Guernsey - specimens seen in St. Pierre du Bois, 4.vi.l999, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - specimens seen at Le Dos D'Ane, 3-16.X.1999, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - specimens seen in water trough at Old Forge, 3-1 6.x. 1999, M. & M. Shaffer . 



Sark - specimens seen at Dixcart Hotel, 3- 16.x. 1999, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 2.V.2000, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - 2 specimens taken in St. Pierre du Bois, 6.& 9.V.2000, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - 1 specimen seen at Maricel, 1 7. viii.2000, H.E. Bull; det. M. Shaffer. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Anc, 10. vi. 2001, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen in Forest, Le Chene, 23. vi. 2001, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - specimens seen at Le Clos Bourel, 1 . vii .200 1 , M.J. Bull; det. M. Shaffer. 



Sark - specimens seen at Maricel. 6.X.2001, H.E. Bull; det. M. Shaffer. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 17.iv.2002, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - specimens seen at Maricel, 13. v., 6.viii. & 1 l.ix.2002. H.E. Bull; det. M. Shaffer. 



Herm - specimens seen, 28-30. vii. 2003, D.J. Wedd; [Pers. comm. from P.D.M. Costen, via P. Heyworth]. 



ESPERIA Hubner, [1825] 



DASYCERA Stephens, 1829 

 sulphurella (Fabricius, 1775) Sulphur-underwinged Tubic 



Guernsey - listed by Miss Wilkinson, in, D.T.Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:227 {recorded as Dasycera 

 sulphurella). 



Guernsey - noted as common in 1898, W.A. Luff, 1899a(3):276 {recorded as Dasycera sulphurella, F. }. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen taken in 1902, E.D. Marquand; W.A. Luff, 1903d(4):150 {recorded as Dasycera 

 sulphurella, F. }. 



Herm - noted as common, iv.-viii. 1904, E.D. Marquand; W.A. Luff, 1905a:380 {recorded as Dasycera 

 sulphurella, F. }. 



Sark - 2 specimens taken, 9-14. vii. 1906, W.A. Luff, 1907a(5):193 {recorded as Dasycera sulphurella, F.}. 

 Jersey - noted as fairly common, A.C. Halliwell, 1940a(14):25 {recorded as Dasycera sulphurella). 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in St. Peter Port, St. John, 4. v. 1990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from Austin 

 database]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in Forest, 16. vi. 1990, D.J.L. Agassiz & J.R. Langmaid; [pers. comm.]. 



Herm - 1 specimen taken at Threepenny Hill, 23.V.1994, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Port a la Jument, 20.vi.1994, I.G. Beavis; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Chasse-Marais, 31. v. 1996, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Greve de la Ville, 1 .vi. 1996, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen seen at light in St. John, 2 1 . vi. 1 996, R.A. Austin. 1997:5. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Methodist Church, 4.V.1997, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Fairy Wood near Hog's Back, 5. v. 1997, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Petit Discart, 9.V.1997, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken on Little Sark, Cider Press Cottage, 13.V.1997, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in Forest, Petit Bot, 3. v. 1998, R.A. Austin; singles on 5 nights in St. Pierre du Bois, 



LaBroderie, 1 1.-16. v.1998, P.D.M. Costen; 1 in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, v. 1998, R.A. 



Austin; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Alderney - specimen taken near Fort Tourgis, 22.V.1998, R.A. & M. Austin, 1998(33):19. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Torteval, Vaux de Monel, 4.iv. 1 999, R.A. Austin and P.D.M. Costen; [pers. 



comm. from Austin database]. 

 Herm - 1 specimen taken on cliffpath at Moie Serq, 22.V.1999, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Herm - 1 specimen taken at Rosiere Cottage, 25. v. 1999, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Pierre du Bois, near Mont Herault, 31. v. 1999, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Old Forge, 5.V.2000, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - 2 specimens taken on cliffpath above Saignie Bay, 19.iv.2002, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



PHILOBOTINAE 



PLEUROTA Hiibner, [ 1 825] 



aristella (Linnaeus, 1767) no English name 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken at flourescent light, vii. 1965, R. Long; M.W. Harper, 1993(44): 11. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken, vii. 1971, R. Long; M.W. Harper, 1993(44):11. 



Jersey - \S taken in flourescent light-trap at dawn, 22. vi. 1989, with a further taken between dawn and 



sunrise (4.30-5.30 a.m.), these were making short flights just above ground level, or frequently resting 

 on grass stems. Harper goes on to note that the locality was dry, on a south-facing escarpment about 

 800m from the sea, containing much Ulex europaeus with fine-leaved short grasses, Sedum spp. 



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