CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Why the macrolepidoptera
and microlepidoptera are in
separate lists
Can a list of the
microlepidoptera of Essex
now be justified?
The recording area
The presentation of the
records
The maps
The pattern of coverage
Types of habitat
Migration and colonisation
The history of recording in
Essex
The principal recorders
Recorders, past and present
Collections
Acknowledgements
THE SYSTEMATIC LIST
Family descriptions
The names of the species
Status
Span of the records
Foodplants
Distribution and degree of
abundance
The distribution maps
Locality records
MICROPTERIGIDAE
ERIOCRANIIDAE
NEPTICULIDAE
OPOSTEGIDAE
TISCHERIIDAE
INCURVARIIDAE
HELIOZELIDAE
PSYCHIDAE
5 TINEIDAE 41
5 OCHSENHEIMERIIDAE 44
6 GRACILLARIIDAE 46
6 Gracillariinae 46
Lithocolletinae 49
PHYLLOCNISTIDAE 53
6 CHOREUTIDAE 53
GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE 54
DOUGLASIIDAE 55
6 YPONOMEUTIDAE 55
7 EPERMENIIDAE 61
SCHRECKENSTEINIIDAE 62
8 COLEOPHORIDAE 63
9 ELACHISTIDAE 72
10 OECOPHORIDAE 75
13 ETHMIIDAE 82
13 GELECHIIDAE 82
BLASTOBASIDAE 93
15 STATHMOPODIDAE 94
19 MOMPHIDAE 95
21 SCYTHRIDIDAE 98
22 "MESOLEPIDOPTERA" 99
22 COCHYLIDAE 99
22 TORTRICIDAE 103
23 Tortricinae 104
23 Olethreutinae 112
23 ALUCITIDAE 131
23 PYRALIDAE 131
24 Crambinae 132
Schoenobiinae 135
24 Scopariinae 136
24 Nymphulinae 137
25 Evergestinae 138
26 Pyraustinae 139
27 Pyralinae 143
35 Galleriinae 144
35 Phycitinae 141
36 PTEROPHORIDAE 151
38 REFERENCES 154
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