A HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE 



NOCTUAE (continued) 

 CARADRINIDAB (continued') 



Caradrina morpheus, Hufn. Common 



alsines, Brahm. Local ; very plentiful some 



years at Rugeley 



taraxaci, Hb. Rugeley ; Madeley ; Market 



Drayton 



- quadripunctata, Fb. Very common 

 Rusina tenebrosa, Hb. Common in woods, 

 coming to sugar 



NOCTUIDAE 



Agrotis suffusa, Hb. Rare. Madeley ; Burnt 

 Woods; Rugeley ; Burton (B. L.) 



saucia, Hb. Rare. Stvynnerton ; Chorlton Moss ; 



Clayton ; Burnt Woods ; Rugeley ; Burton 

 (B. L.) 



- segetum, SchifF. Very common, and larvae 



destructive to farm crops 



- exclamationis, L. Very abundant 



- corticea, Hb. Rare. Sviynnerton 



- nigricans, L. Local ; Rugeley ; common some 



years 



- tritici, L. Not common. Market Drayton ; 



Rugeley 



- aquilina, Hb. The Lawns, Burton (E. B.) 



- strigula, Thnb. Common some years. Szvyn- 



nerton ; Burnt Woods ; C hartley Moss ; Can- 

 nock Chase 



- obscura, Brahm. One Burnt Woods; Burton, 



rare (E. B.) 



- simulans, Hufn. Reported from Staffordshire 



(see Newman's British Moths, p. 336) 

 Noctua glareosa, Esp. Common some years, 

 Madeley ; Cheadle ; Burnt Woods ; Cannock 

 Chase ; Rugeley 



augur, Fb. Common throughout the county 



- P| eCU ' L ' . I General 



C-mgrum, L. J 



- triangulum, Hufn. Madeley ; Burnt Woods ; 



Rugeley ; Henhurst, nr. Burton (B. L.) 



brunnea, Fb. Common 



festiva, Hb. Very abundant 



- dahlii, Hb. Fairly common, but uncertain. 



Cheadle ; Burnt Woods, very abundant Aug., 



1905 ; Cannock Chase 

 rubi, View. General 



umbrosa, Hb. ) 

 - baia, Fb. j 



castanea, Esp. Often plentiful on heaths ; 



Stvynnerton ; Burnt Woods. Very variable in 

 colouration. A striking yellow variety (var. 

 xanthe) has been taken by Mr. Woodforde 

 in the Burnt Woods several years in August, 

 and is not known to occur elsewhere (see 

 Rep. North Staffs. Field Club 1900-1, p. 64, 

 for a paper and coloured plate of this in- 

 teresting variety) 



xanthographa, Fb. Common generally with 



many red and dark varieties 



Triphaena ianthina, Esp. Fairly common. Made- 

 ley ; Craddock'j Moss ; Cheadle ; Stone ; Ruge- 

 ley ; Henhurst; Burton (B. L.) 



Common 



NOCTUAE (continued) 

 NOCTUIDAE (continued) 



Triphaena fimbria, L. Uncertain in appearance, 

 but common some years. Stvynnerton ; Stone ; 

 Cheadle ; Burnt Woods, in all its varieties. 

 Rugeley ; Henhurst; Burton (B. L.) 



interjecta, Hb. Rare. Rugeley ; Burton (B. L.) 



comes, Hb. Common some years 



pronuba, L. Very abundant everywhere. A 



hermaphrodite variety was taken by Mr. 

 E. W. H. Blagg and Mr. F. C. Woodforde 

 in Dovedale in 1893 with left forewing, var. 

 inuba, and right forewing mottled as in the 

 type 



AMPHIPYRIDAE 



Amphipyra pyramidea, L. Rare. Stvynnerton ; 

 Burton (B. L.) 



tragopogonis, L. Very common 

 Mania typica, L. Very common 



maura, L. Common 



ORTHOSIIDAE 



Panolis piniperda, Panz. Common at sallow bloom 



and in pine woods 

 Pachnobia rubricosa, Fb. Common at sallow bloom 



Taeniocampa gothica, L. ) ,, 



r ,_, c [ Very common 



mcerta, Hufn. 



opima, Hb. Two specimens taken at Cannock 



Chase by Mr. Burnett 



populeti, Fb. Not common. Madeley ; Leek ; 



Cheadle ; Burnt Woods ; Henkurst, nr. Bur- 

 ton (B. L.) 



stabilis, View. Very abundant 



gracilis, Fb. Rare. Madeiey ; Rugeley ; Bur- 



ton ; Branston (B. L.). Not reported in the 

 north of the county 



miniosa, Fb. Rare. Stvynnerton ; Burnt Woods 



munda, Esp. Not common. Madeley ; Burnt 



Woods 



pulverulenta, Esp. Common at sallows in south 



of the county, rare in the north 

 Orthosia suspecta, Hb. Common locally and vari- 

 able in colour 



upsilon, Bork. Not common. Chorlton, larva ; 



Cheadle ; larvae common, Burton (B. L.) 



lota, Clerck j 



macilenta, Hb. J 



Anchocelis rufina, L. Common some years 



pistacina, Fb. Not uncommon. Burnt Woods ; 



Market Drayton ; Rugeley ; Burton (B. L.) 



litura, L. Common 

 Cerastis vaccinii, L. "j 



spadicea, Hb. \ Very common 

 Scopelosoma satellitia, L. J 



Xanthia citrago, L. Not uncommon. Cheadle; 

 Rugeley ; Market Drayton 



fulvago, L. Common, var. flavescens, Esp. 



Madeley 



flavago, Fb. Common some years. Rugeley ; 



Cheadle ; Burnt Woods ; Burton (B. L.) 



gilvago, Esp. Not common. Burnt Woods ; 



Rugeley ; Oakamoor ; Burton (E. B.) 



circellaris, Hufn. Common 



Common 



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