Phycitodes binaevella (Rotruda binaevella) (Hubn.) Res., 1872-1980. Cirsium vulgare, Carduus
pycnocephalus. Wdspd and c. 49 *Epping Forest (Machin, 1872 1873b).
P. saxicola (Vaughan) Res., 1870-1976. Senecio jacobaea. Loc. c. mainly in eastern Essex.
VC 18. 38 Hackney Marshes, coll. Machin (Bankes notebook); 58 Rainham (GSR); 78
Benfleet; 88 Hadleigh (HCH); *Leigh-on-Sea, the type locality (Vaughan, 1870-1871);
Westcliff-on-Sea (DGD); 89 Hockley; 80 Woodham Walter (HCH). VC 19.11 Clacton-on-Sea
(SW; HCH); 12 Weeley (HCH).
P. carlinella (Hein.) Res., 1869-1980. Senecio jacobaea, Tanacetum, Achillea. Loc. and r.,
occurring mainly in the east.
VC 18.38 Mill Meads, larvae 1980 (AME); 78 Benfleet (FGW); 88 *Leigh-on-Sea, where the
first British specimens were taken in May 1869 (Vaughan, 1889); Southend district (Leech,
1886; WM; FGW; HCH; DGD); 98 Shoebury (AT; FGW); 90 Bradwell-on-Sea (AJD). VC 19.
81 Wickham Bishops (GCD); north Essex coast (coll. Purdey); 02 Colchester, specimens
reared in 1899 and earlier years from WHH (Bankes notebook); 23 Dovercourt, reared 1909
(GFM).
Apomyelois bistriatella neophanes (Durrant) Res., 1979. Daldinia concentrica. Recorded once
only.
VC 18.69 Thorndon Park, reared 5 November 1979 (IM).
PTEROPHORIDAE
Medium-sized to large moths characterised (except in Agdistis) by having the
forewing divided into two and the hindwing into three lobes. They have slender
bodies and very long legs. The majority are crepuscular or nocturnal, but a few
fly naturally in sunshine and all may be readily disturbed by day. Most of the
larvae are short, stout and hairy, somewhat resembling those of the
Lycaenidae. Some feed exposed or in spinnings on the leaves of their
foodplant; others eat flowers or seeds or mine in the stems. Many of the pupae
are also hairy and resemble the larvae; they are usually attached to a silken pad
on a stem or the surface of a leaf rather like those of butterflies. The family is
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