Alderney - 1 specimen taken at Essex Hill, 24.vii.1962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Jersey - noted as very common, R. Long, 1967(19):230. 



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

 Channel Islands - occurrence noted, B. Goater, 1986:99. 



Guernsey - specimens seen around the coast, 12-19. vi. 1990, D.J.L. Agassiz & J.R. Langmaid; [pers. comm.]. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen at 9 sites on 10 nights between 1 2. vi.- 1 1 .viii. 1990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from 

 Austin database]. 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Ouen, La Mielle de Morville, 30. vi. 1993, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Vallon D'Or, 4.vii.l993, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - specimens seen in Little Sark, Silver Mines, 7. vii . 1 993, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Herm - specimens seen in Home Field, 20. vii. 1995, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Herm - 1 specimen taken at Le Manoir gardens, 25. vii. 1995, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen in Torteval, 27.vii.1995, M. &M. Shaffer. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at light at 5 sites on 9 nights, between 1 1. vii. -18. viii. 1996, R.A. Austin & J. Brehaut; 



22 in St. Martin Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, viii. 1996, W. Angell; R.A. Austin, 1997:13 & 42. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen seen at light at Platte Saline, 22. vii. 1996, R. & M.L. Long; R.A. Austin, 1997:13. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen on cliffs in Forest, 29. vii. -5. viii. 1997, D.J.L. Agassiz; [pers. comm.]. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen at 4 sites on 18 nights between 3.vii.-15.viii.l998, R.A. Austin & P.D.M. Costen 



[pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Sark - specimens seen at Grande Greve, 6. vii. 1998, M. & M. Shaffer. 

 Sark - 2 specimens taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 4. & 15.vii.1998, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen in St. Pierre du Bois, 1 9. vii . 1 998, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Alderney - 3 specimens seen at light at Platte Saline, 8. & 9.viii. 1 998, R. & M.L. Long; [pers. comm. from 

 Austin database]. 



Guernsey - specimen seen at 7 sites on 24 nights between 23. vi.-l. viii. 1999, various recorders; 18 in St. Martin, 

 Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, vii.& viii. 1999, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 



Sark - 3 specimens seen at Stocks Hotel, 5. -7. vii. 1999, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]; [pers. 

 comm. from Austin database]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 19. vii. 2000, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH], 



Sark - specimens seen at Maricel, 18. vii. 2001, H.E. Bull; det. by M. Shaffer. 



Sark - 1 specimen seen at Le Clos Bourel, 27.vii.2001, M.J. Bull; det. by M. Shaffer. 



Sark - 2 specimens seen at Stocks Hotel, 28. vii. 2001, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 



Sark - 2 specimens seen at Maricel, 5. & 1 l.viii.2002, H.E. Bull; det. by M. Shaffer. 



GALLERIINAE 



GALLERIA Fabricius, 1798 



mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758) Wax Moth 



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



Luff, 1909b(5):494; R. Long, 1967(19):230. 

 Jersey - occurrence noted, according to R. Long has been found in the island since 1967, B. Goater, 1986:100. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at light in Forest, Le Chene, 26. viii. 1992, T.N.D. Peet; R.A. Austin, 1993(23):232 



& 235; & D.J.L. Agassiz, R.J. Heckford & J.R. Langmaid, 1994(106):227. 

 Guernsey - local beekeepers at several locations had reported serious infestations in their hives, they believed 



that hives weakened by verroa mites are more likely to be attacked; R.A. Austin. 2003(18):44. 



ACHROIA Hubner, [1819] 



MELIPHORA Guenee, 1845 

 grisella (Fabricius, 1794) Lesser Wax Moth 



aluearia (Fabricius, 1798) 



alvearia, misspelling 



Guernsey - notes that larvae are common in old bee-hives in 1898, W.A. Luff, 1899a(3):272 {recorded as 



Meliphora alvearia [sic], F. (grisella, F.j}; & R. Long, 1967(19):226. 

 Jersey - occurrence noted, according to R. Long has been found in the island since 1969, B. Goater, 1986:100. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Pierre du Bois, 10. vii. 1971, ex. bee combs, R.H Le Pelley, identified by J.D. 



Bradley, 1974; [BMNH]. 

 Guernsey - occurrence noted, B. Goater, 1986:100. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Sampson, Clos des Pecqueries, 22.viii.2001, M.P. Lawlor; R.A. Austin, 

 2002a(l) :40. 



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