| Common Name |
|
Latin Name |
|
Food plant(s) |
|
Description |
| Emperor
Moth |
 |
Pavonia pavnia |
|
Heather, sallow, bramble, hawthorn and hazel. |
|
Dark green or yellowish-green with transverse
black bands. Raised warts which are yellowish or pinkish-purple
and carry short bristles, bright orange spiracles. Widespread
throughout most of the British Isles. |
| Tau Emperor |
|
Aglia tau |
|
Beech |
A |
yellowish-green above spiracles, bluish-green
below; series of whiteish diagonal stripes, white line along
each side, black-centered, reddish marking on segment 4. Europe. |
| Great
Peacock |
|
Saturnia pyri |
|
Apple, pear, sallow and poplar |
A |
Bright yellowish-green with tufts of black bristles
arising from raised, blue-tipped warts on the back and sides,
whitish line along each side. Southern Europe. |
| Spanish
Moon Moth |
|
Graellsia isabellae |
|
Pine |
A |
Yellowish-green, dotted with white, long fine
pale brown hairs, broad reddish-brown, white margined band,
segments 4-11 with a transverse band of reddish-brown, broken
by a broad white streak. Mountain regions of central Spain,
the Pyrenees and southern Alps of France. |