Chloroclysta truncata (Hufn.) (Dysstroma truncata) Common Marbled Carpet
pl08. Resident, widespread and common.
Cidaria fulvata (Forst.) Barred Yellow
pl07. Resident, widespread and common.
Plemyria rubiginata (D. & S.) Blue-bordered Carpet
p107. Resident, widespread and locally fairly common.
Thera firmata (Hb.) Pine Carpet
p134. No recent record. Although the Victoria County History stated that the Rev. C.R.N.
Burrows had taken this species "rather freely", there is no Essex specimen in his collection and
it is not mentioned in his diary.
Thera obeliscata (Hb.) Grey Pine Carpet
pl08. Resident, widespread and locally fairly common.
Thera britannica Turner (T. variata auctt.) Spruce Carpet
pl08. Resident, very local and scarce but gradually extending its range. It has recently been shown
(Agassiz & Skinner, 1980) that the species resident in Britain is T. britannica (albonigrata Gornik);
there is no evidence that T variata has ever been taken in these islands. 5 8 Rainham, 1980 (GSR); 5 9
Coxtie Green, 1976, 1983 (PJW); 53 Saffron Walden, 1984 (AME); 67 Grays, 1983 (DJLA); 70
Danbury Ridge, 1975, 1979, 1983 (GAP), 1984 (SW); 80 Northey Island, 1982 (GAP); 11 St
Osyth, 1984 (RWA).
Thera juniperata (Linn.) Juniper Carpet
pl08. Resident, very local and scarce but increasing and extending its range; presumably breeding
on garden junipers. 41 Mark Hall Moors, Harlow, two 1980 (EC); 51 Little Hallingbury, 1975,1976
(JLF); 53 Saffron Walden, 1982 (AME); 62 Bardfield Saling, 1983 (DCT); 70 Danbury Ridge,
1977 (FBM); 88 Westcliff-on-Sea, 1982 (DGD); 81 Wickham Bishops (GCD, RES); 90 Bradwell-
on-Sea, 1975, 1979 (AJD).
Electrophaes corylata (Thunb.) Broken-barred Carpet
p106. Resident, fairly widespread and locally common (but rare in the north).
Colostygia olivata (D. & S.) Beech-green Carpet
p134. No recent record. 49 Epping Forest, recorded in the last century by GRG (Garland, 1896)
(see Guide).
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