Herm - 1 specimen taken at Rosiere Cottage, 25. v. 1999, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 4.x. 1999, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - specimens seen in various parts of the island, 29. iv. -5. v. 2000, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Guernsey - 4 specimens taken in St. Pierre du Bois, La route de la Hougue Anthan, 6. v. 2000, M. & M. Shaffer; 

 [BMNH]. 



Sark - specimens seen at La Verocque, 26.vii.2000, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - specimens seen at Le Clos Bourel, 27.vii.& 4-7.viii.2000, M.J. Bull; det. M. Shaffer. 



Sark - 1 specimen seen at Maricel, 31.viii.2000, H.E. Bull; identified by M. Shaffer. 



Herm - specimens seen at Fisherman's Cottage, 14-20.X.2000, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 9.vi.2001, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - 1 specimen seen at Le Clos Bourel, 3 1 .vii.2001 , M.J. Bull; det. M. Shaffer. 



Sark - specimens seen at Le Dos D'Ane, 1 l.iv.2002, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - 1 specimen seen and 2 taken at Le Clos Bourel, 8., 17.& 27.ix.2002, M.J. Bull; det. M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



SCOTOPTERYX Hiibner, [1825] 



EUBOLIA Duponchel, 1829 



EBOLIA; misspelling, Ansted & Latham, 1862 



ORTHOLITHA; sensu auct. 



XANTHORHOE; misspelling, sensu Le Quesne, 1944 

 moeniata (Scopoli, 1763) Fortified Carpet 



Guernsey? - [first Bailiwick record listed by M. Austin as 1973, in unpublished checklist updated to 1989, no data 

 given, record has not been published, verification required]. 



vicinaria (Duponchel, 1830) [non-British] no English name 



vincinaria; misspelling 



Guernsey - listed by Miss Wilkinson, /'//, D.T. Ansted & R.G Latham, 1862; & 1865:227 {recorded as Ebolia [sic] 

 vincinaria [sic]}. 



peribolata (Hiibner, [1817]) Spanish Carpet 



Jersey - specimens noted as frequent in St. Ouen, on heathy hills of Greve de Lecq, early ix. 1 864, F.O. Standish, 



1873(6):364 [recorded as Eubolia peribolata}. 

 Guernsey - [H.] Doubleday had informed Luff that his records in 1873a(6):357 of Anaitis praeformata were 



misidentifications of Eubolia peribolata. Luff in 1874 however, noted that the true Anaitis praeformata is a 



much larger and an altogether different species; continued to remark that peribolata adults are day- flying 



during September among Furze bushes and come to sugar and Ivy blossom; eggs hatching in autumn and 



larvae fed on Furze, W.A. Luff, 1875(8):31 [recorded as Eubolia peribolata}. 

 Guernsey - eggs laid 1 8.ix. 1 874, larvae emerged first week in October, feeding almost exclusively on blossoms of 



Ulex europaeus (Common Furze), after hibernation continued feeding until end of April and were full 



grown. Larval habits and detailed description given. From material provided from Guernsey by W. A. Luff; 



E. Newman, 1875(8): 107-108; & W.A. Luff, 1908b(5):350 [recorded as Eubolia peribolata, Hb.}. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken, 1879, W.A. Luff, 1879(12):17 {recorded as Eubolia peribolata}. 

 Jersey - 5 specimens taken and couple more seen on tract of Broom and Furze in St. Brelade, by Corbieres, 21- 



28.viii.1886, R.C.R. Jordan, 1888(25):50 {recorded as Ortholitha peribolata}. 

 Guernsey - stated as being dayflying and common in some years all around the coast, adults appealing in 



September, W.A. Luff, 1890b(l):173 {recorded as Eubolia peribolata}; & R. Long, 1965(16):18 



[recorded as Ortholitha peribolata}. 

 Alderney - noted as frequent amongst Furze on the cliffs, 4-9.viii.1892, W.A. Luff, 1898a(3):177; & 1900f(3):394 



{recorded as Eubolia peribolata}; R. Long, 1965(16):18 {recorded as Ortholitha peribolata}. 

 Sark - noted as common amongst furze bushes on the cliffs, 9-14. vii. 1906, stated as non-British, W.A. Luff, 



1907a(5):191 {recorded as Eubolia peribolata}; & R. Long, 1965(16):18 {recorded as Ortholitha 



peribolata}. 



Sark - dayflying in viii & ix., 1908b:350 {recorded as Eubolia peribolata, Hb. }. 



Guernsey - listed, W.A. Luff, 1907a(5):191; & dayflying in viii & ix., 1908b:350 {recorded as Eubolia peribolata, 

 Hb.}. 



Alderney - listed, W.A. Luff, 1907a(5):191; & dayflying in viii & ix., 1908b:350 {recorded as Eubolia peribolata, 

 Hb.}. 



Jersey - listed as dayflying in viii & ix., larvae feeding on furze and hibernating in winter, were full grown at about 

 end of April, W.A. Luff, 1908b:350 {recorded as Eubolia peribolata, Hb.}. 



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