Enargia paleacea (Esp.) Angle-striped Sallow
p78. Migrant, very rare; no record since 1972 (see Guide).
Enargia ypsillon (D. & S.) (Apamea ypsilon) Dingy Shears
p74. Resident, fairly widespread and locally common.
Dicycla oo (Linn.) Heart Moth
p77. Resident, very local and scarce; recorded since 1969 only from 50 Ongar and Stondon
Massey (see Guide).
Cosmia affinis (Linn.)
p78. Resident, fairly widespread and locally common.
Lesser-spotted Pinion
Cosmia diffinis (Linn.) White-spotted Pinion
p78. Resident, apparently now very local and generally scarce. Records of this once widespread
species were not listed in the Guide as there were then comparatively recent records from 14 localities
as well as from parts of S.E. Essex. As the map shows post-1969 dots in only eight squares it appears
to be in decline; the demise of the elm (its foodplant) may well be a factor.
Cosmia trapezina (Linn.)
p78. Resident, widespread and common.
Cosmia pyralina (D. & S.)
p78. Resident, fairly widespread and locally common.
Apamea monoglypha (Hufn.)
p72. Resident, widespread and very common.
Apamea lithoxylaea (D. & S.)
p72. Resident, widespread and common.
The Dun-bar
Lunar-spotted Pinion
Dark Arches
Light Arches
Apamea sublustris (Esp.) Reddish Light Arches
Vagrant; two records only, one old and one recent. 80 Woodham Mortimer (Raynor, 1884); 90
Bradwell-on-Sea, 21 July 1977 (AJD).
Apamea oblonga (Haw.) Crescent Striped
p73. Resident, local; locally common; restricted to the coast and estuaries and their
neighbourhood. Correction to the Guide: recorded at Cranham and Hornchurch, not Cranham near
Hornchurch.
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