List of moths of Great Britain (Hepialidae)
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The family Hepialidae comprises the "swift moths", of which five occur in Great Britain:
- Hepialus humuli, ghost moth ‡* — vulnerable[1]
- Hepialus humuli humuli — throughout
- Hepialus humuli thulensis — Shetland Isles
- Hepialus sylvina, orange swift — throughout
- Hepialus hecta, gold swift — throughout (local)
- Hepialus lupulinus, common swift — throughout
- Hepialus fusconebulosa, map-winged swift — throughout (local)
Species listed in the 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP)[2] are indicated by a double-dagger symbol (‡)—species so listed for research purposes only are also indicated with an asterisk (‡*).