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
4
1C
02
Eriocraniidae
8
4
4C
03
Hepialidae
5
5
 
04
Nepticulidae
100
14
This family needs more work
05
Opostegidae
4
2
2EX
06
Heliozelidae
5
3
2C
07
Adelidae
15
11
2C 2NS
08
Incurvariidae
5
5
 
09
Prodoxidae
7
1
4C 2RDB
10
Tscheriidae
6
2
​2C 1RDB 1EX
11
Psychidae
18
3
3C 2NS 9RDB 1EX
12
Tineideae
48
20
3C 6NS 13RDB 4EX 1NE 1DB
13
Roeslerstammiidae
2
 0
1C 1EX
14
Bucculatricidae
13
8
2C 1 RDB 2SU
15
Gracillariidae
93
48
20C 14NS 11RDB
16
Yponomeutidae
24
15
2C 1NS 3RDB 1RM 2EX
17
Ypsolophidae
16
8
2C 5NS 1EX
18
Plutellidae
7
4
2NS 1RDB
19
Glyphipterigidae
14
8
2C 1NS 3RDB
20
Argyresthiidae
24
14
3C 4NS 3RDB
21
Lyonetiidae
9
2
2C 1NS 2RDB 2EX
22
Praydidae
5
1
1NS 3SU
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
13
1C 3NS 4RDB 3SU 3EX 1CI
29
Chimabachidae
3
2
1NS
30
Lypusidae
4
4
 
31
Peleopodidae
1
1
 
32
Depressariidae
51
25
2C 12NS 9RDB 3EX
33
Ethmiidae
6
1
1C 2NS 1RDB 1DB
34
Cosmopterigidae
14
5
6NS 2EX 1CI/RM
35
Gelechiidae
161(+1)
83
7C 22NS 33RDB 2RM 12EX 3SU
36
Batrachedridae
2
2
Value
37
Coleophoridae
109
56
9C 23NS 20RDB 3EX
38
Elachistidae
49
26
5C 7NS 7RDB 1SU 2EX 1DB
39
Parametriotidae
6
3
2NS 1RDB
40
Momphidae
15
7
3C 5NS
41
Blastobasidae
6(+1)
2
1NS(?) 3SU 1CI
42
Stathmopodidae
2
1
1SU
43
Scythrididae
11
1
2NS 6RDB 2EX
44
Alucitidae
1
1
 
45
Pterophoridae
45
16
4C 10NS 6RDB 2RM 3EX 2SU 1DB 1CI
46
Schreckensteiniidae
1
1
 
47
Epermeniidae
8
2
3NS 3RDB
48
Choreutidae
7
4
1NS 1RDB 1DB
49
Tortricidae
382
231
31C 68NS 41RDB 4RM 12EX 8SU 1I 3?
50
Cossidae
3
3
 
51
Castniidae
1
 0
1DB
52
Sesiidae
16
9
1C 3NS 1RDB 1EX
53
Limacodidae
2
1
1RDB
54
Zygaenidae
10
7
2NS 1RDB
55
Thyrididae
1
 0
1DB
56
Papilionidae
3
1
2SU
57
Hesperiidae
9
8
1EX
58
Pieridae
16
7
3RM 2DB 1EX 1I
59
Nymphalidae
36
26
8RM 1DB 1SU
60
Riodinidae
1
1
 
61
Lycaenidae
20
15
1C 2RM 2EX
62
Pyralidae
77
44
11NS 7RDB 11RM 1EX 8NE
63
Crambidae
122
82
10NS 4RDB 21RM 3SU 4DB
64
Mimallonidae
1
 0
1DB
65
Drepanidae
16
12
2C 1RDB 1RM
66
Lasiocampidae
12
9
2NS 1RM 1EX
67
Endromidae
1
 0
1NS
68
Saturniidae
1
1
  
69
Sphingidae
18
12
6RM
70
Geometridae
307
233
16C 26NS 12RDB 10RM 5EX 6CI 1I 1SU 1DB 1?
71
Notodontidae
29
20
1C 2NS 6RM 1EX 1CI
72
Erebidae
88
56
1C 6NS 5RDB 20RM 1SU 1EX 1CI
73
Noctuidae
369 (+1)
250
13C 22NS 22RDB 53RM 1SU 7EX 4CI 6DB
74
Nolidae
12
7
1NS 3RM 1CI
 
 
2522(+3)
1479
 
 
 
 
 
Updated 21/04/2018