List of moths of Great Britain (Arctiinae)

The subfamily Arctiinae—the tiger moths, ermines, "footmen" and related species—is represented by 32 species in Great Britain:

Tribe Lithosiini

• Thumatha senex, round-winged muslin — south, central & north (localized)
• Setina irrorella, dew moth — south & north-west (Nationally Scarce A)
• Miltochrista miniata, rosy footman — south & central (localized)
• Nudaria mundana, muslin footman — throughout (localized)
• Atolmis rubricollis, red-necked footman — south, west-central & north (localized)
• Cybosia mesomella, four-dotted footman — throughout (localized)
• Pelosia muscerda, dotted footman — east (Red Data Book)
• Pelosia obtusa, small dotted footman — east (Red Data Book)

• Eilema sororcula, orange footman — south (localized)
• Eilema griseola, dingy footman — south & central
• Eilema caniola, hoary footman — south-west (Nationally Scarce B)
• Eilema pygmaeola, pygmy footman (Red Data Book)

* Eilema pygmaeola pygmaeola — east

* Eilema pygmaeola pallifrons — south-east

• Eilema complana, scarce footman — south & central (localized)

* Eilema complana f. sericea, northern footman — west-central (Red Data Book)

• Eilema depressa, buff footman — south & central (localized)
• Eilema lurideola, common footman — south, central & north
• Lithosia quadra, four-spotted footman — immigrant to south-west (Nationally Scarce A)

Tribe Arctiini

• <nowiki>[</nowiki>Spiris striata, feathered footman — uncertain status<nowiki>]</nowiki>
• Coscinia cribraria, speckled footman ‡

* Coscinia cribraria bivittata — south (Red Data Species)

* Coscinia cribraria arenaria — immigrant

• Utetheisa pulchella, crimson speckled — immigrant
• Utetheisa bella, beautiful utetheisa — probable rare immigrant (though possibly an import)
• Parasemia plantaginis, wood tiger

* Parasemia plantaginis plantaginis — throughout

* Parasemia plantaginis insularum — Shetland, Orkney & northern Scotland

• Arctia caja, garden tiger — throughout ‡*
• Arctia villica britannica, cream-spot tiger — south (localized)
• Hyphoraia testudinaria, Patton's tiger — vagrant: 2 records, Sussex & Devon
• Diacrisia sannio, clouded buff — throughout (localized)
• Spilosoma lubricipeda, white ermine — throughout ‡*
• Spilosoma luteum, buff ermine — south, central & north ‡*
• Spilosoma urticae, water ermine — south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
• Diaphora mendica, muslin moth — south, central & north
• Phragmatobia fuliginosa, ruby tiger

* Phragmatobia fuliginosa borealis — north

* Phragmatobia fuliginosa fuliginosa — south & central

• <nowiki>[</nowiki>Pyrrharctia isabella, isabelline tiger — accidental introduction<nowiki>]</nowiki>
• <nowiki>[</nowiki>Halysidota moeschleri — possible rare immigrant or import<nowiki>]</nowiki>
• Euplagia quadripunctaria, Jersey tiger — south-west
• Callimorpha dominula, scarlet tiger — south-west (localized)
• Tyria jacobaeae, cinnabar — south, central & north ‡*
• <nowiki>[</nowiki>Hypercompe scribonia, great leopard — probable import<nowiki>]</nowiki>

Species listed in the 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) are indicated by a double-dagger symbol (‡)—species so listed for research purposes only are also indicated with an asterisk (‡*).

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

• Waring, Paul, Martin Townsend and Richard Lewington (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. British Wildlife Publishing, Hook, UK. .

External links

• UK Moths