The family Geometridae is represented by over 300 species in Great Britain.
- Aplasta ononaria, rest harrow â south-east (Red Data Book) â¡
- Pseudoterpna coronillaria, Jersey emerald â Jersey
- Pseudoterpna pruinata atropunctaria, grass emerald â throughout
- Geometra papilionaria, large emerald â throughout
- Comibaena bajularia, blotched emerald â south & centre (localized)
- Antonechloris smaragdaria maritima, Essex emerald â south-east, presumed extinct
- Hemithea aestivaria, common emerald â south & central
- Chlorissa viridata, small grass emerald â south & west-central (Nationally Scarce A)
- <nowiki>[</nowiki>Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria, blackberry looper â probable import<nowiki>]</nowiki>
- Thalera fimbrialis, Sussex emerald â south-east (Red Data Book) â¡
- Hemistola chrysoprasaria, small emerald â south & central (localized) (Vulnerable) â¡*
- Jodis lactearia, little emerald â south, central & north-west (localized)
- Cyclophora pendularia, dingy mocha â south (Red Data Book) â¡
- Cyclophora annularia, mocha â south (Nationally Scarce B)
- Cyclophora albipunctata, birch mocha â throughout
- Cyclophora puppillaria, Blair's mocha â immigrant
- Cyclophora porata, false mocha â south & central (Nationally Scarce B) â¡
- Cyclophora punctaria, maiden's blush â south & central (localized)
- Cyclophora linearia, clay triple-lines âÂÂsouth & central (localized)
- Timandra comai, blood-vein â south & central; localized in north (Vulnerable) â¡*
- Scopula immorata, Lewes wave â probably extinct
- Scopula nigropunctata, sub-angled wave â south-east (Red Data Book)
- <nowiki>[</nowiki>Scopula virgulata, streaked wave â old, unconfirmed record<nowiki>]</nowiki>
- <nowiki>[</nowiki>Scopula decorata, middle lace border â unverified records<nowiki>]</nowiki>
- Scopula ornata, lace border â south (Nationally Scarce B)
- Scopula rubiginata, tawny wave â south-east (Red Data Book)
- Scopula marginepunctata, mullein wave â south, central & north (localized) (Vulnerable) â¡*
- Scopula imitaria, small blood-vein â south & central
- Scopula emutaria, rosy wave â south, east & west (Nationally Scarce B)
- Scopula immutata, lesser cream wave â south & central (localized)
- Scopula floslactata, cream wave
* Scopula floslactata floslactata â south & central (localized)
* Scopula floslactata f. scotica â north-west (localized)
- Scopula ternata, smoky wave â north & west (localized)
- <nowiki>[</nowiki>Scopula limboundata, large lace border â single, old, unconfirmed record<nowiki>]</nowiki>
- Idaea ochrata cantiata, bright wave â south-east (Red Data Book) â¡
- Idaea serpentata, ochraceous wave â rare immigrant <nowiki>[</nowiki>resident on Jersey<nowiki>]</nowiki>
- Idaea muricata, purple-bordered gold â south & central (Nationally Scarce B)
- Idaea rusticata atrosignaria, least carpet â south (localized)
- <nowiki>[</nowiki>Idaea laevigata, strange wave â probable import<nowiki>]</nowiki>
- Idaea sylvestraria, dotted-border wave â south & central (Nationally Scarce B)
- Idaea biselata, small fan-footed wave â throughout
- <nowiki>[</nowiki>Idaea inquinata, rusty wave â probable import<nowiki>]</nowiki>
- Idaea dilutaria, silky wave â west (Red Data Book) â¡
- Idaea fuscovenosa, dwarf cream wave â south & central (localized)
- Idaea humiliata, Isle of Wight wave â presumed extinct
- Idaea seriata, small dusty wave â south, central & north-east
- Idaea dimidiata, single-dotted wave â south, central & north-west
- Idaea subsericeata, satin wave â south & central
- Idaea contiguaria britanniae, Weaver's wave â west-central (Nationally Scarce A)
- Idaea trigeminata, treble brown spot â south (localized)
- Idaea emarginata, small scallop â south & central (localized)
- Idaea aversata, riband wave â throughout
- Idaea degeneraria, Portland ribbon wave â south coast & Isles of Scilly (Red Data Book)
- Idaea straminata, plain wave â throughout
- Rhodometra sacraria, Vestal â immigrant
* Xanthorhoe decoloraria hethlandica â Shetland
* Xanthorhoe decoloraria decoloraria â north & west
* Xanthorhoe montanata shetlandica â Shetland
* Xanthorhoe montanata montanata â throughout
* Scotopteryx mucronata scotica â west-central & north (localized)
* Scotopteryx mucronata umbrifera â south-west (localized)
* Epirrhoe alternata obscurata â Outer Hebrides
* Epirrhoe alternata alternata â throughout
* Camptogramma bilineata bilineata â throughout
* Camptogramma bilineata atlantica â Shetland & Outer Hebrides
* Entephria flavicinctata flavicinctata â west coast of Scotland & Inner Hebrides, Yorkshire Dales & Black Mountains (Nationally Scarce B)
* Entephria flavicinctata ruficinctata â central & north-west Scotland (localized)
- Pelurga comitata, dark spinach â south, central & north (Endangered) â¡*
- Lampropteryx suffumata, water carpet â throughout
- Lampropteryx otregiata, Devon carpet â south & south-west (Nationally Scarce B)
- Cosmorhoe ocellata, purple bar â throughout
- Nebula salicata latentaria, striped twin-spot carpet â north, west & south-west
- Eulithis prunata, phoenix â throughout
- Eulithis testata, chevron â throughout
- Eulithis populata, northern spinach â south-west, west, central & north
- Eulithis mellinata, spinach â south, central & north
- Eulithis pyraliata, barred straw â throughout
- Ecliptopera silaceata, small phoenix â throughout (Vulnerable) â¡*
- Chloroclysta siterata, redâÂÂgreen carpet â throughout
* Chloroclysta citrata citrata â throughout
* Chloroclysta citrata pythonissata â Shetland & Orkney
* Plemyria rubiginata rubiginata â south & central
* Plemyria rubiginata plumbata â north (localized)
* Thera juniperata juniperata â throughout
* Thera juniperata scotica âÂÂnorth (localized)
* Thera juniperata orcadensis â Orkney (possibly extinct)
- Thera cupressata, cypress carpet â south-east (uncommon)
- Eustroma reticulata, netted carpet â west-central (Red Data Book) â¡
- Electrophaes corylata, broken-barred carpet â throughout
- Colostygia olivata, beech-green carpet â north, west-central & south (localized)
- Colostygia multistrigaria, mottled grey â throughout
- Colostygia pectinataria, green carpet â throughout
- Hydriomena furcata, July highflyer â throughout
- Hydriomena impluviata, May highflyer â throughout
- Hydriomena ruberata, ruddy highflyer âÂÂnorth, west, south & east (localized)
- Coenocalpe lapidata, slender-striped rufous â north (Nationally Scarce A)
- Horisme vitalbata, small waved umber â south & central
- Horisme tersata, fern â south & central
- <nowiki>[</nowiki>Horisme aquata, Cumbrian umber â dubious record<nowiki>]</nowiki>
- Melanthia procellata, pretty chalk carpet â south & central (Vulnerable) â¡*
- Pareulype berberata, barberry carpet â south (Red Data Book) â¡
- Spargania luctuata, white-banded carpet â south-east (Nationally Scarce A)
- Rheumaptera hastata, argent and sable â¡
* Rheumaptera hastata hastata â south & central (Nationally Scarce B)
* Rheumaptera hastata f. nigrescens â north (Nationally Scarce B)
- Rheumaptera cervinalis, scarce tissue â south & central (localized)
- Rheumaptera undulata, scallop shell â south, central & north (localized)
- Triphosa dubitata, tissue â south & central (localized)
- Philereme vetulata, brown scallop â south (not south-west) & central (localized)
- Philereme transversata britannica, dark umber â south (not south-west) & central (localized)
- Euphyia biangulata, cloaked carpet â west, south & south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
- Euphyia unangulata, sharp-angled carpet â south (localized)
- Epirrita dilutata, November moth â throughout
- Epirrita christyi, pale November moth â south, central & north
- Epirrita autumnata, autumnal moth â throughout
- Epirrita filigrammaria, small autumnal moth â north, central & west
* Perizoma blandiata blandiata â north & west (local)
* Perizoma blandiata perfasciata â Hebrides & Rùm
* Perizoma albulata albulata â throughout (localized)
* Perizoma albulata subfasciaria â Shetland
* Perizoma didymata didymata â throughout
* Perizoma didymata hethlandica â Shetland
* Eupithecia pulchellata pulchellata â throughout
* Eupithecia pulchellata hebudium â Wales & Hebrides
* Eupithecia exiguata exiguata â throughout
* Eupithecia exiguata muricolor â Aberdeenshire
* Eupithecia venosata venosata â south, central & north-east (localized)
* Eupithecia venosata hebridensis â Hebrides
* Eupithecia venosata fumosae â Shetland & Orkney
* Eupithecia venosata ochracae â Orkney
* Eupithecia intricata millieraria, Edinburgh pug â north
* Eupithecia intricata arceuthata, Freyer's pug â south & central
* Eupithecia satyrata callunaria â south (localized)
* Eupithecia satyrata satyrata â north (moorlands)
* Eupithecia satyrata curzoni â Shetland
* Eupithecia absinthiata f. goossensiata, ling pug â throughout (localized, especially heathland and moorland)
* Eupithecia vulgata vulgata â south & central
* Eupithecia vulgata scotica â north
* Eupithecia denotata denotata, campanula pug â south & east (Nationally Scarce A)
* Eupithecia denotata jasioneata, jasione pug â south-west & west-central (Nationally Scarce A)
- Eupithecia subfuscata, grey pug â throughout
- Eupithecia icterata subfulvata, tawny speckled pug â throughout
- Eupithecia succenturiata, bordered pug â south, central & north
- Eupithecia subumbrata, shaded pug â throughout (localized)
- Eupithecia millefoliata, yarrow pug â south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
- Eupithecia simpliciata, plain pug â south & central (localized)
- Eupithecia sinuosaria, goosefoot pug â probable rare immigrant
- Eupithecia distinctaria constrictata, thyme pug â throughout (except south-east) (Nationally Scarce B)
- Eupithecia indigata, ochreous pug â throughout
- Eupithecia pimpinellata, pimpinel pug â south & central (localized)
- Eupithecia nanata, narrow-winged pug â throughout
- Eupithecia extensaria occidua, scarce pug â east-central (Red Data Book) â¡
- Eupithecia innotata, angle-barred pug â throughout
- Eupithecia fraxinata, ash pug â throughout
- Eupithecia tamarisciata, tamarisk pug â south (uncommon on alien Tamarisk)
* Eupithecia pusillata pusillata â throughout
* Eupithecia pusillata anglicata â extinct
* Chesias rufata rufata â south-east & west (Nationally Scarce B)
* Chesias rufata scotica â north (Nationally Scarce B)
* Aplocera plagiata plagiata â throughout
* Aplocera plagiata scotica â north
- Aplocera efformata, lesser treble-bar âÂÂsouth & central
- Aplocera praeformata, purple treble-bar â probable immigrant (2 records)
- Odezia atrata, chimney sweeper â north, central & south
- Lithostege griseata, grey carpet â east (Red Data Book) â¡
- Discoloxia blomeri, Blomer's rivulet â south, central & west (Nationally Scarce B)
- Venusia cambrica, Welsh wave â west & north (localized)
- Euchoeca nebulata, dingy shell â south & central (localized)
- Asthena albulata, small white wave â throughout
- Hydrelia flammeolaria, small yellow wave â throughout
- Hydrelia sylvata, waved carpet â west, south-east & south-west (Nationally Scarce B)
- Minoa murinata, drab looper â west, south & south-west (Nationally Scarce B) â¡
- Lobophora halterata, seraphim â throughout
- Trichopteryx polycommata, barred tooth-striped â throughout (Nationally Scarce A) â¡
- Trichopteryx carpinata, early tooth-striped â throughout
- Pterapherapteryx sexalata, small seraphim â throughout
- Acasis viretata, yellow-barred brindle â south, central & north-west (localized)
- Macaria alternata, sharp-angled peacock â south & central (localized)
- Macaria signaria, dusky peacock â immigrant
- <nowiki>[</nowiki>Macaria bicolorata praeatomata, dingy angle â dubious very old record<nowiki>]</nowiki>
- Macaria liturata, tawny-barred angle â throughout
- Macaria carbonaria, netted mountain moth â north-east (Red Data Book) â¡
- Macaria wauaria, v-moth â throughout (localized) â¡*
- Chiasmia clathrata clathrata, latticed heath â south, central & north (Vulnerable) â¡*
- Itame brunneata, Rannoch looper â north-east (Nationally Scarce A)
- <nowiki>[</nowiki>Hypagyrtis unipunctata, white spot â dubious very old record<nowiki>]</nowiki>
- Isturgia limbaria, frosted yellow â presumed extinct
- <nowiki>[</nowiki>Nematocampa limbata, bordered chequer â dubious very old record<nowiki>]</nowiki>
- Cepphis advenaria, little thorn â west & south (not south-west) (Nationally Scarce B)
- Petrophora chlorosata, brown silver-line â throughout
- Plagodis pulveraria, barred umber â throughout (localized)
- Plagodis dolabraria, scorched wing â throughout (localized)
- Pachycnemia hippocastanaria, horse chestnut â south & east-central (Nationally Scarce B)
- Opisthograptis luteolata, brimstone moth â throughout
- Epione repandaria, bordered beauty â throughout
- Epione vespertaria, dark bordered beauty â north-east (Red Data Book) â¡
- Pseudopanthera macularia, speckled yellow â throughout
- Apeira syringaria, lilac beauty â south & central (localized)
- Ennomos autumnaria, large thorn â south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
- Ennomos quercinaria, August thorn â south & central (localized) (Vulnerable) â¡*
- Ennomos alniaria, canary-shouldered thorn â throughout
- Ennomos fuscantaria, dusky thorn â south & central (Endangered) â¡*
- Ennomos erosaria, September thorn â south, central & north (Endangered) â¡*
- <nowiki>[</nowiki>Ennomos quercaria, clouded August thorn â unconfirmed records<nowiki>]</nowiki>
- <nowiki>[</nowiki>Ennomos subsignaria â probable import<nowiki>]</nowiki>
- Selenia dentaria, early thorn â throughout
- Selenia lunularia, lunar thorn â throughout (localized)
- Selenia tetralunaria, purple thorn â south, central & north
- Odontopera bidentata, scalloped hazel â throughout
- Crocallis elinguaria, scalloped oak â throughout
- Ourapteryx sambucaria, swallow-tailed moth â throughout
- Colotois pennaria, feathered thorn â throughout
- Angerona prunaria, orange moth â south (localized)
- Apocheima hispidaria, small brindled beauty â south & central (localized)
- Apocheima pilosaria, pale brindled beauty â throughout
- Lycia hirtaria, brindled beauty â south, central & north (Vulnerable) â¡*
- Lycia zonaria, belted beauty
* Lycia zonaria britannica â west-central (Red Data Book)
* Lycia zonaria atlantica â north-west (Nationally Scarce A)
- Biston betularia, peppered moth â throughout
- Agriopis leucophaearia, spring usher â throughout
- Agriopis aurantiaria, scarce umber â throughout
- Agriopis marginaria, dotted border â throughout
- Erannis defoliaria, mottled umber â throughout
- Menophra abruptaria, waved umber â south & central
- Peribatodes rhomboidaria, willow beauty â south, central & north
- Peribatodes secundaria, feathered beauty â south-east (uncommon on alien Norway spruce)
- Peribatodes ilicaria, Lydd beauty â rare immigrant to south-east
- Selidosema brunnearia scandinaviaria, bordered grey â south, west-central, north-west & north-east (Nationally Scarce A)
- Cleora cinctaria, ringed carpet
* Cleora cinctaria bowesi â north-west & west-central (Nationally Scarce A)
* Cleora cinctaria cinctaria â south (Nationally Scarce A)
* Alcis repandata repandata â throughout
* Alcis repandata sodorensium â Hebrides
- Alcis jubata, dotted carpet â west & north (localized)
- Hypomecis roboraria, great oak beauty â south & central (Nationally Scarce B)
- Hypomecis punctinalis, pale oak beauty â south
- Cleorodes lichenaria, Brussels lace â west, west-central, south & north (localized)
- Fagivorina arenaria, speckled beauty â extinct
- Ectropis bistortata, engrailed â throughout
- Ectropis crepuscularia, small engrailed â south, central & north (localized)
- Paradarisa consonaria, square spot â south & west (localized)
- Parectropis similaria, brindled white-spot â south (localized)
- Aethalura punctulata, grey birch â south, central & north
- Ematurga atomaria, common heath â throughout
- Tephronia sepiaria, dusky carpet â probable immigrant
- Bupalus piniaria, bordered white â throughout
- Cabera pusaria, common white wave â throughout
- Cabera exanthemata, common wave â throughout
- Lomographa bimaculata, white-pinion spotted â south & west-central
- Lomographa temerata, clouded silver â south, central & north
- Aleucis distinctata, sloe carpet â south-east & south (Nationally Scarce B) â¡
- Theria primaria, early moth â south, central & north
- Campaea margaritata, light emerald â throughout
- Hylaea fasciaria, barred red â throughout
- Gnophos obfuscata, Scotch (Scottish) annulet â north (Nationally Scarce B)
- Charissa obscurata, annulet â throughout
- Glacies coracina, black mountain moth â north (Nationally Scarce A)
- Siona lineata, black-veined moth â south-east (Red Data Book) â¡
- Aspitates gilvaria gilvaria, straw belle â south-east (Red Data Book) â¡
- Semiaspilates ochrearia, yellow belle â south (localized)
- Dyscia fagaria, grey scalloped bar â throughout (localized)
- Perconia strigillaria, grass wave â throughout (localized)
Species listed in the 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) are indicated by a double-dagger symbol (â¡)âÂÂspecies so listed for research purposes only are also indicated with an asterisk (â¡*).
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. .