BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA: CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE
Contents Introduction 1 Higher Classification and Census of Species 3 Checklist of British Lepidoptera 5 1 MICROPTERIGIDAE 5 2 ERIOCRANIIDAE 5 3 HEPIALIDAE 5 4 NEPTICULIDAE 6 5 OPOSTEGIDAE 9 6 HELIOZELIDAE 9 7 ADELIDAE 9 8 INCURVARIIDAE 10 9 PRODOXIDAE 10 10TISCHERIIDAE 10 11 PSYCHIDAE 10 12TINEIDAE 11 13 ROESLERSTAMMIIDAE 13 14 BUCCULATRICIDAE 14 15 GRACILLARIIDAE 14 16 YPONOMEUTIDAE 17 17 YPSOLOPHIDAE 18 18 PLUTELLIDAE 18 19 GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE 18 20 ARGYRESTHIIDAE 19 21 LYONETIIDAE 20 22 PRAYDIDAE 20 23 HELIODINIDAE 20 24 BEDELLIIDAE 20 25 SCYTHROPIIDAE 20 26 DOUGLASIIDAE 20 27 AUTOSTICHIDAE 20 28 OECOPHORIDAE 21 29 CHIMABACHIDAE 22 30 LYPUSIDAE 22 31 PELEOPODIDAE 22 32 DEPRESSARIIDAE 22 33 ETHMIIDAE 24 34 COSMOPTERIGIDAE 24 35 GELECHIIDAE 25 36 BATRACHEDRIDAE 32 37 COLEOPHORIDAE 32 38 ELACHISTIDAE 35 39 PARAMETRIOTIDAE 37 40 MOMPHIDAE 38 41 BLASTOBASIDAE 38 42 STATHMOPODIDAE 38 43 SCYTHRIDIDAE 38 44 ALUCITIDAE 39 45 PTEROPHORIDAE 39 46 SCHRECKENSTEINIIDAE 41 47 EPERMENIIDAE 41 48 CHOREUTIDAE 41 49TORTRICIDAE 42 50 COSSIDAE 55 52 SESIIDAE 55 53 LIMACODIDAE 56 54 ZYGAENIDAE 56 56 PAPILIONIDAE 57 57 HESPERIIDAE 57 58 PIERIDAE 58 59 NYMPHALIDAE 59 60 RIODINIDAE 61 61 LYCAENIDAE 61 62 PYRALIDAE 62 63 CRAMBIDAE 65 65 DREPANIDAE 69 66 LASIOCAMPIDAE 70 67 ENDROMIDAE 71 68 SATURNIIDAE 71 69 SPHINGIDAE 71 70 GEOMETRIDAE 72 71 NOTODONTIDAE 86 72 EREBIDAE 87 73 NOCTUIDAE 91 74 NOLIDAE 106 Notes to Species in the Main List 107