C. ardeaepennella Scott Res., 1964-1980. Quercus spp. Wdspd and f.c. 53 *Rowney Wood (AME).
C. ibipennella Zett. Res., 1871-1980. Betula. Loc. f.c.
VC 18.48 *Wanstead (Machin, 1871e; Elisha, 1884); 49 Epping Forest (AME); Theydon Bois
(RWJU); 67 Grays Chalk Pit (ECP-C); 69 Brentwood (Burrows diary): 78 Thundersley; 88
Eastwood (Whittle, 1899b); Southend (VCH). VC 19.53 Rowney Wood; 82 Chalkney Wood
(AME); 01 Fingringhoe Wick NR; 12 Weeleyhall Wood NR (RWJU).
C. palliatella (Zinck.) Res., 1871-1977. Quercus spp. Loc. and rather r.
VC 18. 49 *Epping Forest (Boyd diary; 1895, coll. Jacobs); Loughton (Machin, 1871e);
Hainault Forest (AJF & RF; AME); 40 Epping (VCH); 69 Brentwood, 1890 (Burrows diary),
reared 1936 (SW); 78 Thundersley (FGW); 70 Woodham Walter Common (AME); 88
Eastwood (FGW); Southend (VCH). VC 19. 02 Colchester (VCH), from WHH in 1916 (coll.
Greenslade).
C. conspicuella Zell. Res., (1899)-1980. Centaurea nigra. Loc. and r. except in the south-east,
where it is wdspd and loc. abdt as at Benfleet and Leigh-on-Sea.
VC 18. 59 Tylers Common; Warley; 67 Grays Chalk Pit (AME);78 *Benfleet (Whittle, 1899a
and many subsequent recorders); 79 Battlesbridge; 88 Leigh-on-Sea; 89 Hullbridge (AME).
VC 19.60 Writtle A.C., one 28 July 1978.
C. vibicigerella Zell. NRR., 1883-1895. Artemisia maritima. Known only from Essex in the
nineteenth century; recently rediscovered in Kent and possibly still present in Essex.
VC 18. 78 *Fobbing, where it was discovered new to Britain (Machin, 1884); 88, 98, taken at
various salt-marsh localities, seldom exactly specified, eastwards to Shoeburyness, and also
reared (Elisha, 1884-1885a and others subsequently).
C. pyrrhulipennella Zell. Res., 1979. Calluna, Erica. V. loc. and r.
VC 18.49 Epping Forest, south-west of Wake Arms, two larval cases, 16 May 1979 (AME)
C. vulnerariae Zell. NRR., (1903). Anthyllis vulneraria, which does not occur where the moth is
alleged to have been taken (Jermyn, 1974:81). This throws doubt on the validity of the record.
VC 18.69 Brentwood (VCH).
C. albicosta (Haw.) Res., 1868-1980. Ulex. Loc. c.
VC 18.49 *High Beach (Boyd diary); Chigwell Row (IS); Hainault Forest (AME); 78 Benfleet
(FGW); Thundersley (Whittle, 1903); 70 Hitchcock's Meadows NR (AME); 88 Eastwood,
Southend (Whittle, 1899a). VC 19. 60 Writtle A.C.; 73 Shardlowe's Wood; 81 Tiptree Heath;
01 Fingringhoe Wick NR (AME); 02 Colchester (VCH).
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