# List of Lepidoptera of the Cook Islands

The Lepidoptera of the Cook Islands consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the Cook Islands, a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean.
According to a recent estimate, about 170 Lepidoptera species are present on the Cook Islands.

## Butterflies
### Lycaenidae

* Famegana alsulus – black-spotted grass-blue
* Jamides bochus – dark cerulean
* Lampides boeticus – long-tailed blue
* undescribed Nacaduba species
* Zizina labradus – common grass-blue
* Zizina otis – blue butterfly

### Nymphalidae

* Danaus plexippus – monarch butterfly
* Euploea lewinii perryi – crow butterfly
* Vagrans egista bowdenia – vagrant butterfly
* Hypolimnas bolina – blue-moon butterfly
* Junonia villida – Australian meadow-argus
* Melanitis leda solandra – evening brown

## Moths
### Agonoxenidae

* Agonoxena argaula – coconut flat-moth

### Alucitidae

* undescribed Alucita species

### Arctiidae

* Argina astrea – crotalaria pod-borer
* Utetheisa pulchelloides – crimson-speckled footman

### Carposinidae

* undescribed Peragrarchis species

### Choreutidae

* Anthophila chalcotoxa
* undescribed Brenthia species – banyan jumping-moth
* undescribed Simaethis species

### Cosmopterigidae

* undescribed Asymphorodes species
* Cosmopterix melanarches
* Cosmopterix attenuatella
* Iressa neoleuca
* Labdia dicyanitis
* undescribed Labdia species – orange-with-navy moth
* Pisistrata trypheropa
* Pyroderces aellotricha
* Pyroderces incertulella
* Trissodoris honorariella – pandanus hole-cutter moth

### Crambidae

* Cnaphalocrocis medinalis – rice leafroller
* Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis – lesser rice-leafroller
* Cnaphalocrocis suspicalis
* undescribed Diplopseustis or Sufetula species
* Eurrhypodes tricoloralis
* Glyphodes multilinealis – fig tiger-moth
* Herpetogramma licarsisalis – tropical grass-moth
* Maruca vitrata – bean-pod borer
* Omiodes diemenalis – bean leafroller
* Parotis suralis
* Piletocera fluctualis
* 2 undescribed Prophantis species
* Sameodes cancellalis
* undescribed Scoparia species
* Stemorrhages oceanitis – emerald crambus
* Tatobotys biannulalis

### Gelechiidae

* undescribed Idiophantis species
* Pectinophora gossypiella – bollworm
* Phthorimaea operculella – potato tuberworm
* Stoeberhinus testaceus – gelechiid moth
* undescribed Thiotricha species

### Geometridae

* Anisodes samoana
* undescribed Anisodes species
* undescribed Chloroclystis species
* Cleora stenoglypta – variable moth
* Gymnoscelis concinna
* Gymnoscelis imparatalis – flower-looper moth
* 2 undescribed Gymnoscelis species
* Thalassodes pilaria – big emerald
* Ziridava dysorga

### Gracillariidae

* Caloptilia hilaropis – glochidion miner
* undescribed Conopomorpha species
* Ketapangia regulifera
* Macarostola pontificalis
* undescribed Stomphastis species

### Hyblaeidae

* Hyblaea puera – teak defoliator

### Immidae

* undescribed Imma species

### Noctuidae

* Achaea janata – castor-oil moth
* Achaea serva
* Aedia leucomelas – eastern alchymist
* Agrotis ipsilon aneituma – greasy cutworm
* Amyna axis
* Amyna natalis
* Anomis flava – cotton semi-looper
* Anomis involuta – hibiscus cutworm
* Anomis nigritarsis
* Anticarsia irrorata – owl moth
* Athetis nonagrica
* Avatha discolor
* Bombotelia jocosatrix – mango moth
* Callopistria maillardi
* Chasmina candida
* Chasmina tibialis – satin moth
* Chrysodeixis acuta – tomato semi-looper
* Chrysodeixis eriosoma – southern silver-Y moth
* Chrysodeixis illuminata
* Condica illecta
* Dysgonia arctotaenia
* Dysgonia prisca – fruit-piercing moth
* Earias huegeliana – rough bollworm
* Earias perhuegeli – rough bollworm
* Eublemma cochylioides
* Eublemma crassiuscula
* Eudocima fullonia – fruit-piercing moth
* Heliothis assulta – tipworm
* Hydrillodes melanozona – litter moth
* Hypena gonospilalis
* Hypena laceratalis – lantana hypena
* Hypena longfieldae
* Hypena masurialis
* Hypocala deflorata
* Lacera noctilio
* Leucania loreyi – nightfeeding sugarcane armyworm
* Leucania stenographa – sugarcane armyworm
* Lucera oculalis
* Maliattha ritsemae
* Mocis frugalis – sugarcane looper
* Mocis trifasciata
* undescribed Mythimna species
* undescribed Nigramma species
* Nola insularum
* Ophiusa coronata
* Polydesma boarmioides
* Rhesalides curvata
* Simplicia caeneusalis
* Spodoptera litura – tropical armyworm
* Spodoptera mauritia – tropical-grass armyworm
* Tiracola plagiata – cacao armyworm

### Plutellidae

* Plutella xylostella – diamondback moth
* undescribed Terthroptera species

### Pterophoridae

* Exelastis pumilio
* undescribed Platyptilia species
* Sphenarches anisodactylus – tropical featherwing

### Pyralidae

* Crocidolomia pavonana – cabbage cluster-caterpillar
* Cryptoblabes plagioleuca – mango-flower moth
* Diaphania indica – cucumber moth
* Endotricha mesenterialis
* Etiella grisea – tropical legume-pod-borer
* undescribed Eudonia or Sufetula species
* Eurhodope ardescens – false blossum-moth
* Hellula undalis – cabbage-centre grub
* Hydriris ornatalis – kumara skeletoniser
* Hymenia recurvalis – beetworm moth
* undescribed Phycitinae species
* Tirathaba rufivena – coconut spiked-moth

### Sphingidae

* Agrius convolvuli – sweet-potato hawkmoth
* Gnathothlibus erotus – white-brow hawkmoth
* Hippotion celerio – taro hawkmoth
* Hippotion velox
* Macroglossum hirundo – hummingbird hawkmoth

### Stathmopodidae

* undescribed Calicotis species – fern-sori moth

### Thyrididae

* Rhodoneura sericatalis – Terminalia cone-maker

### Tineidae

* Erechthias flavistriata – sugarcane budmoth
* Erechthias pelotricha
* Erechthias psammaula – brown-stripe moth
* Erechthias simulans
* Erechthias sphenacma
* 2 undescribed Erechthias species
* Opogona aurisquamosa
* Opogona regressa
* Opogona trissostacta
* Trachycentra calamias
* Trachycentra chlorogramma
* undescribed Trachycentra species

### Tortricidae

* Bactra litigatrix
* undescribed Bactra species
* Cryptophlebia pallifimbriata – fruit borer
* Cryptophlebia rhynchias
* Dudua aprobola – leaf-curling moth
* Heleanna physaloides
* Strepsicrates holotephras (Meyrick, 1924)
* Tritopterna galena

### Yponomeutidae

* Prays parilis – citrus-blossom moth
* undescribed Prays species