Jersey - Walker stated that in 1860 specimens [of Jersey origin] had been obtained from a Jersey doctor in St. 



Saviour, F.A. Walker, 1888(21):151 {recorded as Thyatira derasa). 

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



derasa). 



Jersey - listed by F.P. Johnson & F.G. Piquet, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:229; & W.A. Luff, 



1909b(5):491 {recorded as Thyatira derasa, L. }. 

 Guernsey - noted as frequent at sugar, W.A. Luff, 1873b(6):375 {recorded as Gonophora derasa); & 1890b(l):161 



{recorded as Thyatira derasa). 

 Jersey - noted as frequent in some years; had been taken in St. Brelade, Noirmont, also in Grouville, Gorey and in 



St. Saviour [dates not given], A.C. Halliwell, 1934a([12?]):308 {recorded as Habrosyne derasa). 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Shayer's garden, 6.vii.l955, C.J. Shayer, 1956(16):19 {recorded as Habrosyne 



derasa). 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Martin, Le Havre de Fer, 3. vii. 1 960, D.S. Brown; [BMNH]. 



Alderney - 1 specimen taken at St. Anne, l.viii.1962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Brelade, La Pulente, 6.viii. 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. 



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



Jersey - specimens taken in St. Ouen, La Mielle de Morville, 8.& 12.vii.1988, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 



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



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Ouen, La Mielle de Morville, 14. vii. 1990, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen in Vale, Grande Maison Quarry, 19. vii. 1990; in St. Saviour, 21. vii. 1990, R.A. Austin; 



[pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Ouen, La Mielle de Morville, 26. vi. 1993, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Stocks Hotel, 15.vi.1995, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]; R.A. Austin, 



1997b:43 {recorded as family Thxatiridae [sic]}. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen at light at 7 sites on 18 nights, between 22.vi.-15.viii. 1996, R.A. Austin, J. Brehaut & J. 



Hooper; 3 in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, between 1 1.-21. vii. 1996, W. Angell; R.A. Austin, 



1997:18. 



Alderney - 2 specimens seen at light at Platte Saline, 21. & 22. vii. 1996, R. & M.L. Long; R.A. Austin, 1997:18. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in Forest, Le Chene, 29.vii.-5.viii. 1997, D.J.L. Agassiz; [pers. comm.]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at 3 sites on 14 nights between 1 7. vi.-7. viii. 1 998, R.A. Austin & P.D.M. Costen; 4 in St. 



Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, between 5. vii. -4. viii. 1998, W. Angell; [pers. comm. from Austin 



database]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Stocks Hotel, 30. vi. 1998, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]; [pers. comm. 



from Austin database]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 5. vii. 1998, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Pierre du Bois, La Route de la Hougue Anthan, 19. vii. 1998, M. & M. Shaffer; 

 [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at 9 sites on 29 nights between 30. v.-3. viii. 1999, various recorders; 2 in St. Martin, 

 Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 20. & 28. vi. 1999, W. Angell; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 



Sark - 13 specimens seen in Stocks Hotel, 3. -9. vii. 1999, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]; [pers. comm. 

 from Austin database]. 



Guernsey - noted as common in Forest, Petit Bot, viii. 1999, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 



Sark - 10 specimens seen at Stocks Hotel, 27., 29. & 30. vi., 1. & 2. vii. 2000, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise 

 files]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Pondon, 17.vii.2000, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 20. vii. 2000, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



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



TETHEA Ochsenheimer, 1816 



PALIMPSESTIS Hiibner, 1821 



CYMATOPHORA; sensu Coney, 1904 

 [ocularis (Linnaeus, 1767)] octogesimea (Hiibner, [1786]) Figure of Eighty 



octogessima; misspelling 



Jersey - specimens taken, 26.vi.- 1. vii. 1903, G.B. Coney, 1904(37):128; & W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):491 {recorded as 

 Cyntatophora ocularis, Gn.}; A.C. Halliwell, 1934a([12?]):309 {recorded as Palimpsestis octogessima 

 [sic]}. 



Jersey - 2 specimens taken, viii. 1914, G.E.J. Crallan; A.C. Halliwell, 1934a([12?]):3()9 {recorded as Palimpsestis 

 octogessima [sic]}; & R. Dobson, 1961(18):22 {recorded as Tethea ocularis). 



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