About My Moths Blog
My Moths Blog is a diary of the comings and goings recorded at my moth station, together with other general information about moths that I feel you may find useful and/or interesting.
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For more information on specific moth species I am currently working on two new sections of the site, Steve's Micro Moths and Steve's Macro Moths, which can be accessed from the buttons at the bottom of the page. Please note that these are works in progress, so will take some time to complete.
List of the moth family groups of the UK
Click on the 'Italic' names for more info. The first number is the decimal-style checklist number, example Cossinae-Goat Moth-50.001 to the checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles. The second number, example; Cossinae-Goat Moth 162 refers to the Bradley and Fletcher number a label list of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles.
| Macro Family | ||||||
| Cossidae | Cossinae | Zeuzerinae | (3 species) | |||
| Drepanidae | Drepaninae | Thyatirinae | (16 species) | |||
| Endromidae | Endromidae | (1 speies) | ||||
| Erebidae | Scoliopteryginae | Rivulinae | Hypeninae | Lymantriinae | Arctiinae | Herminiinae |
| Hypenodinae | Toxocampinae | Boletobiinae | Erebinae | (107 species) | ||
| Geometridae | Sterrhinae | Larentiinae | Archiearinae | Ennominae | Geometrinae | (315 speies) |
| Hepialida | Hepialidae | (5 species) | ||||
| Lasiocampidae | Lasiocampidae | Malacosomatinae | Lasiocampinae | Pinarinae | (12 species) | |
| Limacodidae | Limacodidae | (1 species) | ||||
| Noctuidae | Plusiinae | Eustrotiinae | Acontiinae | Aediinae | Pantheinae | Dilobinae |
| Acronictinae | Metoponiinae | Cuculliinae | Oncocnemidinae | Amphipyrinae | Psaphidinae | |
| Heliothinae | Condicinae | Bryophilinae | Xyleninae | Hadeninae | Noctuinae | |
| (382 species) | ||||||
| Nolidae | Nolinae | Chloephorinae | (15 species) | |||
| Notodontidae | Thaumetopoeinae | Cerurinae | Dicranurinae | Notodontinae | Phalerinae | Pygaerinae |
| (28 species) | ||||||
| Saturniidae | Saturniinae | (1 species) | ||||
| Sesiidae | Tinthiinae | Sesiinae | (16 species) | |||
| Sphingidae | Smerinthinae | Sphinginae | Macroglossinae | (26 species) | ||
| Zygaenidae | Procridinae | Zygaeninae | (10 species) | |||
| Micro Family | ||||||
| Adelidae | Adelinae | Nematopopgoninae | (1 species) | |||
| Alucitidae | Alucitidae | (1 species) | ||||
| Argyresthiidae | Argyresthiidae | (24 species) | ||||
| Autostichidae | Symmocinae | (4 species) | ||||
| Batrachedridae | Batrachedridae | (2 species) | ||||
| Bedelliidae | Bedelliidae | (1 species) | ||||
| Blastobasidae | Blastobasidae | (3 species) | ||||
| Bucculatricidae | Bucculatricidae | (10 species) | ||||
| Chimabachidae | Chimabachidae | (3 species) | ||||
| Choreutidae | Choreutidae | (5 species) | ||||
| Coleophoridae | Coleophoridae | (109 species) | ||||
| Cosmopterigidae | Antequerinae | Cosmopteriginae | Chrysopeleiinae | (10 species) | ||
| Crambidae | Crambidae | (96 species) | ||||
| Depressariidae | Depressariinae | (51 species) | ||||
| Douglasiidae | Douglasiidae | (1 species) | ||||
| Elachistidae | Elachistidae | (49 species) | ||||
| Epermeniidae | Epermeniinae | (7 species) | ||||
| Eriocraniidae | Eriocraniidae | (6 species) | ||||
| Ethmiidae | Ethmiinae | (3 species) | ||||
| Gelechiidae | Anacampsinae | Dichomeridinae | Apatetrinae | Thiotricinae | Anomologinae | Gelechiinae |
| (161 species) | ||||||
| Glyphipterigidae | Orthteliinae | Glyphipteriginae | Acrolepiinae | (12 speices) | ||
| Gracillariidae | Gracillariinae | Lithocolletinae | Phyllocnistinae | (94 species) | ||
| Heliozelidae | Heliozelidae | (6 species) | ||||
| Incurvariidae | Incurvariinae | (5 species) | ||||
| Lyonetiidae | Lyonetiinae | Cemiostominae | (6 species) | |||
| Lypusidae | Lypusidae | (3 species) | ||||
| Micropterigidae | Micropterigidae | (5 species) | ||||
| Momphidae | Momphidae | (15 species) | ||||
| Nepticulidae | Nepticulinae | (100 species) | ||||
| Oecophoridae | Oecophorinae | (15 species) | ||||
| Opostegidae | Oposteginae | (3 species) | ||||
| Parametriotidae | Parametriotidae | (5 species) | ||||
| Peleopodidae | Peleopodidae | (1 species) | ||||
| Plutellidae | Plutellidae | (3 species) | ||||
| Praydidae | Praydidae | (3 species) | ||||
| Prodoxidae | Prodoxidae | (5 species) | ||||
| Psychidae | Naryciinae | Taleporiinae | Psychinae | Epichnopteriginae | (18 species) | |
| Pterophoridae | Agdistinae | Pterophorinae | (42 species) | |||
| Pyralidae | Galleriinae | Phycitinae | Pyralinae | (88 species) | ||
| Roeslerstammiidae | Roeslerstammiidae | (1 species) | ||||
| Schreckensteiniidae | Schreckensteiniidae | (1 species) | ||||
| Scythrididae | Scythrididae | (8 species) | ||||
| Stathmopodidae | Stathmopodidae | (1 species) | ||||
| Tineidae | Meessiinae | Scardiinae | Nemapogoninae | Tineinae | Perissomasticinae | Hieroxestinae |
| Teichobiinae | (60 species) | |||||
| Tischeriidae | Tischeriidae | (3 species) | ||||
| Tortricidae | Chlidanotinae | Tortricinae | Olethreutinae | (388 species) | ||
| Yponomeutidae | Yponomeutinae | (20 species) | ||||
| Ypsolophidae | Ypsolophinae | Ochsenheimeriinae | (15 species) |