LYMANTRIIDAE

2026 The Vapourer Orgyia antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758)

1 adult male to light at Park road Elland on 12^th September 2000(PT)

Singles at Hedge Top Lane on the 22^nd and 23^rd August 2002 and 1 on 1^st September 2005 flying on hot summy days.

1 larve found by Halifax General Hospital 28^th June  2007.(A&I Crystal)

1 larva Cromwell Bottom 28^th June 2007 and 1  found  Only House wood Northowram 29^th June 2008(AC)

A male and female photographed  in cop at Skircot Green,the female was seen egg laying  a few hours later laying hundereds of eggs 12^th September 2008  .The larvae emerged on 9^th May 2009(CS).

2028 Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Recorded as adults at light  between the first week in May and the  last week of June  6 at Park Road Elland on 15 May 1999 .The spectacular larvae(Hop Dog’s as they were once common in hop fields) has been seen  at Cromwell Bottom on the 3^rd Oct 2005(PT) and at Alegar  Wood Brighouse  9^th  October 2008(C.Sutcliffe)on efound on bracken near Copley Canal 28^th August  and at Skircot Green feeding on silver Birch.19^th October 2009 .p

Silver Birch.  

2029 Brown-tail Euproctis chrysorrhea (Linnaeus, 1758)

There are six old records for this species in Collinson s book and Porritt’s List it was recorded in VC 63 , but it is only now recorded at Spurn in VC61 and there are no recent records locally.

2030 Yellow-tail Euproctis similis (Fuessly, 1775)

Recorded in Elland and at Kebroyd in 1969, there are no other records.

2031 White Satin Moth Leucoma salicis (Linnaeus, 1758)

1 recorded from 1899 ‘larvae plentiful’ .12 larve were found in the Halifax area 1983 (WBa) No other records till one adult caught at light at Hedge Top Lane 8^th August 2002(AC).