The family Ctenuchidae contains about 3000 known species, most of which are tropical. Two species may have reached Great Britain unaided, but others are accidental imports with food produce:
Subfamily Syntominae edit
- Syntomis phegea, nine-spotted — probably rare immigrant
- Dysauxes ancilla, handmaid — possible rare immigrant from Central & Eastern Europe (one old record)
Subfamily Euchromiinae edit
- [Euchromia lethe, basker — imported with West Indian bananas]
- [Antichloris viridis — imported with West Indian bananas]
- [Antichloris caca, docker — imported from South America]
- [Antichloris eriphia, banana stowaway — imported from South America]
See also edit
- List of moths of Great Britain (overview)
- Family lists: Hepialidae, Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Saturniidae, Endromidae, Drepanidae, Thyatiridae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Ctenuchidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae and Micromoths
References edit
- Waring, Paul, Martin Townsend and Richard Lewington (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. British Wildlife Publishing, Hook, UK. ISBN 0-9531399-1-3.