A HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 



almost stripping the trees of their foliage. T. crataegana, T. xy/osteana, T. sorbiana, T. cinnamomeana, 

 T, ribeana, T. corylana, T. costana, and T. pa/leana, all occur in the northern half of the county 

 from Mansfield to Worksop ; and T. dumetana and T. viburnana are reported from Mansfield 

 (Daws). Dichelia grotiana was taken in 1903 at Clumber by Miss Alderson. Peronea schalleriana, 

 P. comparana, and P. logiana occur in Sherwood Forest and the Worksop district ; P. variegana is 

 rather common in the Forest, and at Mansfield and South Leverton ; P. ferrugana common in 

 Sherwood Forest ; P. sponsana recorded as rare in the same locality by Brameld ; P. cristana and 

 P. hastiana are said by Daws to be frequent in the Mansfield district. Rhacodia caudana is stated by 

 Brameld to be frequent in Sherwood Forest. Teras contaminana has been taken in various places ; 

 the larvae occurred in great numbers on apple trees at Southwell in 1884, and were largely picked 

 off and eaten by sparrows (Captain Becher, in Zoologist, Sept. 1884, p. 342). Dictyopteryx loeflingiana, 

 D. bolmiana, D. bergmanniana, D. forskaleana, Argyrotoxa comuayana, and Ptycholoma lecheana are all 

 more or less common in the county. 



PENTHINIDAE 



Penthina cortlcana has been taken at Worksop and in Clumber Park by Miss Alderson ; P. betu- 

 laetana and P. sororculana occur in the Worksop district ; P. pruniana and P. variegana are common ; 

 and P. ochroleucana has occurred at South Leverton and in Sherwood Forest. 



SPILONOTIDAE 



Hedya ocellana is very common ; H. aceriana has only been taken in my garden in Nottingham ; 

 H. dealbana occurs at Worksop and in Clumber Park. Spilonota trimaculana used to be taken in 

 Sherwood Forest, but has not occurred lately ; 5. roborana is not uncommon. Pardia tripunctana 

 is common. 



SERICORIDAE 



Aspis udmannlana and Sericoris lacunana are both common ; 5. urticaria is frequent at Mansfield 

 (Daws) and in Sherwood Forest (Brameld), and S. bifasciana was taken in 1902 in Clumber Park 

 by Miss Alderson. Euchromia purpurana and Orthotaenia striana both occur in the Worksop district 

 (Houghton), and 0. ericetana was taken for the first time in 1904 at Shireoaks by Miss Alderson. 



SCIAPHILIDAE 



Phtheochroa rugosana is recorded for Sherwood Forest by Brameld. Cnephasia musculana is widely 

 distributed and rather common. Sciaphila conspersana occurs in the Worksop district (Houghton) ; 

 5. subjectana is common, and S. virgaureana, S. hybridana, and S. octomaculana also occur, but less 

 frequently. Sphaleroptera ictericana is widely distributed, but apparently uncommon. Capua favill- 

 aceana is common in Clumber Park (Miss Alderson). 



GRAPHOLITHIDAE 



Bactra lameolana, Phoxopteryx lundana, and P. mitterpacheriana are not uncommon, and P. lactana 

 has been taken by Miss Alderson in Clumber Park. Grapholitha ramella occurred at Worksop in 

 1901 (Houghton), G. nigromaculana in 1904, near Worksop (Miss Alderson), and G. trimaculana is 

 reported for the same district by Miss Alderson, and I have taken it recently at Chilwell. 

 G. subocellana, G. penkleriana, and G. naevana occur in various localities. Hypermecia cruciana 

 is locally common about Worksop (Houghton). Batodes angustiorana occurs throughout the county. 

 Paedisca bi/unana, P. profundana, and P. solandriana have hitherto been taken only in Sherwood 

 Forest, where also P. cortlcana is excessively common and variable, as well as at South Leverton ; 

 P. occultana was taken at Shireoaks in 1901 (Houghton). Seven species of Ephippiphora occur in 

 the north of the county, viz., E. simi/ana, E. cirsiana, E. pflugiana, E. brunnichiana, E. nigricostaaa, 

 E. trigeminana and E. papu/ana, the two latter taken at Worksop by Miss Alderson in 1 904 and 

 1 905 respectively. Olindia ulmana and Semasia ianthinana were taken by Mr. Houghton at 

 Worksop in 1901 ; 5. spiniana is recorded for Sherwood Forest, and 5. woeberiana is common in the 

 Nottingham district. Coccyx splendidulana occurs in the Worksop and Retford districts ; C. argyrana 

 is well distributed ; C. taedella is reported from Sherwood Forest ; and C. nanana is found in the 

 Nottingham and Worksop districts. Retinia pinivorana is reported by Brameld from Sherwood 

 Forest, and on 21 May, 1905, Miss Alderson bred a specimen from a larva found in Clumber Park. 

 Carpocapsa pomonella is frequent. Endopisa nigricana is only recorded in the imago stage for South 

 Leverton. Stigmonota coniferana, S. perlepidana, S. nitidana, and S. regiana, Dicrorampha petiverella, 

 D. plumbana, D. plumbagana, and D. acuminatana, Pyrodes rheediella, Catoptria hypericana, C. scopo/iana t 

 and C. expallidana all occur in the county, but are mostly scarce or local. Catoptria cana is rather 

 common, and C. ulicetana abundant. 



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