List of moths of Great Britain (Arctiinae)

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

Tribe Lithosiini

 * 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)
 * 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

 * [ 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 (‡*).