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 Bactra straminea (Butler, 1881) Crocidosema blackburni (Butler, 1881)
External links A Review of the Insects and Related Arthropods of Midway Atoll