The Entomologist's record and journal of variation . a casual specimen takenin the Newton Abbot district of S. Devon, 1902. The two Lizardspecimens, undoubtedly immigrants, arrived on a night noted forvast numbers of Plusia gamma L. which fortunately settled on theilluminated rock face rather than enter the trap. — B. K. WEST,36 Briar Road, Bexley, Kent. CORRIGENDUM. - Vol. 96 ( 1984) p. 243, line 12:for P. J. Hammond read P. M. Hammond. ARCHIPS ARGYROSPILA WALKER NEW TO BRITAIN 51 ARCHIPSARGYROSPILA WALKER (LEP.:TORTRICIDAE): A SPECIES NEW TO BRITAIN By M. J. Sterling * and P. Sterli
The Entomologist's record and journal of variation . a casual specimen takenin the Newton Abbot district of S. Devon, 1902. The two Lizardspecimens, undoubtedly immigrants, arrived on a night noted forvast numbers of Plusia gamma L. which fortunately settled on theilluminated rock face rather than enter the trap. — B. K. WEST,36 Briar Road, Bexley, Kent. CORRIGENDUM. - Vol. 96 ( 1984) p. 243, line 12:for P. J. Hammond read P. M. Hammond. ARCHIPS ARGYROSPILA WALKER NEW TO BRITAIN 51 ARCHIPSARGYROSPILA WALKER (LEP.:TORTRICIDAE): A SPECIES NEW TO BRITAIN By M. J. Sterling * and P. Sterling ** On the 29th of April 1984, Mr. Brian Statham was contactedby the manager of a florists shop in Matlock, Derbyshire, (VC57)and informed of a moth which was flying round the premises. Thespecimen was captured and passed on to MJS. Being unable to doany better than large foreign Tortricid, it was passed on to theBritish Museum of Natural History by MJS for identification andhas been determined by Dr. J. D. Bradley as Archips The following information has been given to us by Dr. species is a native of the USA where it is commonly known asthe Fruit Tree Leaf Roller. The larva feeds predominantly on Appleand Cherry and sometimes causes severe foUa^e and fruit-scar damage;it also feeds on Hawthorn and Oak and is probably mildly poly-phagous. The species has various forms or ecological races andas the specimen from Matlock is a female with dark hindwings itprobably originated from the eastern States. Given that the species occurs at similar latitudes to our own, itcould perhaps be found breeding in this country as a result offurther imports and should not necessarily be dismissed, if found,as an accidental introduction. We are, however, convinced that inthe circurhstances the Matlock specimen must have been an import. As there seems to be no mention of this species in previousBritish literature we have made the following description of theMatlock
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