ORDER Family Genus AustralGambier MarquesasSocietyTuamotuOutside French Polynesia
FRENCH POLYNESIABUTTERFLIES and MOTHS CHECKLIST
(note: these are names extracted from literature records)
Species recorded from Moorea outlined in yellow.
G.M. Nishida, Version 2008November 13
ORDER Family Genus AustralGambier MarquesasSocietyTuamotuOutside French Polynesia
LEPIDOPTERAAlucitidae
Alucita
pselioxantha Meyrick, 1929 / Fakarava
sp. / Hivaoa
Arctiidae
Argina
astrea (Drury, 1773) / Society Is / "Polynesia"; Fiji; Mariana Is (Guam); American Samoa (Tutuila); Western Samoa (Upolu); AUSTRALASIAN: Australia; New Guinea; Vanuatu; INDOMALAYAN: India; Malay Archipelago
cribraria (Clerck, 1764)
SEE Argina astrea
Deiopeia
pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
SEE Utetheisa pulchella
Lambula
erema Collenette, 1934 / Hivaoa
Phalaena
cribraria Clerck, 1764
SEE Argina astrea
Tinea
pulchella Linnaeus, 1758
SEE Utetheisa pulchella
Utetheisa
ornatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) / Marquesas Is
pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) / Tahiti / Fiji; Kiribati (Gilbert Is); Tuvalu (Ellice Is); AUSTRALASIAN: Australia; New Guinea: Solomon Is; Vanuatu; INDOMALAYAN: Amirantes, Chagos Is.; Cocos-Keeling; Christmas I.; Ryukyu Is; Seychelles, Singapore; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; cosmopolitan
pulchelloides Hampson, 1907 / Marquesas Is / Society Is / Kiribati (Gilbert Is, Phoenix Is); American Samoa (Tutuila); Wake I; widely distributed through the SouthPacificIslands; INDOMALAYAN: Seychelles
Carposinidae
Meridarchis
pelograpta Meyrick, 1928
SEE Peragrarchis pelograpta
Peragrarchis
pelograpta (Meyrick, 1928) / Rurutu / Borabora / Tonga
Choreutidae
Anthophila
chalcotoxa (Meyrick, 1886) / Borabora / Tonga
chelaspis (Meyrick, 1928) / Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Uapou
Simaethis
chelaspis Meyrick, 1928
SEE Anthophila chelaspis
orthogona Meyrick, 1886
SEE Simaethusorthogona (Yponomeutidae)
Copromorphidae
Dryanassa
erebactis Meyrick 1936 / Society Is
Cosmopterigidae
Anatrachyntis
incertulella (Walker, 1864) / Rurutu / Line Is (Palmyra)
tridigitella (Walsingham 1907) / Rapa / Pitcairn (Pitcairn)
Asymphorodes
acerba Meyrick, 1928 / Fatuhiva, Nukuhiva
acrophrictis Meyrick, 1934 / Uapou
admiranda Meyrick, 1934 / Uapou
balanotis Meyrick, 1934 / Eiao, Hivaoa
chalcozona Meyrick, 1935 / Tahiti
circopis Meyrick, 1928 / Eiao, Hatutaa, Nukuhiva, Tahuata, Uahuka, Uapou
cirsodes Meyrick, 1928 / Hivaoa
coesyrias Meyrick, 1928 / Hivaoa, Nukuhiva; Tahuata
ergodes Meyrick, 1934 / Hivaoa
holoporphyra Meyrick, 1934 / Hivaoa
ingravescens Meyrick, 1934 / Hivaoa
interstincta Meyrick, 1928 / Fakarava
leucoterma Meyrick, 1928 / Hivaoa
monoxesta Meyrick, 1928 / Tahiti
myronota Meyrick, 1928 / Marquesas Is
nephocirca Meyrick, 1928 / Hivaoa, Tahuata
oculisignis Meyrick, 1934 / Hivaoa
perfuga Meyrick, 1928 / Rapa
phaeochorda Meyrick, 1928 / Eiao, Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Nukuhiva, Tahuata, Uahuka
plectographa Meyrick, 1928 / Hivaoa
polluta Meyrick, 1928 / Hivaoa
porphyrarcha Meyrick, 1928 / Hivaoa
sphenocopa Meyrick, 1928 / Nukuhiva
valligera Meyrick, 1928 / Hivaoa
xanthostola Meyrick, 1934 / Hivaoa, Uapou
xestophanes Meyrick, 1934 / Hivaoa
Bathraula
simulatella Walker, 1864
SEE Syntomaula simulatella
Cosmopterix
aphranassa Meyrick, 1926 / Rapa
flavofasciata (Wollaston, 1879) / Raiatea / AFROTROPIC: St. Helena
melanarches Meyrick, 1928 / Raiatea
sp. / Hivaoa
Labdia
ceriocosma Meyrick, 1934 / Fatuhiva
dicyanitis Meyrick, 1934 / Hivaoa, Uahuka, Uapou
leucoxantha Meyrick, 1927 / Hivaoa, Uapou / Samoa; Tuvalu (Ellice Is)
Limnaecia
astathopis Meyrick, 1934 / Hivaoa
Microzestis
inelegans Meyrick, 1929 / Hivaoa, Tahuata
Pyroderces
lunulifera Meyrick, 1934 / Eiao, Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Tahuata, Uapou
Stagmatophora
honorariella Walsingham, 1907
SEE Trissodoris honorariella
incertulella (Walker, 1864)
SEE Anatrachyntis incertulella
tridigitella Walsingham 1907
SEE Anatrachyntis tridigitella
spintheropa Meyrick, 1934 / Uapou
Syntomaula
simulatella (Walker, 1864) / Tahiti
Trissodoris
honorariella (Walsingham, 1907) / Fatuhiva, Hivaoa / Tahiti / ? / Caroline Is; Fiji; Hawaiian Is; Pitcairn (Pitcairn); Samoa; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia; Buru; SE New Guinea; Vanuatu; INDOMALAYAN: Sarawak; Sri Lanka; PALEARCTIC: Japan
Ulochora
perfuga Meyrick, 1928 / Rapa
Crambidae
Aethaloessa
floridalis (Zeller, 1852) / Tahiti / Western and American Samoa; Pacific islands E of Samoa, AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, New Guinea, Vanuatu; INDOMALAYAN:India, Malay Archipelago,
Antiercta
ornatalis Duponchel, 1831
SEE Hydriris ornatalis
Archernis
fulvalis Hampson, 1913 / Society Is
Aulacodes
eupselias Meyrick, 1929
SEE Marasmianympha eupselias
Botys
poeyalis Boisduval, 1833
SEE Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis
Bradina
perlucidalis Hampson, 1897 / Fatuhiva, Uapou
tormentifera Meyrick, 1929 / Hivaoa
Calamochrous
thermochra Meyrick, 1929 / Tahiti
Chrysophyllis
lucivaga Meyrick, 1934 / Hivaoa
Cnaphalocrocis
creonalis (Walker, 1859) / Tahiti / Kiribati (Gilbert Is); AUSTRALASIAN: Australia; extending to the more remote islands of the Pacific from Australia to Tahiti; cosmopolitan
hemicrossa (Meyrick, 1886) / Tahiti
poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833) / Rurutu / Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Nukuhiva, Tahuata / Borabora, Tahiti / Fiji; Western and American Samoa, Pacific islands E of Samoa; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Is; INDOMALAYAN: Borneo, India, Indonesia (Java); Malaya, PALEARCTIC: Japan
trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) / Rapa, Rurutu / Hivaoa, Fatuhiva, Nukuhiva, Tahuata, Uapou / Borabora, Raiatea, Tahiti / Napuka / Fiji, Mariana Is (Guam); Western and American Samoa; Tonga, Tuvalu (Ellice Is); AUSTRALASIAN: Australia; INDOMALAYAN: India, Malay Archipelago, New World, Old World.
Crocidolomia
binotalis Zeller, 1852 / Society Is / Fiji; Mariana Is (Guam)
Diaphania
indica (Saunders, 1851) / Nukuhiva / Tahiti / Mariana Is (Guam)
psammocyma (Meyrick, 1929)
SEE Glyphodes psammocyma
Diasemiopsis
ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834) / Rapa / Tahiti
Diplopseustis
hemiophthalma Meyrick, 1884
SEE Sufetula hemiophthalma
Dolichosticha
trapezalis Guenée, 1854
SEE Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis
venilialis Walker, 1859
SEE Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis
Eudonia
chrysomicta (Meyrick, 1929) / Hivaoa, Uapou
citrocosma (Meyrick, 1929) / Hivaoa, Uapou
clerica (Meyrick, 1929) / Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Uapou
officialis (Meyrick, 1929) / Hivaoa, Uapou
opostactis (Meyrick, 1929) / Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Uapou
Eurrhyparodes
tricoloralis (Zeller, 1852) / Rurutu / Fiji; Mariana Is (Guam); Western and American Samoa, PacificIslands E of Samoa, AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, Solomon Is, INDOMALAYAN: India, Malay Archipelago
Glyphodes
multilinealis Kenrick, 1907 / Tahiti / Fiji; Mariana Is (Guam); Western and American Samoa; PacificIslands E of Samoa; AUSTRALASIAN: New Guinea, Vanuatu; INDOMALAYAN: India, Malay Archipelago
phormingopa (Meyrick, 1934) / Hivaoa
psammocyma (Meyrick, 1929) / Tahiti
uranoptris (Meyrick, 1929) / Tahiti
Hapalia
bacteata Warren, 1891
SEE Palpita bacteata
Hedylepta
diemenalis (Guenée, 1854)
SEE Omiodes diemenalis
Hellula
undalis (Fabricius, 1781) / Raiatea / Hawaiian Is; Mariana Is (Guam); AUSTRALASIAN: AFROTROPIC: tropical regions; INDOMALAYAN: Taiwan; tropical regions; NEARCTIC/NEOTROPIC: America; PALEARCTIC: Europe (Italy); Middle East Mediterranean countries
Herpetogramma
cleoropa (Meyrick, 1934) / Hivaoa
licarsisalis (Walker, 1859) / Rapa, Rurutu / Raiatea, Tahiti / Fiji, Hawaiian Is; Mariana Is (Guam). Marshall Is; Western and American Samoa, Tonga, Pacifric Islands E of Samoa; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia (Qld); Indonesia: Moluccas; New Caledonia, New Guinea; AFROTROPIC: Sierra Leone, INDOMALAYAN: Borneo; China; Hong Kong, India; Malaysia, Philippines; Sri Lanka; PALEARCTIC: China; Egypt, Japan; Saudi Arabia,
phthorosticta (Meyrick, 1929) / Hivaoa
stultalis (Walker, 1859) / Hivaoa / Fiji; Mariana Is (Guam); Western and American Samoa; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, New Guinea, INDOMALAYAN: China, India, Malay Archipelago,
Hyalobathra
illectalis (Walker, 1859) / Rapa
Hydriris
ornatalis (Duponchel, 1832) / Tahiti / Fiji, Western and American Samoa; Pacific Islands E of Samoa, AUSTRALASIAN: Vanuatu; INDOMALAYAN: India, Malay Archipelago, New World, Old world,
Idioblasta
acleropa (Meyrick, 1934) / Eiao
isoterma (Meyrick, 1934) / Fatuhuku
lacteata Warren, 1891 / Nukuhiva, Uapou
procellaris (Meyrick, 1934) / Fatuhiva
straminata Warren, 1891 / Hivaoa
Lamprosema
foedalis (Guenée 1854) / Tahiti
diemenalis (Guenée, 1854)
SEE Omiodes diemenalis
Marasmia
creonalis (Walker, 1859)
SEE Cnaphalocrocis creonalis
hemicrossa Meyrick, 1886
SEE Cnaphalocrocis hemicrossa
poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833)
SEE Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis
trapezalis (Guenée, 1854)
SEE Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis
venilialis (Walker, 1859)
SEE Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis
Marasmianympha
eupselias (Meyrick, 1929) / Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Tahuata, Uapou
Margaronia
indica (Saunders, 1851)
SEE Diaphania indica
Maruca
testulalis (Geyer, 1832)
SEE Maruca vitrata
vitrata (Fabricius, 1787) / Rurutu / Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Nukuhiva, Tahuata / Society Is / Fiji; Hawaiian Is; Mariana Is (Guam); Western and American Samoa; Pacific islands E of Samoa; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia; New Guinea; INDOMALAYAN: India; cosmopolitan
Mecyna
aureolalis Lederer, 1863
SEE Paratalanta aureolalis
Mestolobes
acleropa Meyrick, 1934
SEE Idioblasta acleropa
isoterma Meyrick, 1934
SEE Idioblasta isoterma
lacteata (Warren, 1891)
SEE Idioblasta lacteata
procellaris Meyrick, 1934
SEE Idioblasta procellaris
Nacoleia
diemenalis (Guenée, 1854)
SEE Omiodes diemenalis
Nymphula
foedalis Guenée 1854
SEE Lamprosema foedalis
Oeobia
cleoropa Meyrick, 1934
SEE Herpetogramma cleoropa
phthorosticta (Meyrick, 1929)
SEE Herpetogramma phthorosticta
Omiodes
absistalis (Walker, 1859)
SEE Omiodes diemenalis
diemenalis (Guenée, 1854) / Rapa, Rurutu / Borabora, Raiatea, Tahiti / Fiji; Mariana Is (Guam); Western and American Samoa; AFROTROPIC: Africa through the Pacific to southeastern Polynesia
Pachyzancla
stultalis (Walker, 1859)
SEE Herpetogramma stultalis
Palpita
bacteata (Warren, 1891) / Marquesas Is
euthalassa (Meyrick, 1934)
SEE Stemorrhages euthalassa
indica (Saunders, 1851)
SEE Diaphania indica
multilinealis (Kenrick, 1907)
SEE Glyphodes multilinealis
phormingopa (Kenrick, 1907)
SEE Glyphodes phormingopa
psammocyma Meyrick, 1929
SEE Glyphodes psammocyma
uranoptris (Meyrick, 1929)
SEE Glyphodes uranoptris
Paratalanta
aureolalis (Lederer, 1863) / Tahiti
Phacellura
indica (Saunders, 1851)
SEE Diaphania indica
Piletocera
signiferalis (Wallengren, 1860) / Rapa, Rurutu / Eiao, Fatuhiva, Mohotani, Tahuata, Uahuka, Uapou / Tahiti / Fiji; Line Is (Palmyra); Mariana Is (Guam); American Samoa (Tutuila); Western Samoa, Tonga; Tuvalu (Ellice Is); AUSTRALASIAN: Australia; Vanuatu
Prophantis
octoguttalis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) / Tahiti / AUSTRALASIAN: Indonesia (Ambon I)
Psara
licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
SEE Herpetogramma licarsisalis
stultalis (Walker, 1859)
SEE Herpetogramma stultalis
Pyrausta
phthorosticta Meyrick, 1929
SEE Herpetogramma phthorosticta
Pythagoraea
categorica Meyrick, 1929 / Tahiti
Scoparia
chrysomicta Meyrick, 1929
SEE Eudonia chrysomicta
chrysopetra Meyrick, 1929 / Tahiti
citrocosma Meyrick, 1929
SEE Eudonia citrocosma
clerica Meyrick, 1929
SEE Eudonia clerica
commercialis Meyrick, 1929 / Hivaoa
exterminate Meyrick, 1929 / Rapa
officialis Meyrick, 1929
SEE Eudonia officialis
opostactis Meyrick, 1929
SEE Eudonia opostactis
philorphna Meyrick, 1929 / Tahiti
psednopa Meyrick, 1929 / Rapa
spectacularis Meyrick, 1929 / Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Uapou
Spoladea
recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775) / Rapa / Eiao, Tahuata, Uahuka / Tahiti / Fiji; Hawaiian Is; Kiribati (Phoenix Is); Mariana Is (Guam); Western and American Samoa; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, New Caledonia; New Guinea, New Zealand; Solomon Is; Vanuatu; AFROTROPIC: Congo; Sierra Leone; INDOMALAYAN: China; Hindustan; India, Malay Archipelago, Sri Lanka; East Indies; NEOTROPIC: Venezuela; Caribbean; Central America; PALEARCTIC: China; Iraq; cosmopolitan
Stemorrhages
euthalassa (Meyrick, 1934) / Hivaoa
thetydalis (Guenée, 1854) / Society Is
Strepsimela
signiferalis (Wallengren, 1860)
SEE Piletocera signiferalis
Sufetula
hemiophthalma (Meyrick, 1884) / Tahiti / Fiji; Western and American Samoa.; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia; INDOMALAYAN: Malay Archipelago
Syngamia
floridalis (Zeller, 1852)
SEE Aethaloessa floridalis
Tatobotys
vibrata Meyrick, 1929 / Hivaoa
Thliptoceras
octoguttalis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
SEE Prophantis octoguttalis
Gelechiidae
Pectinophora
gossypiella (Saunders, 1843) / Raiatea / Hawaiian Is; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, AFROTROPIC: W Africa; INDOMALAYAN: India; Philippines; NEARCTIC: USA; NEOTROPIC: Brazil, Mexico, West Indies, PALEARCTIC: NE Africa; Japan
Phthorimaea
operculella (Zeller, 1873) / Hivaoa / Society Is / MARQUESAS IS (Hivaoa); Fiji, Hawaiian Is; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu; AFROTROPIC: Africa, INDOMALAYAN: China; NEARCTIC: USA (California, Texas); NEOTROPIC: West Indies,PALEARCTIC: Canaries, China; Europe, cosmopolitan
Stoeberhinus
testaceus Butler, 1881 / Rapa / Marquesas Is / Tahiti / Tuamotu Is / Fiji, Hawaiian Is; Western and American Samoa (Tutuila), AUSTRALASIAN: Vanuatu; NEOTROPIC: Galapagos Is
Geometridae
Anisodes
decolorata (Warren, 1897) / Tahiti / Fakarava / AUSTRALASIAN: Loyalty Is
Anisodes
niveopuncta (Warren, 1897) / “Polynesia”; AUSTRALASIAN: INDOMALAYAN
samoana (Warren, 1897) / Society Is / Fiji; American Samoa (Tutuila); Western Samoa (Upolu); AUSTRALASIAN: Vanuatu
Bosara
montana Orhant, 2003 / Tahiti
Chloroclystis
ambundata Prout, 1929 / Hivaoa
coloptila Prout, 1929 / Hivaoa, Nukuhiva, Uapou
lepta (Meyrick, 1886) / Moorea, Tahiti / Tonga; Micronesia, AUSTRALASIAN: E. Melanesia; INDOMALAYAN: Cocos-Keeling I.
pitoi Clarke, 1971 / Rapa
sp. / Raiatea
sp. / Fakarava
torninubis Prout, 1929 / Eiao, Hivaoa, Tahuata, Uapou
Cleora
albipuncta Orhant, 2003 / Tahiti
caliginosa Orhant, 2003 / Tahiti
collenettei Prout, 1929 / Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Nukuhiva, Tahuata, Uapou / Society Is
dodonaeae Prout, 1929 / Rapa
esoterica Prout, 1929 / Hivaoa
esoterica pusillanimis Prout, 1933 / Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Uapou / ?Society Is
leucostigma Prout, 1929 / Hivaoa / Society Is
licornaria (Guenée, 1858) / Moorea, Tahiti
longipectina Orhant, 2002 / Tahiti
myrmidonaria (Guenée, 1858) / Tahiti
n.sp. (of Holloway) / Tahiti
nitidula Orhant, 2002 / Tahiti
stenoglypta Prout, 1929 / Rapa
Gymnoscelis
concinna Swinhoe, 1902 / Tonga; Polynesia; AUSTRALASIAN
erymna (Meyrick, 1886) / Rapa, Rurutu / Marquesas Is / Tahiti / Pitcairn (Pitcairn); American Samoa (Tutuila); Western Samoa; Tonga; AUSTRALASIAN: Papua New Guinea
imparatalis (Walker, 1865) / Hivaoa, Nukuhiva / Tahiti / Samoa, Tonga, AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, New Guinea; INDOMALAYAN: Malaysia, Singapore, Sulawesi
sp. / French Polynesia
tristrigosa Butler, 1881 / Moorea / Fiji, Tonga, AUSTRALASIAN: New Caledonia; INDOMALAYAN: China, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan
Pasiphila
lepta (Meyrick, 1886)
SEE Chloroclystis lepta
Pasiphilodes
lepta (Meyrick, 1886)
SEE Chloroclystis lepta
Scopula
angusticallis Prout, 1933 / Uapou
menytes Prout, 1933 / Uahuka
oxystoma Prout, 1929 / Hivaoa
spp. / Huahine, Tahiti
tahitiensis Orhant, 2003 / Tahiti
tersicallis Prout, 1929 / Hivaoa
Thalassodes
chloropis Meyrick, 1886 / French Oceania, Fiji, American Samoa (Tutuila); Western Samoa (Upolu); Tonga (Vavau)
microchloropis Holloway, 1979 / Society Is
pilaria Guenée, 1857 / Tubuai / Borabora, Tahiti / Fiji; Mariana Is (Guam); Pitcairn (Pitcairn); American Samoa (Tutuila); AUSTRALASIAN: Sulawesi
Gracillariidae
Caloptilia
crypsidelta (Meyrick, 1926) / Rapa
deltanthes (Meyrick, 1934) / Uapou
hilaropis (Meyrick, 1926) / Rapa
Epicephala
colymbetella Meyrick 1880 / Nukuhiva
Gracillaria
crypsidelta Meyrick, 1926
SEE Caloptilia crypsidelta
deltanthes Meyrick, 1934
SEE Caloptilia deltanthes
hilaropis Meyrick, 1926
SEE Caloptilia hilaropis
sp. / French Polynesia
Parectopa
pontificalis Meyrick, 1928 / Rurutu
Heliodinidae
Lissocnemitis
argolyca Meyrick, 1934 / Hivaoa
Hesperiidae
Badamia
atrox collenettei Evans, 1934 / Hivaoa
exclamationis (Fabricius, 1775) / Marquesas Is / American Samoa (Tutuila); Tonga; AUSTRALASIAN: INDOMALAYAN:
Hyblaeidae
Hyblaea
puera (Cramer, 1777) / Hivaoa / Tahiti / Fiji; Mariana Is (Rota, Saipan); American Samoa (Tutuila); Tonga; AUSTRALASIAN: Solomon Is., INDOMALAYAN: India, Old World, New World,
Immidae
Imma
catapsesta Meyrick, 1934 / Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Nukuhiva, Uahuka, Uapou
chloroplintha Meyrick, 1928 / Tahiti
fulminatrix Meyrick, 1934 / Hivaoa
oxypselia Meyrick, 1928 / Raiatea, Tahiti
semiclara Meyrick, 1928 / Hivaoa, Nukuhiva; Tahuata
Lycaenidae
Catochrysops
strabo taitensis (Boisduval, 1832)
SEE Catochrysops taitensis
taitensis (Boisduval, 1832) / Raiatea, Tahiti
Hypojamides
catochloris (Boisduval, 1832) / Tahiti
Jamides
bochus (Stoll, 1782) / “Polynesia”; AUSTRALASIAN: INDOMALAYAN
bochus ruruturi Riley, 1929 / Rurutu
walkeri ruruturi Riley, 1929
SEE Jamides bochus ruruturi
Lampides
boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) / Tahiti / Fiji; Hawaiian Is; Line Is (Palmyra); Mariana Is (Guam, Saipan); Micronesia (Belau, Chuuk, Yap); Niue; Tonga (Tongatapu, Vavau); AUSTRALASIAN: Australia; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Norfolk Is; Vanuatu; AFROTROPIC: Africa, INDOMALAYAN: China; India; East Indies; Asia; PALEARCTIC: North Africa; Europe; Asia
taitensis (Boisduval, 1832)
SEE Catochrysops taitensis
Lycaena
taitensis Boisduval, 1832
SEE Catochrysops taitensis
Nacaduba
catochloris (Boisduval, 1832)
SEE Hypojamides catochloris
sp. / Tahiti / presence needs confirmation
tahitiensis Hara & Hirowatari, 1989 / Tahiti
Ocaria
ocrisia (Hewitson, 1868) / Tahiti
Petrelaea
dana (de Nicéville, 1884) / “Polynesia”; AUSTRALASIAN: INDOMALAYAN: Bhutan
Polyommatus
baeticus (Linnaeus,1767)
SEE Lampides boeticus
Thecla
ocrisia Hewitson, 1868
SEE Ocaria ocrisia
Zizera
labradus cheesmanae Poulton & Riley, 1928
SEE Zizina labradus cheesmanae
Zizina
labradus cheesmanae (Poulton & Riley, 1928) / Borabora, Moorea, Raiatea, Tahiti / Samoa; Tonga; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, Solomon Is
otis (Fabricius, 1787) / "Polynesia"; AUSTRALASIAN: INDOMALAYAN
Noctuidae
Acanthodelta
marquesanus (Collenette, 1928) / Hivaoa
Achaea
janata (Linnaeus, 1758) / Rapa / Eiao, Hivaoa, Nukuhiva / Tahiti / Easter I; Fiji; Hawaiian Is; Kiribati (Gilbert Is, Phoenix Is); Mariana Is (Guam, Northern); American Samoa (Tutuila); Tokelau; Tonga (Vavau); Tuvalu (Ellice Is); Wake I; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia; Papua New Guinea, INDOMALAYAN: China (Guangdong), India; Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka,
marquesanus Collenette, 1928
SEE Acanthodelta marquesanus
melicerte (Drury, 1773)
SEE Achaea janata
robinsoni Holloway 1982 / "Polynesia"; Fiji; AUSTRALASIAN:
Aedia
sericea (Butler, 1882) / Rurutu / Tahiti / Fiji; Mariana Is (Guam); American Samoa (Tutuila); Tonga; AUSTRALASIAN: Bismarck Arch (Duke of York I), New Guinea
Agrotis
ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) / Tahiti / Easter I; Hawaiian Is; Polynesia; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia; New Zealand, Auckland I; AFROTROPIC: southern Africa, INDOMALAYAN: China; India; Indonesia (Java); Taiwan; E. Asia; NEARCTIC; Canada; USA; NEOTROPIC: south to Uruguay; PALEARCTIC: Europe, N Africa; cosmopolitan
ypsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
SEE Agrotis ipsilon
Amyna
natalis (Walker, 1858) / Rapa / Fiji; Hawaiian Is; Kiribati (Gilbert Is); American Samoa (Tutuila); Tonga; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, New Guinea; INDOMALAYAN: Burma, India, Kashmir, Malay Archipelago,
octo (Guenée, 1852) / Eiao, Hatutaa, Nukuhiva, Tahuata, Uahuka, Uapou / Tahiti / Cook Is (Rarotonga); Hawaiian Is; Kiribati (Gilbert Is, Phoenix Is); Mariana Is (Guam); American Samoa (Tutuila); Tonga; Tuvalu (Ellice Is); AUSTRALASIAN: Australia; New Guinea, AFROTROPIC: Africa; INDOMALAYAN: Bengal, Borneo, India, Kashmir, Malay Archipelago, NEARCTIC: southern United States to NEOTROPIC: South America; PALEARCTIC: China, Korea, Asia, including eastern Siberia, cosmopolitan
Anigraea
ochrobasis Hampson, 1912 / Society Is
Anomis
flava (Fabricius, 1775) / Rapa / Eiao, Nukuhiva, Uapou / Tahiti / Hawaiian Is; Kermadec Is.,Mariana Is (Guam); American Samoa (Tutuila); Tonga; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand; Norfolk I.,Solomon Is.,Vanuatu; AFROTROPIC: Africa; INDOMALAYAN: India, Malay Archipelago, East Indies; SE Asia; Old World.
involuta (Walker, 1858) / "Polynesia"; AUSTRALASIAN: INDOMALAYAN:
involuta vitiensis Butler, 1886 / Tahiti / Fiji (Rotuma); AUSTRALASIAN: New Caledonia, Norfolk I; INDOMALAYAN
marauensis Orhant, 2002 / Tahiti
sabulifera (Guenée, 1852) / Tahiti
Anticarsia
irrorata (Fabricius, 1781) / Rapa / Uahuka / Tahiti / Mariana Is (Guam); American Samoa (Tutuila); INDOMALAYAN: India, the Malay Archipelago; Old World
Anua
coronata (Fabricius, 1775)
SEE Ophiusa coronata
Athetis
nonagrica (Walker, 1863) / Rapa / Tahiti / American Samoa (Tutuila); INDOMALAYAN: India; Malaysia; Sarawak
sp. / French Polynesia
thoracica (Moore, 1884) / Society Is / Fiji; Hawaiian Is; INDOMALAYAN: Borneo; India; Sri Lanka
Athyrma
discolor (Fabricius, 1794) / Fatuhiva; Hivaoa, Nukuhiva, Tahuata / Tahiti / Cook Is (Rarotonga)
Avatha
discolor (Fabricius, 1794)
SEE Athyrma discolor
Bastilla
insularum (Orhant, 2002) / Tahiti
tahitiensis (Orhant, 2002) / Tahiti
vitiensis (Butler, 1886) / Rapa, Rurutu / Tahiti / Fiji
Callopistria
alticola Orhant, 2002 / Tahiti
maillardi (Guenée, 1862) / Rapa / Tahiti / Mariana Is (Guam); American Samoa (Tutuila); Western Samoa; AUSTRALASIAN: Vanuatu
meridionalis Collenette, 1928
SEE Callopistria maillardi
meridionalis nauticorum Tams, 1935
SEE Callopistria maillardi
n.sp. (of Holloway) / Society Is
ouria nanodes Collenette, 1934 / Uapou
ouria ouria Collenette, 1928 / Fatuhiva, Hivaoa
reticulata (Pagenstecher, 1884) / Tahiti / AFROTROPIC; INDOMALAYAN
steevei Orhant, 2002 / Tahiti
Catephia
linteola Guenée, 1852 / Tahiti / Kiribati (Gilbert Is); AUSTRALASIAN: Australia; cosmopolitan
sericea (Butler, 1882)
SEE Aedia sericea
Chasmina
tibialis (Fabricius, 1775) / Rapa / Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Uapou / Tahiti / Cook Is; Mariana Is; American Samoa (Tutuila); Tonga; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia; New Caledonia, New Guinea, AFROTROPIC: Africa; INDOMALAYAN: Hong Kong, India; Malaysia
Chloridea
assulta (Guenée, 1852)
SEE Helicoverpa assulta
Chrysodeixis
albostriata (Bremer & Gray, 1853)
SEE Ctenoplusia albostriata
chalcites (Esper, 1789) / Rapa, Rurutu / Hivaoa; Nukuhiva, Uahuka / Tahiti / Easter I; Hawaiian Is; Kermadec Is; Kiribati (Gilbert Is, Phoenix Is); Line Is (Palmyra); Mariana Is (Guam, Saipan); Micronesia; American Samoa (Tutuila); Tonga; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, Loyalty Is., New Caledonia, New Guinea; New Zealand; Norfolk I; Solomon Is; Vanuatu; AFROTROPIC: Africa; INDOMALAYAN: India; Sri Lanka;; Indomalayan Is; SE Asia; PALEARCTIC: Mediterranean region through N. Africa and central Asia, cosmopolitan except New World
collardi (Orhant, 2002) / Tahiti
copiaria Orhant, 2003 / Tahiti
eriosoma (Doubleday, 1843) / Tahiti / AUSTRALASIAN: New Zealand
n.sp. (of Holloway) / Tahiti
Cirphis
loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
SEE Leucania loreyi
Condica
conducta (Walker 1857) / Society Is
hollowayi Orhant 2003 / Huahine, Raiatea, Tahiti
illecta (Walker, 1865) / Rapa / Fiji, Hawaiian Is; American Samoa (Tutuila); Pacific Islands east of the Samoas; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Is., INDOMALAYAN: India, Malay Archipelago;