Checklist of Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 (Insects)
for Palmyra Atoll (Northern Line Islands, Micronesia)
List of families for Palmyra Atoll
16 Families width 21 Species and 2 Subspecies | Elachistidae Bruand, 1851 | Elachistid moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 | Hawk Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & ..., 1876 | Cosmet Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Muscidae Latreille, 1802 | Face flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 | And Sulphurs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erebidae Leach, 1815 | Erebid Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 | Armyworms | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809 | Long legged flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tineidae Latreille, 1810 | & Allies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837 | Brine flies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Admirals | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elateridae Leach, 1815 | Click Beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Formicidae (Latreille, 1809) | Ant | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Crambidae Latreille, 1810 | Crambid Snout Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862 | Picture-winged flies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 | Gelechiid moths | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Palmyra Atoll
20 Genera with 21 Species | Agonoxena Meyrick, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agrius Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anatrachyntis Meyrick, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atherigona Rondani, 1868 | Shoot Flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catasticta Butler, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catocala Schrank, 0 | Underwing moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysodeixis Hübner, 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysosoma Guérin-Ménev..., 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erechtias Ghesquière, 1882 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hostis Cresson, 1945 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypolimnas Hübner, 1758 | Diadems | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanoxanthus Eschscholtz, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orasiopa Zatwarnicki ..., 1939 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1886 | Crazy ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1793 | Big-headed Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Piletocera Lederer, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Placopsidella Kertesz, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scholastes Loew, 1936 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Spodoptera Guenée, 1775 | Armyworm Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stoeberbinus | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Palmyra Atoll
21 Species and 2 Subspecies | Agonoxena argaula Meyrick, 1921 | Coconut Flat Moth | | Agrius cingulata Fabricius, 1775 | Pink Spotted Hawk-moth | | Anatrachyntis incertulella Walker, 1864 | Pandanus Flower Moth | | Atherigona orientalis Schiner, 1868 | Broadleaf water-milfoil | | Catasticta philoscia philoscia C. Felder & ..., 1861 | | | Catocala actaea actaea | | | Chrysodeixis (Chrysodeixis) eriosoma Doubleday, 1843 | Cabbage semi-looper | | Chrysosoma complicatum Becker, 1922 | | | Erechtias simulans Butler, 1882 | | | Hostis guamensis Cresson, 1945 | Shore fly | | Hypolimnas bolina Linnaeus, 1758 | Blue Moon Butterfly | | Melanoxanthus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1781 | Click beetle | | Orasiopa mera Cresson, 1939 | Shore fly | | Paratrechina bourbonica (Forel, 1886) | ⇒ Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886 | | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851 | | Piletocera signiferalis Wallengren, 1860 | | | Placopsidella cynocephala Kertesz, 1901 | Lanceleaf springbeauty | | Scholastes lonchifer Hendel, 1914 | | | Scholastes palmyra Curran, 1936 | | | Spodoptera litura Fabricius, 1775 | Armyworm | | Stoeberbinus testaceus Butler, 1881 | |
Subnodes of Insecta with occurrences in Palmyra Atoll
 | | Insecta (Linnaeus 1758) |
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