Guernsey? - [first Bailiwick record listed by M. Austin as 1972, in unpublished checklist updated to 1989, data 



not given, record has not been published]. 

 Guernsey - [specimens taken?] in 1981, T.N.D. Peet, 1982(21):21. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in Forest, Petit Bot, 9.ix.l990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Alderney - 2 specimens taken at light at Platte Saline, 20.-22.vii. 1996, R. & M.L. Long; R.A. Austin, 1997:29. 

 Guernsey - 5 specimens seen at light in Forest, La Croix, 20.-2 l.vii. 1996, J. Brehaut; 1 at light in Torteval, Les 



Galliennes, 2 l.vii. 1996, J. Hooper; 2 in St. Peter Port, St. John, 22.-23.vii. 1996, R.A. Austin; 3 in St. 



Pierre du Bois, La Pomare, 16.-17.ix. 1996, R. & M.L. Long; R.A. Austin, 1997:29. 

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

 Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in Vale, L'Ancresse, 27.vi.1998, R.A. Austin; 1 in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 



23. ix. 1998, P.D.M. Costen; 2 in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 20.vii. & 4.viii.l998, W. 



Angell; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in Vale, L'Ancresse, 4. vii. 1 999, R.A. Austin; 1 in Castel, Mont D'Aval, 



19.vii.1999, M. Simmons; 2 in St. Peter Port, Mount Durand, 15.& 16.ix.1999, M.P. Lawlor; [pers. 



comm. from Austin database]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen at Stocks Hotel, 5.vii. 1 999, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]; [pers. comm. 



from Austin database]. 

 Sark - 2 specimens taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 18. & 20.vii.2000, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in Grouville, 7. viii.2000, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 



Herm - 1 specimen taken at Rosaire Cottage, 28-30. vii. 2003, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm. from P.D.M. Costen, via 

 P. Hey worth]. 



janthe (Borkhausen, 1792 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 



ianthina; misspelling 

 janthina; sensu auct. 



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

 Triphaena ianthina [sic]}. 



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

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

 Esp.}. 



Guernsey - Luff reared several specimens from larvae found on geraniums, W.A. Luff, 1873b(6):377 {recorded 



as Tryphaena [sic] janthina}. 

 Jersey - specimens taken, 21-28. viii. 1 886, R.C.R. Jordan, 1888(25):50 {recorded as Agrotis janthina}. 

 Guernsey - noted as very common, larvae sometimes abundant on garden geraniums in 1889, W.A. Luff, 



1890b(l):164 {recorded as Tryphaena [sic] ianthina [sic]}. 

 Jersey - specimens taken, 6-30. viii. 1903, G.B. Coney, 1904(37):128 {recorded as Triphaena ianthina [sic]}; & 



W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):492 {recorded as Tryphaena [sic] ianthina [sic], Esp.}. 

 Jersey - noted as widely distributed but not common, A.C. Halliwell, 1935a([12?]):386 {recorded as Triphena 



[sic] ianthina [sic] }. 



Jersey - 2 specimens taken in Grouville, Gorey, 5. viii. 1 962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Alderney - specimenfs?] taken in m/v light-trap in 1970 [data not given], R. & M.L. Long & V. Mendham; C.J. 



Shayer, 1971(18):451 {recorded as Euschesis janthina}. 

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



Guernsey - specimens seen at 2 sites on 17 nights between 19. vii. -27. viii. 1990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from 

 Austin database]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Peter Port, Rohais Road, 25. viii. 1992, R.J. Heckford, {identified as Noctua 

 janthe}\[ptrs. comm.] 



Sark - 7 specimens taken at La Moinerie, 4-5. & 7-8. viii. 1994, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe' Sercquiaise files]; R.A. 

 Austin, 1997b:44. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane. 29.vii.1995, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - 2 specimens token at La Coupee, 30.vii. & 2.viii.l995, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken on Little Sark, Silver Mines, 3. viii. 1995, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 8. viii. 1995, M. & M. Shaffer; [presented to P. Perree]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Dixcart Wood, 9. viii. 1995, B. & J. Perree; [BMNH]. 



Alderney - 1 specimen taken at light at Platte Saline, 19.vii. 1996, R. & M.L. Long; R.A. Austin, 1997:29 



{recorded as Noctua janthe Borkhausen }. 

 Guernsey - specimens taken at light at 4 sites on 26 nights, between 21 .vii.-30.viii.1996, R.A. Austin, J. Brehaut 



& J. Hooper; 3 in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, between 4. & 1 9. viii. 1 996, W.Angell; R.A. 



Austin, 1997:29 {recorded as Noctua janthe Borkhausen}. 

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



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