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.
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 |
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Updated 21/04/2018 |