INSECTS 



GEOMETRAE (continue*!) 

 ACIDALIIDAE (continued) 



Asthena sylvata, Hb. Not common. Bishop's Woods, 

 Madeley, Dovedale, Rushton ; Henhunt nr. 

 Cannock Chase (B. L.) 



blomeri, Curt. Very local and rare, Stone, 



Dovedale, Shobna/l, Hoar Cross, and Need- 



toood (B. L.) 

 Euoisteria obliterata, Hufn. Burnt Woods and 



Cannock Chase ; Oakedge, common (B. L.) 

 Venusia cambrica, Curt. Common in woods 



around Cheadle and Leek, which is probably 



the southern limit of this insect 

 Acidalia dimidiata, Hufn.^ 



bisetata, Hufn. I Fairly common 

 - virgularia, Hb. J 



- subsericeata, Haw. Local, Dovedale 



immutata, L. Chartley 



remutaria, Hb. Common 



fumata, St. Sttynnerton, Maer nr. Cheadle, 



Dovedale ; Chaitley (B. L.) 



imitaria, Hb. Scarce. Madeley, Market Dray- 



ton, Rugeley ; Burton (B. L.) 



aversata, L. Common generally 



inornata, Haw. Swynnerlon, Burnt Woods, 



Cannock Chase 



emarginata, L. Rare. Madeley; Burton (B. L.) 

 Timandra amataria, L. Rare and local. Stoke-on- 



Trent, Rugeley ; Tatenhill and Henhurst nr. 

 Burton (B. L.) 



CABERIDAE 



Cabera pusaria, L. Common 



rotundaria, Haw. Very rare, Heleigh Castle nr. 



MaJeley 



exanthemata, L. Very general 



Bapta temerata, Hb. Henhurst nr. Burton (E. B.) 



MACARIIDAE 



Macaria notata, L. Local, Swynnerton, Burnt Woods, 

 very abundant some years 



liturata, Clerck. Swynnerton, Maer, Cheadle, 



Cannock Chase 

 Halia vauaria, L. Very common 



Fl DON 1 1 DAE 



Panagra petraria, Hb. Common on heaths 

 Numeria pulveraria, L. Occasional and local, 



Burnt Woods ; Henhurst nr. Burton (E. B.) 

 Scodiona belgiaria, Hb. Rare, one at Whitmore, 



Cannock Chase, nr. Cheadle, Leek 

 Ematurga atomaria, L. "j 



Bupalus piniaria, L. L Abundant 



Aspilates strigillaria, Hb. J 



ZERENIDAE 



Abroxas grossulariata, L. Very common in gardens 



sylvata, Scop. General and abundant in many 



valleys in the north of the county. 

 Ligdia adustata, Schiff. Very rare, one at 



Madeley 

 Lomaspilis marginata, L. Common locally 



GEOMETRAE (continued) 

 HYBERNIIDAE 



Hybernia rupicapraria, Hb. 



leucophearia, Schiff. 



aurantiaria, Esp. 



marginaria, Bork. 



defoliaria, L. 





Common through - 

 I out the county 



J 



Anisopteryx aescularia, Schiff. General 



LARENTIIDAE 



Abundant 



Cheimatobia brumata, L. 



- boreata, Hb. 



Oporabia dilutata, Bork. Common 



- filigrammaria, H. S. Rare. Gun nr. Leek 

 Larentia didymata, L. Very common 



multistrigaria, Haw. Fairly common. Madeley, 



Cheadle, Burnt Woods, Cannock Chase 



caesiata, Lang. On heaths, Cheadle and Leek, 



not further south ; Dovedale (B. L.) 



flavicinctata, Hb. Rare, Dovedale 



salicata, Hb. Moors nr. Leek 



olivata, Bork. Rare, one in Dovedale, 1886 



vindaria, Fb. Common in woods 

 Emmelesia affinitata, St. Common, but local 



alchemillata, L. Not uncommon, Whitmore, 



Stone, Stoke-on-Trent, Rugeley ; Burton (B. L.) 



albulata, Schiff. Common where food plant 



(Rhinanthus crista-galli) grows 



- decolorata, Hb. Local, Madeley, Cheadle, 



Rugeley ; Handsworth (C. J. W.) 



- taeniata, St. Dovedale (B. L.) 



Eupithecia venosata, Fb. Ashley, Rugeley ; Sfiob- 

 nall (B. L.) 



- linariata, Fb. Market Drayton 



pulchellata, St. Common 



- oblongata, Thnb. Rugeley ; Burton (B. L.), 



Madeley, 1902 



succenturiata, L. Rugeley 



- subfulvata, Haw. Madeley, Rugeley, Stone 



- plumbeolata, Haw. Stvynnerton, Bishop's and 



Burnt Woods, Cannock Chase 



isogrammaria, H. S. One at Burton (B. L.) 



pygmaeata, Hb. Chorlton Moss, Burnt Woods 



- satyrata, Hb. Cannock Chase, Burnt Woods 



- castigat.i, Hb. Common 



- trisignaria, H. S. Market Drayton 



fraxinata, Crewe. Madeley, Rugelcy ; Burton 



(B. L.) ; Handsworth (C. J. W.) 



- valerianata, Hb. nr. Madeley, 1907 (F. C. 



Woodforde) 



- indigata, Hb. Common in pine woods 



- nanata, Hb. Common on heaths, Cannock 



Chase, Chartley, Burnt Woods 



subnotata, Hb. ) 



\ Common 



vulgata, Haw. J 



albipunctata, Haw. Rugeley, occasionally 



var. angelicata, Bar. Madeley 



abslnthiata, Clerck. Common where food plant 



grows 



minutata, Gn. Madeley, Burnt Woods, Rugeley 



assimilata, Gn. Common on food plant 



tenuiata, Hb. Swynnerton, Madeley, Bagot's Park 



lariciata, Frr. Common in larch woods 



abbreviata, St. Not uncommon, Swynnerton, 



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



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