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Print/export Download as PDF; ... In excess of 2400 species of moth have been recorded in Great Britain. This page provides a link to ... 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 ...
The list comprises butterfly species listed in The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland by Emmet et al. [1] and Britain's Butterflies by Tomlinson and Still. [2] A study by NERC in 2004 found there has been a species decline of 71% of butterfly species between 1983 and 2003. [3]
Siona lineata, black-veined moth — south-east (Red Data Book) ‡ Aspitates gilvaria gilvaria , straw belle — south-east (Red Data Book) ‡ Semiaspilates ochrearia , yellow belle — south (localized)
Hydraecia osseola hucherardi, marsh mallow moth — south-east (Red Data Book) Gortyna flavago, frosted orange — throughout; Gortyna borelii lunata, Fisher's estuarine moth — south-east (Red Data Book) Celaena haworthii, Haworth's minor — central, north & south (localized) †* Celaena leucostigma, crescent ‡*
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.
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 .
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 (‡*).