The
family Drepanidae contains about 400 species, of which only eight occur in
Europe. Six of these are resident in
Great Britain and one is an occasional
immigrant
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...
:
Scalloped hook-tip
* ''
Falcaria lacertinaria
''Falcaria lacertinaria'', the scalloped hook-tip, is a moth of the family Drepanidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' It is found in Europe and Anatolia then east to Eastern Siber ...
'', scalloped hook-tip — throughout
* ''
Watsonalla binaria'', oak hook-tip — south, central (Vulnerable
[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.]) ‡*
* ''
Watsonalla cultraria'', barred hook-tip — south, central (local)
Pebble hook-tip
* ''
Drepana falcataria
''Drepana falcataria'', the pebble hook-tip, is a moth of the family Drepanidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. It is found in Europe, through Siberia to the eastern Palearctic.
...
'', pebble hook-tip
:* ''Drepana falcataria falcataria'' — south, centre
:* ''Drepana falcataria scotica'' — northern
Scotland (local)
* ''
Drepana curvatula'', dusky hook-tip — south, east (immigrant)
* ''
Sabra harpagula
''Sabra harpagula'', the scarce hook-tip, is a moth of the family Drepanidae first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1786. It is found from Europe through temperate Asia to Japan.
The wingspan is 25–35 mm. The moth flies fro ...
'', scarce hook-tip — south-west (Red Data Book)
* ''
Cilix glaucata
''Cilix glaucata'', the Chinese character, is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It was Species description, first described by the Italian physician and natural history, naturalist, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 ''Entomologia Carniolica''. ...
'', Chinese character — south and centre (common), local in Scotland
Species listed in the 2007
UK Biodiversity Action Plan
The United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan or (UK BAP) was the UK government's response to the Convention on Biological Diversity, opened for signature at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. The UK was the first country to produce a national Biodiversi ...
(BAP)
[Butterfly Conservation, 2007. ''The UK Biodiversity Action Plan – Moths''. Butterfly Conservation, Wareham, UK. 4p.] 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
Endromidae is a family of moths. It was long considered to be a monotypic family, containing just one species, the Kentish glory, '' Endromis versicolora'', found throughout the Palaearctic regio The family now consists of several genera and abou ...
, Drepanidae,
Thyatiridae,
Geometridae,
Sphingidae,
Notodontidae,
Thaumetopoeidae,
Lymantriidae,
Arctiidae,
Ctenuchidae
The Ctenuchina are a subtribe of moths in the family Erebidae.
Taxonomy
The Ctenuchina were previously classified as the subfamily Ctenuchinae of the family Arctiidae. That subfamily contained three tribes: Ctenuchini, Euchromiini (wasp moths) ...
,
Nolidae,
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
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.
Moths
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
Britain
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