List of moths of Christmas Island

This is a list of moths of Christmas Island, an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean.

Christmas Island

According to a recent estimate, there are 70[1] moth species present on Christmas Island.

Some of these species are listed below, divided into taxonomic families.[2][3][4]

Family Crambidae

Family Erebidae

Family Euteliidae

Family Geometridae

Family Hyblaeidae
  • Hyblaea apricans (Boisduval, 1833)

Family Noctuidae

Family Nolidae

Family Pyralidae

Family Sphingidae

Family Tortricidae

Family Uraniidae
  • Epiplema inhians Warren, 1896
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See also

References
  1. www.environment.gov.au
  2. Prout, 1933. The Geometridae of Christmas island, Indian Ocean. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore, No.8:88-94
  3. Butler, 1888. On the Lepidoptcra of Christmas Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 542-555 (1888)
  4. Pendlebury, 1947. Christmas Island - Heterocera. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 58-73
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