List of moths of Christmas Island explained

This is a list of moths of Christmas Island, an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean.

According to a recent estimate, there are 70^[1] moth species present on Christmas Island.

Some of these species are listed below, divided into taxonomic families.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Family Crambidae

• Nomophila corticalis Walker, 1869
• Parotis suralis (Lederer, 1863)
• Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)

Family Erebidae

• Acantholipes similis Moore, 1879
• Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Achaea serva (Linnaeus, 1775)
• Amyna axis (Guenée, 1852)
• Amyna crocosticta Hampson, 1910
• Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
• Anomis erosa Hübner 1821
• Anomis esocampta Hampson 1926
• Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
• Argina astrea (Drury, 1773)
• Bocula limbata (Butler, 1888)
• Chasmina candida (Walker, 1865)
• Dasypodia selenophora Guenée, 1852
• Dysauxes ancilla (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Erebus macrops (Linnaeus, 1768)
• Eublemma cochylioides Guenée, 1852
• Eublemma rivula Moore, 1882
• Eublemma roseana Moore, 1882
• Euchromia horsfieldi (Moore, 1859)
• Eudocima homaena (Hübner, 1816)
• Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763)
• Eudocima salaminia (Cramer, 1777)
• Euproctis pulverea (Hampson, 1900)
• Deltote griseomixta (Hampson, 1900)
• Hydrillodes vexillifera Hampson, 1900
• Hypena indicatalis Walker, 1859
• Hypena strigatus (Fabricius, 1798)
• Lithacodia griseomixta (Hampson 1900)
• Lyclene distributa Walker, 1862
• Maliattha signifera (Walker, [1858])
• Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Olene inclusa (Walker, 1856)
• Orgyia postica (Walker, 1855)
• Pantydia metaspila (Walker, 1857)
• Simplicia butesalis (Walker, 1858)
• Thyas coronata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Thyas honesta Hübner, 1824
• Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
• Utetheisa lotrix (Cramer, [1777])
• Utetheisa pulchelloides Hampson, 1907

Family Euteliidae

• Targalla delatrix (Guenée, 1852)

Family Geometridae

• Anisodes hypomion Prout, 1933
• Cleora acaciaria (Boisduval, 1833)
• Cleora alienaria fumipennis Prout, 1929
• Comostolopsis regina Thierry Mieg, 1915
• Ecliptopera phaula Prout, 1933
• Ectropis scotozonea (Hampson, 1900)
• Hemithea hyperymna Prout, 1933
• Hyperythra lutea Stoll, 1781
• Orsonoba clelia (Cramer, 1782)
• Paradarisa comparataria (Walker, 1866)
• Sauris hirudinata Guenée, 1858
• Sauris pelagitis Prout, 1933
• Sauris remodesaria Walker, 1862
• Scopula actuaria (Walker, 1861)
• Scopula optivata (Walker, 1861)
• Scopula tumiditibia Prout, 1920
• Syrrhodia vindex Prout, 1933
• Thalassodes suviridis Warren 1905
• Thalassodes veraria Guenée, 1857

Family Hyblaeidae

• Hyblaea apricans (Boisduval, 1833)

Family Noctuidae

• Aegilia describens Walker, 1857
• Brana calopasa Walker, [1858]
• Condica capensis (Guenée, 1852)
• Dypterygia vagivitta (Walker, 1862)
• Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
• Iambia transversa (Moore, 1882)
• Mimeusemia econia Hampson, 1900
• Oxyodes scrobiculata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)
• Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
• Spodoptera picta (Guérin-Méneville, [1838])
• Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)

Family Nolidae

• Armactica andrewsi Hampson
• Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
• Earias latimargo Hampson, 1912
• Earias luteolaria Hampson, 1891
• Lyclene distributa Walker, 1862

Family Pyralidae

• Ancylosis singhalella (Ragonot, 1889)
• Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton, 1866)
• Endotricha puncticostalis (Walker, [1866])
• Ephestia scotella Hampson, 1900
• Epicrocis oegnusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Euzophera cinerosella (Zeller, 1839)
• Doloessa ochrociliella Ragonot, 1893
• Homoeosoma nimbella (Duponchel, 1837)

Family Sphingidae

• Agrius convolvuli (Linné, 1758)
• Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, [1771])
• Daphnis placida (Walker, 1856)
• Gnathothlibus erotus (Cramer, 1777)
• Hippotion velox (Fabricius, 1793)
• Psilogramma discistriga (Walker, 1856)
• Theretra latreillii (MacLeay, 1826)

Family Tortricidae

• Adoxophyes liberatrix (Diakonoff, 1947)

Family Uraniidae

• Epiplema inhians Warren, 1896

See also

• Lists of Lepidoptera by region

References

• A Monograph of Christmas Island by Charles W. Andrews

Notes and References

1. https://www.environment.gov.au/topics/national-parks/christmas-island-national-park/natural-environment/native-animals www.environment.gov.au
2. http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/08/08brm088-94.pdf Prout, 1933. The Geometridae of Christmas island, Indian Ocean. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore, No.8:88-94
3. http://direct.biostor.org/reference/108185 Butler, 1888. On the Lepidoptcra of Christmas Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 542-555 (1888)
4. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nus/pdf/PUBLICATION/Raffles%20Bulletin%20of%20Zoology/Past%20Volumes/RBZ%2018(1)/18brm058-073.pdf Pendlebury, 1947. Christmas Island - Heterocera. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 58-73