List of moths of Great Britain (Thyatiridae)

The family Thyatiridae comprises about 200 species, nine of which occur in Great Britain:

Poplar lutestring

• Thyatira batis, peach blossom — throughout
• Habrosyne pyritoides, buff arches — south and centre
• Tethea ocularis octogesimea, figure of eighty — south and centre
• Tethea or, poplar lutestring

• Tethea or or — south (local)
• Tethea or scotica — north (local)

• Tetheella fluctuosa, satin lutestring — south-east and west (local)
• Ochropacha duplaris, common lutestring — throughout
• Cymatophorima diluta hartwiegi, oak lutestring — south and centre (local) (Vulnerable^[1]) ‡*
• Achlya flavicornis, yellow horned

• Achlya flavicornis galbanus — south and centre
• Achlya flavicornis scotica — north

• Polyploca ridens, frosted green — south (local)

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

• 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

1. 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.