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 & centre
• Tethea ocularis octogesimea Figure of Eighty — south & centre
• Tethea or Poplar Lutestring

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

• Tetheella fluctuosa Satin Lutestring — south-east & west (local)
• Ochropacha duplaris Common Lutestring — throughout
• Cymatophorima diluta hartwiegi Oak Lutestring — south & centre (local) (Vulnerable^[1]) ‡*
• Achlya flavicornis Yellow Horned

• Achlya flavicornis galbanus — south & 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 (‡*).

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.