ZYGAEN01DEA 



ZYGAENIDAE PROCRIDINAE 

 ADSCITA Retzius, 1783 (ADSCITA Retzius, 1783) 



PROCRIS Fabricius, 1807 



INO Leach, 1815 



statices (Linnaeus, 1758) Forester 

 Guernsey - listed by Miss Wilkinson, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:229 {recorded as Procris 

 statices } . 



Guernsey - noted as very local, found abundantly on [southern] cliffs in very limited areas several years earlier 

 by Mrs Boley, had not been recorded since, W.A. Luff, 1873a(6):352 {recorded as Procris statices}; 

 & 1890b(l) :157 {recorded as Ino statices}. 



Guernsey - noted as widely distributed, specimens taken, 20.vi.-4.vii.1892, A.J. Hodges, 1892(3):157 {recorded 

 as Ino statices } . 



Guernsey - specimens seen at [parish?] Bon Repos, 2 1 . vi. 1 892, Mrs Boley; noted as local and occurring in only 



four localities on the southern cliffs, W.A. Luff, 1893d(2):180 {recorded as Ino statices}. 

 Guernsey - noted as widely distributed and numerous in Torteval, Pleinmont, vi. 1 9 1 5, F.E. Lowe, 1916(7):195. 

 Jersey - specimens thought to be this species seen in field at [parish?] Samares, c.1931, Mr S. Guiton; A.C. 



Halliwell, 1935([12?]):377 {recorded as Ino statices}. 

 Jersey - 1$ taken in St. Peter, Val de la Mare, 10. vi. 1934, Dr Bentlif; A.C. Halliwell. 1935([12?]):377; & 



1940a(14) :23 {recorded as Ino statices}. 

 Jersey - 1 freshly emerged specimen taken in St. Ouen, Le Pinacle, 20. vi. 1935, Major Godfray; A.C. Halliwell, 



1936 (13):6; & 1940a(14):23 {recorded as Ino statices}. 

 Jersey - stated as regularly occurring in one field overgrown with orchids in St. Peter, near St. Ouen's Pond, 



W.J. Le Quesne, 1945(81):249; & 1946(14):202 {recorded as Procris statices}. 

 Guernsey - specimens taken at Icart, early vii. 1946, C.J. Shayer, 1948(14):13 {recorded as Ino statices}. 

 Guernsey - noted as plentiful on south coast cliffs in 1947, C.J. Shayer, 1948a(14):124. 



Jersey - 1 specimen seen in St. Ouen, Le Pinacle, 3. vi. 1 95 1 , Mr H. Amy; W.J. Le Quesne, 1952(15):389 



{recorded as Procris statices}. 

 Sark - 1 specimen photographed at Eperquerie Common, 30. vi. 1 989, J.H. Goode; W.G Tremewan, 



1994(45):52. 



Sark - seen in large numbers resting on a rock, about 20. vi. 1993, G. Guille; [pers. comm.]. 



Sark - specimen taken on Eperquerie Common, 25.vi.1993, 1.C. Beavis; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 



Sark - 2 specimens taken on Eperquerie Common, 4. vii. 1993, M. & M. Shaffer, identified by W.G. Tremewan, 



1993; [W. G.Tremewan Collection]; W.G. Tremewan, 1994(45):52. 

 Sark - specimens seen near La Coupee, 7. vii. 1993, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - specimens taken at La Louge, 24.vi.1994 and Adonis Headland, 25.vi.1994, I.C. Beavis; [Societe 



Sercquiaise files]; R.A. Austin, 1995(23):659. 

 Sark - specimen seen near Eperquerie Landing, 5- 1 5. vi. 1 995, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Guernsey - 2 specimens taken in Torteval, Les Tielles, 5.& 8. vii. 1 998, A. Smith; 1 taken at same locality, 



15.vii.1998, R.A. Austin, 1999(6):45; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at La Coupee, 12.vii.1998, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - 2$$ taken on Eperquerie Common, 13.vii.1998, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]; both layed about 40 

 eggs each in collecting tubes, one batch of eggs sent to W.G. Tremewan for rearing, 2SS, 7$$ 

 emerged between 27. iv. & 24. v. 1999; [W.G Tremewan Collection]; one batch was retained; eggs 

 hatched 26. vii. 1998, larvae reared on Rumex acetosa characteristically feeding by blotch mining 

 underside of leaves, the succeeding instars were progressively preserved for BMNH larval collection. 

 In late November the remaining live larvae passed into partial diapause for winter, occasionally feeding 

 but returning to diapause, continuing into further instar stage in spring 1999 and finally released 

 15.V.1999 onto foodplant at site where the parent originated on Eperquerie Common. 



Guernsey - 2 specimens taken on cliffs in St. Pierre du Bois, 18.& 23.vii.1998, M. & M. Shaffer; [W.G. 

 Tremewan Collection]. 



ZYGAENINAE 



ZYGAENA Fabricius, 1 775 (ZYGAENA Fabricius, 1 775 ) 



ANTHROCERA Scopoli, 1777 

 ZYGOENA; misspelling 



{filipeudulae (Linnaeus, 1758)] pulcherrima Verity, 1921 [non-British subspecies] Six-spot Burnet 



Channel Islands - listed from specimens collected in the summer of 1830 by J. Curtis, H. & F. Walker; F.A. 

 Walker, 1878:11. 



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