The Zygaenidae moths are a family of Lepidoptera. The majority of zygaenids are tropical, but they are nevertheless quite well represented in temperate regions. Some of the 1000 or so species are commonly known as burnet or forester moths, often qualified by the number of spots, although other families also have 'foresters'. They are also sometimes called smoky moths.
Adscita statices, the green forester, is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Europe, Mongolia and western Russia.
Adscita is a genus of moths of the family Zygaenidae.
Sherburn Hill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England. It lies just south of the road between the villages of Sherburn and Sherburn Hill, some 5.5 km east of Durham city. A disused quarry occupies part of the site.
Rhagades amasina is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is known from Bulgaria (Sakar), Greece, Turkey, northern Syria and Lebanon.
Jordanita subsolana is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found from southern Spain though the southern part of central Europe, Italy, the Balkan Peninsula and Greece to southern Russia and Ukraine, Turkey and Transcaucasia up to the Altai.
Coleophora ochrea is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in Europe. It was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1828.
Adscita albanica is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It has a disjunct distribution, which included south-eastern France, Switzerland, in Italy, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, the southern part of European Russia and the Caucasus.
Adscita mauretanica is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Morocco and north-western Algeria
Adscita krymensis is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is only known from the Crimea
Adscita bolivari is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is endemic to Spain.
Adscita jordani is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Portugal and Spain.
Adscita schmidti is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula west of the Ebro river.
Mompha miscella is a moth in the family Momphidae, found in Asia Minor, Europe and North Africa.
Adscita alpina is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Central Europe.
Adscita geryon, the cistus forester, is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in southern and central Europe, east to Turkey. It is also present in Great Britain.
Adscita obscura is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania and Greece, as well as in Turkey, Iran, Russia, Transcaucasia, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Egypt.
Adscita mannii is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain, Slovenia and the Balkan Peninsula. The range extends to north-western Turkey.
Mesophleps silacella, the straw crest, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Europe, Turkey and Algeria.
