List of moths of Great Britain (Zygaenidae)

The family Zygaenidae comprises the "forester and burnet moths", of which ten species occur in Great Britain:

Subfamily Procridinae

 * Adscita statices, forester — south & centre (local) ‡
 * Adscita geryon, cistus forester — south & centre (Nationally Scarce B)
 * Jordanita globulariae, scarce forester — south (Nationally Scarce A)

Subfamily Zygaeninae

 * Zygaena exulans, Scotch (or mountain) burnet
 * Zygaena exulans subochracea — eastern Cairngorms (Red Data Book)


 * Zygaena loti, slender Scotch burnet ‡
 * Zygaena loti scotica — islands of Mull & Ulva (Red Data Book)


 * Zygaena viciae, New Forest burnet ‡
 * Zygaena viciae argyllensis — western Argyllshire (Red Data Book)
 * Zygaena viciae ytenensis — New Forest (extinct)


 * Zygaena filipendulae, six-spot burnet
 * Zygaena filipendulae stephensi — throughout


 * Zygaena trifolii, five-spot burnet
 * Zygaena trifolii decreta — south & west-central (local)
 * Zygaena trifolii palustrella — south & east (local)


 * Zygaena lonicerae, narrow-bordered five-spot burnet
 * Zygaena lonicerae latomarginata — England, Wales
 * Zygaena lonicerae jocelynae — island of Skye (Red Data Book)


 * Zygaena purpuralis, transparent burnet
 * Zygaena purpuralis segontii — Lleyn Peninsula (Red Data Book, presumed extinct)
 * Zygaena purpuralis caledonensis — Hebrides (Nationally Scarce A)

Species listed in the 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) are indicated by a double-dagger symbol (‡).