A. hastiana (Linn.) Res., (1859)-1980. Salix. Loc. and rather r.
VC 18.48 Barking (Thurnall, 1902); 49 *Epping Forest (Wilkinson, 1859); Hainault Forest; 58
Upminster (Thurnall, 1902); Rainham (GSR); 78 Benfleet (HCH); 70 Little Baddow (GAP);
88 Leigh-on-Sea; Rochford (HCH); 98 Shoeburyness (Whittle, 1899c); in 1908 (GHC); 99
Creeksea; Burnham-on-Crouch (HCH). VC 19. 63 Thaxted (AJF); 81 Tiptree, 1927 (SW);
Wickham Bishops, f.c. (GCD).
A. cristana ([D. & S.]) Res., 1845-1980. Prunus spinosa and other woody Rosaceae. Wdspd and
loc. c. There are probably more literature records for this popular species than for any other
Essex microlepidopteron. 48 *Hainault Forest (Harding, 1846), the classic locality in the
nineteenth century.
A. hyemana (Haw.) NRR; 1874. Erica, Calluna. Recorded once only.
VC 18. 49 Loughton in 1874 (Machin, 1875); the VCH gives Hainault Forest, doubtless an
inaccurate reference to Machin's record, there being no heather in Hainault Forest (Jermyn,
1974: 127-128).
A. rufana ([D. & S.]) NRR.; (1899). Mainly Myrica. Probably a misidentification.
VC 18. 88 Leigh-on-Sea, scarce (Whittle, 1899a), quoted by the VCH. There is no Essex
specimen in Whittle's collection and he makes no other reference to this capture; Whittle
himself probably later regarded it as an error. Myrica, the main foodplant has never been
recorded in Essex (Jermyn, 1974). "Essex" (Barrett, 1905) is probably derived from this
doubtful record.
A. lorquiniana (Dup.) ? Vag., 1965. The usual foodplant is Lythrum salicaria.
VC 19. 53 Rowney Wood, one reared or 8 September 1965 from Epilobium hirsutum, an
otherwise unrecorded foodplant. Purple loosestrife does not grow in the wood (confirmed by
the forestry officer) and the probable explanation is that the parent was a stray from the
Cambridgeshire fens where the moth is common, and was obliged to use this alternative
foodplant. Pupation took place in the spinning which was seen by S. Wakely, who confirmed
the facts. I often revisited the exact locality but never found another example (AME).
A. maccana (Treits.) NRR.; 1824. Vaccinium spp. Recorded once only.
VC 18. 49 Epping Forest, one taken by Mr Bentley in October 1824; the specimen was
described and figured under the name Peronea marmorana Curt, by Humphreys & Westwood
(1845); see also Stainton (1855a), Wilkinson (1859) and Barrett (1905). However, the record
was regarded as "unconfirmed and very dubious" by Bradley et al. (1973). Vaccinium myrtillus
and V. vitis-idaea used to occur in the forest, the latter until about 1860 (Jermyn, 1974: 128,
219), and so well an attested record cannot therefore be lightly dismissed. See Batia lambdella
(p. 75) for the credentials of Mr Bentley.
A. litterana (Linn.) Res., 1894-1974. Quercus spp. V. loc. and r.
VC 18. 68 Mucking, 1974 (RT); Laindon, 1951 (HCH); 98 *Shoeburyness, 7 August 1899
(Whittle, 1899c). VC 19. 02 Colchester, scarce (VCH); 13 Stour Wood, single specimens in
1894, 1901 and 1910 (GFM).
A. emargana (Fabr.) Res., 1872-1980. Polyphagous. Wdspd and v.c. 49 *Epping Forest (Machin,
1872-1873b).
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