MESOTYPE Hubner, [1825]; sensu auct. 



ORTHOLITHA; sensu Halliwell, 1937a 

 virgata (Hufnagel, 1767) Oblique Striped 



lineolata ([Denis & Schiffermiiller], 1775) 

 Jersey - specimens taken in St. Ouen, 21-28. viii. 1886, R.C.R. Jordan, 1888(25):50 {recorded as Mesotype virgata 



(lineolata)} . 



Jersey - noted as common in St. Ouen, sandy fields near St. Ouen's Bay, vi.[year not given], W.A. Luff, 



1909b(5):491 {recorded as Eubolia lineolata, Hb. }. 

 Jersey - noted as very common in St. Ouen, the sand hills all along St. Ouen's Bay in June and again in August and 



September, A.C. Halliwell, 1937a(13):143 {recorded as Ortholitka virgata}. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Brelade, The Quennevais, 5. viii. 1962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Jersey - 2 specimens taken on sand dunes in St. Brelade, The Quennevais, early vi.1965, B. Wurzell, 1966(25):11 



{recorded as Mesotype virgata}. 

 Guernsey - specimens taken at m/v light in Forest, Le Chene, 24. viii. 1984, T.N.D. Peet, 1985(21):452 {recorded as 



Mesotype virgata } . 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at m/v light in Forest, Le Chene, 8.ix. 1985, T.N.D. Peet, 1986(21 ):621 {recorded as 

 Mesotype virgata } . 



Jersey - specimens taken in St. Ouen, La Mielle de Morville, 10.vii.& 17.ix.1990, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Brelade, Le Blanches Banques, 27.vi.1991, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

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

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Martin, Icart, 25. viii. 2001, T.N.D. Peet; R.A. Austin, 2002a(l):40. 

 Herm - 2 specimens taken at Shell Beach, 28-30. vii. 2003, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm. from P.D.M. Costen, via P. 

 Hey worth]. 



ORTHONAMA Hubner , [1825] 



PLEMYRIA Hubner, [1825]:334, nec Hubner, [1825]:327 

 NYCTEROSEA Hulst, 1896 

 PERCNOPTILOTA Hulst, 1896 

 COREMIA; sensu Johnson & Piquet, 1862 

 NYCTEROSIA; misspelling 

 NYCTOSIA; misspelling 



vittata (Borkhausen, 1794) Oblique Carpet 



lignata (Hubner, [ 1 799]) 



lineataria (Donovan, 1809) 



lignaria (Boisduval, 1840) 



lignotraria; nomen nudum, or misspelling? 

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



Coremia lignotraria [sic?] [name not traced, presumed nomen nudum or misspelling] }. 

 Jersey - 2 dead specimens found in St. Helier, 14. & 21. viii. 1960, M.L. & R. Long & J.H. Richards; R. Dobson, 



1961(18):26 {recorded as Orthonama lignata}. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Helier, Valle'e des Vaux, 1 7. viii. 1 974, I. & D. Buxton; M.L. & R. Long, 



1975(21 ):323. 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in Trinity, Howard Davis Farm, 20.ix.1979, Mrs Nicklen, Rothamsted Insect Survey; R. 

 Long, 1983(23):282. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at m/v light in Forest, Le Chene, x.1985, T.N.D. Peet; R.A. Austin, 1987(22):33. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken at light in Trinity, Howard Davis Farm, 4.ix.l986, Rothamsted Insect Survey; R. & M.L. 

 Long, 1988(24):471. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at m/v light in St. Martin, Icart, 14. ix. 1986, Ent. Sect., Soc. Guernesiaise; R.A. Austin, 

 1987(22):33; & 1998(4):46. 



Jersey - several specimens taken in St. Ouen, St. Ouen's Pond, 4.& 5.ix.l993, R.V.M. Burrow; R. & M.L. Long, 

 1994(26): 174. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Forest, Le Chene, 29.vii.1997, D.J.L. Agassiz; R.A. Austin, 1998(4):46; & 

 1998a(24) :195. 



obstipata (Fabricius, 1794) Gem 

 fluviata (Hubner, [1799]) 



Jersey - 2 specimens taken at St. Ouen, vii. 1928, A.C. Halliwell, 1930([11?]):210; & 1937a(13):148 {recorded as 

 Percnoptilota fluviata} . 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Helier, 24. viii. 1950, W.J. Le Quesne, 1951(15):297 {recorded as Nyctosia [sic] 

 obstipata, F. = fluviata Hubn.}. 



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