Alderney - 3 specimens seen at light at Platte Saline, 1 2. viii. 1 999, R. & M.L. Long; [pers. comm. from Austin 

 database]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen seen at light in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 13.iii.2000, P.D.M. Costen; [pers. comm. 



to M.R. Honey, BMNH]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 4.V.2000, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen in St. Pierre du Bois, La route de la Hougue Anthan, 6.-1 2. v. 2000, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - 6 specimens seen at Stocks Hotel, 27. & 30. vi. & 2.vii.2000, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 



Sark - specimens seen at Maricel, 7. & 17. viii. 2000, H.E. Bull; del. M. Shaffer. 



Jersey - noted as common, viii. 2000, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 



Sark - specimens seen at Le Clos Bourel, 1 l.ix.2000, M.J. Bull; det. M. Shaffer. 



Guernsey - 2 specimens seen in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 1 6. i v. 2001, P.D.M. Costen; [pers. comm. to 



M.R. Honey, [BMNH]]. 

 Sark - specimens seen at Le Dos D'Ane, 9.vi.2001, M. & M. Shaffer. 

 Sark - specimens seen at Le Clos Bourel, 16. vi. 2001, M.J. Bull; det. M. Shaffer. 



Sark - 1 1 specimens seen at Stocks Hotel, 25., 27-30. vii. 2001, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen at Maricel, 27.viii.2001, H.E. Bull; det. M. Shaffer. 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen at Maricel, 18.vi.2002, H.E. Bull; det. M. Shaffer. 



NOCTUA Linnaeus, 1758 



TRIPHAENA Ochsenheimer, 1816 



LAMPRA Hubner, [1821] 



EUSCHESIS Hubner, LI 821] 



AGROTIS; sensu Jordan, 1888 



TRIPHENA; misspelling 



TRYPHAENA; misspelling 

 promiba (Linnaeus, 1758) Large Yellow Underwing 



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



Tripliaena promiba } . 



Jersey - listed by F.P. Johnson & F.G. Piquet, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:229 {recorded as 

 Tripliaena promiba}; & W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):492 {recorded as Tiyphaena [sic] promiba, L. }. 



Alderney - noted as common, 2 specimens taken at light, 23-30.vi.1873, W.A. Luff, 1874(7):12; & 

 1898a(3):177 {recorded as Tiyphaena [sic] promiba}. 



Guernsey - noted as common, W.A. Luff, 1873b(6):377; & 1890b(l):164 {recorded as Tryphaena [sic] 

 promiba } . 



Sark - noted as common, W.A. Luff, 1873b(6):377 {recorded as Tiyphaena [sic] promiba}. 

 Jersey - specimens taken, 21-28. viii. 1886, R.C.R. Jordan, 1888(25):50 {recorded asAgrotis promiba}. 

 Sark - listed as common in 1889, W.A. Luff, 1890b(l):164 {recorded as Tiyphaena [sic] promiba}. 

 Alderney - noted as common in 1899 by E.D. Marquand; W.A. Luff, 1900f(3):393 {recorded as Triphaena 

 promiba, L. }. 



Herm - 1 specimen taken, vii. 1903, W.A. Luff, 1905a:379 {recorded as Triphaena promiba, L. }. 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in 1903, G.B. Coney, 1904(37):128 {recorded as Triphaena promiba}. 



Sark - noted as common, 9-14. vii. 1906, W.A. Luff, 1907a(5):190 {recorded as Triphaena promiba, L. }. 



Jersey - noted as abundant, W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):492 {recorded as Tiyphaena [sic] promiba, L. }; & A.C. 



Halliwell, 1935a([12?]):385 {recorded as Triphena [sic] promt ba}. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen taken at Val de Fontaine, 25. vii. 1962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - 32 specimens recorded in light-trap during viii. & ix. 1966, C.J. Shayer, 1967(18):27 {recorded as 

 Euschesis promiba}. 



Guernsey - well known as a garden pest; noted as common at light-trap in 1968, C.J. Shayer, 1969(18):270. 

 Guernsey - noted as common in 1973, C.J. Shayer, 1974(19):250. 



Alderney - noted as common on the island, larvae are notorious cutworms, R.B. Freeman, 1976a[ll]:5. 

 Guernsey - noted as common, 27. vii. -9. viii. 1982, D.J.L. Agassiz; [pers. comm.]. 



Jersey - specimens taken in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 10. & 14. ix. 1986, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Jersey - specimens seen in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 9. & 14.vi., 17.-20., 22. & 25.ix,1987, A.C. Warne; 

 [pers. comm.]. 



Jersey - specimens seen in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 12. vii., 15., 16., 1 8.-21 .ix. 1988, A.C. Warne; [pers. 

 comm.]. 



Jersey - specimens seen in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 20. vi., 7., 11. & 12.ix.1989, A.C. Warne; [pers. 

 comm.]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at 13 sites on 82 nights between 24. v. -8. xi. 1990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from 

 Austin database]. 



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