T. dodonaea Staint. NRR., 1894-1906. Quercus spp. V.loc. and erratic in appearance.
VC 18. 78 Thundersley, 1906 (FGW); 88 *Eastwood, reared 5 July 1894 (Whittle, 1895);
Southend (Whittle, 1904d).
T. marginea (Haw.) Res., (1899)-1980. Rubus spp. Wdspd and v.c. 88 *Southend (Whittle,
1899a).
T. angusticollella (Dup.) Res., 1967-1980. Rosa spp. Loc. f.c. in the south.
VC 18.39 Chingford (RWJU); 49 Epping and Hainault Forests (RWJU; AME; AJF & RF);79
*Benfleet (SW, etc.); 79 Battlesbridge (AME); 70 Little Baddow (PJJ); 88 Leigh-on-Sea
(AME); 89 Stow Maries NR (PJJ); 80 Maldon Wick NR (AME).
T. gaunacella (Dup.) NRR., 1877-1878. Prunus spinosa. The following are the only British
records.
VC 19. 81 *Witham, three in May 1878, from mines collected in October 1877 (Cansdale,
1879-1880); 02 Colchester, at about the same time (VCH).
INCURVARIIDAE
Medium-sized, day-flying moths, some of which display bright metallic
colouration. Nematopogon, Nemophora and Adela have very long antennae
and are called 'long-horns'. The larvae of some of the species mine leaves when
young and later live in portable cases made of silk or leaf-fragments; others
bore into shoots or buds. Two species, Lampronia capitella (currant shoot-
borer) and L. rubiella (raspberry moth), are regarded as pests. Of the 26
British species, 20 have been found in Essex but most are under-recorded.
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