List of Lepidoptera of the Palmyra Atoll

The Palmyra Atoll

Lepidoptera of the Palmyra Atoll consist of both the Butterflies and Moths recorded from the islands of the Palmyra Atoll. The atoll consists of an extensive reef, two shallow lagoons, and some 50 sand and reef-rock islets and bars covered with vegetation—mostly coconut trees, Scaevola, and tall Pisonia trees.

According to a recent estimate, there are a total of 11 Lepidoptera species present on the Palmyra Atoll.

Butterflies

Nymphalidae

Hypolimnas bolina Linnaeus, 1758

Moths

Gelechiidae

Stoeberbinus testaceus Butler, 1881

Gracillariidae

1 Undescribed species

Noctuidae

Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday, 1843)
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)

Sphingidae

Agrius cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)

Tineidae

Erechtias simulans (Butler, 1882)
1 Undescribed Opogona species

External links

Arthropod surveys on Palmyra Atoll, Line Islands, and insights into the decline of the native tree Pisonia grandis (Nyctaginaceae)

List of butterflies of Oceania

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Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

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