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.

Nymphalidae

 * Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)

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)