra sp. nr. Bactra straminea (Butler, 1881)
- Crocidosema blackburni (Butler, 1881)