Hyles gallii (Rott.) (Celerio galii) Bedstraw Hawk-moth
p38. Migrant, irregular and very scarce. 42 Manuden. 1983 (GHBS); 69 Brentwood, 1976
(CGdeW); 88 Westcliff-on-Sea, 1976 (Bretherton, 1983b); 90 Bradwell-on-Sea, 1974-78, 1982
(AJD, SFJD).
Hyles lineata (Fabr.) (Celerio livornica Esp.) Striped Hawk-moth
p39. Migrant, very rare : 90 Bradwell-on-Sea, 19 April 1985 (AJD): 02 Gt Bromley. 18 April
1985 (GK).
Deilephila elpenor (Linn.) Elephant Hawk-moth
p39. Resident, widespread and common; recent increase.
Deilephila porcellus (Linn.)
p39. Resident, formerly widespread; now local and scarce.
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
Hippotion celerio (Linn.) Silver-striped Hawk-moth
p39. Migrant, very rare; only two recent records (at Bradwell-on-Sea and Thames Haven, both in
1961)*.
NOTODONTIDAE
The prominents are mostly medium-sized or large moths but include some small and very large
species. They are stout-bodied moths with rather narrow wings; most species have small tufts on the
hind margins of the forewings which merge when the insect is at rest (wings tent-like over the body) to
form small humps - hence both the scientific and English names of the family. The larvae are stout and
most species are hairless - many have humps or curious-shaped bodies. All are monophagous or
oligophagous on broad-leaved trees or shrubs and all overwinter in the pupal stage. Twenty-two of the
25 British species are known from Essex and all but five of these are present-day residents in the
county.
Phalera bucephala (Linn.) Buff-tip
p42. Resident, widespread and common.
Cerura vinula (Linn.) Puss Moth
p40. Resident, widespread and locally fairly common, but has declined.
Furcula bicuspis (Borkh.) (Harpyia bicuspis) Alder Kitten
p132. No recent record. A post-1960 dot for square 60 on map 20 in MBGBI. 9 should be an open
circle (pre-1960); in any case it cannot be substantiated.
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