List of Lepidoptera of New Zealand

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Location of New Zealand
Caterpillars and pupae of several lepidopterans of New Zealand. MA I437600 TePapa Plate-I-The-butterflies full.jpg
Caterpillars and pupae of several lepidopterans of New Zealand.
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New Zealand red admiral

Lepidoptera of New Zealand consists of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the islands of New Zealand. According to a recent estimate there are approximately 1,800 Lepidoptera species present in New Zealand. Of these, about 1,600 are endemic. Lepidoptera is the third largest insect order in New Zealand.

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This page provides a link to either individual species or genera. The latter is used when all species of the genus are endemic to New Zealand, the individual species can be found on the genus page.

Butterflies

Lycaenidae

Nymphalidae

Pieridae

Moths

Arctiidae

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Metacrias huttoni male

Autostichidae

Batrachedridae

Blastobasidae

Bombycidae

Carposinidae

Cecidosidae

Choreutidae

Coleophoridae

Copromorphidae

Cosmopterigidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Ctenuchidae

Depressariidae

Elachistidae

Epermeniidae

Erebidae

Galacticidae

Gelechiidae

Geometridae

Glyphipterigidae

Gracillariidae

Hepialidae

Lecithoceridae

Lymantriidae

Lyonetidae

Micropterigidae

Mnesarchaeidae

Momphidae

Nepticulidae

Noctuidae

Nolidae

Oecophoridae

Plutellidae

Psychidae

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Phycitinae

Roeslerstammiidae

Saturniidae

Scythrididae

Sesiidae

Sphingidae

Thyatiridae

Thyrididae

Tineidae

Tortricidae

Yponomeutidae

Zygaenidae

Indeterminate family

See also

References

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