A. dilucidana (Steph.) Res., 1883-1977. Pastinaca. Wdspd and f.c. on the coast; r. inland.
VC 18.78 *Canvey Island (Elisha, 1883); Pitsea; Benfleet; 88 Hadleigh (HCH); Leigh-on-Sea
(Vaughan, 1889; Whittle, 1899a); *Southend (Elisha, 1883); 89 Rochford (HCH); 98 Great
Wakering (Whittle, 1905a); Wakering Stairs (FGW). VC 19. 50 Ongar, 1959 (DCT); 54 Little
Chesterford, 1977 (ECP-C).
A. francillana (Fabr.) Res., 1883-1980. Daucus. Wdspd, especially near the coast, but perhaps
decreasing as there are few recent records.
VC 18.57 West Thurrock (AME); 58 Romford; Upminster; 59 Harold Wood (Thurnall, 1902);
Mucking by CRNB (Pierce, 1918); 69 Thorndon Park (FGW); 78 *Canvey Island (Elisha,
1883); 78, 79, 88, 89, 98 and 99, many records (HV; AT; GE; FGW; HCH). VC 19. 90
Tollesbury, reared 1936; 11 St Osyth, reared 1934 (WSG).
A. beatricella (Wals.) Res., 1911-1978. Conium. Wdspd and loc. abdt in the southern vice-county,
just extending into the northern. 48 *Wanstead (Thurnall, 1911). 68 Mucking and 99 Canewdon
are the best known localities.
VC 18. see map. VC 19.60 Writtle A.C., two 1978.
Commophila aeneana (Hubn.) Res., (1834)4980. Senecio jacobaea. Wdspd, but not c, in the
southern vice-county, especially along the Thames estuary, 78 Benfleet being the best-known
locality; loc. and r. in the north.
VC 18. 49 *Epping Forest, "whence my specimens were obtained" (Stephens, 1834: 176); see
map. VC 19. 52 Hatfield Forest Marsh NR, 1978; 53 Howlett End, 1979 (AME).
Eupoecilia angustana (Hubn.) Res., 1870-1980. Plantago, Achillea, etc. Wdspd and c. on waste
ground in the south, especially near the sea; more loc. and r. in the north.
VC 18. 49 *High Beach (Boyd diary); see map. VC 19. 73 Shardlowe's Wood (AME); 81
Tiptree Heath (Thurnall, 1902); 23 Parkestone (AME).
E. ambiguella (Hubn.) NRR., (1928). Frangula. "Essex" (Meyrick, 1928); source not traced.
Cochylidia implicitana (Wocke) Res., 1893-1980. Matricaria, etc. Loc.; formerly r. but now
becoming more c.
VC 18.38 *Leyton, eleven, 1893-1894 (AT); 48 Wanstead Park, f.c. (Thurnall, 1902); 57 West
Thurrock (AME); 58 Rainham (GSR); 67 Grays Chalk Pit; 68 Mucking (RT); 78 Benfleet,
reared 1956 (SW); 99 Canewdon (AME); 90 Bradwell-on-Sea (AJD). VC 19. 41 Little
Hallingbury (RWJU); 53 Littlebury (AME); 60 Writtle A.C.; 81 Wickham Bishops (GCD).
C. heydeniana (Herr.-Schaff.) Res., 1902-1980. Erigeron. V. loc. and r.
VC 18. 57 Purfleet, reared 1980 (AME); 59 Harold Wood, on waste ground (Thurnall, 1902);
78 Pitsea, formerly on a rubbish dump; 89 North Fambridge (HCH); 98 North Shoebury, 1904
and 1909 (FGW).
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