List of Lepidoptera of New Zealand

Location of New Zealand
New Zealand red admiral

Lepidoptera of New Zealand consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the islands of New Zealand. According to a recent estimate, there are a total of approximately 1,800 Lepidoptera species present in New Zealand. Of these, about 1,600 are endemic. Lepidoptera is the third largest insect order in New Zealand.

This page provides a link to either individual species or genera. The latter is used when all species of the genus are endemic to New Zealand, the individual species can be found on the genus page.

Butterflies

Moths

Arctiidae

Batrachedridae

Blastobasidae

Bombycidae

Carposinidae

Choreutidae

Coleophoridae

Copromorphidae

Cosmopterigidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Ctenuchidae

Depressariidae

Elachistidae

Epermeniidae

Galacticidae

Gelechiidae

Geometridae

Glyphipterigidae

Gracillariidae

Hepialidae

Incurvariidae

Lecithoceridae

Lymantriidae

Lyonetidae

Micropterigidae

Mnesarchaeidae

Momphidae

  • Zapyrastra calliphana Meyrick, 1889
  • Zapyrastra stellata Philpott, 1931

Nepticulidae

Noctuidae

Oecophoridae

Plutellidae

  • Charixena iridoxa (Meyrick, 1916)
  • Chrysorthenches argentea Dugdale, 1996
  • Chrysorthenches drosochalca Meyrick, 1905
  • Chrysorthenches glypharcha Meyrick, 1919
  • Chrysorthenches halocarpi Dugdale, 1996
  • Chrysorthenches phyllocladi Dugdale, 1996
  • Chrysorthenches polita Philpott, 1918
  • Chrysorthenches porphyritis Meyrick, 1886
  • Chrysorthenches virgata Philpott, 1920
  • Doxophyrtis hydrocosma Meyrick, 1914
  • Hierodoris stellata Philpott, 1918
  • Leuroperna sera (Meyrick, 1886)
  • Orthenches chartularia Meyrick, 1924
  • Orthenches chlorocoma Meyrick, 1886
  • Orthenches dictyarcha Meyrick, 1927
  • Orthenches disparilis Philpott, 1931
  • Orthenches homerica Salmon, 1956
  • Orthenches prasinodes Meyrick, 1886
  • Orthenches saleuta Meyrick, 1913
  • Orthenches semifasciata Philpott, 1915
  • Orthenches septentrionalis Philpott, 1930
  • Orthenches similis Philpott, 1924
  • Orthenches vinitincta Philpott, 1917
  • Phylacodes cauta Meyrick, 1905
  • Plutella antiphona Meyrick, 1901
  • Plutella psammochroa Meyrick, 1886
  • Plutella xylostella (diamondback moth) Linnaeus, 1758
  • Proditrix chionochloae Dugdale, 1987
  • Proditrix gahniae Dugdale, 1987
  • Proditrix megalynta Meyrick, 1915
  • Proditrix tetragona Hudson, 1918
  • Protosynaema eratopis Meyrick, 1886
  • Protosynaema hymenopis Meyrick, 1935
  • Protosynaema matutina Philpott, 1928
  • Protosynaema quaestuosa Meyrick, 1924
  • Protosynaema steropucha Meyrick, 1886

Psychidae

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Roeslerstammiidae

  • Dolichernis chloroleuca Meyrick, 1891
  • Vanicela disjunctella Walker, 1864

Saturniidae

Scythrididae

  • Scythris epistrota Meyrick, 1889
  • Scythris nigra Philpott, 1931
  • Scythris niphozela Meyrick, 1931
  • Scythris triatma Meyrick, 1935

Sesiidae

Sphingidae

Thyatiridae

Thyrididae

  • Morova subfasciata Walker, 1865

Tineidae

Tortricidae

Yponomeutidae

Unknown family

See also

References

    Further reading

    • Parkinson, Brian (c. 2000). Butterflies and moths of New Zealand. Reed. ISBN 0-7900-0734-7.
    • Gibbs, George (1980). New Zealand Butterflies: Identification and Natural History. Auckland, NZ: Collins. ISBN 0-00-216955-X.
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