The Smaller Moths of Staffordshire Updated and Revised Edition D.W. Emley 2014 Staffordshire Biological Recording Scheme Publication No. 22 1 The Smaller Moths of Staffordshire Updated and Revised Edition By D.W. Emley 2014 Staffordshire Biological Recording Scheme Publication No. 22 Published by Staffordshire Ecological Record, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford Copyright © D.W. Emley, 2014 ISBN (online version): 978-1-910434-00-0 Available from : http://www.staffs-ecology.org.uk Front cover : Beautiful Plume Amblyptilia acanthadactyla, Dave Emley Introduction to the up-dated and revised edition ............................................................................................ 1 Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................................... 2 MICROPTERIGIDAE ...................................................................................................................................... 3 ERIOCRANIIDAE ........................................................................................................................................... 3 NEPTICULIDAE .............................................................................................................................................. 4 OPOSTEGIDAE .............................................................................................................................................. 6 HELIOZELIDAE .............................................................................................................................................. 6 ADELIDAE ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 INCURVARIIDAE ............................................................................................................................................ 7 PRODOXIDAE ................................................................................................................................................ 8 TISCHERIIDAE ............................................................................................................................................... 8 PSYCHIDAE ................................................................................................................................................... 8 TINEIDAE ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 ROESLERSTAMMIIDAE .............................................................................................................................. 11 BUCCULATRICIDAE .................................................................................................................................... 11 GRACILLARIIDAE ........................................................................................................................................ 11 YPONOMEUTIDAE ...................................................................................................................................... 14 YPSOLOPHIDAE .......................................................................................................................................... 15 PLUTELLIDAE .............................................................................................................................................. 16 GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE ................................................................................................................................... 17 ARGYRESTHIIDAE ...................................................................................................................................... 17 LYONETIIDAE .............................................................................................................................................. 18 PRAYDIDAE ................................................................................................................................................. 19 BEDELLIIDAE ............................................................................................................................................... 19 SCYTHROPIIDAE ........................................................................................................................................ 19 AUTOSTICHIDAE ......................................................................................................................................... 19 OECOPHORIDAE ........................................................................................................................................ 19 CHIMABACHIDAE ........................................................................................................................................ 20 LYPUSIDAE .................................................................................................................................................. 20 PELEOPODIDAE .......................................................................................................................................... 20 DEPRESSARIIDAE ...................................................................................................................................... 21 ETHMIIDAE .................................................................................................................................................. 22 COSMOPTERIGIDAE .................................................................................................................................. 22 GELICHIIDAE ............................................................................................................................................... 22 BATRACHEDRIDAE ..................................................................................................................................... 25 COLEOPHORIDAE ...................................................................................................................................... 26 ELACHISTIDAE ............................................................................................................................................ 27 PARAMETRIOTIDAE ................................................................................................................................... 29 MOMPHIDAE ................................................................................................................................................ 29 BLASTOBASIDAE ........................................................................................................................................ 29 SCYTHRIDIDAE ........................................................................................................................................... 30 ALUCITIDAE ................................................................................................................................................. 30 PTEROPHORIDAE ....................................................................................................................................... 30 SCHRECKENSTEINIIDAE ........................................................................................................................... 31 EPERMENIIDAE ........................................................................................................................................... 31 CHOREUTIDAE ............................................................................................................................................ 32 TORTRICIDAE ............................................................................................................................................. 32 PYRALIDAE .................................................................................................................................................. 44 CRAMBIDAE ................................................................................................................................................ 45 Records requiring confirmation ..................................................................................................................... 49 Recorders ..................................................................................................................................................... 49 Gazetteer ...................................................................................................................................................... 50 VC39 Staffordshire ....................................................................................................................................... 53 Plant species referred to in the text .............................................................................................................. 54 Bradley Number to Aggasiz Number Reference .......................................................................................... 56 Introduction to the up-dated and revised edition It is 25 years since Richard Warren (RGW) produced his Smaller Moths of Staffordshire and it is now long out-of-print. It was a monumental publication whose small size belied the work involved in its production. Richard was "into" micros at a time when few others were. His knowledge of the Micro-lepidoptera of the county was encyclopaedic, which is remarkable when you consider that he did not drive and his main source of identification of the micros was