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[]

• 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.