S. obsoletella (Fisch, v. Rosl.) Res., 1881-1979. Atriplex, Chenopodium. Loc. c; mainly coastal;
not recorded in VC 19. *Essex salt-marshes (Machin, 1881).
VC 18. 39 Chingford (PH); 49 Chigwell Row, occasional (IS); 58 Rainham (GSR); 67 Tilbury
Docks (HME & TGH); 68 Stanford-le-Hope, many records (SW, etc.); 78 Vange; Benfleet
(FGW, etc.); 88 Southend (GE, etc.); 98 Shoeburyness, etc. (FGW); 99 Canedon (AME);
Burnham-on-Crouch (SW); 00 Bradwell-on-Sea (PCF).
S. atriplicella (Fisch, v. Rosl.) Res., 1871-1980. Chenopodiaceae. Wdspd and f.c; mainly coastal.
VC 18. 38 Mill Meads (AME); *Hackney Marshes (Machin, 1871a); 49 Chigwell Row (IS); 58
Rainham (GSR); 68 Stanford-le-Hope, Mucking, Bowers Gifford (SW, JMC-H, AJF & RF,
AME); 78 Benfleet (AME); 88 Southend district (Whittle, 1899a); 98 Great Wakering
(Whittle, 1916); Shoeburyness (FGW); 99 Creeksea (SW). VC 19. 30 Nazeing; 01 Mersea
Island (AME); 11 St Osyth (VCH).
S. costella (H. & W.) Res., 1859-1980. Solanum dulcamara. Wdspd and c. 38 *Temple Mills
(Healy, 1859).
S. artemisiella (Treits.) Res., 1956-1977. Thymus drucei. V. loc. and r.
VC 18. 78 *Bowers Marsh, one 12 May 1956 (SW). VC 19.11 Colne Point NR, three July 1977,
teste ESB (MH).
S. acuminatella (Sircom) Res., 1878-1980. Carduus, Cirsium, Centaurea. Wdspd and v.c. 38
Hackney Marshes (Machin, 1878c).
Scrobipalpula psilella (Herr.-Schaff.) NRR., 1897. ?Compositae. Recorded once only; two other
British specimens have been taken in Kent.
VC 18. 78 Benfleet, one 29 June 1897 by FGW (Povolny & Bradley, 1965).
Caryocolum vicinella (Dougl.) NRR., (1903). Silene maritima. Perhaps extinct in Essex.
VC 19. 11 St Osyth, reared once only (VCH); searched for without success (AME).
C. viscariella (Staint.) Res., 1938-1980. Lychnis, Silene, especially S. dioica. Wdspd and c. in 1980,
but only one previous record. 78 *Benfleet, reared 2 June 1959 (SW).
C. marmoreum (Haw.) ?Res., 1977. Cerastium holosteoides. Recorded once only.
VC 19. 11 Colne Point NR, August 1977, teste AME (MH).
C. fraternella (Dougl.) Res., 1916-1980. Stellaria spp., Cerastium holosteoides. Loc. c. 68
*Mucking by CRNB (Pierce, 1918).
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