Mesoligia furuncula (D. & S.) (Procus furuncula)
p75. Resident, widespread and common.
Cloaked Minor
Mesoligia literosa (Haw.) (Procus literosa) Rosy Minor
p75. Resident, rather local; locally fairly common; mainly southern and eastern with a preference
for the coast and estuaries.
Mesapamea secalis (Linn.) (Apamea secalis)
p74. Resident, widespread and very common.
Common Rustic
Mesapamea secalella Remm Lesser Common Rustic
Resident, widespread and fairly common. This species was separated from M. secalis only in
1983. It is slightly smaller than M. secalis (figured by Skinner, 1984), but can be reliably
distinguished from it only by examination of the genitalia. The habits of the two species are similar and
they occur together. Independent sampling in 1984 by DJLA in the south and east and by AME in the
north showed that M. secalella was present wherever the search was made but formed only about 5%
of the combined population.
Photedes minima (Haw.) (Petilampa minima)
p76. Resident, fairly widespread and locally common.
Small Dotted Buff
Photedes extrema (Hb.) The Concolorous
Vagrant or migrant; one record only. 90 Bradwell-on-Sea, 14 June 1980 (SFJD).
Photedes elymi (Treit.) Lyme Grass
Resident, very local and scarce; first recorded in 1975. 22, 23 Hamford Water / Dovercourt,
recorded almost annually with a maximum of 10 in 1978 (MEA, PS). The foodplant is increasing in
the area.
Photedes fluxa (Hb.)
Vagrant; one record only. 90 Bradwell-on-Sea, 17 Aug. 1973 (AJD).
Mere Wainscot
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