Guernsey - 1 specimen seen at light in St. Peter Port, The Dell, 2 1 . vii. 1 996; 1 in Vale, l'Ancresse, 1 0. viii . 1 996, 



R.A. Austin; 7 seen in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, vii., viii. & ix. 1 996, W. Angell; R.A. 



Austin, 1997:11 & 42 {recorded as Pyrausta cespitalis). 

 Sark - 1 specimen found dead in house on Little Sark, La Moiserie Cottage, 1 3.ix. 1996. J. Perree; [BMNH]. 

 Alderney - specimens taken at Les Blayes, 21. v. 1998; and seen near Braye Bay, 22. v. 1998, R.A. & M. Austin, 



1998(33):19 {recorded as Pyrausta cespitalis). 

 Guernsey - 4 specimens taken in Vale, L'Ancresse, 19.vi., 3.& 17.vii.& 22. viii. 1998, R.A. Austin; 2 in St. Pierre 



du Bois, La Broderie, 25. viii. & 1 .ix. 1998, P.D.M. Costen; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St Pierre du Bois, on Lihou Island, 24. vii. 1998, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken in field near lighthouse, 30. vi. 1998 and 1 at Stocks Hotel, 24. viii. 1998, R. & M.L. 



Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Alderney - 2 specimens seen at light at Platte Saline, 9. & 1 1. viii. 1998. R. & M.L. Long; [pers. comm. from 



Austin database]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in Vale, Grande Havre, 25.vi.1999, R.A. Austin & P.D.M. Costen; 3 in Vale, 

 L'Ancresse, 17.& 24. vii. & 8. viii. 1999, R.A. Austin; 1 in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 1 5. viii. 1 999, 

 P.D.M. Costen; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 



Alderney - 2 specimens seen at light at Platte Saline, 12. viii. 1999, R. & M.L. Long; [pers. comm. from Austin 

 database]. 



Jersey - specimens taken in Grouville, golf course, 7. viii. 2000, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Maricel, 23.viii.2002, H.E. Bull; [BMNH]. 



cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758) Silver-barred Sable 



cingulalis (Haworth, 1811) 



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

 Ennychia cingulalis}. 



Jersey - listed by F.P. Johnson & F.G. Piquet, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:227 {recorded as 

 Ennychia cingulalis}; & W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):494 {recorded as Ennychia cingulata, L. }. 



Guernsey - 2 specimens taken on the cliffs in St. Peter Port, near Monument in 1898, W.A. Luff, 1899a(3):270 

 {recorded as Ennychia cingulata, L. }. 



Herm - 1 specimen taken on the common, W.A. Luff, 1899a(3):270 {recorded as Ennychia cingulata, L. }. 



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

 cingulalis, L. }. 



Jersey - noted as common in St. Ouen, A.C. Halliwell, 1940a(14):22; & R. Long, 1967(19):228. 

 Jersey - notes there are few recent records, R. Long, 1967(19):228. 

 Guernsey - occurrence noted, B. Goater, 1986:70. 

 Jersey - occurrence noted, B. Goater, 1986:70. 



LOXOSTEGE Hiibner, [1825] 



MARGARITIA Stephens, 1827 

 sticticalis (Linnaeus, 1761) Diamond Spot Pearl 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at light in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, La Claire Mare, 29. vii. 1995, P.D.M. 

 Costen; R.A. Austin, 1996(23):856 & 864 {recorded as Margaritia sticticalis); & P.D.M. Costen, 

 1997(3):48. 



URESIPHITA Hiibner, [1825] 



URESPHITA; misspelling 



polygonalis ([Denis & Schiffermiiller], 1775) Yellow-underwinged Pearl 



limbalis; sensu auct. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at m/v light in Forest, Le Chene, 24.viii.1983, T.N.D. Peet, 1984(21):272 & 273 



{recorded as Uresphita limbalis). 

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

 [Note: views differ over the correct usage of the name polygonalis for this species. In Fletcher & Nye, 

 1984, Generic names of moths of the World 5: 157 the species Pyralis polygonalis [Denis & Schiffermiiller], 

 1775 was retained as the type-species of the genus Uresiphita Hiibner, [1825] and followed the subsequent 

 designation made by Bisset published in 1938. The designated generic combination was retained in 

 Bradley's British checklist of 1998 and again in 2000, following the same usage in Leraut's checklist of 

 1997. However, Speidel who compiled the Pyraloidea part of the listing in Karsholt & Razowski for the 

 European checklist of 1996, suggested doubt over the identity of Pyralis polygonalis [Denis & 

 Schiffermiiller], 1775, stating it was probably a synonym of a species of the genus Udea, a view that had 

 been made by Charpentier as far back as 1821. Speidel chose to use the name gilvata Fabricius, 1794 for 



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