List of moths of Great Britain (Zygaenidae)

Updated on Dec 12, 2023

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The family Zygaenidae comprises the "forester and burnet moths", of which ten species occur in Great Britain:

Subfamily Procridinae

Adscita statices, forester — south & centre (local) ‡

Adscita geryon, cistus forester — south & centre (Nationally Scarce B)

Jordanita globulariae, scarce forester — south (Nationally Scarce A)

Zygaena exulans, Scotch (or mountain) burnet

Zygaena exulans subochracea — eastern Cairngorms (Red Data Book)

Zygaena loti, slender Scotch burnet ‡

Zygaena loti scotica — Islands of Mull & Ulva (Red Data Book)

Zygaena viciae, New Forest burnet ‡

Zygaena viciae argyllensis — western Argyllshire (Red Data Book)

Zygaena viciae ytenensis — New Forest (extinct)

Zygaena filipendulae, six-spot burnet

Zygaena filipendulae stephensi — throughout

Zygaena trifolii, five-spot burnet

Zygaena trifolii decreta — south & west-central (local)

Zygaena trifolii palustrella — south & east (local)

Zygaena lonicerae, narrow-bordered five-spot burnet

Zygaena lonicerae latomarginata — England, Wales

Zygaena lonicerae jocelynae — Island of Skye (Red Data Book)

Zygaena purpuralis, transparent burnet

Zygaena purpuralis segontii — Lleyn Peninsula (Red Data Book, presumed extinct)

Zygaena purpuralis caledonensis — Hebrides (Nationally Scarce A)

Species listed in the 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) are indicated by a double-dagger symbol (‡).

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