Site coverage

RES = number of species on the Royal Entomological Society checklistlist, 2013, Agassiz. Additions since publication of the list are indicated by (+1)
BL = number of species on the British Lepidoptera website
Status = Status of the missing species (C="common" ie not any of the other categories but may be local and uncommon, NS=nationally scarce, RDB=red data book species and proposed RDB species, RM=rare migrant, DB=doubtfully British, EX=probably extinct, NE=not established - introduced species that survive indoors in warehouses etc but have not become established in the wild, I/CI=has only occurred in Ireland or the Channel Islands and therefore not British), SU=status uncertain - generally recently new to Britain introductions.
 
FAMILY
RES
BL
Status of missing species
01
Micropterigidae
5
5
 
02
Eriocraniidae
8
7
1C
03
Hepialidae
5
5
 
04
Nepticulidae
100
34
This family needs more work
05
Opostegidae
4
2
1RDB 1EX
06
Heliozelidae
5(+1)
3
2C 1SU
07
Adelidae
15
12
1C 2NS
08
Incurvariidae
5(+1)
5
1SU
09
Prodoxidae
7
2
3C 2RDB
10
Tscheriidae
6
3
1C 1RDB 1EX
11
Psychidae
18(-1)
4
2C 2NS 9RDB 1EX
12
Tineideae
48(+2)
29
5NS 9RDB 2EX 1NE 2DB 2SU
13
Roeslerstammiidae
2
1
1EX
14
Bucculatricidae
13
11
1RDB 1SU
15
Gracillariidae
93(+8)
66
12C 11NS 9RDB 3SU
16
Yponomeutidae
24
17
1NS 4RDB 1RM 1EX
17
Ypsolophidae
16
13
2C 1EX
18
Plutellidae
7
4
2NS 1RM
19
Glyphipterigidae
14
9
1C 1NS 3RDB
20
Argyresthiidae
24
16
2C 4NS 2RDB
21
Lyonetiidae
9
4
1C 1NS 2RDB 1EX
22
Praydidae
5
2
1C 2SU
23
Heliodinidae
1
 0
1EX
24
Bedelliidae
1
1
 
25
Scythropidae
1
1
 
26
Douglasiidae
2
1
1 RDB
27
Autostichidae
4
3
1DB
28
Oecophoridae
28
18
1NS 3RDB 2SU 3EX 1CI
29
Chimabachidae
3
2
1NS
30
Lypusidae
4
4
 
31
Peleopodidae
1
1
 
32
Depressariidae
51
27
2C 10NS 10RDB 2EX
33
Ethmiidae
6
4
1RDB 1DB
34
Cosmopterigidae
14
7
4NS 2EX 1CI
35
Gelechiidae
161(+2)
99
1C 16NS 31RDB 3RM 9EX 3SU 1NE
36
Batrachedridae
2
2
 
37
Coleophoridae
109
67
5C 17NS 13RDB 5EX
38
Elachistidae
49
28
4C 7NS 7RDB 2EX 1DB
39
Parametriotidae
6
4
1NS 1RDB
40
Momphidae
15
11
4NS
41
Blastobasidae
6(+1)
2
1NS(?) 3SU 1CI
42
Stathmopodidae
2
1
1SU
43
Scythrididae
11
2
2NS 5RDB 2EX
44
Alucitidae
1
1
 
45
Pterophoridae
45
20
4C 8NS 6RDB 1RM 2EX 3SU 1I
46
Schreckensteiniidae
1
1
 
47
Epermeniidae
8
2
3NS 3RDB
48
Choreutidae
7
4
1NS 1RDB 1DB
49
Tortricidae
382
269
12C 42NS 37RDB 10RM 10EX 3SU 1I
50
Cossidae
3
3
 
51
Castniidae
1
 0
1DB
52
Sesiidae
16
14
1SU 1EX
53
Limacodidae
2
2
 
54
Zygaenidae
10
10
 
55
Thyrididae
1
 0
1DB
56
Papilionidae
3
1
2SU
57
Hesperiidae
9
8
1EX
58
Pieridae
14
7
4RM 1DB 1EX 1I
59
Nymphalidae
36
26
8RM 1DB 1SU
60
Riodinidae
1
1
 
61
Lycaenidae
20
16
2RM 2EX
62
Pyralidae
77
49
3NS 7RDB 7RM 1EX 6NE 3SU
63
Crambidae
122
92
6NS 2RDB 18RM 1SU 2DB
64
Mimallonidae
1
 0
1DB
65
Drepanidae
16
13
1C 1RDB 1RM
66
Lasiocampidae
12
10
1NS 1EX
67
Endromidae
1
1
 
68
Saturniidae
1
1
  
69
Sphingidae
18
15
3RM
70
Geometridae
307 (+1)
254
8C 14NS 8RDB 11RM 5EX 1CI 4I 3SU 2DB 
71
Notodontidae
29
22
6RM 1EX
72
Erebidae
88 (+1)
68
2NS 1RDB 16RM 1SU 1EX
73
Noctuidae
369 (+1)
271
4C 16NS 15RDB 43RM 2SU 9EX 4CI 6DB
74
Nolidae
12 (+1)
8
1NS 3RM 1CI
 
 
2522(+9)
1710
 
 
 
 
 
Updated 02/01/2023