List of moths of Great Britain (Zygaenidae) explained

The family Zygaenidae comprises the "forester and burnet moths", of which ten species occur in Great Britain:

thumb|right|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)

• Zygaena exulans, Scotch (or mountain) burnet

• Zygaena exulans subochracea — eastern Cairngorms (Red Data Book)
• Zygaena loti, slender Scotch burnet ‡

• Zygaena loti scotica — islands of Mull & Ulva (Red Data Book)
• 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

thumb|right|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 lonicerae latomarginata — England, Wales

• Zygaena lonicerae jocelynae — island of Skye (Red Data Book)
• 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

1. 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. .