title: List of Lepidoptera of Midway Atoll
text: # List of Lepidoptera of Midway Atoll
  
  The Lepidoptera of Midway Atoll consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the islands of Midway Atoll. Midway Atoll is part of a chain of volcanic islands, atolls, and seamounts extending from Hawai'i up to the tip of the Aleutian Islands.
  
  According to a recent estimate, there are a total of 36 Lepidoptera species present on the Midway Atoll.
  
  ## Butterflies
  
  ### Nymphalidae
  
  * Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  ## Moths
  
  ### Arctiidae
  
  * Utetheisa pulchelloides Hampson, 1907
  
  ### Cosmopterigidae
  
  * Asymphorodes dimorpha (Busck, 1914)
  * Undescribed Asymphorodes species
  * Hyposmocoma neckerensis (Swezey, 1926)
  * Hyposmocoma rubescens Walsingham, 1907
  * Pyroderces rileyi (Walsingham, 1882)
  
  ### Crambidae
  
  * Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781)
  * Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
  * Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
  
  ### Geometridae
  
  * Cyclophora nanaria (Walker, 1861)
  * Macaria abydata Guenee, 1857
  
  ### Gracilariidae
  
  * Stoeberhinus testaceus Butler, 1881
  
  ### Noctuidae
  
  * Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Agrotis fasciata (Rothschild, 1894)
  * Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1767)
  * Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday, 1843)
  * Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850)
  * Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1858
  * Leucania loreyimima Rungs, 1953
  * Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haworth, 1809)
  * Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1856)
  * Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)
  * Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
  
  ### Plutellidae
  
  * Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  ### Pterophoridae
  
  * Lioptilodes parvus (Walsingham, 1880)
  * Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1793)
  
  ### Pyralidae
  
  * Pyralis manihotalis Guenee, 1854
  
  ### Sphingidae
  
  * Agrius cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)
  * Deilephila nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  ### Tineidae
  
  * Erechthias simulans (Butler, 1882)
  * Monopis meliorella (Walker, 1863)
  * Opogona aurisquamosa (Butler, 1881)
  
  ### Tortricidae
  
  * Amorbia emigratella Busck, 1910
  * Undescribed Bactra sp. nr. Bactra straminea (Butler, 1881)
  * Crocidosema blackburni (Butler, 1881)
  