@article {247, title = {Descriptions of new forms of butterflies from the South Pacific}, journal = {Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South WalesProceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales}, volume = {45}, year = {1920}, pages = {468-471}, keywords = {distribution, Hesperiidae, LEPIDOPTERA, Nymphalidae, Pacific Insects, Papilionidae, Society Islands, Tahiti}, author = {Waterhouse, G.A.} } @article {236, title = {A checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and some adjacent areas}, journal = {ZootaxaZootaxa}, volume = {1178}, year = {2006}, note = {corrections (Tennent (2006) Zootaxa 1364:65-66) inserted in to pdf}, pages = {1-209}, abstract = {A systematic checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia is presented. A significant number of previously unpublished island records were found in major museum collections in the UK, Australia and the USA. Aspects of butterfly distribution, authorship of names, and taxonomy are addressed, and sources for about 2,200 published butterfly names are incorporated in a comprehensive bibliography of Pacific butterflies. Combined with recent publications dealing with specific areas, such as Papua New Guinea, a working systematic checklist of Pacific Region butterflies is available for the first time.}, keywords = {Austral Islands, butterflies, checklist, Danaidae, distribution, French Polynesia, HAWAII, LEPIDOPTERA, Lycaenidae, Marquesas, Melanesia, Micronesia, Nymphalidae, Pacific Insects, Pacific Islands, Papilionidae, Papilionoidea, Papua New Guinea, Pieridae, Satyridae, Society Islands}, author = {Tennent, W.J.} } @article {239, title = {A new Stigmella feeding on Urticaceae from Guam: first records of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from Micronesia and Polynesia}, journal = {Invertebrate SystematicsInvertebrate Systematics}, volume = {17}, year = {2003}, note = {See references for Pacific Islands Microlepidoptera}, pages = {27-37}, abstract = {Stigmella ebbenielseni, sp. nov. is described from Guam, where it was reared from leafmines on Pipturus argenteus (G. Forst.) Wedd. (Urticaceae). Vacated leafmines of this or a related species have also been recorded from Tinian and Alamagan. These provide the first records of the Nepticulidae from Micronesia. Similar mines, probably of a related species, have been recorded from herbarium material of Maoutia australis Wedd. originating from Tahiti; these confirm the occurrence of the family in Polynesia. Adult and mines of S. ebbenielseni are described and illustrated. The literature on Microlepidoptera of Pacific islands is reviewed and previous records of Nepticulidae are discussed. We conclude that Stigmella is probably widespread in the Pacific area, with at least four species, currently all associated with Urticaceae, tribe Boehmeriae.}, keywords = {description, distribution, Guam, HOST, LEPIDOPTERA, Microlepidoptera, Micronesia, Nepticulidae, Pacific Insects, POLYNESIA, Society Islands, Tahiti, Urticaceae}, author = {van Nieukerken, E.J. and van den Berg, C.} } @article {225, title = {Society Islands insects}, journal = {B.P. Bishop Museum BulletinB.P. Bishop Museum Bulletin}, volume = {113}, year = {1935}, note = {reprinted 1971 (Kraus, New York)}, pages = {1-156}, abstract = {31 separately authored article in one volume (one pdf). Meyrick Lepidoptera also a separate pdf.}, keywords = {Acarina, Anthribidae, aquatic, Asteiidae, Cerambycidae, Ceratopogonidae, Cercopidae, Chermidae, Chironomidae, Cicadellidae, Coleoptera, Collembola, Crambidae, Dermaptera, description, DIPTERA, distribution, Dolichopodidae, Drosophilidae, Formicidae, Hemiptera, HOMOPTERA, HYMENOPTERA, Isoptera, LEPIDOPTERA, Mallophaga, Moorea, Mycetophilidae, Myriopoda, ODONATA, ORTHOPTERA, Pacific Insects, Pacific Islands, Porcellidae, Pyralidae, Rhyncogonus, Sapromyzidae, Simuliidae, Siphonaptera, Society Islands, Staphilinidae, Tahiti, Thysanoptera, Tipulidae}, author = {Pacific Entomological Survey} } @article {200, title = {DNA barcodes and morphology reveal a hybrid hawkmoth in Tahiti (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)}, journal = {Invertebrate SystematicsInvertebrate Systematics}, volume = {26}, number = {6}, year = {2012}, pages = {445-450}, abstract = {Interspecific hybridisation is a rare but widespread phenomenon identified as a potential complicating factor for the identification of species through DNA barcoding. Hybrids can, however, also deceive morphology-based taxonomy, resulting in the description of invalid species based on hybrid specimens. As the result of an unexpected case of discordance between barcoding results and current morphology-based taxonomy, we discovered an example of such a hybrid species in hawkmoths. By combining barcodes, morphology and a nuclear marker, we show that Gnathothlibus collardi Haxaire, 2002 is actually an F1 hybrid between two closely related species that co-occur on Tahiti. In accordance with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, the taxon G. collardi is thus invalid as a species. This study demonstrates the potential of DNA barcodes to detect overlooked hybrid taxa. With the growth of sequence libraries, we anticipate that more unsuspected hybrid species will be detected, particularly among those taxa that are very rare, such as those known from only the type specimen.}, keywords = {28S, COI, dna barcoding, French Polynesia, hybridization, LEPIDOPTERA, Moorea, Pacific Insects, rDNA, Society Islands, Sphingidae, Tahiti}, author = {Rougerie, R. and Haxaire, J. and Kitching, I. J. and Hebert, P. D.} } @article {174, title = {Deui{\`e}me contribution {\'a} la connaissance des L{\'e}pidopter{\`e}s H{\'e}t{\'e}roc{\`e}res de Tahiti avec quelques donnees pour Moorea}, journal = {Bulletin de la Soci{\'e}t{\'e} entomologique de MulhouseBulletin de la Soci{\'e}t{\'e} entomologique de Mulhouse}, volume = {59(2)}, year = {2003}, note = {(in French) Noctuidae: Condica hollowayi, Chrysodeixis copiaria, Hydrillodes epidela, H. sechani, Fautaua minor, Hypena perexilis, H. cracens; Geometridae: Scopula tahitiensis, Bosara montana, Gymnoscelis tristrigosa, Cleora caliginosa, Cleora albipuncta.}, pages = {23-33}, abstract = {Six Noctuidae ..., and four Geometridae ..., new to science are described from Tahiti and illustrated, as well as Fautaua minor n. sp. (Noctuidae) from Moorea}, keywords = {Cleora, description, French Polynesia, Geometridae, LEPIDOPTERA, Moorea, Noctuidae, Pacific Insects, Society Islands, Tahiti}, author = {Orhant, G.E.R.J.} } @article {181, title = {The Rhopalocera of the "St. George" Expedition, from French Oceania}, journal = {Transactions of the Entomological Society of LondonTransactions of the Entomological Society of London}, volume = {76}, year = {1928}, pages = {453-468}, abstract = {The following list is based on the collections made by the "St. George" Expedition to the South Pacific Islands in 1925-1925, now in the Britis Museum collection, and by Miss Cheesman in 1925 in the Society Islands. These have been supplemented to some extent by material in the British Museum derived from other sources. Prof. Poulton is responsible for the accounts of D. plexippus, E. eleutho and H. bolina, and Riley for the remainder of the Rhopalocera. Mr. Collenette, who, with Miss Longfield, collected the Lepidoptera obtained during the "St. George" Expidition, has very kindly added a number of field notes.}, keywords = {Austral Islands, Danaidae, description, distribution, French Polynesia, Hesperiidae, LEPIDOPTERA, Lycaenidae, Marquesas, Moorea, Nymphalidae, Pacific Insects, POLYNESIA, Rapa, Society Islands, Tahiti}, author = {Poulton, E.B. and Riley, N.D.} } @article {185, title = {The Geometridae of the "St. George" expedition from French Oceania}, journal = {Transactions of the Entomological Society of LondonTransactions of the Entomological Society of London}, volume = {77}, year = {1929}, pages = {265-277}, keywords = {Anisodes, Austral Islands, Chloroclystis, Cleora, description, distribution, French Polynesia, Geometridae, Gymnoscelis, LEPIDOPTERA, Marquesas, Pacific Insects, Rapa, Scopula, Society Islands, Thalassodes, Tuamotu}, author = {Prout, L.B.} } @article {143, title = {The Micro-Lepidoptera of the "St. George" Expedition}, journal = {Transactions of the Entomological Society of LondonTransactions of the Entomological Society of London}, volume = {76(2)}, year = {1929}, note = {Publication says 1928 (published "December 31, 1928"), but references to it by Clarke and review of Meyrick publications by Fletcher say 1929}, pages = {489-521}, abstract = {In the Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. for 1926, pp. 269-278, I discussed the Micro-Lepidoptera obtained during the "St. George" Expedition, 1924-1925, from the Galapagos and the island of Rapa. In May of this present year the remainder of the Micro-Lepidoptera collected in other localities in the course of the same expedition were also placed in my hands by the British Museum authorities; these have been investigated, and the results which are now set forth should be read in connection with those given in the previous paper quoted, which are not repeated here except where necessary. The types are preserved in the British Museum. Over 1000 specimens were included in the present consignment, of which about two-thirds are from Pacific islands, the remaining third being from small islands closely adjacent to the American coast; these two sections are entirely unrelated, and are treated separately. The majority of the specimens were collected by Mr. C.L. Collenette and Miss C.E. Longfield, including all those where no captor is specially mentioned; but a proportion were taken by Miss L.E. Cheesman, and in the case of these her name in always recorded.}, keywords = {Acroclita, Amorbia, Argyroploce, Austral Islands, Bactra, Capua, Carposinidae, Columbia, Cosmopterygidae, Crocidosema, Dichelopa, Eucosma, French Polynesia, Gelechioidea, Glyphipterygidae, Gracillariidae, Hyponomeutidae, Laspeyresia, LEPIDOPTERA, Lyonetiidae, Marquesas, Nesoscopa, Oecophoridae, Orneodidae, Pacific Insects, Panama, POLYNESIA, Pterophoridae, Society Islands, Sparganothis, Spilonota, Tineidae, TORTRICIDAE, Tuamotu}, author = {Meyrick, E.} } @article {144, title = {Pacific Pyrales of the "St. George" Expedition}, journal = {Transactions of the Entomological Society of LondonTransactions of the Entomological Society of London}, volume = {77}, year = {1929}, pages = {155-169}, keywords = {Austral Islands, Crambidae, description, distribution, French Polynesia, LEPIDOPTERA, Marquesas, Pacific Insects, Pyralidae, Pyraloidea, Rapa, Society Islands}, author = {Meyrick, E.} } @article {93, title = {Phytophagous insect community assembly through niche conservatism on oceanic islands}, journal = {Journal of BiogeographyJournal of Biogeography}, volume = {40}, number = {2}, year = {2013}, pages = {225-235}, abstract = {Aim To determine whether a community of phytophagous insects on oceanic islands (the fauna of insects feeding internally on Glochidion trees in south-eastern Polynesia) was assembled predominantly through niche conservatism or adaptive radiation. Location The islands of south-eastern Polynesia (southern Cook, Austral, Society, Tuamotu-Gambier and Marquesas archipelagos) in the Cook Islands and French Polynesia. Methods Internally feeding insects were collected as larvae from 23 endemic species of Glochidion (Euphorbiaceae s.l., Phyllanthaceae: Phyllanthus s.l.) trees on 20 islands in south-eastern Polynesia, reared and identified. Rearing records were compared with host records previously known from the literature and museum collections of closely related taxa in Asia and Australasia. Results Ninety per cent of insect specimens collected fall into five taxa previously known to attack Glochidion in Asia and Australasia (>=~6000~km distant), indicating a strong role for niche conservatism in the assembly of this community. Three of these taxa, two seed-feeding moths (Gracillariidae: Epicephala; Tortricidae: Tritopterna) and a leaf-mining moth (Gracillariidae: Diphtheroptila) are only known from Phyllanthaceae or Euphorbiaceae s.l. on continents. Two more taxa, another leaf-mining moth (Gracillariidae: Caloptilia) and a leaf-rolling moth (Tortricidae: Dudua), contain many species known only from Phyllanthaceae on continents, and are also very likely to represent examples of niche conservatism. Conversely, many numerically dominant insect taxa known from Glochidion on continents (such as parasitoid Hymenoptera) are not reported from south-eastern Polynesia. This indicates that the insular community represents a subset of those taxa from the continental community, consistent with the well-established Pacific diversity gradient. Main conclusions These findings indicate that niche conservatism can play an important role in the assembly of phytophagous insect communities on oceanic islands, despite the constraints that specialization might be expected to pose on successful establishment. As a result of this niche conservatism, these communities may represent less species-rich versions of continental tropical communities rather than non-analogue insular ecosystems.}, keywords = {adaptive radiation, Austral Islands, Caloptilia, community assembly, Cook Islands, Diphtheroptila, Dudua, Epicephala, French Polynesia, Gracillariidae, LEPIDOPTERA, Marquesas, Moorea, niche conservatism, oceanic islands, Pacific Insects, Phyllantheae, phytophagous insects, Society Islands, south-eastern Polynesia, TORTRICIDAE, Tritopterna}, isbn = {1365-2699}, author = {Hembry, David H. and Okamoto, Tomoko and McCormack, Gerald and Gillespie, Rosemary G.} } @article {53, title = {Verzeichniss der von den Naturforschern der k. k. Fregatte "Novara" gesammelten Macrolepidopteren}, journal = {Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in WienVerhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien}, volume = {12}, year = {1862}, note = {Collections from the "Novara" expedition that went to Gibraltar, Madeira, Rio, Cap der guten Hoffnung, Ceylon, Madras, Kar Nikobar, Tillangschong, Nankauri, Pulo Milu, Kondul, Sambelong, Batavia, Manila, Hongkong, Shanghai, Auckland, Sidney, Tahiti, Chile, Neu-Caledonien. Only three Lepidoptera listed for Tahiti (Atella gaberti, Diadema auge var. otaheitae, Cyllo taitensis).}, pages = {473-496}, keywords = {LEPIDOPTERA, Nymphalidae, Pacific Insects, Society Islands, Tahiti}, author = {Felder, C.} } @article {56, title = {Day-flying butterflies remain day-flying in a Polynesian, bat-free habitat}, journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological SciencesProceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences}, volume = {267}, number = {1459}, year = {2000}, note = {10.1098/rspb.2000.1282}, pages = {2295-2300}, abstract = {To test the theory that insectivorous bats have selected for diurnality in earless butterflies I compared the nocturnal flight patterns of three species of nymphalid butterflies on the bat-free Pacific island of Moorea with those of three nymphalids in the bat-inhabited habitat of Queensland, Australia. Nocturnal flight, measured as the ratio of deep night (1h following sunset to 1h preceding sunrise) to twilight night (1h before sunset to 30 min after sunrise) activity did not differ significantly between the two locations, nor did the percentage of individuals active and I conclude that living in a bat-released habitat has not produced nocturnal flight in these insects. This result is surprising considering the potential advantages of escaping diurnally active predators and suggests that physiological adaptations (e.g. thermoregulation and/or vision) currently constrain these insects to diurnal flight. Since taxonomic records suggest that gene flow does not exist with bat-exposed conspecifics, I suggest that insufficient time has elapsed since these species migrated to Moorea to have resulted in major phenotypic changes such as diel flight preferences.}, keywords = {bats, diurnal, LEPIDOPTERA, Moorea, nocturnal, Nymphalidae, Pacific Insects, Society Islands, tympana}, author = {Fullard, J.H.} } @article {57, title = {Extinction of the acoustic startle response in moths endemic to a bat-free habitat}, journal = {Journal of Evolutionary BiologyJournal of Evolutionary Biology}, volume = {17(4)}, year = {2004}, pages = {856-861}, abstract = {Most moths use ears solely to detect the echolocation calls of hunting, insectivorous bats and evoke evasive flight manoeuvres. This singularity of purpose predicts that this sensoribehavioural network will regress if the selective force that originally maintained it is removed. We tested this with noctuid moths from the islands of Tahiti and Moorea, sites where bats have never existed and where an earlier study demonstrated that the ears of endemic species resemble those of adventives although partially reduced in sensitivity. To determine if these moths still express the anti-bat defensive behaviour of acoustic startle response (ASR) we compared the nocturnal flight times of six endemic to six adventive species in the presence and absence of artificial bat echolocation sounds. Whereas all of the adventive species reduced their flight times when exposed to ultrasound, only one of the six endemic species did so. These differences were significant when tested using a phylogenetically based pairwise comparison and when comparing effect sizes. We conclude that the absence of bats in this habitat has caused the neural circuitry that normally controls the ASR behaviour in bat-exposed moths to become decoupled from the functionally vestigial ears of endemic Tahitian moths.}, keywords = {bats, EVOLUTION, French Polynesia, LEPIDOPTERA, Moorea, Noctuidae, Pacific Insects, PREDATION, Society Islands, Tahiti, tympana}, author = {Fullard, J.H. and Ratcliffe, J.M. and Soutar, A.R.} } @article {34, title = {The Arctiidae, Noctuidae, and Sphingidae of the "St. George" Expedition, from French Oceania}, journal = {Transactions of the Entomological Society of LondonTransactions of the Entomological Society of London}, volume = {1928}, year = {1928}, pages = {469-487}, abstract = {The collection here dealt with comprises the Arctiidae, Noctuidae, and Sphingidae taken in the islands of French Oceania during the course of the "St. George" Expedition, 1925-25, to which have been added those obtained by Miss L.E. Cheesman, after leaving the expedition, in the islands of Tahiti, Raiatea and Bora Bora (Society Islands). The collecting from the "St. George" was carried out by Miss C.E. Longfield and the author, with occassional assistance from other members of the expedition.}, keywords = {arctiidae, Austral Islands, description, distribution, French Polynesia, LEPIDOPTERA, Marquesas, Noctuidae, Pacific Insects, POLYNESIA, Rapa, Society Islands, Sphingidae, Tuamotu}, author = {Collenette, C.L.} } @unpublished {38, title = {A survey of macrolepidopteran moths on Moorea, French Polynesia with a preliminary examination of their role as pollinators}, year = {2001}, pages = {1-8}, publisher = {University of California, Berkeley}, abstract = {Despite the unique biological opportunities presented by the island chains of French Polynesia, the biology of the area is poorly understood. Moths are among the many taxa with undocumented biodiversity. There is biological interest in documenting which moth species are present and how they interact with the plant community. I collected 161 macrolepidopteran moths at a range of elevations on the island of Moorea, French Polynesia to explore their diversity and study their role as pollinators. I assembled a pollen library of 27 common plant species and attempted to match these pollens with pollen grains that were removed from moths. Although identification to species was not possible with all of the moths that were collected, I grouped them into morphospecies by wing pattern; 35 morphospecies were found. There were more species found at higher elevations. The abundance of some species changed with elevation. The most abundant morphospecies at all sites were non-endemics that are widely distributed throughout the South Pacific. Many moths were found to feed on the invasive Lantana camara and some fed on plants in the Myrtaceae. This study suggests that the moth fauna on Moorea is dominated by non-endemics, but that there may be some relictual endemics, especially at the higher elevations. It also suggests that invasive plants have a considerable impact on the moth fauna. Future research on Moorean moths should focus on accomplishing a more comprehensive survey of moth biodiversity and examining the interaction of the moth fauna with native and introduced plants.}, keywords = {distribution, French Polynesia, Geometridae, LEPIDOPTERA, Moorea, Noctuidae, Pacific Insects, pollination, Society Islands, Sphingidae}, author = {Darrouzet-Nardi, A.} } @article {39, title = {Descriptions of two new species of Euploea from the south sea islands}, journal = {Entomologist{\textquoteright}s Monthly MagazineEntomologist{\textquoteright}s Monthly Magazine}, volume = {2 (1) 26}, year = {1890}, note = {description of Euploea walkeri \& E. unicolor}, pages = {320}, keywords = {Aitutaki, Cook Islands, description, Euploea, LEPIDOPTERA, Nymphalidae, Pacific Insects, Society Islands, Tahiti}, author = {Druce, H.H.} } @article {22, title = {A monograph of the Genus Hestia, containing descriptions of forms not hitherto noticed; with a tabular view of the species of Danaidae, and remarks upon their natural affinities}, journal = {Transactions of the Entomological Society of LondonTransactions of the Entomological Society of London}, volume = {(series 3) 5}, year = {1868}, pages = {467-484}, keywords = {Danaidae, distribution, Euploea, French Polynesia, LEPIDOPTERA, Pacific Insects, Society Islands}, author = {Butler, A.G.} }