A. purpurea (Haw.) Res., 1898-1979. Anthriscus. Loc. and rather r.; mainly along the Thames
estuary.
VC 18.67 Grays Chalk Pit, 1979 (JRL); 68 Mucking by CRNB (Pierce, 1918); 78 Pitsea (FGW);
Benfleet, reared 1945 (SW); 1965 (AME); 88 Westcliff-on-Sea, 1970 (DGD); *Southend
(Whittle, 1899b); 80 Hazeleigh (VCH). VC 19.72 Bocking, 1932 (WSG).
A. subpropinquella (Staint.) Res., c. 1840-1979. Centaurea, Carduus, Cirsium, Arctium. Wdspd
and c. 40 *Epping by Doubleday about twenty years previously (Stainton, 1860b).
A. putridella ([D. & S.]) Res., 1910-1980. Peucedanum officinalis. V. loc. c.
VC 19. 22 Hamford Water, including Skipper's Island NR, many records; *reared, 1910
(Mathew, 1912b).
A. alstromeriana (Clerck) Res., 1883-1980. Conium. Wdspd and v.c. 88 *Southend (Elisha,
1883).
A. propinquella (Treits.) Res., 1899-1977. Carduus. "Generally c." (VCH); now apparently less
so, and recorded only in the south.
VC 18. 49 Chigwell Row (IS); 50 Stondon Massey (DCT); 68 Stanford-le-Hope (RT); 78
Benfleet (FGW); 88 *Southend (Whittle, 1899a); Prittlewell; 98 Shoeburyness (FGW). VC 19.
60 Writtle A.C.
A. arenella ([D. & S.J) Res., (1899)4980. Centaurea, Arctium, Carduus. Wdspd and abdt. 88
*Eastwood (Whittle, 1899a).
A. liturella ([D. & S.]) Res., 1898-1980. Centauria, Knautia. Loc. f.c.
VC 18. 59 Tylers Common (AME); 68 Mucking by CRNB (Pierce, 1918); 69 Brentwood
(BMNH); 78 Benfleet; Thundersley; 88 Eastwood (FGW); 89 *Hockley (Whittle, 1899b); 98
Shoeburyness (FGW). VC 19.42 Pelham NR; 52 Broxted; 53 Saffron Walden; Rowney Wood;
Hadstock (AME); 72 Bocking (WSG).
A. ocellana (Fabr.) NRR., 1900-1934, but probably still res. Salix. Loc. and rather r.
VC 18.88 Southend (Whittle, 1901a); 99 Burnham-on-Crouch (SW). VC 19.81 Tiptree, reared
1928 (SW).
A. assimilella (Treits.) Res., 1874-1980. Sarothamnus. Wdspd and c. 48 *Wanstead (Machin,
1875).
A. pulverella (Hubn.) NRR., 1875. Genista tinctoria, which has declined almost to extinction in
Epping Forest making it unlikely that the moth survives.
VC 18.49 *Loughton, sparingly (Machin, 1875); Epping Forest (VCH).
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