Guernsey - several specimens seen, 12-1 9.vi. 1 990, D.J.L. Agassiz & J.R. Langmaid; [pers. comm.]. 

 Herm - 1 specimen seen, 1 3. vi. 1 990, D.J.L. Agassiz & J.R. Langmaid; [pers. comm.]. 



Jersey - specimens seen in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 12., 14. & 15.vii., 17.-19.ix. 1990 and St. Ouen?, La 



Ville au Bas, 13.vii. 1990, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Jersey - specimens seen in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 25. vi. & 1.-4. & 6.x. 1991, also St. Ouen?, La Ville 



au Bas, 15.viii.& 15.x. 1991, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at La Rade Cottage, 7-14.ix.1991, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH] . 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in Vale, Bordeaux Harbour, 24.viii.1992, R.J. Heckford; [pers. comm.]. 

 Jersey - specimens seen in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 26. & 28.vi.1993, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen on Hog's Back, 6.vii.l993, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - 1 specimen seen at La Moinerie, 4-5. viii. 1994, R. &M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 



Herm - 1 specimen seen at Le Creux Pigeon, 24.vii.1995. M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - specimens seen at Le Dos D'Ane, 29.vii.1995, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - specimens seen at La Coupee, 30.vii.1995, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Clos de Vin, 7.viii.l995, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - specimens seen at Le Vallon DOr, 6.vi.l996, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at light at 11 sites on 96 nights, between 7. vi.- 1 0.xi. 1 996, R.A. Austin, J. Brehaut & 

 J. Hooper; 1 1 in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, between 24. vi. -18. viii. 1996, W. Angell; R.A. 

 Austin, 1997:29. 



Sark - 17 specimens seen at Stocks Hotel, 22.-26.vi. 1996, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 



Alderney - 60 specimens seen at light at Platte Saline, 1 8.-22. vii. 1996, R. & M.L. Long; R.A. Austin, 1997:29. 



Herm - many specimens seen at light, 7.x. 1996, P.H. Sterling; R.A. Austin, 1997:29. 



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 1 14 nights between 3. v. -27. xi. 1998; R.A. Austin & C.D.M. Costen; 15 



seen in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 5.vii.-8.xi, W. Angell; [pers. comm. from Austin 



database]. 



Sark - 12 specimens seen at Stocks Hotel, 29.vi.-l.vii. 1998; 5 at Les Genets, 3. vii. 1998, R. & M.L. Long; 



[Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Sark - 2 specimens taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 4.vii.l998, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen seen and 1 taken in St. Pierre du Bois, La route de la Hougue Anthan, 19. & 24.vii.1998, 

 M. &M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Alderney - 12 specimens seen at light at Platte Saline, 9.-1 1 .viii. 1998, R. & M.L. Long; [pers. comm. from 

 Austin database]. 



Sark - 17 specimens seen at Stocks Hotel, 30.vi-3.vii.1998, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]; [pers. 



comm. from Austin database]. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie. 27. iv. 1999, P.D.M. Costen; large numbers seen 



at 13 sites on 132 nights between 8.vi.-5.xii.l999, various recorders; 8 in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, 



Rothamsted trap, 16.vii.-25.x.l999, W. Angell; [pers. comm. from Austin database]; [pers. comm. from 



P.H. Sterling]. 



Sark - 17 specimens seen at Stocks Hotel, 3.-9. vii. 1 999, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]; [pers. 



comm. from Austin database]. 

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



database]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 3.x. 1999, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - 1 dead specimen seen at Le Clos Bourel, l.xi. 1999, M.J. Bull; det. M. Shaffer, 2000. 



Guernsey - 14 specimens seen in light-trap in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 16.xi.1999, P.D.M. Costen; [pers. 



comm. to M.R. Honey [BMNH]]. 

 Sark - 18 specimens seen at Stocks Hotel, 27.-30.vi. & 1. vii. 2000, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Herm - 1 specimen taken at Fisherman's Cottage, 15.x. 2000, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - specimens seen at Le Dos D'Ane, 10. vi. 2001, M. & M. Shaffer. 

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



Sark - 18 specimens seen at Stocks Hotel, 26-29 & 31. vii. 2001, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen at Le Clos Bourel, 21.ix.2001, M.J. Bull; det. M. Shaffer. 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen at Le Clos Bourel, 2.vi.2002, M.J. Bull; det. M. Shaffer. 



orbona (Hufnagel, 1766) Lunar Yellow Underwing 



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

 Triphaena orbona } . 



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

 Triphaena orbona}; & W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):492 {recorded as Tryphaena [sic] orbona, Hufn.}. 



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