The family Zygaenidae comprises the "forester and burnet moths", of which ten species occur in Great Britain:
* Zygaena exulans subochracea â eastern Cairngorms (Red Data Book)
* Zygaena loti scotica â islands of Mull & Ulva (Red Data Book)
* Zygaena viciae argyllensis â western Argyllshire (Red Data Book)
* Zygaena viciae ytenensis â New Forest (extinct)
* Zygaena filipendulae stephensi â throughout
* Zygaena trifolii decreta â south & west-central (local)
* Zygaena trifolii palustrella â south & east (local)
* Zygaena lonicerae latomarginata â England, Wales
* Zygaena lonicerae jocelynae â island of Skye (Red Data Book)
* Zygaena purpuralis segontii â Lleyn Peninsula (Red Data Book, presumed extinct)
* Zygaena purpuralis caledonensis â Hebrides (Nationally Scarce A)
Species listed in the 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) are indicated by a double-dagger symbol (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. .