This is a list of moths of Christmas Island, an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean.
According to a recent estimate, there are 70www.environment.gov.au moth species present on Christmas Island.
Some of these species are listed below, divided into taxonomic families.Prout, 1933. The Geometridae of Christmas island, Indian Ocean. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore, No.8:88-94Butler, 1888. On the Lepidoptcra of Christmas Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 542-555 (1888)Pendlebury, 1947. Christmas Island - Heterocera. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 58-73
Family Crambidae Nomophila corticalis Walker, 1869 Parotis suralis (Lederer, 1863) Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Family Erebidae Acantholipes similis Moore, 1879 Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758) Achaea serva (Linnaeus, 1775) Amyna axis (Guenée, 1852) Amyna crocosticta Hampson, 1910 Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794) Anomis erosa Hübner 1821 Anomis esocampta Hampson 1926 Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775) Argina astrea (Drury, 1773) Bocula limbata (Butler, 1888) Chasmina candida (Walker, 1865) Dasypodia selenophora Guenée, 1852 Dysauxes ancilla (Linnaeus, 1767) Erebus macrops (Linnaeus, 1768) Eublemma cochylioides Guenée, 1852 Eublemma rivula Moore, 1882 Eublemma roseana Moore, 1882 Euchromia horsfieldi (Moore, 1859) Eudocima homaena (Hübner, 1816) Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767) Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Eudocima salaminia (Cramer, 1777) Euproctis pulverea (Hampson, 1900) Deltote griseomixta (Hampson, 1900) Hydrillodes vexillifera Hampson, 1900 Hypena indicatalis Walker, 1859 Hypena strigatus (Fabricius, 1798) Lithacodia griseomixta (Hampson 1900) Lyclene distributa Walker, 1862 Maliattha signifera (Walker, ) Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775) Olene inclusa (Walker, 1856) Orgyia postica (Walker, 1855) Pantydia metaspila (Walker, 1857) Simplicia butesalis (Walker, 1858) Thyas coronata (Fabricius, 1775) Thyas honesta Hübner, 1824 Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779) Utetheisa lotrix (Cramer, ) Utetheisa pulchelloides Hampson, 1907
Family Euteliidae Targalla delatrix (Guenée, 1852)
Family Geometridae Anisodes hypomion Prout, 1933 Cleora acaciaria (Boisduval, 1833) Cleora alienaria fumipennis Prout, 1929 Comostolopsis regina Thierry Mieg, 1915 Ecliptopera phaula Prout, 1933 Ectropis scotozonea (Hampson, 1900) Hemithea hyperymna Prout, 1933 Hyperythra lutea Stoll, 1781 Orsonoba clelia (Cramer, 1782) Paradarisa comparataria (Walker, 1866) Sauris hirudinata Guenée, 1858 Sauris pelagitis Prout, 1933 Sauris remodesaria Walker, 1862 Scopula actuaria (Walker, 1861) Scopula optivata (Walker, 1861) Scopula tumiditibia Prout, 1920 Syrrhodia vindex Prout, 1933 Thalassodes suviridis Warren 1905 Thalassodes veraria Guenée, 1857
Family Hyblaeidae Hyblaea apricans (Boisduval, 1833)
Family Noctuidae Aegilia describens Walker, 1857 Brana calopasa Walker, Condica capensis (Guenée, 1852) Dypterygia vagivitta (Walker, 1862) Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852) Iambia transversa (Moore, 1882) Mimeusemia econia Hampson, 1900 Oxyodes scrobiculata (Fabricius, 1775) Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775) Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833) Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833) Spodoptera picta (Guérin-Méneville, ) Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
Family Nolidae Armactica andrewsi Hampson Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862) Earias latimargo Hampson, 1912 Earias luteolaria Hampson, 1891 Lyclene distributa Walker, 1862
Family Pyralidae Ancylosis singhalella (Ragonot, 1889) Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton, 1866) Endotricha puncticostalis (Walker, ) Ephestia scotella Hampson, 1900 Epicrocis oegnusalis (Walker, 1859) Euzophera cinerosella (Zeller, 1839) Doloessa ochrociliella Ragonot, 1893 Homoeosoma nimbella (Duponchel, 1837)
Family Sphingidae Agrius convolvuli (Linné, 1758) Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, ) Daphnis placida (Walker, 1856) Gnathothlibus erotus (Cramer, 1777) Hippotion velox (Fabricius, 1793) Psilogramma discistriga (Walker, 1856) Theretra latreillii (MacLeay, 1826)
Family Tortricidae Adoxophyes liberatrix (Diakonoff, 1947)
Family Uraniidae Epiplema inhians Warren, 1896
See also Lists of Lepidoptera by region
References
A Monograph of Christmas Island by Charles W. Andrews