List of moths of Great Britain (Arctiidae)

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

Subfamily Lithosiinae

Rosy Footman

• 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)

Scarce Footman

• 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)

Subfamily Arctiinae

Wood Tiger

Ruby Tiger

Jersey Tiger

• [Spiris striata Feathered Footman — uncertain status]
• 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

• [Pyrrharctia isabella Isabelline Tiger — accidental introduction]
• [Halysidota moeschleri — possible rare transatlantic immigrant or import]
• Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger — south-west
• Callimorpha dominula Scarlet Tiger — south-west (localized)
• Tyria jacobaeae Cinnabar — south, central & north ‡*
• [Hypercompe scribonia Great Leopard — probable import]

Species listed in the 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP)^[1] are indicated by a double-dagger symbol (‡)—species so listed for research purposes only are also indicated with an asterisk (‡*).

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. ISBN 0-9531399-1-3.

External links

• UK Moths