The Lepidoptera of Midway Atoll consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the islands of Midway Atoll. Midway Atoll is part of a chain of volcanic islands, atolls, and seamounts extending from Hawai'i up to the tip of the Aleutian Islands.
According to a recent estimate, there are a total of 36 Lepidoptera species present on the Midway Atoll.
Butterflies
Nymphalidae
Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
Moths
Arctiidae
Utetheisa pulchelloides Hampson, 1907
Cosmopterigidae
Asymphorodes dimorpha (Busck, 1914) Undescribed Asymphorodes species Hyposmocoma neckerensis (Swezey, 1926) Hyposmocoma rubescens Walsingham, 1907 Pyroderces rileyi (Walsingham, 1882)
Crambidae
Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781) Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859) Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Geometridae
Cyclophora nanaria (Walker, 1861) Macaria abydata Guenee, 1857
Gracilariidae
Stoeberhinus testaceus Butler, 1881
Noctuidae
Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758) Agrotis fasciata (Rothschild, 1894) Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1767) Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday, 1843) Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850) Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1858 Leucania loreyimima Rungs, 1953 Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haworth, 1809) Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1856) Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775) Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
Plutellidae
Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pterophoridae
Lioptilodes parvus (Walsingham, 1880) Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1793)
Pyralidae
Pyralis manihotalis Guenee, 1854
Sphingidae
Agrius cingulata (Fabricius, 1775) Deilephila nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tineidae
Erechthias simulans (Butler, 1882) Monopis meliorella (Walker, 1863) Opogona aurisquamosa (Butler, 1881)
Tortricidae
Amorbia emigratella Busck, 1910
Undescribed Bactra Bactra straminea (Butler, 1881) Crocidosema blackburni (Butler, 1881)