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List of moths of Great Britain (Limacodidae)

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The family Limacodidae is mostly tropical, but has two representatives in Great Britain:

Festoon

Apoda limacodes, festoon — south, east (not south-west) (Nationally Scarce B)
Heterogenea asella, triangle — south, east (Red Data Book)

See also

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

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.