List of moths of Great Britain (Geometridae)

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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.