PLUTELLINAE 

 PLUTELLA Schrank, 1 802 (PLUTELLA Schrank, 1 802) 



CEROSTOMA; sensu Wilkinson, 1862 

 FLUTELLA; misspelling 



xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758) Diamond-backed Moth 



maculipennis (Curtis, 1832) 

 cruciferarum Zellcr, 1843 



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

 cruciferarum}. 



Jersey - specimens taken, 21-28. viii. 1 886, R.C.R. Jordan, 1888(25):51 {recorded as Plutella cruciferarum}. 

 Guernsey - noted as common in gardens and fields near the cliffs in 1898, W.A. Luff, 1899a(3):275 {recorded 



as Plutella cruciferarum, Zell. }. 

 Jethou - several specimens taken, 25. vi. 1890, W.A. Luff, 1905b:389 {recorded as Plutella cruciferarum, Zell.}. 

 Herm - noted as common, iv. -viii. 1904, E.D. Marquand; W.A. Luff, 1905a:38() {recorded as Plutella 



cruciferarum, Zell.}. 



Sark - noted as common, 9-14.vii.1906, W.A. Luff, 1907a(5):192 {recorded as Plutella cruciferarum, Zell.}. 



Jersey - noted as very common, W.A. Luff, 19()9b(5):495 {recorded as Plutella cruciferarum, Z. }. 



Jersey - noted as unusually common in 1936, known as a notorious pest of crops like cabbages, swedes, etc., 



A.C. Halliwell, 1937(13):125 {recorded as Plutella maculipennis}. 

 Jersey - noted as very common, A.C. Halliwell, 1940a(14):26 {recorded as Flutella [sic] maculipennis}. 

 Guernsey - noted as abundant, 27.vii.-9.viii. 1982, D.J.L. Agassiz; [pers. comm.]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Castel, Talbot Valley, 10. iv. 1988, R.A. Austin; specimens seen in moth trap at 

 St. John, 1 specimen 14.vi. 2 on 19.vii. and 1 on 18. viii. 1988, R.A. Austin, 1989(22):364. 



Guernsey - 6 specimens seen in x.1988 and 1 on 10. xi. 1988, R.A. Austin; R.F. Bretherton & J.M. Chalmers- 

 Hunt, 1989a(101):158. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at m/v lights at 9 sites on 12 nights between 23. v. & 8.ix. ! 989, R.A. Austin; also at 



actinic or m/v black lamp on 1 1 nights between 24.v. & 6. viii. 1989, R.A. Austin, 1990(22):544. 

 Guernsey - noted as common between 1 7. v. -1 5.x. 1990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Guernsey - noted as generally common. 12-1 9.vi. 1 990, D.J.L. Agassiz & J.R. Langmaid; [pers. comm.]. 

 Sark - 2 specimens taken at Le Vallon D'Or, 16-23. v. 1992, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - single specimens seen on 7 dates from 4 sites between 23. v. & 2. viii . 1 993 ; R.A. Austin, 

 1994(23):431. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Vallon D'Or, 3.vii. 1993, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - regularly recorded at light on 36 nights at 10 sites between 30. vi. & 29.x. 1995; maximum count of 

 14 in St. Peter Port, St. John, t3.vii.1995; 1 in vi., 5 in vii., 10 in viii. & 1 in ix.1995 in St. Martin, 

 Burnt Lane, Rothamsted light trap, W. Angell; R.A. Austin, 1996(23):857. 



Herm - 2 specimens taken at May Queen, 20. vii. 1995, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Herm - 2 specimens taken at Le Manoir gardens, 25.vii.1995, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - 2 specimens taken at St. Pierre du Bois, Route de la Hougue Anthan, 27.vii.1995, M. & M. Shaffer; 

 [BMNH]. 



Sark - specimens seen at La Coupee, 30.vii.1995, M. & M. Shaffer. 

 Sark - specimens seen at Le Dos D'Ane, 4. viii. 1995, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Guernsey - specimens seen 6.iv., 11. & 31. v. & 5. vi. 1 996, with an influx on 7. & 8.vi. 1996, good numbers noted 

 regularly throughout rest of vi, vii. & viii. 1996; late records on I. & 7.ix. & 27.x. & 3.xi. 1 996, S.E. 

 V[?]; over 1100 specimens seen in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 24.iv. -28.x. 1996, W. 

 Angell; R.A. Austin, 1997:5 & 40; & 1997a:58; 1997b:37 & 38. 



Sark - specimens seen at Le Vallon D'Or, 30.v. 1996, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - specimens seen in Fairy Wood near Hog's Back, 7. vii. 1 996, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Guernsey - small numbers seen between 5.v.-16.xi.l997, maximum of 20-25 from 16.-24. viii. 1997; several 

 seen in Vale, Fort Doyle, 2.viii. 1 997, R.A. Austin, 1998(4):45; & latest date given as 26.xi., B. Skinner 

 & M. Parsons, 2000(1 12):67. 



Guernsey - noted as common in Forest, Le Chene, 29. vii. -5. viii. 1997, D.J.L. Agassiz; [pers. comm.]. 



Guernsey - small numbers seen at light at 3 sites on 44 nights between 28.iii.-26.ix. 1998, maximum counts of 20 

 on 1 l.v.1998, 16 on 19.vi. & 13 on 20. vi. 1998, R.A. Austin & P.D.M. Costen; 263 in St. Martin, Burnt 

 Lane, Rothamsted trap between lO.v.-l.xi. 1998, W. Angell; [pers. comm. from Austin database]; R.A. 

 Austin, 1999 (6):45. 



Alderney - specimens taken at Les Blayes, 2 l.v.1998; seen by Braye Bay, 22.V.1998, R.A. & M. Austin, 

 1998(33):19 & 20. 



Sark - 3 specimens seen at Stocks Hotel, 29., 30.vi.& 2. vii. 1 998, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe' Sercquiaise files]; 

 [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 



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