List of moths of Great Britain (Arctiinae) facts for kids

The subfamily Arctiinae—the tiger moths, ermines, "footmen" and related species—is represented by 32 species in Great Britain:

Tribe Lithosiini

Rosy footman

• Thumatha senex, round-winged muslin — south, central & north (localized)
• Setina irrorella, dew moth — south & north-west (Nationally Scarce A)
• Miltochrista miniata, rosy footman — south & central (localized)
• Nudaria mundana, muslin footman — throughout (localized)
• Atolmis rubricollis, red-necked footman — south, west-central & north (localized)
• Cybosia mesomella, four-dotted footman — throughout (localized)
• Pelosia muscerda, dotted footman — east (Red Data Book)
• Pelosia obtusa, small dotted footman — east (Red Data Book)

Scarce footman

• Eilema sororcula, orange footman — south (localized)
• Eilema griseola, dingy footman — south & central
• Eilema caniola, hoary footman — south-west (Nationally Scarce B)
• Eilema pygmaeola, pygmy footman (Red Data Book)

• Eilema pygmaeola pygmaeola — east
• Eilema pygmaeola pallifrons — south-east

• Eilema complana, scarce footman — south & central (localized)

• Eilema complana f. sericea, northern footman — west-central (Red Data Book)

• Eilema depressa, buff footman — south & central (localized)
• Eilema lurideola, common footman — south, central & north
• Lithosia quadra, four-spotted footman — immigrant to south-west (Nationally Scarce A)

Tribe Arctiini

Wood tiger

Ruby tiger

Jersey tiger

• [Spiris striata, feathered footman — uncertain status]
• Coscinia cribraria, speckled footman ‡

• Coscinia cribraria bivittata — south (Red Data Species)
• Coscinia cribraria arenaria — immigrant

• Utetheisa pulchella, crimson speckled — immigrant
• Utetheisa bella, beautiful utetheisa — probable rare immigrant (though possibly an import)
• Parasemia plantaginis, wood tiger

• Parasemia plantaginis plantaginis — throughout
• Parasemia plantaginis insularum — Shetland, Orkney & northern Scotland

• Arctia caja, garden tiger — throughout ‡* Arctia villica britannica, cream-spot tiger — south (localized)
• Hyphoraia testudinaria, Patton's tiger — vagrant: 2 records, Sussex & Devon
• Diacrisia sannio, clouded buff — throughout (localized)
• Spilosoma lubricipeda, white ermine — throughout ‡* Spilosoma luteum, buff ermine — south, central & north ‡* Spilosoma urticae, water ermine — south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
• Diaphora mendica, muslin moth — south, central & north
• Phragmatobia fuliginosa, ruby tiger

• Phragmatobia fuliginosa borealis — north
• Phragmatobia fuliginosa fuliginosa — south & central

• [Pyrrharctia isabella, isabelline tiger — accidental introduction]
• [Halysidota moeschleri — possible rare transatlantic immigrant or import]
• Euplagia quadripunctaria, Jersey tiger — south-west
• Callimorpha dominula, scarlet tiger — south-west (localized)
• Tyria jacobaeae, cinnabar — south, central & north ‡* [Hypercompe scribonia, great leopard — probable import]

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 (‡*).