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Clayton, J.A. 1995. Two species of Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) new to Fiji. Ent. Rec. J. Var. 107:295-296.

Clayton, J.A. 2002. A new species of Uraniidae (Lep.) and a new species of Limacodidae (Lep.) from Fiji. Ent. Rec. J. Var. 114:193-197.

Clayton, J.A. 2008. Notes on the genus Palpita Hübner (Lep., Pyralidae, Pyraustinae) from Fiji, with descriptions of two new species. Ent. Rec. J. Var.120:199-203.

Clayton, J.A. 2010. Two new species of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera), subfamilies Hypenodinae and Hypeninae, from Fiji. Ent. Rec. J. Var. 122:219-223.

Clayton, J.A. 2011. Two new species of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera), subfamily Herminiinae, from Fiji. Ent. Rec. J. Var. 123:185-189.

Clayton, J.A. 2015. The Lophocoleus group of genera (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Herminiinae) in Fiji, with the description of a new genus and species. Aust. Ent. 42(1): 1-12.

Tikoca, S., Clayton, J., Hodge, S., Tuiwawa, M., Pene, S. and Brodie, G. 2016 A record of Dactyloplusia impulsa (Walker, 1865) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Plusiinae) new to Fiji. Aust. Ent. 43(1): 35-37.

Clayton, J.A. 2016. The genera Eoophyla Swinhoe and Nymphicula Snellen (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Acentropinae) in Fiji with descriptions of four new species. Aust. Ent. 43(3): 135-150.

Clayton, J.A. 2017. Notes on the Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) of Fiji with descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies. Aust. Ent. 44(3): 121-132.

Clayton, J.A. 2018. Notes on the genus Nola Leach (Lepidoptera: Nolidae: Nolinae) from Fiji with the description of a new species. Aust. Ent. 45(1): 27-38.

Clayton, J.A. 2019. Notes on the endemic Fijian genus Ptochosiphla Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Hypeninae) from Fiji with the description of a new species. Aust. Ent. 46(2): 57-63.

Clayton, J.A. 2020. Notes on the genus Imma Walker (Lepidoptera: Immidae) from Fiji with the description of a new species. Aust. Ent. 47(3): 162-168.

Other useful references.

Robinson, G.S. 1975. The Macrolepidoptera of Fiji and Rotuma - a taxonomic and geographic study. E.W. Classey Ltd., Faringdon, Oxon.
Comprehensive coverage of the Macrolepidoptera with black and white photographs.

Robinson, G.S. et al. 1994. A field guide to the smaller moths of Sout-east Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
This may help to identify smaller moths to Family or Genus. It also refers to the geographic distribution of most species.

Holloway, J.D. various dates. The moths of Borneo. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
Published in 18 volumes, this covers the macros of Borneo. It has much valuable taxonomic information, and in many cases refers to the wider area, including Fiji. It is also available in an on-line version

The Australian research organisation CSIRO maintains the Australian Moths Online website.
This includes pictures of many Australian species, some of which occur (or may occur) in Fiji.

The Bishop Museum in Hawaii maintains a website containing a checklist of Fijian Lepidoptera.
This contains a list of mainly extracted literature references to species recorded from Fiji.

Jósef Razowski (2016) has published a comprehensive treatment of the Tortricidae of Fiji in two parts. Part 1: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) of the Fiji Islands, Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 59(1): 47-88. Part 2: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) of the Fiji Islands part 2, Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 85: 191-223..

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