List of moths of Great Britain (Zygaenidae)
The family Zygaenidae comprises the "forester and burnet moths", of which ten species occur in Great Britain:
Subfamily Procridinae
Forester (male)
- Adscita statices, forester — south & centre (local) ‡
- Adscita geryon, cistus forester — south & centre (Nationally Scarce B)
- Jordanita globulariae, scarce forester — south (Nationally Scarce A)
Subfamily Zygaeninae
- Zygaena exulans, Scotch (or mountain) burnet
- Zygaena exulans subochracea — eastern Cairngorms (Red Data Book)
- Zygaena loti, slender Scotch burnet ‡
- Zygaena viciae, New Forest burnet ‡
- Zygaena viciae argyllensis — western Argyllshire (Red Data Book)
- Zygaena viciae ytenensis — New Forest (extinct)
- Zygaena filipendulae, six-spot burnet
- Zygaena filipendulae stephensi — throughout
Six-spot burnet
- Zygaena trifolii, five-spot burnet
- Zygaena trifolii decreta — south & west-central (local)
- Zygaena trifolii palustrella — south & east (local)
- Zygaena lonicerae, narrow-bordered five-spot burnet
- Zygaena purpuralis, transparent burnet
- Zygaena purpuralis segontii — Lleyn Peninsula (Red Data Book, presumed extinct)
- Zygaena purpuralis caledonensis — Hebrides (Nationally Scarce A)
Species listed in the 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP)[1] are indicated by a double-dagger symbol (‡).
See also
- List of moths of Great Britain (overview)
- Family lists: Hepialidae, Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Saturniidae, Endromidae, Drepanidae, Thyatiridae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Ctenuchidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae and Micromoths
References
- Butterfly Conservation, 2007. The UK Biodiversity Action Plan – Moths. Butterfly Conservation, Wareham, UK. 4p.
- Waring, Paul, Martin Townsend and Richard Lewington (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. British Wildlife Publishing, Hook, UK. ISBN 0-9531399-1-3.
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