List of Lepidoptera of the Cook Islands explained

The Lepidoptera of the Cook Islands consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the Cook Islands, a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean.

According to a recent estimate, about 170 Lepidoptera species are present on the Cook Islands.

Butterflies

Lycaenidae

• Famegana alsulus – black-spotted grass-blue
• Jamides bochus – dark cerulean
• Lampides boeticus – long-tailed blue
• undescribed Nacaduba species
• Zizina labradus – common grass-blue
• Zizina otis – blue butterfly

Nymphalidae

• Danaus plexippus – monarch butterfly
• Euploea lewinii perryi – crow butterfly
• Vagrans egista bowdenia – vagrant butterfly
• Hypolimnas bolina – blue-moon butterfly
• Junonia villida – Australian meadow-argus
• Melanitis leda solandra – evening brown

Moths

Agonoxenidae

• Agonoxena argaula – coconut flat-moth

Alucitidae

• undescribed Alucita species

Arctiidae

• Argina astrea – crotalaria pod-borer
• Utetheisa pulchelloides – crimson-speckled footman

Carposinidae

• undescribed Peragrarchis species

Choreutidae

• Anthophila chalcotoxa
• undescribed Brenthia species – banyan jumping-moth
• undescribed Simaethis species

Cosmopterigidae

• undescribed Asymphorodes species
• Cosmopterix melanarches
• Cosmopterix attenuatella
• Iressa neoleuca
• Labdia dicyanitis
• undescribed Labdia species – orange-with-navy moth
• Pisistrata trypheropa
• Pyroderces aellotricha
• Pyroderces incertulella
• Trissodoris honorariella – pandanus hole-cutter moth

Crambidae

• Cnaphalocrocis medinalis – rice leafroller
• Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis – lesser rice-leafroller
• Cnaphalocrocis suspicalis
• undescribed Diplopseustis or Sufetula species
• Eurrhypodes tricoloralis
• Glyphodes multilinealis – fig tiger-moth
• Herpetogramma licarsisalis – tropical grass-moth
• Maruca vitrata – bean-pod borer
• Omiodes diemenalis – bean leafroller
• Parotis suralis
• Piletocera fluctualis
• 2 undescribed Prophantis species
• Sameodes cancellalis
• undescribed Scoparia species
• Stemorrhages oceanitis – emerald crambus
• Tatobotys biannulalis

Gelechiidae

• undescribed Idiophantis species
• Pectinophora gossypiella – bollworm
• Phthorimaea operculella – potato tuberworm
• Stoeberhinus testaceus – gelechiid moth
• undescribed Thiotricha species

Geometridae

• Anisodes samoana
• undescribed Anisodes species
• undescribed Chloroclystis species
• Cleora stenoglypta – variable moth
• Gymnoscelis concinna
• Gymnoscelis imparatalis – flower-looper moth
• 2 undescribed Gymnoscelis species
• Thalassodes pilaria – big emerald
• Ziridava dysorga

Gracillariidae

• Caloptilia hilaropis – glochidion miner
• undescribed Conopomorpha species
• Ketapangia regulifera
• Macarostola pontificalis
• undescribed Stomphastis species

Hyblaeidae

• Hyblaea puera – teak defoliator

Immidae

• undescribed Imma species

Noctuidae

• Achaea janata – castor-oil moth
• Achaea serva
• Aedia leucomelas – eastern alchymist
• Agrotis ipsilon aneituma – greasy cutworm
• Amyna axis
• Amyna natalis
• Anomis flava – cotton semi-looper
• Anomis involuta – hibiscus cutworm
• Anomis nigritarsis
• Anticarsia irrorata – owl moth
• Athetis nonagrica
• Avatha discolor
• Bombotelia jocosatrix – mango moth
• Callopistria maillardi
• Chasmina candida
• Chasmina tibialis – satin moth
• Chrysodeixis acuta – tomato semi-looper
• Chrysodeixis eriosoma – southern silver-Y moth
• Chrysodeixis illuminata
• Condica illecta
• Dysgonia arctotaenia
• Dysgonia prisca – fruit-piercing moth
• Earias huegeliana – rough bollworm
• Earias perhuegeli – rough bollworm
• Eublemma cochylioides
• Eublemma crassiuscula
• Eudocima fullonia – fruit-piercing moth
• Heliothis assulta – tipworm
• Hydrillodes melanozona – litter moth
• Hypena gonospilalis
• Hypena laceratalis – lantana hypena
• Hypena longfieldae
• Hypena masurialis
• Hypocala deflorata
• Lacera noctilio
• Leucania loreyi – nightfeeding sugarcane armyworm
• Leucania stenographa – sugarcane armyworm
• Lucera oculalis
• Maliattha ritsemae
• Mocis frugalis – sugarcane looper
• Mocis trifasciata
• undescribed Mythimna species
• undescribed Nigramma species
• Nola insularum
• Ophiusa coronata
• Polydesma boarmioides
• Rhesalides curvata
• Simplicia caeneusalis
• Spodoptera litura – tropical armyworm
• Spodoptera mauritia – tropical-grass armyworm
• Tiracola plagiata – cacao armyworm

Plutellidae

• Plutella xylostella – diamondback moth
• undescribed Terthroptera species

Pterophoridae

• Exelastis pumilio
• undescribed Platyptilia species
• Sphenarches anisodactylus – tropical featherwing

Pyralidae

• Crocidolomia pavonana – cabbage cluster-caterpillar
• Cryptoblabes plagioleuca – mango-flower moth
• Diaphania indica – cucumber moth
• Endotricha mesenterialis
• Etiella grisea – tropical legume-pod-borer
• undescribed Eudonia or Sufetula species
• Eurhodope ardescens – false blossum-moth
• Hellula undalis – cabbage-centre grub
• Hydriris ornatalis – kumara skeletoniser
• Hymenia recurvalis – beetworm moth
• undescribed Phycitinae species
• Tirathaba rufivena – coconut spiked-moth

Sphingidae

• Agrius convolvuli – sweet-potato hawkmoth
• Gnathothlibus erotus – white-brow hawkmoth
• Hippotion celerio – taro hawkmoth
• Hippotion velox
• Macroglossum hirundo – hummingbird hawkmoth

Stathmopodidae

• undescribed Calicotis species – fern-sori moth

Thyrididae

• Rhodoneura sericatalis – Terminalia cone-maker

Tineidae

• Erechthias flavistriata – sugarcane budmoth
• Erechthias pelotricha
• Erechthias psammaula – brown-stripe moth
• Erechthias simulans
• Erechthias sphenacma
• 2 undescribed Erechthias species
• Opogona aurisquamosa
• Opogona regressa
• Opogona trissostacta
• Trachycentra calamias
• Trachycentra chlorogramma
• undescribed Trachycentra species

Tortricidae

• Bactra litigatrix
• undescribed Bactra species
• Cryptophlebia pallifimbriata – fruit borer
• Cryptophlebia rhynchias
• Dudua aprobola – leaf-curling moth
• Heleanna physaloides
• Strepsicrates holotephras (Meyrick, 1924)
• Tritopterna galena

Yponomeutidae

• Prays parilis – citrus-blossom moth
• undescribed Prays species

External links

• Bishopmuseum.org: Cook Islands Biodiversity