List of Lepidoptera of the Pitcairn Islands explained

The Lepidoptera of the Pitcairn Islands consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the Pitcairn Islands, consisting of Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno.

Butterflies

Nymphalidae

• Hypolimnas bolina otaheitae (C Felder, 1862)

Moths

Arctiidae

• Utetheisa pulchelloides Hampson, 1907

Cosmopterigidae

• Unidentified species

Gelechiidae

• Stoeberhinus testaceus Butler, 1881

Geometridae

• Anisodes niveopuncta (Warren, 1897)
• Gymnoscelis concinna Swinhoe, 1902
• Thalassodes pilaria Guenée, 1857

Noctuidae

• Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
• Anomis sabulifera (Guenée, 1852)
• Anticarsia irrorata (Fabricius, 1781)
• Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday, 1843)
• Condica conducta (Walker, [1857])
• Condica illecta (Walker, 1865)
• Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)
• Targalla delatrix (Guenée, 1852)
• Tiracola plagiata (Walker, 1857)

Pyralidae

• Endotricha mesenterialis (Walker, 1859)

Sphingidae

• Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Gnathothlibus erotus (Cramer, 1777)
• Hippotion hateleyi Holloway, 1990

Tineidae

• Erechthias species
• Opogona species

References

• "A checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and some adjacent areas", by W. John Tennent, Zootaxa 1178: pp. 1–209, (21 April 2006)
• The Lepidoptera of Easter, Pitcairn and Henderson Islands; by J.D. Holloway