List of moths of Great Britain (Lymantriidae)

The family Lymantriidae contains the "tussock moths", of which 11 have been recorded in Great Britain:

• Laelia coenosa, reed tussock — extinct
• Orgyia recens, scarce vapourer — east-central (Red Data Book) ‡
• Orgyia antiqua, vapourer — throughout
• Dicallomera fascelina, dark tussock — south, west-central & north-east (localized)
• Calliteara pudibunda, pale tussock — south & central
• Euproctis chrysorrhoea, brown-tail — south, south-east & east-central (localized)
• Euproctis similis, yellow-tail — south, central & north
• Leucoma salicis, white satin — south, east-central, west-central & north (localized)
• Arctornis l-nigrum, black v moth — immigrant & transitory resident
• Lymantria monacha, black arches — south & central (localized)
• Lymantria dispar, spongy moth — immigrant (formerly resident)

Species listed in the 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) 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.

1. List of moths of Great Britain
2. List of moths of Great Britain (Endromidae)
3. List of moths of Great Britain (Sesiidae)
4. List of moths of Great Britain (Limacodidae)
5. List of moths of Great Britain (Lasiocampidae)
6. List of moths of Great Britain (Nolidae)
7. List of moths of Great Britain (Thaumetopoeidae)
8. List of moths of Great Britain (Arctiinae)
9. List of moths of Great Britain (Zygaenidae)
10. List of moths of Great Britain (Drepanidae)
11. List of moths of Great Britain (Hepialidae)
12. List of moths of Great Britain (Ctenuchidae)
13. List of moths of Great Britain (Cossidae)
14. List of moths of Great Britain (Thyatiridae)
15. List of moths of Great Britain (Sphingidae)
16. List of moths of Great Britain (Noctuidae)
17. List of moths of Great Britain (Saturniidae)
18. List of moths of Great Britain (Notodontidae)
19. List of moths of Great Britain (Geometridae)
20. List of moths of Great Britain (micromoths)