List of Lepidoptera of the Cook Islands

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.

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

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