TRICHIURA Stephens, 1828 



crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758) Pale Eggar 



Alderney - 1 misidentified specimen taken in 1899 by W.A. Luff; [pers. comm. from Austin database], [first 



Bailiwick record listed by M. Austin as 1899, in unpublished checklist updated to 1998, no data given, 



confirmed record has not been published]. 



MALACOSOMA Hubner, [1820] 



CLISIOCAMPA Curtis, 1828 



BOMBYX; sensu Luff, 1905a 



MALACASOMA; misspelling 



MALACOSMA; misspelling 

 neustria (Linnaeus, 1 758) Lackey 

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



Clisiocampa neustria}; & W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):488 [recorded as Bombyx neustria, L. }; A.C. 



Halliwell, 1934a([12?]):310. 

 Herm - 5 full-grown larvae taken on leaves of Blackberry, many cast skins and old webbing seen on bushes in 



different parts of the island, 15.vi.1889, W.A. Luff, 1890b(l):160; & 1905a:379 {recorded as Bombyx 



neustria). 



Herm - noted as common, several larvae taken, v. 1904, E.D. Marquand, W.A. Luff, 19()5a:379 {recorded as 



Bombyx neustria, L. }. 

 Herm - listed as common, W.A. Luff, 19()5a:379 {recorded as Bombyx neustria). 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in Grouville, Gorey, 1917, G.E.J. Crallan; A.C. Halliwell, 1934a([12?]) :310; & R. 

 Dobson, 1961(18):22. 



Jersey - a number of eggs were found in a neat ring on a sloe branch in winter 1946-7, attempt was made to 

 breed them, but all larvae died, material identified as this species, W.J. Le Quesne, 1948(14):357; & R. 

 Dobson, 1961(18):22. 



Sark - colonies of larvae seen over the island, 27.v-7.vi. 1947, mainly on Sloe, bramble, or hedgerow oak, C.J. 

 Shayer, 1948a(14):124. 



Guernsey - isolated groups of larvae found in Vale, Chouet feeding on Sloe in 1952, C.J. Shayer, 1953(15):172 



{recorded as Malacasoma [sic] neustria). 

 Herm - larvae seen, 28. v. 1953, Societe Guernesiaise escursion, C.J. Shayer, 1954(15):250. 

 Jersey - 1 dead specimen found in St. Helier, 27.vi.1960, M.L. & R. Long & J.H Richards; R. Dobson, 



1961(18):22. 



Jersey - 2 specimens taken in St. Brelade, La Pulente, 30.vi.1961, M.L. & R. Long & J.H. Richards, 

 1962(18):157 & 158. 



Alderney - 1 larva taken at Val de Fontaine, 22.vii.1962, em. 13.viii.1962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Alderney - 3 specimens taken at Val de Fontaine, 29.vii.1962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Alderney - specimen[s?] taken in m/v light-trap in 1970 [data not given], R. & M.L. Long & V. Mendham; C.J. 



Shayer, 1971(18):451 {recorded as Malacasoma [sic] neustria). 

 Guernsey - several specimens seen, 27.vii.-9.viii.1982, D.J.L. Agassiz; [pers. comm.]. 



Alderney - larvae noted as particularly abundant on blackthorn on the south cliffs in first half of 1985, M.L. 



Mendham, 1985(20):5. 

 Alderney - large numbers of larvae seen, v. 1987, M.L. Mendham, 1987(22):20. 

 Herm - larvae seen on Primus domestica, 13.vi.1990, D.J.L. Agassiz & J.R. Langmaid; [pers. comm.]. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in St. Saviour, 21 .vii. 1990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Sark - 1 larva seen at La Coupee, 20. vi. 1993, 1.C. Beavis; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Herm - 1 specimen taken at Harbour area, 1. vii. 1993, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Vallon D'Or, 7.vii.l993, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - larvae seen at on Little Sark, Port Gorey, 20, vi. 1994 and on cliffpath at Port du Moulin, 27. vi. 1994, I.C. 



Beavis; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Sark - 8 specimens seen at La Moinerie, 4-5. & 7-8. viii. 1994, R. & M.L. Long; [Socie'te' Sercquiaise files]. 

 Herm - extensive webbing with thousands of larvae seen, 26.-29. v. 1995, M. Hull; [pers. comm.]. 

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

 Herm - 1 specimen taken at St. Tuguafs Chapel, 23. vii. 1995, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

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

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

 Sark - specimens seen at Le Dos D'Ane, 29. vii. 1995, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 5. viii. 1995, M. & M. Shaffer; [presented to P. Perree]. 

 Guernsey - larvae seen in St. Pierre du Bois, L'Eree, 16. vi. 1996, also in St. Peter Port, St. John, 24. vi. 1996; 

 specimens seen at light at 8 sites on 26 nights, between 7. vii. -30. viii. 1996, R.A. Austin. J. Brehaut & J. 



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