Coleophora leucapennella (Hubn.) Res., 1980. Lychnis, Silene. V. loc. and r. the only other known
British locality is in Gloucestershire.
VC 19. A wood in north-east Essex, where a larva was found on 19 July 1980. The exact locality
is witheld for reasons of conservation (AME).
C. lutipennella (Zell.) Res., 1970-1980. Quercus spp. Less c. than C. flavipennella, from
which it can only be distinguished by rearing and dissecting the adult; consequently under-
recorded.
VC 18. 70 Backwarden NR. VC 19. 53 *Rowney Wood (AME); 01 Fingringhoe (RWJU); 03
Boxted (AME).
C. gryphipennella (Hubn.) Res., 1883-1980. Rosa spp. Wdspd and v.c. 48 *Wanstead
(Elisha, 1883).
C. flavipennella (Dup.) Res., 1970-1979. Quercus spp. Wdspd and v.c; see C. lutipennella, being
under-recorded for the same reason. 49 *Epping Forest (RWJU, AME).
C. serratella (Linn.) Res., (1899)-1980. Betula, Ulmus, etc. Wdspd and c; in some years abdt. 88
*Eastwood (Whittle, 1899a).
C. coracipennella (Hubn.) Res., 1977-1979. Woody Rosaceae, including Prunus spinosa. Loc. and
apparently r.; this and the next two species were formerly treated as one under the name
nigricella Steph. (c. and widely distributed (VCH)). They can only be distinguished by rearing
and dissecting the adults and are consequently under-recorded.
VC 18. 68 Mucking, reared from Prunus spinosa 1979 (ECP-C; AME). VC 19. 54 *Great
Chesterford, two reared from Prunus spinosa, 6 July 1977 (AME, teste RWJU); the hedgerow
where they occurred has since been destroyed by stubble burning.
C. cerasivorella Packard Res., 1970-1979. Woody Rosaceae, especially Crataegus, Malus. Wdspd
and much more c. than the preceeding species, q.v. 53 *Walden Forest (AME, teste RWJU);
older records would be revealed by dissection.
C. prunifoliae Doets Res., 1979-1980. Prunus spinosa. This species has been added only recently to
the British list and its distribution and degree of abundance, both in Essex and in Britain, are
incompletely known. Confirmed records are from 78 *Benfleet, and provisional records are as
follows:- VC 18. Squares 67, 90 and (X). VC 19. Squares 61, 71,92,01, 11, 12 and 21. It appears
to be absent from north-west Essex.
C. milvipennis Zell. Res., 1971-1978. Betula. Loc. and r.
VC 18. 49 *Epping Forest (RWJU); 70 Backwarden NR, 1975 (AME). VC 19. 81 Tiptree
Heath, 1977 (PJJ), 1978 (AME).
C adjectella Herr.-Schaff. Res., 1900-1980. Prunus spinosa. V. loc, but f.c. where found. Added
to the British list only in 1979 largely as a result of research undertaken for the Essex list; it was
formerly confused with C. badiipennella and C. milvipennis.
VC 18. 67 Grays (DJLA); 70 *Danbury, reared from a case found in October, 1900 on
blackthorn by WCB when he was out shooting; the record was published later under the name
C. milvipennis and as new to Britain (Barrett, 1902); 78 Benfleet, larvae on 20 Oct. 1967 from
which moths were reared in July 1968; larvae in 1979 (JMC-H; AME); 88 Hadleigh Castle
(AME); 89 Stow Maries Halt NR, a case on 11 Nov. 1977 (RWJU).
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