''The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland'' (abbreviated to ''MBGBI'' or ''MOGBI'') is a multi-volume reference work on the

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...

of the

British Isles The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, ...

. The original publisher of this series was Curwen Books who published volumes 1 and 9. In 1983

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took over publishing the series. The earlier volumes were reprinted. From 1 April 2008 following the retirement of Annette and Basil Harley,

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acquired Harley Books. It was decided, that Apollo Books would continue and conclude the series with volume 5 on Tortricidae, volume 6 on Pyralidae and Pterophoridae, and volume 8 on Geometridae. At the same time they took over the remaining stock of the previous seven volumes of the series. From 1 January 2013, Apollo Books announced that all Harley Books titles and the majority of the Apollo Books titles, have been taken over by the Dutch publisher

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. The change was necessary to ensure that the book series can continue to be published in the years ahead Eleven volumes were originally planned in total. So far, volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 10 have been published. Volumes 4, 5 and 7 were each split into two parts due to their size. Volume 5, the most recent, was published in September 2014. Each volume has text, distribution maps, and illustrations of the moths it covers. When the series is complete, this will be the first time that all species of Lepidoptera recorded in Britain have been illustrated in a single reference work. Volume 7 part 2 contains a 241-page Life History chart covering all British species.

The series volume by volume

Volume 1 (Micropterigidae to Heliozelidae)

* Editor: John Heath * Associate Editors:

A. Maitland Emmet Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Maitland Emmet MBE (15 July 1908 – 3 March 2001) was an amateur entomologist and a former schoolmaster who taught Latin, English and Ancient Greek. He was a former president of the British Entomological and Natural Hi ...

, D. S. Fletcher, E. C. Pelham-Clinton and W. G. Tremewan * Artists:

Brian Hargreaves Brian Hargreaves FRSA, FRES (1935-2011) was an English artist and scientific illustrator, known for his depictions of Lepidoptera. Early life Hargreaves was born on 27 May 1935 at Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire. He was educated at Keighley ...

and Maureen Lane * Hardback: (Blackwell Scientific Publications and Curwen Books) (Harley Books) * Paperback: * Published in: 1976 by Blackwell Scientific Publications and Curwen Books, and reprinted in 1983 by Harley Books * Introductory chapters: 1) Morphology, 2) Parasites 3) Diseases 4) Pest Species 5) Habitats 6) Conservation 7) Techniques * Covers

Micropterigidae Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of "mandibulate archaic moths", all placed in the single family Micropterigidae, containing currently about twenty living genera. They are considered the most primitive extant lineage of lepidoptera (Kristense ...

Eriocraniidae Eriocraniidae is a family of moths restricted to the Holarctic region, with six extant genera. These small, metallic moths are usually day-flying, emerging fairly early in the northern temperate spring. They have a proboscis with which they drin ...

, Hepialidae, Nepticulidae,

Opostegidae Opostegidae or "white eyecap moths" is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera that is characterised by particularly large eyecaps over the compound eyes (see also Nepticulidae, Bucculatricidae, Lyonetiidae). Opostegidae are most diverse in ...

, Tischeriidae, Incurvariidae and Heliozelidae

Volume 2 (Cossidae to Heliodinidae)

* Editor: John Heath and A. Maitland Emmet * Associate Editors: D. S. Fletcher, E. C. Pelham-Clinton and B. Skinner and W. G. Tremewan * Artists: Brian Hargreaves,

Timothy Freed Timothy is a masculine name. It comes from the Greek name ( Timόtheos) meaning "honouring God", "in God's honour", or "honoured by God". Timothy (and its variations) is a common name in several countries. People Given name * Timothy (given name) ...

and

Brenda Jarman Brenda is a feminine given name in the English language. Origin The overall accepted origin for the female name Brenda is the Old Nordic male name ''Brandr'' meaning both ''torch'' and ''sword'': evidently the male name Brandr took root in areas ...

* Hardback: * Paperback: * Published in: 1985 by Harley Books * Introductory chapter: British Aposematic Lepidoptera by

Miriam Rothschild Dame Miriam Louisa Rothschild (5 August 1908 – 20 January 2005) was a British natural scientist and author with contributions to zoology, entomology, and botany. Early life Miriam Rothschild was born in 1908 in Ashton Wold, near Oundle in No ...

* Covers the fifteen families within the super-families

Cossoidea Cossoidea is the superfamily of moths that includes carpenter moths and relatives. Like their likely sister group Sesioidea they are internal feeders and have spiny pupae with moveable segments to allow them to extrude out of their exit holes in ...

Zygaenoidea The Zygaenoidea comprise the superfamily of moths that includes burnet moths, forester moths, and relatives. The families are: * Aididae * Anomoeotidae * Cyclotornidae * Dalceridae * Epipyropidae * Heterogynidae * Himantopteridae * L ...

Tineoidea Tineoidea is the ditrysian superfamily of moths that includes clothes moths, Bagworm moth, bagworms and relatives. There are six families usually included within it, Eriocottidae, Arrhenophanidae, Lypusidae, Acrolophidae, Tineidae and Psychidae, ...

and the first part of the

Yponomeutoidea Yponomeutoidea is a superfamily of ermine moths and relatives. There are about 1,800 species of Yponomeutoids worldwide, most of them known to come from temperate regions. This superfamily is one of the earliest groups to evolve external feeding ...

Volume 3 (Yponomeutidae to Elachistidae)

* Editor: A. Maitland Emmet * Associate Editors: D. S. Fletcher, B. H. Harley, J. R. Langmaid, G. S. Robinson, B. Skinner, P. A. Sokoloff and W. G. Tremewan * Artists: Richard Lewington and Timothy Freed * Hardback: * Paperback: * Published in: 1996 by Harley Books * Introductory chapter: Invasions of Lepidoptera into the British Isles by D. J. L. Agassiz * Covers Yponomeutidae, Epermeniidae, Schreckensteiniidae, Coleophoridae and Elachistidae.

Volume 4 Part 1 (Oecophoridae to Scythrididae, excluding Gelechiidae)

* Editor: A. Maitland Emmet and John R. Langmaid * Associate Editors: K. P. Bland, D. S. Fletcher, B. H. Harley, G. S. Robinson, B. Skinner and W. G. Tremewan * Artists: Richard Lewington and Michael J. Roberts * Hardback: * Paperback: * Published in: 2002 by Harley Books * Publisher's Foreword: A Tribute to Maitland Emmet * Introductory chapter: The Ecology and Evolution of Lepidopteran Defences against

Bats Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bi ...

by J. Rydell and M. R. Young * Covers

Batrachedridae The Batrachedridae are a small family of tiny moths. These are small, slender moths which rest with their wings wrapped tightly around their bodies. Taxonomy The taxonomy of this and related groups is often disputed. This group was first propos ...

, Oecophoridae,

Ethmiidae The Ethmiinae are a subfamily of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea sometimes included in the Elachistidae or the Oecophoridae, but mostly in the Depressariidae as a subfamily Ethmiinae.Wikispecies (2009-JUN-29), and see references in ...

, Autostichidae,

Blastobasidae The Blastobasidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Its species can be found almost anywhere in the world, though in some places they are not native but introduced by humans. In some arrangements, these moths are included in t ...

Agonoxenidae The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths. History of classification Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus '' Agonoxena'' – if (e.g. following Nielsen ''et al.'', 1996). Such a monotypic ar ...

Momphidae The Momphidae, or mompha moths, is a family of moths with some 115 described species. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1857. These moths tend to be rather small with a wingspan of up to 21 mm. The wings are he ...

, Cosmopterigidae and Scythrididae

Volume 4 Part 2 (Gelechiidae)

Volume 5 Part 1 ( Tortricidae
Tortricinae The Tortricinae are the nominate subfamily of tortrix moths. Commonly referred to as leafrollers, as the larvae build shelters by folding or rolling leaves of the food plant, the tortricinae include several notable pests as well species used as ...
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Chlidanotinae Chlidanotinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Tortricidae The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is t ...
)

* Editor: Keith P. Bland * Authors: E.F. Hancock(†) and K.P. Bland * Genitalia drawings: J. Razowski * Hardback: * e-book: * Published: in 2014 by Brill * No introductory chapter * Covers Tortricidae: subfamilies

Tortricinae The Tortricinae are the nominate subfamily of tortrix moths. Commonly referred to as leafrollers, as the larvae build shelters by folding or rolling leaves of the food plant, the tortricinae include several notable pests as well species used as ...

Chlidanotinae Chlidanotinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Tortricidae The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is t ...

Volume 5 Part 2 ( Tortricidae
Olethreutinae Olethreutinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Tortricidae. Genera ''incertae sedis'' This tortricine genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms a ...
)

* Editor: Keith P. Bland * Authors: E.F. Hancock(†) and K.P. Bland * Genitalia drawings: J. Razowski * Hardback: * e-book: * Published in 2014 by Brill * No introductory chapter * Covers Tortricidae: subfamily

Olethreutinae Olethreutinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Tortricidae. Genera ''incertae sedis'' This tortricine genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms a ...

Volume 6 ( Pyralidae and Pterophoridae)

Volume 6 has not yet been published

Volume 7 Part 1 (
Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
to Nymphalidae)

This volume was also titled ''The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland'' * Editor: A. Maitland Emmet and John Heath * Associate Editors: D. S. Fletcher, E. C. Pelham-Clinton, G. S. Robinson, B. Skinner and W. G. Tremewan * Artists: Richard Lewington and Timothy Freed * Hardback: * Paperback: * Published in: 1990 by Harley Books * Introductory chapters: 1) The vernacular names and early history of British butterflies by A. M. Emmet; 2) Re-establishment of insect populations, with special reference to butterflies by M. G. Morris and J. A. Thomas * Covers

Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...

Papilionidae Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larges ...

Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in Levi ...

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

, Nymphalidae

Volume 7 Part 2 (Lasiocampidae to Thyatiridae)

* Editor: A. Maitland Emmet and John Heath * Associate Editors: D. S. Fletcher, B. H. Harley, E. C. Pelham-Clinton, G. S. Robinson, B. Skinner and W. G. Tremewan * Artists: Richard Lewington and Timothy Freed * Hardback: * Paperback: * Published in: 1992 by Harley Books * Introductory chapters: 1) Classification of the Lepidoptera by M. J. Scoble; 2) Resting posture in the Lepidoptera by M. W. F. Tweedie and A. M. Emmet; 3) Chart showing the Life History and Habits of the British Lepidoptera by A. M. Emmet

Volume 8 (Geometridae)

Volume 8 has not yet been published

Volume 9 (Sphingidae to Noctuidae - Noctuinae and Hadeninae)

* Editor: John Heath and A. Maitland Emmet * Associate Editors: D. S. Fletcher, E. C. Pelham-Clinton and W. G. Tremewan * Artists: Brian Hargreaves and Maureen Lane * Hardback: (Curwen Books) (Harley Books) * Paperback: * Published in: 1979 by Curwen Books and reprinted in 1983 by Harley Books * Introductory chapter: Eversible Structures by M. C. Birch * Covers Sphingidae,

Notodontidae Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,800 known species. The family was described by James Francis Stephens in 1829. Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, espe ...

Thaumetopoeidae Thaumetopoeinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Notodontidae. This group is sometimes treated as a family Thaumetopoeidae with three subfamilies: Thaumetopoeinae, Anaphinae and Epicominae. However, it is now commonly treated at subfamily ra ...

, 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 and

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 ...

(subfamilies Noctuinae and Hadeninae).

Volume 10 (Noctuidae - Cuculliinae to Hypeninae, and Agaristidae)

* Editor: John Heath and A. Maitland Emmet * Associate Editors: D. S. Fletcher, E. C. Pelham-Clinton and W. G. Tremewan * Artists: Brian Hargreaves, Brenda Jarman and Maureen Lane * Hardback: * Paperback: * Published in: 1983 by Harley Books * Introductory chapter: The Incidence of Migrant Lepidoptera in the British Isles by R. F. Bretherton * Covers Cuculliinae,

Acronictinae Acronictinae is a large subfamily of moths in the family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is t ...

Amphipyrinae Amphipyrinae is a subfamily of owlet moths in the family Noctuidae. There are more than 50 genera and 210 described species in Amphipyrinae, although the classifications are likely to change over time. This subfamily has been used as a catchall ...

, Heliothinae, Acontiinae,

Chloephorinae Chloephorinae is a subfamily of the moth family Nolidae. It includes, among others, many of the moths known as silver-lines. They are rather similar to some owlet moths (Noctuidae) in appearance and often colored a vivid green, but may also be b ...

, Sarrothripinae, Pantheinae, Plusiinae,

Catocalinae The Catocalinae are a subfamily of noctuoid moths, placed in family Noctuidae. In the alternative arrangement, where the Noctuidae are reduced to the core group around the Noctuinae, the present lineage is abolished, the upranked Catocalini bei ...

Ophiderinae The Calpinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840. This subfamily includes many species of moths that have a pointed and barbed proboscis adapted to piercing the skins of fruit to feed on ju ...

Hypeninae The Hypeninae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The taxon was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. A notable species is '' Mecistoptera griseifusa'', which lives solely on tears it drinks with its ...

and Agaristidae

Volume 11 (Larvae)

Volume 11 has not yet been published

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