Jersey - noted as common, A.C. Halliwell, 1940a(14):22 {recorded as Platyptilia acanthodactyla [sic]}; & R. 



Long, 1967(19):231 {recorded as Amblyptilia acanthodactyla [sic] . 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, in 1995, W. Angell; R.A. Austin, 



1997:14. 



Guernsey - 2 specimens taken at light in St. Peter Port, St. John, 25. viii. & 20.x. 1996, R.A. Austin; 7 in St. 



Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, vii. & viii. 1996, W. Angell; R.A. Austin, 1997:14 & 42. 

 Guernsey - specimens taken in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, viii. & x.1998, R.A. Austin; [pers. 



comm. from Austin database]. 

 Guernsey - 2 specimens taken in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, viii.& ix. 1999, R.A. Austin; [pers. 



comm. from Austin database]. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen taken, l.ix.2002, R. & M.L. Long; R.A. Austin. 2003a(25):26(). 

 Herm - 1 specimen taken at Harbour area, 18.vi.2003, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



punctidactyla (Ha worth, 1811) Dark-brindled Plume 



punctidactylus; emendation 



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



Pterophorus punctidactylus } . 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken at St. Ouen, 9.ix.l960, R. Long, det. M. Shaffer, BMNH; R. Dobson, 1961(18):27; & 



R. Long, 1967(19):232. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at m/v light in Forest, Le Chene in 1980, T.N.D. Peet, 1985(21):452. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at m/v light in Forest, Le Chene in 1983, T.N.D. Peet, 1985(21):452. 



Guernsey - 2 specimens taken in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, vi. 1 998, R.A. Austin; also, 1 in St. 

 Peter Port, St. John, 13. viii. 1998, R.A. Austin and 1 in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 13. viii. 1998, 

 P.D.M. Costen are probably referable to this species; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Dixcart Hotel, 28.vi.2003, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



PLATYPTILIA Hiibner, [1825] 



PTEROPHORUS; sensu Wilkinson, 1862 

 gonodactyla ([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775) Triangle-marked Plume 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in [St. Peter Port?], at Dell Nursery, 24. v. 1989, R.A. Austin, 1991(22):743. 



isodactylus (Zeller, 1852) Hoary Plume 



isodactyla; emendation 



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

 Pterophorus isodactylus}; & W.A. Luff, 1899a(3):272 {recorded as Platyptilia isodactyla, Zell.}. 



pallidactyla (Haworth, 1811) Pale Plume 



Alderney - 1 specimen taken at Val de Fontaine, 29. vii. 1962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Vale, Bordeaux, 11. vii. 1986, R.A. & M. Austin & T.J. Bourgaize, R.A. Austin, 

 1987(22):33. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at light in Castel, Frie Plaidy, 2. vii. 1 989, R.A. Austin & P. Grange; R.A. Austin, 

 1990(22):545. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Pierre du Bois, 16. vi. 1990, D.J.L. Agassiz & J.R. Langmaid; [pers. comm.]. 

 Jersey - data unknown, recorded by R. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files] [confirmation required]. 



STENOPTILIA Hiibner, [1825] 



MIMAESEOPTILUS Wallengren, 1862 



MIMESEOPTILUS Zeller, 1867, unjustified emendation 



PTEROPHORUS; sensu auct. 

 zophodactylus (Duponchel, 1840) Dowdy Plume 



zophodactyla; emendation 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in 1935 [Halliwell?, no further data given], det. M. Shaffer, BMNH; R. Long, 



1967(19):232 {recorded as Stenoptilia zophodactyla Duponchel}. 

 Jersey - 2 specimens taken in 1964 [no further data given]; R. Long, 1967(19):232 {recorded as Stenoptilia 



zophodactla Duponchel}. 



bipunctidactyla (Scopoli, 1763) Grey Wood Plume 



serotinus (Zeller, 1852) 



Jersey - specimens taken, 21-28.viii.1886, R.C.R. Jordan, 1888(25):50 {recorded as Mimeseoptilus serotinus] 

 [in the literature there is currently a degree of uncertainty in defining the status of the European 

 species of the "bipulIctidactyla ,, species-group. It concerns which species should be retained in 



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