List of Lepidoptera of Midway Atoll
# List of Lepidoptera of Midway Atoll

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.

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)
