List of Lepidoptera of the Cook Islands facts for kids

Location 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.

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