List of Lepidoptera of Hawaii
Location of Hawaii An estimated 1,150 species of Lepidoptera , the order comprising butterflies and moths , have been recorded in the U.S. state of Hawaii . Of these, 948 are endemic and 199 are nonindigenous species.[ 1]
This page provides a link to either individual species or genera. The latter is used when all species of the genus are endemic to Hawaii, the individual species can be found on the genus page.
Butterflies
Papilionidae
Papilio xuthus
Pieridae
Nymphalidae
Lycaenidae
Udara blackburni
Hesperiidae
Macro moths
Geometridae
Chloroclystis pyrrholopha Turner, 1907 Cyclophora nanaria (Walker, 1861) Disclisioprocta stellata (Guenée, [1858]) Euacidalia brownsvillea Cassino, 1931 Eupithecia craterias (Meyrick, 1899) Eupithecia dryinombra (Meyrick, 1899) Eupithecia monticolans Butler, 1881 Eupithecia niphoreas (Meyrick, 1899) Eupithecia orichloris Meyrick, 1899 Eupithecia phaeocausta (Meyrick 1899) Eupithecia prasinombra (Meyrick, 1899) Eupithecia rhodopyra (Meyrick, 1899) Eupithecia scoriodes (Meyrick, 1899) Eupithecia staurophragma (Meyrick, 1899) Eupithecia stypheliae (Swezey, 1948) Fletcherana Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Haworth, 1809 Iridopsis fragilaria Grossbeck, 1909 Kauaiina Psamatodes abydata Guenée, [1858] Megalotica Pleuroprucha asthenaria (Walker, 1861) Progonostola Scopula personata Prout, 1913) Scotorythra Tritocleis
Erebidae
Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758) Anomis flava Fabricius, 1775 Anomis hawaiiensis (Butler, 1882) Anomis noctivolans (Butler, 1880) Anomis vulpicolor (Meyrick, 1928) Antiblemma acclinalis Hübner, 1823sim Ascalapha odorata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bocana manifestalis Walker, 1858 Eublemma accedens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Galtara extensa Butler, 1880) Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859 Hypena laysanensis (Swezey, 1914) Hypena newelli (Swezey, 1912) Hypena obsoleta Butler, 1877 Hypena plagiota (Meyrick, 1899) Hypena senicula (Meyrick, 1928) Hypocala deflorata (Fabricius, 1794) Hypocala velans Walker, 1857 Melipotis indomita (Walker, 1858) Ophiusa disjungens (Walker, 1858) Oraesia excavata (Butler, 1878) Pandesma anysa Guenée, 1852 Pericyma cruegeri (Butler, 1886) Polydesma boarmoides Guenée, 1852 Pseudoschrankia Schrankia altivolans (Butler, 1880) Schrankia howarthi D. Davis & Medeiros, 2009 Simplicia cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794)
Euteliidae
Noctuidae
Acrapex exanimis (Meyrick, 1899) Acrapex mischus D. S. Fletcher, 1959 Agrotis arenivolans Butler, 1879 Agrotis aulacias Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis baliopa Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis bryani (Swezey, 1926) Agrotis ceramophaea Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis charmocrita (Meyrick, 1928) Agrotis crinigera (Butler, 1881) Agrotis dislocata (Walker, 1856) Agrotis epicremna Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis eremata (Butler, 1880) Agrotis evanescens (Rothschild, 1894) Agrotis fasciata (Rothschild, 1894) Agrotis giffardi (Swezey, 1932) Agrotis hephaestaea (Meyrick, 1899) Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Agrotis kerri (Swezey, 1920) Agrotis laysanensis (Rothschild, 1894) Agrotis melanoneura Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis mesotoxa Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis microreas Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis panoplias Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis perigramma Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis photophila (Butler, 1879) Agrotis procellaris Meyrick, 1900 Agrotis psammophaea Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis tephrias Meyrick, 1899 Agrotis xiphias Meyrick, 1899 Amyna axis (Guenée, 1852) Amyna natalis (Walker, 1858) Anarta decepta Grote, 1883 Arcte coerula (Guenée, 1852) Argyrogramma verruca (Fabricius, 1794) Athetis thoracica (Moore, 1884) Aumakua Callopistria floridensis Guenée, 1852) Chloridea virescens (Fabricius, 1777) Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday, 1843) Condica dolorosa (Walker, 1865) Condica illecta (Walker, 1865) Ctenoplusia albostriata (Bremerc & Grey, 1853) Elaphria nucicolora (Guenee, 1852) Feltia subterranea (Fabricius, 1794) Haliophyle Helicoverpa confusa Hardwick, 1965 Helicoverpa hawaiiensis (Quaintance & Brues, 1905) Helicoverpa minuta Hardwick, 1965 Helicoverpa pallida Hardwick, 1965 Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850) Heliothis melanoleuca Mitchell, 1997 Leucania scottii (Butler, 1886) Leucania striata Leech, 1900 Leucania stenographa (Lower, 1900) Lophoplusia giffardi (Swezey, 1913) Lophoplusia psectrocera (Hampson, 1913) Lophoplusia pterylota (Meyrick, 1904) Lophoplusia violacea (Swezey, 1920) Megalographa biloba (Stephens, 1830) Mouralia tinctoides Guenée, 1852 Mythimna amblycasis (Meyrick, 1899) Mythimna dasuta (Hampson, 1905) Mythimna macrosaris (Meyrick, 1899) Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809) Neogalea sunia Guenée, 1852 Peridroma albiorbis (Warren, 1912) Peridroma chersotoides (Butler, 1881) Peridroma cinctipennis (Butler, 1881) Peridroma coniotis (Hampson, 1903) Peridroma neurogramma (Meyrick, 1899) Peridroma saucia (Hübner, 1808) Peridroma selenias (Meyrick, 1899) Spodoptera exempta Walker, 1856 Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775) Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])
Nolidae
Sphingidae
Agrius cingulata (Fabricius, 1775) Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758) Hippotion rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892) Hyles calida (Butler, 1881)
Hyles calida calida Hyles calida hawaiiensis Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775) Hyles perkinsi (Swezey, 1920) Hyles wilsoni (Rothschild, 1894) Macroglossum pyrrhostictum Butler, 1875 Manduca blackburni (Butler, 1880) Psilogramma increta (Walker 1865) (formerly misidentified as Psilogramma menephron Theretra nessus (Drury, 1773) Tinostoma smaragditis (Meyrick, 1899)
Micro moths
Alucitidae
Austostichidae
Batrachedridae
Bedelliidae
Blastobasidae
Bucculatricidae
Carposinidae
Carposina sp.Carposina achroana (Meyrick, 1883) Carposina atronotata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina benigna Meyrick, 1913 Carposina bicincta (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina cervinella (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina corticella (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina crinifera (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina dispar (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina distincta (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina divaricata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina ferruginea (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina gemmata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina glauca Meyrick, 1913 Carposina gracillima (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina graminicolor (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina graminis (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina herbarum (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina inscripta (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina irrorata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina lacerata Meyrick, 1913 Carposina latifasciata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina mauii (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina nigromaculata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina nigronotata Carposina nigronotata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina olivaceonitens (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina piperatella (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina plumbeonitida (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina punctulata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina pusilla (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina pygmaeella (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina sasakii Matsumura, 1900 Carposina saurates Meyrick, 1913 Carposina semitogata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina solutella (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina subolivacea (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina subumbrata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina tincta (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina togata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina trigononotata (Walsingham, 1907) Carposina viridis (Walsingham, 1907) 10 undescribed Carposina
Castniidae
Choreutidae
Cosmopterigidae
Crambidae
Ategumia fatualis (Lederer, 1863) Ategumia matutinalis Guenée, 1854 (formerly misidentified as Ategumia ebulealis Chilo suppressalis (Walker, 1863) Diaphania nitidalis (Stoll, in Cramer, [1781]) Elophila obliteralis (Walker, 1859) Euchromius ocelleus (Haworth, 1811) Eudonia actias (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia aeolias (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia amphicypella (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia antimacha (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia balanopis (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia bucolica (Meyrick, 1899)
Eudonia bucolica bucolica Eudonia bucolica macrophanes Eudonia bucolica pyrseutis Eudonia clonodes (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia crataea (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia cryerodes (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia dactyliopa (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia demodes (Meyrick, 1888) Eudonia empeda (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia epimystis (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia erebochalca (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia formosa (Butler, 1881) Eudonia frigida (Butler, 1881) Eudonia geraea (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia gonodecta (Meyrick, 1904) Eudonia halirrhoa (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia hawaiiensis (Butler, 1881) Eudonia ianthes (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia ischnias (Meyrick, 1888) Eudonia isophaea (Meyrick, 1904) Eudonia jucunda (Butler, 1881) Eudonia loxocentra (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia lycopodiae (Swezey, 1910) Eudonia marmarias (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia melanocephala (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia melichlora (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia meristis (Meyrick, 1899)
Eudonia meristis meristis Eudonia meristis halmaea Eudonia mesoleuca (Meyrick, 1888) Eudonia miantis (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia montana (Butler, 1882) ?Eudonia nectarias (Meyrick, 1899)
Eudonia nectarioides (Swezey, 1913) Eudonia nyctombra (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia oenopis (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia ombrodes (Meyrick, 1888) Eudonia orthoria (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia oxythyma (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia pachysema (Meyrick, 1888) Eudonia parachlora (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia passalota (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia pentaspila (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia peronetis (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia platyscia (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia probolaea (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia religiosa (Meyrick, 1904) Eudonia rhombias (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia siderina (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia struthias (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia tetranesa (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia thalamias (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia thyellopis (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia triacma (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia tyraula (Meyrick, 1899) Eudonia venosa (Butler, 1881) Eudonia zophochlora (Meyrick, 1899) Glyphodes cyanomichla (Meyrick, 1899) Glyphodes perelegans (Meyrick, 1898) Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1794) Herpetogramma licarsisalis Walker, 1859 Hydriris dioctias (Meyrick, 1904) Lineodes ochrea Walsingham, 1907 Maruca vitrata (Fabricius, 1787) Mestolobes Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Omiodes blackburni Omiodes accepta (Butler, 1877) Omiodes anastrepta Meyrick, 1899 Omiodes anastreptoides Swezey, 1913 Omiodes antidoxa Meyrick, 1904 Omiodes asaphombra Meyrick, 1899 Omiodes blackburni (Butler, 1877) Omiodes continuatalis (Wallengren, 1860) Omiodes demaratalis (Walker, 1859) Omiodes epicentra Meyrick, 1899 Omiodes euryprora Meyrick, 1899 Omiodes fullawayi Swezey, 1913 Omiodes giffardi Swezey, 1921 Omiodes iridias Meyrick, 1899 Omiodes laysanensis Swezey, 1914 Omiodes localis (Butler, 1879) Omiodes maia Swezey, 1909 Omiodes meyricki Swezey, 1907 Omiodes monogona Meyrick, 1888 Omiodes monogramma Meyrick, 1899 Omiodes musicola Swezey, 1909 Omiodes pritchardii Swezey, 1948 Omiodes scotaea (Hampson, 1912) Omiodes telegrapha Meyrick, 1899 Omphisa anastomosalis (Guenee, in Boisduval and Guenee, 1854) Orphanostigma haemorrhoidalis Guenée 1854 Orthomecyna Parapoynx fluctuosalis (Zeller, 1852) Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775) Stemorrhages exaula (Meyrick, 1888) Synclita obliteralis (Walker, 1859) Tamsica Terastia Tulla exonoma (Meyrick, 1899) Udea litorea Udea argoscelis (Meyrick, 1888) Udea aurora (Butler, 1881) Udea brontias (Meyrick, 1899) Udea bryochloris (Meyrick, 1899) Udea calliastra (Meyrick, 1899)
Udea calliastra calliastra Udea calliastra hyacinthias Udea calliastra synastra Udea caminopis (Meyrick, 1899) Udea cataphaea (Meyrick, 1899) Udea chalcophanes (Meyrick, 1899) Udea chloropis (Meyrick, 1899) Udea chytropa (Meyrick, 1899) Udea conisalias (Meyrick, 1899) Udea constricta (Butler, 1882) Udea despecta (Butler, 1877) Udea dracontias (Meyrick, 1899) Udea dryadopa (Meyrick, 1899) Udea endopyra (Meyrick, 1899) Udea ennychioides (Butler, 1881) Udea ephippias (Meyrick, 1899) Udea eucrena (Meyrick, 1888) Udea helioxantha (Meyrick, 1899) Udea heterodoxa (Meyrick, 1899) Udea lampadias (Meyrick, 1904) Udea liopis (Meyrick, 1899)
Udea liopis liopis Udea liopis rhodias Udea litorea (Butler, 1883) Udea melanopis (Meyrick, 1899) Udea metasema (Meyrick, 1899) Udea micacea (Butler, 1881) Udea monticolens (Butler, 1882) Udea nigrescens (Butler, 1881) Udea ommatias (Meyrick, 1899) Udea pachygramma (Meyrick, 1899) Udea phaethontia (Meyrick, 1899) Udea phyllostegia (Swezey, 1946) Udea platyleuca (Meyrick, 1899) Udea psychropa (Meyrick, 1899) Udea pyranthes (Meyrick, 1899) Udea rubigalis Guenée (1854) Udea stellata (Butler, 1883) Udea swezeyi (Zimmerman, 1951) Udea thermantis (Meyrick, 1899) Udea thermantoides (Swezey, 1913) Udea violae (Swezey, 1933) Uresiphita gilvata Fabricius, 1794) Usingeriessa onyxalis (Hampson, 1897)
Depressariidae
Dryadaulidae
Elachistidae
Gelechiidae
Crasimorpha infuscata Hodges, 1964 Dichomeris acuminata (Staudinger, in Kalchberg, 1876) Dichomeris aenigmatica (Clarke, 1962) Keiferia lycopersicella (Walsingham, 1897) Merimnetria Mesophleps adustipennis (Walsingham, 1897) Pectinophora gossypiella Saunders, 1844 Pectinophora scutigera (Holdaway, 1926) Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873) Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier, 1789)
Glyphipterigidae
Gracillariidae
Caloptilia azaleella
Immidae
Limacodidae
Meessiidae
Momphidae
Oecophoridae
Thyrocopa apatela
Opostegidae
Plutellidae
Praydidae
Psychidae
Pterophoridae
Megalorrhipida leucodactyla
Pyralidae
Achroia grisella Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794) Assara albicostalis Walker, 1863 Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg, 1885) Cadra cautella (Walker, 1863) Cadra figulilella (Gregson, 1871) Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton, 1866) Cryptoblabes adoceta Turner, 1904 Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller, 1839) Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller, 1848) Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, 1879 Ephestiodes gilvescentella Ragonot, 1887 Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758) Genophantis Plodia interpunctella Homoeosoma albosparsum (Butler, 1881) Hyposopygia mauritialis (Boisduval, 1833) Loryma recusata (Walker, 1863) Paralipsa gularis (Zeller, 1877) Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, [1813]) Pyralis manihotalis Guenee, 1854 Rhynchephestia rhabdotis Hampson, 1930 Trachylepidia fructicassiella Ragonot, 1887 Unadilla bidensana (Swezey, 1933) Unadilla humeralis (Butler, 1881)
Schreckensteiniidae
Scythrididae
Sesiidae
Tineidae
Erechthias simulans Crypsithyrodes concolorella (Walker, 1863) Erechthias flavistriata (Walsingham, 1907) Erechthias kerri (Swezey, 1926) Erechthias minuscula (Walsingham, 1897) Erechthias pelotricha (Meyrick, 1926) Erechthias penicillata (Swezey, 1909) Erechthias simulans (Butler, 1882) Erechthias zebrina (Butler, 1881) Lindera tessellatella Blanchard, 1852 Mecomodica Monopis crocicapitella (Clemens, 1859)(Walker, 1863) Monopis longella (Walker, 1863) Monopis meliorella (Walker, 1863) Nemapogon granella (Linnaeus, 1758) Niditinea fuscella (Linnaeus, 1758) Oinophila v-flavum (Haworth, 1828) Opogona aurisquamosa (Butler, 1881) Opogona omoscopa (Meyrick, 1893) Opogona purpuriella Swezey, 1913 Opogona sacchari (Bojer, 1856) Phereoeca allutella (Rebel, 1892) Phereoeca uterella Walsingham, 1897 Praeacedes atomosella (Walker, 1863) Setomorpha rutella (Zeller, 1852) Tinea pellionella (Linnaeus, 1758) Tineola bisselliella (Hummel, 1823) Trichophaga mormopis Meyrick, 1935
Tortricidae
Acleris zimmermani (Clarke in Zimmerman, 1978) Amorbia emigratella Busck, 1909 Bactra straminea (Butler, 1881) Bactra venosana (Zeller, 1847) Crocidosema lantana Busck, 1910 Crocidosema leprara (Walsingham, in Sharp, 1907) Crocidosema marcidella (Walsingham, in Sharp, 1907) Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847 Cryptophlebia illepida (Butler, 1882) Cryptophlebia ombrodelta (Lower, 1898) Cydia chlorostola (Meyrick, 1932) Cydia conspicua (Walsingham, 1907) Cydia crassicornis (Walsingham, 1907) Cydia falsifalcella (Walsingham, 1907) Cydia gypsograpta (Meyrick, 1932) Cydia latifemoris (Walsingham, 1907) Cydia montana (Walsingham, 1907) Cydia obliqua (Walsingham, 1907) Cydia parapteryx (Meyrick, 1932) Cydia plicata (Walsingham, 1907) Cydia rufipennis (Butler, 1881) Cydia storeella (Walsingham, 1907) Cydia walsinghamii (Butler, 1882) Eccoptocera foetorivorans (Butler, 1881) Eccoptocera osteomelesana (Swezey, 1946) Epiphyas postvittana Walker, 1863 Episimus unguiculus Clarke, 1951 Eucosmogastra poetica (Meyrick, 1909) Grapholita mesoscia Lorita scarificata (Meyrick, 1917) Macraesthetica Mantua fulvosericea (Walsingham, in Sharp, 1907) Nuritamburia Panaphelix Paraphasis perkinsi Walsingham, in Sharp, 1907 Pararrhaptica Platynota rostrana (Walker, 1863) Platynota stultana Walsingham, 1884 Spheterista Strepsicrates smithiana Walsingham, 1892
Xyloryctidae
Major works dealing with Hawaiian Lepidoptera
See also
References
External links
Lists of butterflies and moths of the United States
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List of butterflies of Oceania
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