OURAPTERYX Leach, 1814 



CURAPTERYX; misspelling 

 URAPTERYX; misspelling 

 UROPTERYX; misspelling 



sambucaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Swallow-tailed Moth 



sambucata (Villers, 1789, nec Fabricius, 1787) 

 Guernsey - listed by Miss Wilkinson, in, D.T. Ansled & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:228 {recorded also on :229 as 



Urapteiyx [sic] sambucaria}. 

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



:229 as Urapteryx [sic] sambucaria}; & W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):488 {recorded as Urapteryx [sic] 



sambucata, L. ] . 



Guernsey - noted as very common, especially on south side of island, W.A. Luff, 1873a(6):354; & 1890b(l) 



: 168 {recorded as Uropteryx [sic] sambucaria} . 

 Jersey - specimens taken in 1903, G.B. Coney, 1904(37): 129 {recorded as Uropteryx [sic] sambucata}. 

 Jersey - noted as common, W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):488 {recorded as Urapteryx [sic] sambucata, L. }. 

 Jersey - noted as common, in the Societe Jersiaise Museum a rare variety exists in which the upper and lower wings 



are suffused with fuscous, most marked on the outer margins, A.C. Halliwell, 1937a(13):150 {recorded as 



Curapteryx [sic] sambucaria} . 

 Guernsey - specimens seen in vii.-viii.1942, C.J. Shayer, 1943(13):375. 



Guernsey - larvae brought to Shayer on 9.vi.l954 by Mr R. Woodhard, bred to pupation with adults emerging from 



1 2.-21. vii. 1954, C.J. Shayer, 1955(15):343. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen taken at Longy Road, 24. vii. 1962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH], 



Alderney - specimen [s?] taken in m/v light-trap in 1970 [no data given], R. & M.L. Long & V. Mendham; C.J. 



Shayer, 1971(18):451. 

 Jersey - noted as common, roosting in ivy, F. Le Sueur, 1976:168. 

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

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

 Guernsey - specimens seen at 5 sites on 8 nights between 12. -31. vii. 1990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from Austin 



database]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in St. Peter Port, Rohais Road, 2 1 . viii. 1 992, R.J. Heckford; [pers. comm.]. 



Herm - 1 specimen taken at Harbour area, 30.vi.1993, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Herm - specimen seen in Home Field, 20. vii. 1995, M. & M. Shaffer. 



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



Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in St Pierre du Bois, La route de la Hougue Anthan, 27.vii.1995, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at light at 8 sites on 14 nights, between 7. vii.- 1 8. viii. 1 996, R.A. Austin, J. Brehaut & J. 



Hooper; 3 in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 21. vii. 1996, W. Angell; R.A. Austin, 1997:24. 

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

 Guernsey - specimens seen at 3 sites on 13 nights between 1 8. vi. -7. viii. 1998, R.A. Austin & P.D.M. Costen; 1 in St. 



Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 29. vi. 1998, W. Angell; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen in St. Pierre du Bois, La route de la Hougue Anthan, 19. & 24. vii. 1998, M. & M. 



Shaffer. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at 9 sites on 17 nights between 14. vi.- 17. viii. 1999, various recorders; 4 in St. Martin, 

 Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 1 1 .vii- 1 .viii. 1999, W. Angell; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen in Forest, Petit Bot, viii. 1999, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]; [pers. comm. from Austin 

 database]. 



Sark - specimens seen at Le Dos D'Ane, 16. vii. 2000, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Guernsey - specimens seen in Forest, Petit Bot, also in St. Martin, Jerbourg and in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 



viii. 2000, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in Forest, Petit Bot, 25. vi. 2001, M. & M. Shaffer. 



COLOTOIS Hiibner, [1823] 



HIMERA Duponchel, 1829 

 HIMERIA; misspelling 



peniiaria (Linnaeus, 1761 ) Feathered Thorn 



Guernsey - listed by Miss Wilkinson, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:228 {recorded as Himera 

 pennaria). 



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

 Himera pennaria}; & W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):489 {recorded as Himeria [sic] pennaria, L. }. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at light, 1873, Dr. Wakefield; W.A. Luff, 1874a(7):42; & 1890b(l):168 {recorded as 

 Himera pennaria } . 



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