List of moths of Great Britain (Zygaenidae)

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

Subfamily Procridinae

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)

Subfamily Zygaeninae

• 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

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 (‡).

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.