BEMBECIA Hiibner, [1819] 

 SESIA; sensu auct. 



ichneumoniformis ([Denis &Schiffermuller], 1775) Six-belted Clearwing 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken on top of cliff in [parish?], near Doyle's Monument, 6. vii. 1 874, W.A. Luff, 

 1875(8):30; & 1876(9):16; 1890b(l):157 (Luff queried identification with H. Doubleday, who 

 suggested that the species might be megillaeformis Hiibner which Staudinger had regarded as a variety 

 of ichneumoniformis {recorded as Sesia ichneumoniformis} . 



Alderney - 1 specimen taken in 1899 by E.D. Marquand; W.A. Luff, 1900f(3):392 {recorded as Sesia 

 ichneumonifonnis, Fb. } . 



Herm - specimen taken in 1994, C.T. David; R.A. Austin, 1995(23):660. 



SYNANSPHECIA Capuse, 1973 



AEGERIA; sensu Halliwell, 1940a 

 BEMBECIA; sensu Warne 



MACROGLOSSA; sensu Johnson & Piquet, 1862 

 SESIA; sensu auct. 



muscaeformis (Esper, 1783) Thrift Clearwing 



philanthiformis (Laspeyres, 1 80 1 ) 

 muscaeifonnis ; mi sspel 1 ing 

 musciforme; misspelling 

 musciformis; misspelling 



Jersey - listed by F.P. Johnson & F.G. Piquet, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:228 {recorded as 

 Macroglossa philanthiformis and :229 as Sesia philanthiformis (under List of errata, 2nd Edn, 

 1865:xii, the species under the former generic combination is deleted from the Jersey list)}. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken [on the cliffs], 8.vi. 1 873, W.A. Luff, 1874a(7):42 {recorded as Sesia 

 philanthiformis}; & 1890b(l):157 {recorded as Sesia musciformis [sic]}. 



Alderney - specimens taken, noted as frequent on the coast in 1899 by E.D. Marquand; W.A. Luff, 19()()f(3):392 

 {recorded as Sesia musciformis [sic], View.}. 



Sark - noted that larvae feed in the stocks of Armeria maritima, W.A. Luff, 1907a(5):188 {recorded as Sesia 

 musciforme [sic], View.}. 



Jersey - series taken at St. Catherine's in 1917, G.E.J. Crallan, 1918(43):368 {recorded as Sesia musciformis 

 [sic]}; Crallan series stated as coming from Gorey, A.C. Halliwell, 1940a(14) :25 {recorded as Aegeria 

 musciformis [sic] }. 



Brecqhou - specimens seen, 21. ix. 1967, R.H. Le Pelley, 1975(19):387. 



Brecqhou - specimens seen, 5.viii.l970, R.H. Le Pelley, 1975(19):387. 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Brelade, Noirmont, 1 0. vi. 1986, A.C. Warne, {unpublished record in 1994 lists 



as Bembecia muscaeiformis [sic]; [pers. comm.]. 

 Sark - specimens taken at La Louge, 20.vi.1993 and on Venus Headland, 26. vi. 1993, I.C. Beavis; [Societe 



Sercquiaise files]. 



Sark - specimens taken on Little Sark, Port Gorey, also La Louge and Venus Headland, 16. vi. 1994, Gouliot 

 Headland, 1 8. vi. 1 994 and Eperquerie Common, 23.vi.1994, I.C. Beavis; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 



Jersey - 2 specimens taken in St. Ouen, Les Lundes, 26. vi. 1994, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.], [1 in BMNH]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken on Eperquerie Common, lO.viii. 1998, I.C. Beavis; [pers. comm.]. 



Guernsey - large numbers attracted to pheromone lures in Torteval, Pleinmont and in St. Pierre du Bois, Lihou 

 Island, where they were found to be very localised, summer 2001, D.J. Wedd, 2002(17):47. 



CHOREUTOIDEA 

 CHOREUTIDAE 

 ANTHOPHILA Haworth, 1811 



SIMAETHIS Leach, 1815 



XYLOPODA Berthold, 1 827 



SIMAERHIS; misspelling 



SYAETHIS; misspelling 



SYMAETHIS; misspelling 



SYMOETHIS; misspelling 

 fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767) 



oxyacanthella (Linnaeus, 1767) 



fabricania, misspelling 



oxycanthella; misspelling 



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