List of Lepidoptera of New Zealand

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Location of New Zealand
pupae of several lepidopterans of New Zealand.
New Zealand red admiral

Lepidoptera of New Zealand consists of both the

butterflies and moths recorded from the islands of New Zealand. According to a recent estimate there are 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

Lycaenidae

Nymphalidae

  • Argyrophenga antipodum Doubleday, 1845
  • Argyrophenga harrisi Craw, 1978
  • Argyrophenga janitae Craw, 1978
  • Danaus petilia (Stoll, 1790) [Not established in N.Z.; vagrant only (non-breeding immigrant)]
  • Danaus plexippus
    (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Dodonidia helmsii
    Butler, 1884
  • Erebiola butleri
    Fereday, 1879
  • Hypolimnas bolina nerina
    (Fabricius, 1775) [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)]
  • Melanitis leda bankia
    (Fabricius, 1775) [Not established in N.Z.; vagrant only (non-breeding immigrant)]
  • Percnodaimon merula
    (Hewitson, 1875)
  • Tirumala hamata hamata
    (MacLeay, 1826) [Not established in N.Z.; vagrant only (non-breeding immigrant)]
  • Vanessa gonerilla
    (Fabricius, 1775)
    • Vanessa gonerilla gonerilla (Fabricius, 1775)
    • Vanessa gonerilla ida (Alfken, 1899)
  • Vanessa itea
    (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Vanessa kershawi
    (McCoy, 1868) [Not resident in N.Z.; breeding migrant]

Pieridae

Moths

Arctiidae

Autostichidae

Batrachedridae

Blastobasidae

Bombycidae

Carposinidae

Cecidosidae

  • Xanadoses nielseni
    Hoare & Dugdale, 2003

Choreutidae

Coleophoridae

Copromorphidae

Cosmopterigidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Ctenuchidae

Depressariidae

Elachistidae

Epermeniidae

  • Thambotricha vates
    Meyrick, 1922

Erebidae

Galacticidae

Gelechiidae

Geometridae

Glyphipterigidae

Gracillariidae

Hepialidae

Lecithoceridae

Lymantriidae

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

Lyonetidae

Micropterigidae

Mnesarchaeidae

Momphidae

Nepticulidae

Noctuidae

Nolidae

Oecophoridae

Plutellidae

Psychidae

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Phycitinae

Roeslerstammiidae

Saturniidae

Scythrididae

Sesiidae

Sphingidae

Thyatiridae

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

Thyrididae

Tineidae

Tortricidae

Yponomeutidae

Zygaenidae

Unknown family

See also

References

Further reading

External links