aescularia ([Denis & Schiffermiiller], 1775) March Moth 



Guernsey - listed by Miss Wilkinson, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:226 {recorded as Anisopteryx 

 aescularia}. 



Guernsey - noted as common, W.A. Luff, 1873a(6):355 {recorded as Anisopteryx aescularia). 

 Guernsey - noted as frequent, W.A. Luff, 1890b(l):171 {recorded as, Anisopteryx aescularia}. 

 Jersey - several specimens taken at light, iii.1928, A.C. Halliwell, 1930([11?]):209; & 1937a(13):150 {recorded as 

 Anisopteryx aescularia } . 



Jersey - noted as not common, but odd specimens seen in recent years, A.C. Halliwell, 1937a(13):150 {recorded as 

 Anisopteryx aescularia } . 



GEOMETRINAE 



APLASTA Hiibner, [1823] 



ononaria (Fuessly, 1783) Rest Harrow 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Clement, 6.viii.l994, R.V.M. Burrow; R. & M.L. Long, 1995(26):318. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Forest, Le Chene, 1 9. viii. 1 996, T.N.D. Peet; R.A. Austin, 1997:1 & 18; & 

 1997a:59; 1997b:43; B. Skinner & M. Parsons, 1999(111 ):161. 



PSEUDOTERPNA Hiibner, [1823] 



HEMITHEA; sensu Johnson & Piquet, 1 862 

 \pruinata (Hufnagel, 1823)] pruinata (Hufhagel, 1823) Grass Emerald 



cythisaria ([Denis & Schiffermiiller], 1775)] 

 or atropunctaria (Walker, 1863)? 

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

 Hemithea cythisaria } . 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at m/v light, early viii. 1968, Mr Rowden; C.J. Shayer, 1969(18):272. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Martin, Icart, 17.vii.2001, T.N.D. Peet; R.A. Austin, 2002(15):47; & 

 2002a(l):43. 



[Note: in view of recent re-identifications of some Jersey specimens as coronillaria, all records need to be re- 

 examined and verified] 



coronillaria (Hiibner, [1817]) [non-British] Jersey Emerald 



pruinata; sensu auct? 



Jersey - 3 specimens taken in Grouville, Gorey, 29. vii. -5. viii. 1962, R.& M.L. Long, 1963(18):263 {recorded as 



Pseudoterpna pruinata); 2003(28):313. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Ouen, La Mielle de Morville, 20. vi. 1989, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Ouen, La Mielle de Morville, 10. vii. 1990, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.] 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken at light in St. John, near Sion, 16.vii.1969, M.L. & R. Long, 1970(20):107. 

 Jersey - noted as widespread, 1970, M.L. & R. Long, 1971(20):223. 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Ouen, La Rue du Creux Baillot, 26. vii. 2000, R. Long; exhibitd at Annual 



Exhibition, B.E.N.H.S., 2002]. 

 Jersey - 4 specimens taken and another seen in Grouville, Grouville, golf course, 7.& 8. viii. 2000, D.J. Wedd; 



[exhibited in 2000 Annual Exhibition of B.E.N.H.S. as Pseudoterpna pruinata, identity corrected by 



N.Hall]; [pers. comm.], D.J. Wedd, 2001(12):76; B. Skinner, M. Tunmore & D.J. Wedd, 2001(13):34; 



G.A. Collins, 2001(14):144, PI. 2 fig. 11; & R. Long, 2001(28):44, PI. 2. 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in Grouville, 2. viii. 2002, D.J. Wedd; [exhibited at Annual Exhibition, 

 B.E.N.H.S., 2002]. 



Jersey - stating that following the discovery of earlier misidentifications of P. pruinata from 1962 onwards, they are 

 now known to be referable to coronillaria. Long further stated that over a dozen specimens were trapped 

 between 23.vi-5.viii[2002?], 8 specimens were retained for the Societe Jersiaise collection, the remainder 

 were released. Long concluded that the species is now established on the island. He noted that the 

 grey/blue and blue/green tints soon faded to grey. No specimens were seen in Jersey in 2001, but 3 were 

 recorded in 2002. Though aware of the capture of a single specimen claimed to be P. pruinata in Sark by 

 Rowden in 1968, Long has been unable to verify this record, concluding that it could be either species. 

 Long suggested that the species should be named as Jersey Emerald. [Though Long stated that the species 

 P. pruinata cannot be confirmed from Jersey from any available material and should be removed from the 

 Jersey listing, the unconfirmed recording of pruinata by Johnson & Piquet in 1862 still stands for Jersey. 

 This listing, plus the unconfirmed record from Sark by Rowden and the later record from Guernsey by 

 Peet, means that pruinata still has to be retained on the Channel Island checklist]. R. Long, 2003(18): 30- 

 31; & R.& M.L. Long, 2003(28):313. 



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