The family Zygaenidae comprises the "forester and burnet moths", of which ten species occur in Great Britain:
Subfamily Procridinae
Adscita statices, forester — south & centre (local) ‡ Adscita geryon, cistus forester — south & centre (Nationally Scarce B) Jordanita globulariae, scarce forester — south (Nationally Scarce A)
Subfamily Zygaeninae
Zygaena exulans, Scotch (or mountain) burnet Zygaena exulans subochracea — eastern Cairngorms (Red Data Book) Zygaena loti, slender Scotch burnet ‡ Zygaena loti scotica — islands of Mull & Ulva (Red Data Book) Zygaena viciae, New Forest burnet ‡ Zygaena viciae argyllensis — western Argyllshire (Red Data Book) Zygaena viciae ytenensis — New Forest (extinct) Zygaena filipendulae, six-spot burnet Zygaena filipendulae stephensi — throughout
Zygaena trifolii, five-spot burnet Zygaena trifolii decreta — south & west-central (local) Zygaena trifolii palustrella — south & east (local) Zygaena lonicerae, narrow-bordered five-spot burnet Zygaena lonicerae latomarginata — England, Wales Zygaena lonicerae jocelynae — island of Skye (Red Data Book) Zygaena purpuralis, transparent burnet Zygaena purpuralis segontii — Lleyn Peninsula (Red Data Book, presumed extinct) Zygaena purpuralis caledonensis — Hebrides (Nationally Scarce A)
Species listed in the 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP)Butterfly Conservation, 2007. The UK Biodiversity Action Plan – Moths. Butterfly Conservation, Wareham, UK. 4p. are indicated by a double-dagger symbol (‡).
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. .