List of Lepidoptera of New Zealand

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.

Location of New Zealand
New Zealand red admiral

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

  • Tiramula hamatus hamatus Macleay, 1826 [Not established in N.Z.; vagrant only (non-breeding immigrant)]
  • Junonia villida calybe Godart, 1819 [Not established in N.Z.; vagrant only (non-breeding immigrant)]
  • Vanessa kershawi McCoy, 1868
  • Percnodaimon pluto Butler, 1876
  • Hypolimnas bolina nerina Fabricius, 1775 [Not established in N.Z.; vagrant only (non-breeding immigrant)]
  • Lycaena boldenarum (Lycaena boldenarum boldenarum White, 1862, Lycaena boldenarum caerulaea Salmon, 1946 and Lycaena boldenarum ianthina Salmon, 1946)
  • Erebiola butleri Fereday, 1879
  • Vanessa gonerilla ida Alfken, 1899
  • Zizina labradus labradus (Godart, 1824)
  • Lycaena salustius Fabricius, 1793
  • Catopsilia pomona pomona Fabricius, 1775 [Not established in N.Z.]
  • Melanitis leda bankia Fabricius, 1775 [Not established in N.Z.; vagrant only (non-breeding immigrant)]
  • Lycaena feredayi Bates, 1867
  • Dodonidia helmsii Butler, 1884
  • Zizina otis (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Danaus chrysippus petilia Stoll, 1790 [Not established in N.Z.; vagrant only (non-breeding immigrant)]
  • Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Danaus plexippus plexippus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Vanessa gonerilla gonerilla Fabricius, 1775
  • Lycaena rauparaha Fereday, 1877
  • Oreixenica lathionella herceus Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 [Not established in N.Z.]
  • Pieris rapae rapae Linnaeus, 1758
  • Opsiphanes cassina C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862 [Not established in N.Z.; interception records only]
  • Zizina otis oxleyi (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)
  • Opsiphanes tamarindi C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861 [Not established in N.Z.; interception records only]
  • Argyrophenga antipodum Doubleday, 1845
  • Argyrophenga harrisi Craw, 1978
  • Argyrophenga janitae Craw, 1978
  • Vanessa itea Fabricius, 1775

Moths

Arctiidae

Batrachedridae

Blastobasidae

Bombycidae

Carposinidae

Choreutidae

Coleophoridae

Copromorphidae

Cosmopterigidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Ctenuchidae

Depressariidae

  • Cryptolechia rhodobapta Meyrick, 1923
  • Cryptolechia semnodes Meyrick, 1911
  • Donacostola notabilis (Philpott, 1928)
  • Eutorna caryochroa Meyrick, 1889
  • Eutorna inornata Philpott, 1927
  • Eutorna phaulocosma Meyrick, 1906
  • Eutorna symmorpha Meyrick, 1889
  • Heliostibes vibratrix Meyrick, 1927
  • Nymphostola galactina (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
  • Proteodes carnifex Butler, 1877
  • Proteodes clarkei Philpott, 1926
  • Proteodes melographa Meyrick, 1927
  • Proteodes profunda Meyrick, 1905
  • Proteodes smithi Howes, 1946

Elachistidae

Epermeniidae

  • Thambotricha vates Meyrick, 1922

Galacticidae

Gelechiidae

Geometridae

Glyphipterigidae

Gracillariidae

Hepialidae

Incurvariidae

Lecithoceridae

Lymantriidae

  • Orgyia thyellina (white-spotted tussock moth) Butler, 1881
  • Teia anartoides (painted apple moth) Walker, 1855

Lyonetidae

Micropterigidae

Mnesarchaeidae

Momphidae

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

Nepticulidae

Noctuidae

Oecophoridae

  • Atomotricha chloronota Meyrick, 1914
  • Atomotricha colligatella (Walker, 1864)
  • Atomotricha exsomnis Meyrick, 1913
  • Atomotricha isogama Meyrick, 1909
  • Atomotricha lewisi Philpott, 1927
  • Atomotricha oeconoma Meyrick, 1914
  • Atomotricha ommatias Meyrick, 1883
  • Atomotricha prospiciens Meyrick, 1924
  • Atomotricha sordida Butler, 1877
  • Atomotricha versuta Meyrick, 1914
  • Barea confusella Walker, 1864
  • Barea consignatella Walker, 1864
  • Barea exarcha Meyrick, 1883
  • Borkhausenia morella Hudson, 1939
  • Calicotis crucifera Meyrick, 1889
  • Chersadaula ochrogastra Meyrick, 1923
  • Coridomorpha stella Meyrick, 1914
  • Corocosma memorabilis Meyrick, 1927
  • Endrosis sarcitrella (white-shouldered house moth) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Euchersadaula lathriopa Meyrick, 1905
  • Euchersadaula tristis Philpott, 1926
  • Eulechria zophoessa Meyrick, 1883
  • Euthictis chloratma (Meyrick, 1916)
  • Gymnobathra ambigua Philpott, 1926
  • Gymnobathra bryaula Meyrick, 1905
  • Gymnobathra caliginosa Philpott, 1927
  • Gymnobathra calliploca Meyrick, 1884
  • Gymnobathra callixyla Meyrick, 1888
  • Gymnobathra cenchrias Meyrick, 1909
  • Gymnobathra dinocosma Meyrick, 1884
  • Gymnobathra flavidella Walker, 1864
  • Gymnobathra hamatella Walker, 1864
  • Gymnobathra hyetodes Meyrick, 1884
  • Gymnobathra inaequata Philpott, 1928
  • Gymnobathra jubata Philpott, 1918
  • Gymnobathra levigata Philpott, 1928
  • Gymnobathra omphalota Meyrick, 1888
  • Gymnobathra origenes Meyrick, 1936
  • Gymnobathra parca Butler, 1877
  • Gymnobathra philadelpha Meyrick, 1884
  • Gymnobathra primaria Philpott, 1928
  • Gymnobathra rufopunctella Hudson, 1950
  • Gymnobathra sarcoxantha Meyrick, 1884
  • Gymnobathra tholodella Meyrick, 1884
  • Hierodoris atychioides (Butler, 1877)
  • Hierodoris bilineata (Salmon, 1948)
  • Hierodoris callispora (Meyrick, 1912)
  • Hierodoris electrica (Meyrick, 1889)
  • Hierodoris eremita Philpott, 1930
  • Hierodoris frigida Philpott, 1923
  • Hierodoris gerontion Hoare, 2005
  • Hierodoris huia Hoare, 2005
  • Hierodoris illita (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
  • Hierodoris insignis Philpott, 1926
  • Hierodoris iophanes Meyrick, 1912
  • Hierodoris pachystegiae Hoare, 2005
  • Hierodoris polita Hoare, 2005
  • Hierodoris sesioides Hoare, 2005
  • Hierodoris s-fractum Hoare, 2005
  • Hierodoris squamea (Philpott, 1915)
  • Hierodoris stella (Meyrick, 1914)
  • Hierodoris stellata Philpott, 1918
  • Hierodoris torrida Hoare, 2005
  • Hierodoris tygris Hoare, 2005
  • Hofmannophila pseudospretella (brown house moth) (Stainton, 1849)
  • Izatha (lichen tuft moths)
  • Lathicrossa leucocentra Meyrick, 1884
  • Lathicrossa prophetica Meyrick, 1927
  • Leptocroca amenena Meyrick, 1888
  • Leptocroca aquilonaris Philpott, 1931
  • Leptocroca asphaltis Meyrick, 1911
  • Leptocroca lenita Philpott, 1931
  • Leptocroca lindsayi Philpott, 1930
  • Leptocroca porophora Meyrick, 1929
  • Leptocroca scholaea Meyrick, 1884
  • Leptocroca variabilis Philpott, 1926
  • Leptocroca vinaria Meyrick, 1914
  • Leptocroca xyrias Meyrick, 1931
  • Locheutis fusca Philpott, 1930
  • Locheutis pulla Philpott, 1928
  • Locheutis vagata Meyrick, 1916
  • Macronemata elaphia Meyrick, 1883
  • Mermeristis spodiaea Meyrick, 1915
  • Oxythecta austrina (Meyrick, 1914)
  • Pachyrhabda antinoma Meyrick, 1910
  • Phaeosaces apocrypta Meyrick, 1886
  • Phaeosaces coarctatella Walker, 1864
  • Phaeosaces compsotypa Meyrick, 1886
  • Phaeosaces lindsayae Philpott, 1928
  • Schiffermuelleria orthophanes (Meyrick, 1905)
  • Scieropepla typhicola Meyrick, 1886
  • Sphyrelata laetifica Turner, 1917
  • Stathmopoda albimaculata Philpott, 1931
  • Stathmopoda aposema Meyrick, 1901
  • Stathmopoda aristodoxa Meyrick, 1926
  • Stathmopoda caminora Meyrick, 1890
  • Stathmopoda campylocha Meyrick, 1889
  • Stathmopoda coracodes Meyrick, 1923
  • Stathmopoda distincta Philpott, 1923
  • Stathmopoda endotherma Meyrick, 1931
  • Stathmopoda holochra Meyrick, 1889
  • Stathmopoda horticola Dugdale, 1988
  • Stathmopoda melanochra Meyrick, 1897
  • Stathmopoda mysteriastis Meyrick, 1901
  • Stathmopoda plumbiflua Meyrick, 1911
  • Stathmopoda skelloni Butler, 1880
  • Stathmopoda trimolybdias Meyrick, 1926
  • Tachystola acroxantha (Meyrick, 1885)
  • Thamnosara sublitella (Walker, 1864)
  • Thylacosceles acridomima Meyrick, 1889
  • Thylacosceles radians Philpott, 1918
  • Tinearupa sorenseni aucklandiae Dugdale, 1971
  • Tinearupa sorenseni sorenseni Salmon & Bradley, 1956
  • Tingena actinias Meyrick, 1901
  • Tingena affinis Philpott, 1926
  • Tingena afflicta Philpott, 1926
  • Tingena aletis Meyrick, 1905
  • Tingena amiculata Philpott, 1926
  • Tingena anaema Meyrick, 1884
  • Tingena ancogramma Meyrick, 1919
  • Tingena apanthes Meyrick, 1884
  • Tingena apertella Walker, 1864
  • Tingena aphrontis Meyrick, 1884
  • Tingena armigerella Walker, 1864
  • Tingena aurata Philpott, 1931
  • Tingena basella Walker, 1863
  • Tingena berenice Meyrick, 1929
  • Tingena brachyacma Meyrick, 1909
  • Tingena chloradelpha Meyrick, 1905
  • Tingena chloritis Meyrick, 1884
  • Tingena chrysogramma Meyrick, 1884
  • Tingena clarkei Philpott, 1928
  • Tingena collitella Walker, 1864
  • Tingena compsogramma Meyrick, 1920
  • Tingena contextella Walker, 1864
  • Tingena crotala Meyrick, 1915
  • Tingena decora Philpott, 1928
  • Tingena enodis Philpott, 1927
  • Tingena epichalca Meyrick, 1886
  • Tingena epimylia Meyrick, 1884
  • Tingena eriphaea Meyrick, 1914
  • Tingena eumenopa Meyrick, 1926
  • Tingena falsiloqua Meyrick, 1932
  • Tingena fenestrata Philpott, 1926
  • Tingena grata Philpott, 1927
  • Tingena griseata Butler, 1877
  • Tingena hastata Philpott, 1916
  • Tingena hemimochla Meyrick, 1884
  • Tingena homodoxa Meyrick, 1884
  • Tingena honesta Philpott, 1929
  • Tingena honorata Philpott, 1918
  • Tingena hoplodesma Meyrick, 1884
  • Tingena horaea Meyrick, 1884
  • Tingena idiogama Meyrick, 1924
  • Tingena innotella Walker, 1864
  • Tingena lassa Philpott, 1930
  • Tingena laudata Philpott, 1930
  • Tingena letharga Meyrick, 1884
  • Tingena levicula Philpott, 1930
  • Tingena loxotis Meyrick, 1905
  • Tingena macarella Meyrick, 1884
  • Tingena maranta Meyrick, 1886
  • Tingena marcida Philpott, 1927
  • Tingena melanamma Meyrick, 1905
  • Tingena melinella C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Tingena monodonta Meyrick, 1911
  • Tingena morosa Philpott, 1926
  • Tingena nycteris Meyrick, 1890
  • Tingena ombrodella Hudson, 1950
  • Tingena opaca Philpott, 1926
  • Tingena ophiodryas Meyrick, 1936
  • Tingena oporaea Meyrick, 1884
  • Tingena oxyina Meyrick, 1884
  • Tingena pallidula Philpott, 1924
  • Tingena paratrimma Meyrick, 1910
  • Tingena paula Philpott, 1927
  • Tingena penthalea Meyrick, 1905
  • Tingena perichlora Meyrick, 1907
  • Tingena pharmactis Meyrick, 1905
  • Tingena phegophylla Meyrick, 1884
  • Tingena plagiatella Walker, 1863
  • Tingena pronephela Meyrick, 1907
  • Tingena robiginosa Philpott, 1915
  • Tingena seclusa Philpott, 1921
  • Tingena serena Philpott, 1926
  • Tingena siderodeta Meyrick, 1884
  • Tingena siderota Meyrick, 1888
  • Tingena sinuosa Philpott, 1928
  • Tingena tephrophanes Meyrick, 1929
  • Tingena terrena Philpott, 1926
  • Tingena thalerodes Meyrick, 1916
  • Tingena vestita Philpott, 1926
  • Tingena xanthodesma Philpott, 1923
  • Tingena xanthomicta Meyrick, 1916
  • Trachypepla amphileuca Meyrick, 1914
  • Trachypepla anastrella Meyrick, 1883
  • Trachypepla angularis Philpott, 1929
  • Trachypepla aspidephora Meyrick, 1883
  • Trachypepla conspicuella Walker, 1864
  • Trachypepla contritella Walker, 1864
  • Trachypepla cyphonias Meyrick, 1927
  • Trachypepla euryleucota Meyrick, 1883
  • Trachypepla festiva Philpott, 1930
  • Trachypepla galaxias Meyrick, 1883
  • Trachypepla hieropis Meyrick, 1892
  • Trachypepla importuna Meyrick, 1914
  • Trachypepla indolescens Meyrick, 1927
  • Trachypepla ingenua Meyrick, 1911
  • Trachypepla leucoplanetis Meyrick, 1883
  • Trachypepla lichenodes Meyrick, 1883
  • Trachypepla minuta Philpott, 1931
  • Trachypepla nimbosa Philpott, 1930
  • Trachypepla ocneropis Meyrick, 1936
  • Trachypepla photinella Meyrick, 1883
  • Trachypepla protochlora Meyrick, 1883
  • Trachypepla roseata Philpott, 1923
  • Trachypepla semilauta Philpott, 1918
  • Trachypepla spartodeta Meyrick, 1883

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

  • Thyatira batis (peach blossom) (Linnaeus, 1758)

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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