List of moths of Great Britain (Geometridae)

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

Subfamily Archiearinae

Subfamily Alsophilinae

March moth

Subfamily Geometrinae

Subfamily Sterrhinae

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

Oblique carpet
  • Xanthorhoe decoloraria hethlandica — Shetland
  • Xanthorhoe decoloraria decoloraria — north & west
  • Xanthorhoe montanata shetlandica — Shetland
  • Xanthorhoe montanata montanata — throughout
Garden carpet
  • Scotopteryx mucronata scotica — west-central & north (localized)
  • Scotopteryx mucronata umbrifera — south-west (localized)
Yellow shell
  • Epirrhoe alternata obscurata — Outer Hebrides
  • Epirrhoe alternata alternata — throughout
  • Camptogramma bilineata bilineata — throughout
  • Camptogramma bilineata atlantica — Shetland & 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 pythonissata — Shetland & Orkney
  • Plemyria rubiginata rubiginata — south & central
  • Plemyria rubiginata plumbata — north (localized)
Juniper carpet
  • Thera juniperata juniperata — throughout
  • Thera juniperata scotica —north (localized)
  • Thera juniperata orcadensis — Orkney (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 perfasciata — Hebrides & Isle of Rum
  • Perizoma albulata albulata — throughout (localized)
  • Perizoma albulata subfasciaria — Shetland
  • Perizoma didymata didymata — throughout
  • Perizoma didymata hethlandica — Shetland
  • Eupithecia pulchellata pulchellata — throughout
  • Eupithecia pulchellata hebudium — Wales & Hebrides
  • Eupithecia exiguata exiguata — throughout
  • Eupithecia exiguata muricolor — Aberdeenshire
  • Eupithecia venosata venosata — south, central & north-east (localized)
  • Eupithecia venosata hebridensis — Hebrides
  • Eupithecia venosata fumosae — Shetland & Orkney
  • Eupithecia venosata ochracae — Orkney
  • 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 curzoni — Shetland
  • 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 sodorensium — Hebrides
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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 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.
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