Subfamily Lithosiinae

Lithosiinae

The Lithosiinae are a subfamily of moths.-Systematics:The systematics of the Lithosiinae are in need of revision. For example, the proposed tribes Afridini, Cisthenini, Endrosini and Eudesmini require validation and delimitation of content...

• Thumatha senex
  Thumatha senex
  The Round-winged Muslin is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in northern and central Europe, the Alps, northern Asia Minor, the Crimea and south-western Siberia....
  
  Round-winged Muslin — south, central & north (localized)
• Setina irrorella
  Setina irrorella
  The Dew Moth is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia.The wingspan is 27–33 mm. The length of the forewings is 11–18 mm. The moth flies May to July depending on the location....
  
  Dew Moth — south & north-west (Nationally Scarce A)
• Miltochrista miniata
  Miltochrista miniata
  The Rosy Footman is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in the temperate parts of the Palearctic ecozone.The wingspan is 23–27 mm. The moth flies from June to September depending on the location....
  
  Rosy Footman — south & central (localized)
• Nudaria mundana
  Nudaria mundana
  The Muslin Footman is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Europe and Anatolia.The wingspan is 19–23 mm. The length of the forewings 10–12 mm. The moth flies from June to August depending on the location....
  
  Muslin Footman — throughout (localized)
• Atolmis rubricollis
  Atolmis rubricollis
  The Red-necked Footman is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Europe, Siberia and China.The wingspan is 25-35 mm. The length of the forewings is 15-18 mm. The moth flies May to July depending on the location....
  
  Red-necked Footman — south, west-central & north (localized)
• Cybosia mesomella
  Cybosia mesomella
  The Four-dotted Footman is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone.The wingspan is 25–33 mm. The moth flies June to August depending on the location....
  
  Four-dotted Footman — throughout (localized)
• Pelosia muscerda
  Pelosia muscerda
  The Dotted Footman is a species of moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone.The wingspan is 24–28 mm. The moth flies from June to September depending on the location....
  
  Dotted Footman — east (Red Data Book)
• Pelosia obtusa Small Dotted Footman — east (Red Data Book)

• Eilema sororcula
  Eilema sororcula
  The Orange Footman is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Europe, South-East Asia and Anatolia.The wingspan is 27–30 mm. The moth flies from April to June depending on the location.The larvae feed on Lichen....
  
  Orange Footman — south (localized)
• Eilema griseola
  Eilema griseola
  The Dingy Footman is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Europe and North and South-East Asia.The wingspan is 32–40 mm. The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.The larvae feed on Lichen....
  
  Dingy Footman — south & central
• Eilema caniola
  Eilema caniola
  The Hoary Footman is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in North Africa, Western and Southern Europe and Eastern Europe up to Russia.The wingspan is 28–35 mm. The moth flies from July to September depending on the location....
  
  Hoary Footman — south-west (Nationally Scarce B)
• Eilema pygmaeola
  Eilema pygmaeola
  The Pigmy Footman is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in the western half of the Palearctic ecozone.The wingspan is 24-28 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from June to August....
  
  Pygmy Footman (Red Data Book)
• Eilema pygmaeola pygmaeola — east
• Eilema pygmaeola pallifrons — south-east
• Eilema complana
  Eilema complana
  The Scarce Footman is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Europe.The wingspan is 28–35 mm. The moth flies from June to August depending on the location....
  
  Scarce Footman — south & central (localized)
• Eilema complana f. sericea Northern Footman — west-central (Red Data Book)
• Eilema depressa
  Eilema depressa
  The Buff Footman is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found from western Europe through Asia to Japan.The length of the forewings is 15–17 mm. The moth flies from June to September depending on the location....
  
  Buff Footman — south & central (localized)
• Eilema lurideola Common Footman — south, central & north
• Lithosia quadra
  Lithosia quadra
  The Four-spotted Footman, Lithosia quadra, is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Southern and Central Europe up to the Amur River. It is also found in the South of Great Britain and Scandinavia....
  
  Four-spotted Footman — immigrant to south-west (Nationally Scarce A)

Subfamily Arctiinae

Arctiinae

The Arctiinae are a subfamily of moths.-Systematics:The systematics of the Arctiinae are in need of revision and depends significantly on a personal view of an author. In any case, Arctiinae is a monophyletic group with a clear autapomorphic character - a presence of anal glands in females. On the...

• [Spiris striata
  Spiris striata
  The Feathered Footman is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Europe, Anatolia, Kazakhstan, Siberia and Mongolia .The wingspan is 30–35 mm. The moth flies May to August depending on the location....
  
  Feathered Footman — uncertain status]
• Coscinia cribraria
  Coscinia cribraria
  The Speckled Footman is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Europe except the most northern parts; also in north-western Africa, Kazakhstan, Siberia, Mongolia, north-western and north-eastren China....
  
  Speckled Footman ‡
• Coscinia cribraria bivittata — south (Red Data Species)
• Coscinia cribraria arenaria — immigrant
• Utetheisa pulchella
  Utetheisa pulchella
  The Crimson-speckled Flunkey is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Africa, Southern Europe, Central and Southern Asia and Australia.The wingspan is 29-42 mm....
  
  Crimson Speckled — immigrant
• Utetheisa bella
  Utetheisa bella
  The Ornate Moth or Bella Moth is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in the Eastern United States.The wingspan is 33-46 mm....
  
  Beautiful Utetheisa — probable rare immigrant (though possibly an import)
• Parasemia plantaginis
  Parasemia plantaginis
  The Wood Tiger is a moth of the family Arctiidae. Several subspecies are found in the Holarctic ecozone south to Anatolia, Transcaucasus, northern Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Korea and Japan. One subspecies is endemic to North America.The wingspan is 32–38 mm...
  
  Wood Tiger
• Parasemia plantaginis plantaginis — throughout
• Parasemia plantaginis insularum — Shetland, Orkney & northern Scotland
  Scotland
  Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
  
  
• Arctia caja Garden Tiger — throughout ‡*
• Arctia villica britannica
  Arctia villica
  The Cream-spot Tiger is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Europe, Anatolia, western and northern Iran, West Siberia and North Africa.The wingspan is 60–68 mm...
  
  Cream-spot Tiger — south (localized)
• Hyphoraia testudinaria Patton's Tiger — vagrant
  Vagrancy (biology)
  Vagrancy is a phenomenon in biology whereby individual animals appear well outside their normal range; individual animals which exhibit vagrancy are known as vagrants. The term accidental is sometimes also used...
  
  : 2 records, Sussex
  Sussex
  Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
  
   & Devon
  Devon
  Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...
  
  
• Diacrisia sannio
  Diacrisia sannio
  The Clouded Buff is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone, but not in North Africa and South-East Asia.The wingspan is 35-50 mm. The moth flies June to July depending on the location....
  
  Clouded Buff — throughout (localized)
• Spilosoma lubricipeda
  Spilosoma lubricipeda
  The White Ermine is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found throughout the temperate belt of Eurasia from Europe through Kazakhstan and Southern Siberia to Amur Region, China, Korea and Japan. In China several sibling species occur.The wingspan is 34-48 mm. Wing pattern is very variable, from...
  
  White Ermine — throughout ‡*
• Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine — south, central & north ‡*
• Spilosoma urticae
  Spilosoma urticae
  The Water Ermine is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in temperate belt of the Palearctic ecozone like similar Spilosoma lubricipedum, but prefer more dry biotopes. So, S. urticae is more abundant in steppes and it is the single Spilosoma species in Central Asia.The wingspan is 38-46 mm....
  
  Water Ermine — south-east (Nationally Scarce B)
• Diaphora mendica
  Diaphora mendica
  The Muslin Moth is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone east to Baikal Lake.The wingspan is 28–38 mm. There is clear sexual dimorphism in the imago, with the male having a brownish gray colour and a forewing length of 14–17 mm, and the female being white...
  
  Muslin Moth — south, central & north
• Phragmatobia fuliginosa
  Phragmatobia fuliginosa
  The Ruby Tiger is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Europe. There are a number of recognized subspecies, such as P. f. melitensis in Malta and P. f. borealis in Scotland.The wingspan is 35–45 mm...
  
  Ruby Tiger
• Phragmatobia fuliginosa borealis — north
• Phragmatobia fuliginosa fuliginosa — south & central
• [Pyrrharctia isabella Isabelline Tiger — accidental introduction]
• [Halysidota moeschleri — possible rare transatlantic immigrant or import]
• Euplagia quadripunctaria
  Euplagia quadripunctaria
  The Jersey Tiger, Euplagia quadripunctaria, is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Central Europe, Southern England, the Channel Islands, Southern Europe, West Russia, South Urals, Asia Minor, the Near East, Caucasus, South Turkmenistan, Iran and Rhodes.The wingspan is . The moth flies...
  
  Jersey Tiger — south-west
• Callimorpha dominula Scarlet Tiger — south-west (localized)
• Tyria jacobaeae Cinnabar — south, central & north ‡*
• [Hypercompe scribonia Great Leopard — probable import]