Butterflies and moths of Papua New Guinea
36 species of butterflies and moths on file are listed for Papua New Guinea.
Which butterflies and moths are listed for Papua New Guinea?
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| Common name | Scientific name | Family | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire-flag plume moth | Sphenarches anisodactylus | Pterophoridae | Not recorded |
| Alucita argyrospodia | Alucita argyrospodia | Alucitidae | Not recorded |
| Amblyptilia atrodactyla | Amblyptilia atrodactyla | Pterophoridae | Not recorded |
| Anarsia tricornis | Anarsia tricornis | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Ardozyga amphiplaca | Ardozyga amphiplaca | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Brachmia philochersa | Brachmia philochersa | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Clepsigenes dissota | Clepsigenes dissota | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Cosmoclostis hemiadelpha | Cosmoclostis hemiadelpha | Pterophoridae | Not recorded |
| Cosmoclostis lamprosema | Cosmoclostis lamprosema | Pterophoridae | Not recorded |
| Crypsimaga cyanosceptra | Crypsimaga cyanosceptra | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Deuterocopus ritsemae | Deuterocopus ritsemae | Pterophoridae | Not recorded |
| Dichomeris biplagata | Dichomeris biplagata | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Dichomeris explicata | Dichomeris explicata | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Dichomeris ochreoviridella | Dichomeris ochreoviridella | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Dichomeris pyrocosma | Dichomeris pyrocosma | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Dichomeris resignata | Dichomeris resignata | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Dichomeris thryptica | Dichomeris thryptica | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Hellinsia griseodactylus | Hellinsia griseodactylus | Pterophoridae | Not recorded |
| Hypatima meliptila | Hypatima meliptila | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Hypatima nimbigera | Hypatima nimbigera | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Hypatima sorograpta | Hypatima sorograpta | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Idiophantis eugeniae | Idiophantis eugeniae | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Idiophantis thiopeda | Idiophantis thiopeda | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Limenarchis zonodeta | Limenarchis zonodeta | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Mesophleps epiochra | Mesophleps epiochra | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Mesophleps parvella | Mesophleps parvella | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Mesophleps undulatella | Mesophleps undulatella | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Ochyrotica buergersi | Ochyrotica buergersi | Pterophoridae | Not recorded |
| Ochyrotica koteka | Ochyrotica koteka | Pterophoridae | Not recorded |
| Phricogenes sophronopa | Phricogenes sophronopa | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Pterophorus niveodactyla | Pterophorus niveodactyla | Pterophoridae | Not recorded |
| Sitotroga horogramma | Sitotroga horogramma | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Sphagiocrates anthochroa | Sphagiocrates anthochroa | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Thiotricha doxanthes | Thiotricha doxanthes | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Thiotricha nephelodesma | Thiotricha nephelodesma | Gelechiidae | Not recorded |
| Triscaedecia septemdactyla | Triscaedecia septemdactyla | Alucitidae | Not recorded |
Method: a species is listed if a Catalogue of Life checklist states that it occurs in Papua New Guinea. Many checklists carry no country data, so this is a partial list, not a census of Papua New Guinea's wildlife. See the methodology.