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Waring, Paul, Martin Townsend and Richard Lewington (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. British Wildlife Publishing, Hook, UK. British Wildlife Publishing, Hook, UK. ISBN 0-9531399-1-3 .
Waring, Paul, Martin Townsend and Richard Lewington (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. British Wildlife Publishing, Hook, UK. British Wildlife Publishing, Hook, UK. ISBN 0-9531399-1-3 .
The first edition of the guide was illustrated by 42 colour photographic plates of pinned moth specimens, photographed by David Wilson. An extra plate by Wilson, showing additional species or aberrations was included in the second edition. For some species, additional line drawings showing specific identification features are included within ...
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 family Lymantriidae contains the "tussock moths", of which 11 have been recorded in Great Britain: Gypsy moth (male) 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 ...
Deilephila porcellus, small elephant hawk-moth — south, centre and north (localized) Hippotion celerio, silver-striped hawk-moth — migrant; Species listed in the 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) [1] are indicated by a double-dagger symbol (‡)—species so listed for research purposes only are also indicated with an asterisk (‡*).
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 .
The family Saturniidae comprises about 1300 species, of which just one occurs naturally in Great Britain, and one most likely brought across English Channel inadvertently by human agency: Emperor moth (male) Saturnia pavonia, emperor moth — throughout; Saturnia pyri, great peacock moth — possible immigrant (otherwise accidental import)