Subfamily: Lymantriinae (5T 7G+1EX 10S+1EX)
Formerly treated as Family: Lymantriidae (MBGBI9)
Antenna strongly bipectinate to apex in male, shortly bipectinate or ciliate in female; proboscis reduced or absent
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Tribe: Arctornithiini (1G 1S)
Arctornis 008 Arctornis l-nigrum (Black V Moth) fw: 19-27mm; Jun-Jul; elms (Ulmus spp); transient resident at Bradwell-on-sea, Essex 1947-1960, otherwise a rare migrant. No British records since 1960. |
Tribe: Leucomini (1G 1S)
Leucoma 009 Leucoma salicis (White Satin Moth) 
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Tribe: Lymantriini (1G 2S)
Lymantria (2S)
Lymantria (2S)
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010 Lymantria monacha (Black Arches)
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011 Lymantria dispar (Gypsy Moth)
fw: m20-24mm f31-35mm; Jul-Aug; formerly resident in fens of East Anglia, last recorded 1907; rare migrant (males only) to south coast of England with <50 records since 1950. |
Tribe: Nygmiini (1G 2S)
Euproctis (2S)
Euproctis (2S)
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012 Euproctis chrysorrhoa (Brown-tail)
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013 Euproctis similis (Yellow-tail)
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Tribe: Orgyiini (3G+1EX 4S+1EX)
014 Laelia coenosa (Reed Tussock) - Extinct since 1879
014 Laelia coenosa (Reed Tussock) - Extinct since 1879
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Calliteara
015 Calliteara pudibunda (Pale Tussock) 
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Dicallomera
016 Dicallomera fascellina (Dark Tussock) fw: 18-28mm; Jul-Aug; heather (Calluna vulgaris) on heath and moor locally throughout GB, broom (Cytisus scoparia) on coastal shingle at Dungeness, also occurs on willows (Salix spp), bramble (Rubus fruticosa), hawthorn (Crataegus spp) and birch (Betula spp) and on coastal sand-dunes in NW.England |
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Orygia (2S)
Diurnal; females flightless 017 Orgyia antiqua (Vapourer) 
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018 Orgyia recens (Scarce Vapourer) fw: m13-17mm f-flightless; Jun-Jul, partially bivoltine Aug-Oct; mainly hawthorns (Crataegus spp), oaks (Quercus spp) and sallows (Salix spp); RDB in lowland heath, wet woodland, fens and bogs in S.Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Norfolk |