Sark - 1 specimen seen at Cae de Mat, 26.vii.2001; 1 on Little Sark, 28.vii.2001, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe 

 Sercquiaise files]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen seen, 31.iii.2002, with 11 in vi., 3 in vii., 3 in viii.,10 in ix. and 6 in x.2002; R.A. Austin, 



2003 (18):44; & 2003a(25):261. 

 Herm - specimens seen, 31.iii.-27.x.2002; R.A. Austin, 2003a(25):261. 

 Sark - specimens seen, 31.iii.-27.x.2002; R.A. Austin, 2003a(25):261. 



Brecqhou - specimens seen in 2002, [date not given], C.T. David; R.A. Austin, 2003a(25):261. 

 Herm - specimens plus 1 larva seen, 28-30. vii. 2003, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm. from P.D.M. Costen, via P. 

 Hey worth]. 



Jersey - reported regularly in 2002; R. & M.L. Long, 2003(28):313. 

 DAPHNIS Hiibner, 1819 



nerii (Linnaeus, 1758) Oleander Hawk-moth 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Peter Port, x.1923, found in the Luff collection; T.N.D. Peet. 1980(20):584 & 

 1984(21):273. 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Peter, near the Airport, x.1953, Mr Delanoe, specimen in Societe Jersiaise Museum; 



W.J. Le Quesne, 1954(16):127; & F. Le Sueur, 1976:166. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at m/v light in Forest, Le Chene, 26.ix.1983, T.N.D. Peet, 1984(21):272 & 273; & 



1988(100):23. 



Alderney - data unknown, recorded by R. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files] [confirmation required]. 



HYLES Hiibner, [1819] 



CELERIO Oken, 1815, name rejected 

 CELERIO Agassiz, 1846 

 DEILEPHILA; sensu auct 

 HYELES; misspelling 



euphorbiae (Linnaeus, 1758) Spurge Hawk-moth 



Jersey - listed from specimens collected in the summer of 1830 by J. Curtis, H. & F. Walker, FA. Walker, 1878:10; 



also, noted as very common, where its food-plant Sea-spurge abounds, especially in St. Ouen, St. Ouen's 



Bay, F.A. Walker, 1888(21): 151 {recorded as Deilephila euphorbiae) 

 Guernsey - recorded that some 30 years earlier [about 1844?] a person [not named] found a brood of larvae from 



which several adults were reared and preserved in his collection, E.D. Marquand, 1874(9):205 {recorded as 



D[eilephila ] euphorbiae } . 



Alderney - a single wing was found on a common, 9.vii. 1 860, F. & F.A. Walker, 1888(21): 151; & see also, an 



incorrect citation of Walker as Entomologist 7:151, W.A. Luff, 1890b(l):156-157; 1898a(3):177; 1900f(3) 



:392 {recorded as Deilephila euphorbiae, L. }. 

 Jersey - larvae collected by F.G. Piquet in 1860, some were sent to F.A. Walker in the autumn of 1860, but both 



batches died, it was suspected that it was due to a general epidemic that year, F.A. Walker, 1892(25):320 



{recorded as Deilephila euphorbiae] . 

 Guernsey - listed by Miss Wilkinson, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:227 {recorded as Deilephila 



euphorbiae}. 



Jersey - listed by F.P. Johnson & F.G. Piquet, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:227; & W.A. Luff, 

 1909b(5):487; A.C.Halliwell, 1934a([12?]):306 {recorded as Deilephila euphorbiae, L.}. 



Guernsey - noted that many years ago the larvae were to be found in abundance on the Sea-purge in Vale, near 

 L'Ancresse Bay, but that collectors have long since exterminated the species on the island, W.A. Luff, 

 1875(8):29; & noted that 2 Guernsey specimens are in the museum of the Guille-Alles Library, 

 1890b(l):156 {recorded as Deilephila euphorbiae}. 



Jersey - 2 specimens reared from larvae found on Euphorbia portlandica, In St. Ouen, near St. Ouen['s Bay], [dates 

 for specimens not given], presented by M. Piquet to R.C.R. Jordan in 1886, 1888(25):49 {recorded as 

 Deilephila euphorbiae}. 



Jersey - stated that the species is still to be found, but in limited numbers in 1892, questions whether Jersey insects 

 should be regarded as British, W.J. Kaye, 1892a(25):292 {recorded as Deilephila euphorbiae}. 



Jersey - noted that larvae were formerly abundant on the sandhills in St. Ouen, near St. Ouen"s Bay and in St. 

 Brelade, St. Brelade's Bay, but now the species is quite extinct, W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):487; & A.C. 

 Halliwell, 1934a([12?]):306 {recorded as Deilephile euphorbiae, L. }. 



Jersey - once known to breed in the island abundantly, with larvae on sea spurge in St. Brelade, St Brelade's Bay 

 and in St. Ouen, St. Ouen's Bay, now extinct; noted that now there are no sandhills left in St. Brelade's Bay 

 and only a little sea spurge left at St. Ouen's Bay, with the main spurge of the area this century being 

 Portland spurge; F. Le Sueur, 1976:166. 



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