M. aureatella (Scop.) NRR, status uncertain.
VC 18. Shown as occurring on the distribution map in Heath et al. (1976:153) but the source of
the record has not been traced.
M. aruncella (Scop.) Res., 1861-1980. Loc.c.
VC 18. 48 *Wanstead Flats (Healy diary); 70 Danbury Common; Hitchcock's Meadows NR
(AME). VC 19. 52 Hatfield Forest Marsh NR; 53 Rowney Wood; 54 Little and Great
Chesterford; Bartlow Hills; 73 Shardlowe's Wood; 21 Holland Pits NR (AME).
M. calthella (Linn.) Res., 1888-1980. Loc.c.
VC 18. 40 Epping (Michaelis, BMNH); 49 High Beach (EFCC); *Brentwood (CRNB); 60
Ingatestone (RGW); 88 Hadleigh; 89 Hockley (Whittle, 1899a). VC 19.51.52 Hatfield Forest;
53 Quendon; Rowney Wood; 73 Shardlowe's Wood; 01 Fingringhoe Wick NR (AME).
ERIOCRANIIDAE
Small purple and gold, day-flying moths, some of which are among the first
to appear in spring. The larvae make conspicuous blotches in the leaves of their
foodplant, their excrement forming long, spaghetti-like threads. All the eight
British species are resident in Essex, but some of the birch-feeding species are
under-recorded because of difficulty in determining the early stages.
Eriocrania subpurpurella (Haw.) Res., 1893-1980. Quercus spp. Wdspd and v.c. probably
occurring in all oak-woods and even on isolated trees. *Eastwood (Whittle, 1893).
E. chrysolepidella (Zell.) Res., (1928)—1978. Carpinus and Corylus. Loc. f.c, especially in
hornbeam woods. *Essex (Meyrick, 1928).
VC 18. 70 Backwarden NR; 88 Hadleigh Great Wood. VC 19.52 Hatfield Forest; 53 Quendon
(AME).
E. unimaculella (Zett.) Res., 1893-1980. Betula. Loc. and less c than congeners.
VC 18. 59 Warley; 69 Thordon Park; 88 *Eastwood (Whittle, 1893); Southend (FGW); 89
Hockley (CHC). VC 19.53 Rowney Wood (AME); 73 Shardlowe's Wood (ECP-C); 81 Tiptree
Heath; 11 Maldon Wood (AME).
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