List of moths of Great Britain (Geometridae)

The family Geometridae is represented by over 300 species in Great Britain.

Subfamily Archiearinae edit

Subfamily Alsophilinae edit

 
March moth

Subfamily Geometrinae edit

Subfamily Sterrhinae edit

 
Maiden's blush
 
Small blood-vein
  • Scopula floslactata floslactata — south & central (localized)
  • Scopula floslactata f. scotica — north-west (localized)
 
Small fan-foot wave
 
Small dusty wave

Subfamily Larentiinae edit

 
Oblique carpet
  • Xanthorhoe decoloraria hethlandicaShetland
  • Xanthorhoe decoloraria decoloraria — north & west
  • Xanthorhoe montanata shetlandicaShetland
  • Xanthorhoe montanata montanata — throughout
 
Garden carpet
  • Scotopteryx mucronata scotica — west-central & north (localized)
  • Scotopteryx mucronata umbrifera — south-west (localized)
 
Yellow shell
  • Epirrhoe alternata obscurataOuter Hebrides
  • Epirrhoe alternata alternata — throughout
  • Camptogramma bilineata bilineata — throughout
  • Camptogramma bilineata atlanticaShetland & Outer Hebrides
 
Mallow
  • Entephria flavicinctata flavicinctata — west coast of Scotland & Inner Hebrides, Yorkshire Dales & Black Mountains (Nationally Scarce B)
  • Entephria flavicinctata ruficinctata — central & north-west Scotland (localized)
 
Phoenix
 
Common marbled carpet
  • Chloroclysta citrata citrata — throughout
  • Chloroclysta citrata pythonissataShetland & Orkney
  • Plemyria rubiginata rubiginata — south & central
  • Plemyria rubiginata plumbata — north (localized)
 
Juniper carpet
  • Thera juniperata juniperata — throughout
  • Thera juniperata scotica —north (localized)
  • Thera juniperata orcadensisOrkney (possibly extinct)
  • Rheumaptera hastata hastata — south & central (Nationally Scarce B)
  • Rheumaptera hastata f. nigrescens — north (Nationally Scarce B)
 
Winter moth
 
Small rivulet
  • Perizoma blandiata blandiata — north & west (local)
  • Perizoma blandiata perfasciataHebrides & Rùm
  • Perizoma albulata albulata — throughout (localized)
  • Perizoma albulata subfasciariaShetland
  • Perizoma didymata didymata — throughout
  • Perizoma didymata hethlandicaShetland
  • Eupithecia pulchellata pulchellata — throughout
  • Eupithecia pulchellata hebudiumWales & Hebrides
  • Eupithecia exiguata exiguata — throughout
  • Eupithecia exiguata muricolorAberdeenshire
  • Eupithecia venosata venosata — south, central & north-east (localized)
  • Eupithecia venosata hebridensisHebrides
  • Eupithecia venosata fumosaeShetland & Orkney
  • Eupithecia venosata ochracaeOrkney
  • Eupithecia intricata millieraria, Edinburgh pug — north
  • Eupithecia intricata arceuthata, Freyer's pug — south & central
  • Eupithecia satyrata callunaria — south (localized)
  • Eupithecia satyrata satyrata — north (moorlands)
  • Eupithecia satyrata curzoniShetland
  • Eupithecia absinthiata f. goossensiata, ling pug — throughout (localized, especially heathland and moorland)
  • Eupithecia vulgata vulgata — south & central
  • Eupithecia vulgata scotica — north
  • Eupithecia denotata denotata, campanula pug — south & east (Nationally Scarce A)
  • Eupithecia denotata jasioneata, jasione pug — south-west & west-central (Nationally Scarce A)
 
Golden-rod pug
 
Oak-tree pug
  • Eupithecia pusillata pusillata — throughout
  • Eupithecia pusillata anglicata — extinct
 
Dwarf pug
 
V-pug
  • Chesias rufata rufata — south-east & west (Nationally Scarce B)
  • Chesias rufata scotica — north (Nationally Scarce B)
  • Aplocera plagiata plagiata — throughout
  • Aplocera plagiata scotica — north
 
Magpie moth
 
Sharp-angled peacock
 
Scorched wing
 
Early thorn
  • Lycia zonaria britannica — west-central (Red Data Book)
  • Lycia zonaria atlantica — north-west (Nationally Scarce A)
 
Peppered moth
  • Cleora cinctaria bowesi — north-west & west-central (Nationally Scarce A)
  • Cleora cinctaria cinctaria — south (Nationally Scarce A)
  • Alcis repandata repandata — throughout
  • Alcis repandata sodorensiumHebrides
 
Common heath (female)
 
Light emerald

Species listed in the 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP)[2] are indicated by a double-dagger symbol (‡)—species so listed for research purposes only are also indicated with an asterisk (‡*).

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Fox, R., K.F. Conrad, M.S. Parsons, M.S. Warren and I.P. Woiwood, 2006. The State of Britain's Larger Moths. Butterfly Conservation and Rothamsted Research, Wareham, UK.
  2. ^ 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.