Lancashire Key Species - Butterflies, Moths and Caddis Flies

Butterfly, moth and caddis fly species listed as Lancashire Key Species in the review of 24/09/2019.

Lancashire Key Species (LKS) refers to species which have a recognised status, either (inter)nationally or locally within Lancashire. The criteria for inclusion are available from ...more ↓

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Garden Tiger ¹
Arctia caja

Red-necked Footman ²
Atolmis rubricollis

Light Crimson Underwing ³
Catocala promissa

Four-dotted Footman
Cybosia mesomella

Clouded Buff ⁴
Diacrisia sannio

Dark Tussock ⁵
Dicallomera fascelina

Scarce Footman Moth ⁶
Eilema complana

Burnet Companion ⁶
Euclidia glyphica

Beautiful Snout ⁷
Hypena crassalis

Marsh Oblique-barred
Hypenodes humidalis

Beautiful Hook-tip
Laspeyria flexula

Black Arches ⁸
Lymantria monacha

Waved Black ⁹
Parascotia fuliginaria

Parasemia plantaginis ¹⁰
Arctia plantaginis

Small Purple-barred ¹¹
Phytometra viridaria

White Ermine ¹²
Spilosoma lubricipeda

Cinnabar moth ¹³
Tyria jacobaeae

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Lancashire Key Species - Butterflies, Moths and Caddis Flies

Garden Tiger 1 Arctia caja

Red-necked Footman 2 Atolmis rubricollis

Light Crimson Underwing 3 Catocala promissa

Four-dotted Footman Cybosia mesomella

Clouded Buff 4 Diacrisia sannio

Dark Tussock 5 Dicallomera fascelina

Scarce Footman Moth 6 Eilema complana

Burnet Companion 6 Euclidia glyphica

Beautiful Snout 7 Hypena crassalis

Marsh Oblique-barred Hypenodes humidalis

Beautiful Hook-tip Laspeyria flexula

Black Arches 8 Lymantria monacha

Waved Black 9 Parascotia fuliginaria

Parasemia plantaginis 10 Arctia plantaginis

Small Purple-barred 11 Phytometra viridaria

White Ermine 12 Spilosoma lubricipeda

Cinnabar moth 13 Tyria jacobaeae