Cidaria corylata, Thunb. Generally distributed in woods, sitting by day on tree trunks
picata, Hb. Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter, Chalfont Road, Black Park, Amersham ; rather local ; a most beautiful species
russata, Schiff., truncata, St.C. Everywhere abundant in hedges and woods
immanata, Haw. Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter, Whittlebury Forest, common at Halton
suffumata, Schiff. Halton, Chalfont St. Peter, Chesham ; frequent in lanes and the edges of woods in the spring
silaceata, Schiff. Marlow, Halton, Aylesbury, Chesham, Whittlebury Forest ; larva upon Epilobium angustifolium
prunata, Linn. Buckingham, Drayton Beauchamp, Chesham ; in gardens among currant bushes
dotata, Linn. ; associata, St.C. Buckingham, Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter, High Wycombe ; also in gardens among currant
fulvata, Forst. Generally distributed in woods, lanes and gardens, among rose
pyraliata, Bkh., dotata, St.C. Buckingham, Chesham, Leckhampstead ; in hedges and gardens about cleavers (Galium aparine)
populata, Bkh. Recorded from Chesham by Dr. Churchill
testata, Linn. Chesham, Buckingham
Scotosia vetulata, Schiff. Halton, Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter, Drayton Beauchamp, Whittlebury Forest ; among Rhamnus
rhamnata, Schiff. Halton, Buckingham, Taplow, Drayton Beauchamp, Whittlebury Forest ; also among Rhamnus ; readily attracted by light
undulata, Linn. Halton, Buckingham
dubitata, Linn. Generally distributed in gardens, lanes and woods, but usually not plentiful
certata, Hb. Chesham, Black Park ; among Berberis and Mahonia in gardens
Camptogramma bilineata, Linn. Abundant everywhere
Phibalapteryx vitalbata, Schiff. Reared from larvae on Clematis at Chesham by Dr. Churchill, and taken at Wendover by Mr. H. J. Turner
tersata, Schiff. Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter ; about masses of Clematis vitalba in hedges, Wendover
Thera firmata, Hb. Chalfont St. Peter, Marlow, Black Park ; among Scotch fir
variata, Schiff. Chalfont St. Peter, Chesham, Black Park ; common among firs
Hypsipetes ruberata, Frey ; literata, St.C. Chesham, Halton ; pupa under loose bark of poplars and willows, not commonly
impluviata, Schiff. ; trifasciata, St.C. Chesham ; common at Halton ; among alder
elutata, Schiff. ; sordidata, St.C. Everywhere abundant in hedges and woods
Oporabia dilutata, SchifF. Chesham, High Wycombe ; very common at Halton, especially in the larva and pupa states ; probably in most woods ; flying in November
Cheimatobia boreata, Hb. Chesham, on palings ; found by the Rev. Bernard Smith in 1854, rather commonly in beech woods at Great Marlow and Honor Park, sitting on the trunks of the beeches ; its usual food plant, the birch, being almost absent
brumata, Linn. Everywhere abundant in the winter in woods, orchards and hedges ; larvæ most injurious to the apple-crop by feeding in the blossoms
Lobophora sexalata, Hb. ; sexalisata, St.C. Halton, among sallow
viretata, Hb. Marlow, Chesham ; on tree trunks
Chesias spartiata, SchifF. Reared by Dr. Churchill from larvae found on broom at Chesham
Anaitis plagiata, Linn. Halton, Chesham, the Chiltern district ; common on hillsides
Eubolia palumbaria, SchifF. ; plumbaria, St.C. Chesham, common at Halton ; usually found plentifully upon commons and rough heathland
bipunctaria, Schiff. Wendover, Chalfont St. Peter, Chesham, Halton ; usually in chalk districts, resting upon the ground
cervinaria, Schiff. Halton, Chesham ; among mallow
mensuraria, Schiff. ; limitata, St.C. Abundant everywhere in waysides and rough grass land
Eupithecia togata, Hb. This large and handsome ' pug ' moth was discovered, as British, in Black Park, in June, 1845, by Mr. Desvignes, the eminent hymenopterist, the late Mr. Samuel Stevens and others, of whom but one, Mr. J. W. Douglas, now survives. Some years later the Rev. J. Greene beat out two specimens from a fir in Beech Wood near Halton ; it does not seem to have been seen in the county since, but is found among spruce fir, in the cones
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