Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubn.) Mig. until 1938; now also res., 1938-1980. Artemisia vulgaris. Wdspd
and c. in the south and east but apparently absent from the north-west. 78 *Benfleet, by Wakely
(Attwood, 1938-1939).
Eurrhypara hortulata (Linn.) Res., (1834)-1980. Urtica. Wdspd and v.c. 40 *Epping by Doubleday
(Stephens, 1834: 45).
E. lancealis ([D. & S.]) Res., 1867-1976. Eupatorium, Teucrium, etc. Loc. f.c. in the eastern part of
the county.
VC 18.68 Laindon; 78 Benfleet (HCH); Thundersley (HCH; DGD); 79 Rettendon (HCH); 70
Danbury Ridge; Birch Wood NR; Little Baddow (GAP); 88 Hadleigh (FGW; HCH); Belfairs
(DGD); Eastwood, r. (Whittle, 18 99a,b). VC 19. 02 *Colchester (Harwood, 1867-1868); 03
Langham by Harwood (Knaggs, 1869); 11 St Osyth (Morris, 1872; VCH); Maldon Wood, 1901
(GFM).
E. coronata (Hufn.) Res., (1834)-1980. Sambucus, Viburnum, etc. Wdspd but only f.c. and not
recorded in the north-west. 40 *Epping by Doubleday (Stephens, 1834:43).
E. perlucidalis (Hubn.) Mig. but probably also res. since 1972, 1960-1980. Cirsium spp. V. loc.
and r.
VC 18. 90 Bradwell-on-Sea, single specimens in 1960 and 1966; a few annually 1972-1980,
suggesting that it is now breeding locally (AJD).
Anania funebris (Srom) ?Res., (1799)-1960. Solidago virgaurea. Always v. loc., it was last seen by
HCH in 1960 and may now be extinct in Essex.
VC 18. 49 *Epping Forest (Donovan, 1799); 88 Hadleigh Woods (FGW; HCH); Eastwood
(Vaughan, 1889; Whittle, 1899a).
A. verbascalis ([D. & S.]) Res., 1842-1970. Teucrium scorodonia, Artemisia vulgaris. Loc. f.c.
VC 18. 49 Epping Forest (RGW); 59 Warley (AT); 68 Stanford-le-Hope, 1970 (RT); 78
Thundersley (FGW; DGD); 79 Rettendon (HCH); 70 Danbury (coll. Purdey; DGD); 88
Hadleigh; Westcliff-on-Sea (HCH). VC 19. 72 Braintree (VCH); 81 Tiptree, 1928 (SW); 91
Virley (VCH); 02 Colchester (Harwood, 1867-1868; 1898-1900, coll. Purdey); 22 *Walton
district (Douglas, 1840-1842); 23 Dovercourt, r. (GFM).
A. stachydalis (Germar) NRR., (1886)-1907. Stachys spp. Probably becomes established
temporarily
VC 18.68 Mucking, 1906 by CRNB; 78 Hadleigh, 1907 by GHC (both coll. Purdey). VC 19.02
*Colchester (Leeeh, 1886); not r. on boulder clay (VCH); reared larvae supplied by WHH in
1893 (AT).
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