Agrotis crassa (Hb.) Great Dart
pl33. The Guide rejected a record from Epping (Doubleday, H., 1841).
Feltia subterranea (Fabr.) Tawny Shoulder
An old record of one at West Ham in 1817 (Stephens, 1829) was regarded by Tutt (1891) as a
misidentification of a variety of Agrotis ipsilon (Hufn.).
Xestia agathina (Dup.) Heath Rustic
The post-1960 dot for square 69 on map 35 in MBGBI.9 cannot be substantiated.
Hadena albimacula (Borkh.) White Spot
A record from Witham in 1962 (Clark & Hobday. 1963) is unsubstantiated.
Cucullia lactucae (D. & S.) Lettuce Shark
Claimed from Epping in the 19th century (Doubleday, E., 1836; Doubleday, H., 1842).
MBGBI.10 regards all British records of this species as very doubtful.
Cucullia gnaphalii (Hb.) The Cudweed
pl34. A claimed record without locality or date (Barrett, 1895) cannot be substantiated.
Scotochrosta pulla (D. & S.) Ash Shoulder-knot
The claimed occurrence of one at Woodside, near Epping, in 1817 (Stephens, 1829) cannot be
substantiated.
Jodia erythrocephala (D. & S.) Red-headed Chestnut
See under next species.
Cryphia muralis (Forst.) Marbled Green
This and the last species were both noted by the late P. B. M. Allan in his annotated copy of
Stainton's Manual as having occurred at Manuden in the 1930s. We feel that neither species can be
admitted to the Essex list unless the specimens are traced and confirmed. C. muralis occurs at
Cambridge.
Apamea furva (D. & S.) The Confused
pl34. Claimed occurrences at Epping (Doubleday, H., 1841; 1842b) cannot be substantiated.
Archanara neurica (Hb.) White-mantled Wainscot
Records attributed to this species (Whittle, 1897; 1899a) are referable to ab. arundinacea
Schmidt of A. dissoluta (Treit.) (Bell, 1907a).
Hoplodrina superstes (Ochs.) Powdered Rustic
pl34. This species was listed in the Guide (as a "doubtful") in error: it is not mentioned in the
reference there cited (Raynor, 1891) This error was repeated in Skinner (1984).
Hypena crassalis (Fabr.) (Bomolocha [fronds Thunb.] fontis missp.). Beautiful Snout
pl34. The Guide cites a record from Feering Bury, Kelvedon in May / June, 1916. There is no
suggestion, however, in the reference quoted (Reid, 1916) that the larvae, of whose early emergence
mention is made, had been taken in Essex: this would be highly unlikely as the foodplant ( Vaccinium
myrtillus ) did not occur in the Kelvedon district where Reid lived and, indeed, by 1916 was probably
extinct in Essex (Jermyn, 1974). Consequently the species is withdrawn from the Essex list.
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