Compiled from multiple sources including: ABH: Agassiz, D.J.L., Beavan, S.D. & Heckford R.J. (2013 & 2nd Edition 2024) Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles. (including Appendix A: Adventive Species, not including Appendix B: Questionable Records) BF (deprecated): Bradley, J.D. (Fletcher, D.S.) Checklist of Lepidoptera Recorded from the British Isles (2000) Second Ed. (additional provisional BF species codes assigned post publication) **NEW**EU: Lepiforum's Checklist of European Lepidoptera - Version 9: 9. January 2023 - Rennwald, E., Rodeland, J. & T. Guggemoos (2023):https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Downloads - additional EU species added pers. comm. Rodeland, J. October 2024. *EU code = EU systematic order only and not species reference codes. FauEU (deprecated): Karsholt, O. & Nieukerken, E.J. van (2013) Lepidoptera, Moths. Fauna Europaea version 2.6, http://www.fauna-eu.org KR (deprecated): Karsholt, O., Razowski, J. (1996) The Lepidoptera of Europe: A Distributional Checklist. (KR species codes are retained and continue to be assigned by European authorities)
Micro Moth Vernacular Names:
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M.S. (2023) Comparative list of new Vernaculars - Field Guide to the Micro-Moths of Great Britain and Ireland (Second edition, Bloomsbury Publishing 2023)
Wheeler, J.R. (2017) Micro Moth Vernacular Names: A Nomenclatural Checklist of British Microlepidoptera. https://lepidoptera.uk/micromoths
Moth Dissection checklists include additional European species, and species new to Britain published up to October 2024.
BF codes & KR codes shown for reference only and do not follow systematic order.
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