| Common Name |
Latin Name |
Food plant(s) |
|
Description |
| Scarce
Forester |
Adscita globulariae |
Common knapweed and greater knapweed |
|
Pale greyish-brown, broad greyish band dorsally,
dark grey stripe centred. |
| Cistus
Forester |
Adscita geryon |
Common rock-rose |
|
Purplish-brown, broad pale yellow or cream band
dorsally, dark stripe centred. |
|
Forester
|
Adscita statices |
Sorrel |
|
Variable; pale green/yellowish-green/pinkish-grey/dirty
white. |
| Scotch Burnet |
Zygaena exulans |
Crowberry |
|
Dark velvety greenish-black, two yellow spots
on each segment. |
| Slender Scotch Burnet |
Zygaena loti |
Bird'sfoot trefoil |
|
Dull greyish-green, paler on the
sides, four black and two yellow spots on each segment side. |
| New Forset Burnet |
Zygaena viciae |
Bird'sfoot trefoil
and meadow vetchling. |
|
Bright green speckled with black
dots, white dorsal line, subdorsal lines are whitish, yellow
spot on each segment. |
| Six-spot Burnet |
Zygaena filipendulae |
Bird'sfoot Trefoil |
|
Greenish yellow or yellow, two large
black stripes on sides, yellow spot on each segment and a row
of black spots along sides. |
| Five-spot Burnet |
Zygaena trifolii |
Bird'sfoot Trefoil |
|
Pale whitish-green, two rows of black
spots with a pair on each segment, inconspicuous pale yellow
spot between dorsal marks, row of black spots along sides. |
| Narrow-bordered Five-spot
Burnet |
Zygaena lonicarae |
Red clover and meadow vetchling |
|
Pale whitish-green, two rows of black
markings along sides, between which is a yellow spot. |
| Transparent Burnet |
Zyganae purpuralis |
Wild thyme |
|
Dark olive green, narrow yellowish
dorsal line, two rows if black spots with dull yellow spot below. |
| Zygaena transalpina |
|
Crown vetch and other vetches |
A |
Short and plump, tapering abruptly,
greenish-yellow with row of large black spots down middle of
back, on either side of which are indistinct yellowish markings;
line of black markings along sides. Southern Europe. |