Guernsey - specimens taken on 5 nights in Vale, L'Ancresse, 19.vi.-8.viii.1998, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. form 

 Austin database]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Stocks Hotel, 30. vi. 1998, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]; [pers. comm. 



from Austin database]. 

 Sark - 2 specimens taken at Grande Greve, 6.vii.l998, M. &M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 1 1 . vii. 1999, W. Angell; specimens 

 seen at 4 sites on 8 nights between 14.vii.-l.viii.1999, R.A. Austin and P.D.M. Costen; [pers. comm. 

 from Austin database]. 



Guernsey - 2 specimens taken in Forest, Petit Bot, 30. vii. 2000, and in St. Martin, Jerbourg, 1 . viii.2000, D.J. 



Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 

 Jersey - specimens seen in Grouville, viii.2000, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 

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



Herm - specimens taken, 28-30. vii. 2003, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm. from P.D.M. Costen, via P. Heyworth]. 



PERIDROMA Hiibner, [1821] 

 AGROTIS; sensu auct. 



saucia (Hiibner, [1808]) Pearly Underwing 



porphyrea sensu Edelsten, 1939 

 Guernsey - listed by Miss Wilkinson, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:226 {recorded as Agrotis 



saucia}. 



Jersey - listed by F.P. Johnson & F.G. Piquet, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:226; & W.A. 



Luff, 1909b(5):492 [recorded as Agrotis saucia, Hb.}. 

 Guernsey - several specimens taken at sugar in late autumn, W.A. Luff, 1873b(6):377 (recorded as Agrotis 



saucia}. 



Guernsey - noted as abundant in some years in September and October, coming to sugar near the coast in 1898, 



W.A. Luff, 1890b(l):163 {recorded as Agrotis saucia } . 

 Sark - details as for Guernsey in 1898, W.A. Luff, 1890b(l):163 {recorded as Agrotis saucia}. 

 Guernsey - specimens taken at sugar in Vale, Bordeaux Harbour, 11.19 & 24.viii.1893, A.J. Hodges, 



1893(4):256 {recorded as Agrotis saucia}. 

 Jersey - specimens taken, 22.viii.-9.xi. 1903, G.B. Coney, 1904(37): 128; & W.A. Luff, 1909b (5):492 {recorded 



as Agrotis saucia, Hb. } . 



Sark - noted as frequent at sugar, 9-14. vii. 1906, W.A. Luff, 1907a(5):190 {recorded as Agrotis saucia, Hb. }. 



Jersey - noted as very common in autumn from August to November, stated that June brood has never been 

 seen, A.C. Halliwell, 1935a([12?]):384 {recorded &s Agrotis saucia}. 



Guernsey - eggs and young larvae found on potatoe and reared to adults by Dr Le Pelley and Shayer in 1947, 

 regarded as a potential pest-species, larvae described as drab, grey or brown, lacking hair, C.J. Shayer, 

 1948a(14):125 {named as Pearly Underwing and recorded as Peridroma porphyrea}. 



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



Guernsey - specimens seen at 10 sites on 16 nights between 12. vi. -20.x. 1990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from 

 Austin database]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen and 1 taken in St. Pierre du Bois, 16. vi. 1990, D.J.L. Agassiz & J.R. Langmaid; 

 [pers. comm.]. 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Ouen?, La Ville au Bas, 5.x. 1991, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at light at 6 sites on 23 nights, between 8. vi. -12.x. 1996, R.A. Austin & J. Brehaut; 



R.A. Austin, 1997:30 + graph; & 1997a:60. , 

 Guernsey - noted as present in most years in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, La Claire Mare, P.D.M. Costen, 



1997(3):48; & R.A. Austin, 1997:30; 1997a:60. 

 Herm - 1 specimen to light, 7.x. 1996, P.H. Sterling; R.A. Austin, 1997:30; & 1997b:44. 



Guernsey - 2 specimens seen in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 14.iii.& 22.xii.1997, P.D.M. Costen; 4 at St. 



John, 16. hi., 12.viii., 5.ix. & 2.xi. 1997, R.A. Austin; specimens in Forest, La Chene, 29. vii. 1997, 



D.J.L. Agassiz; 2 in Forest, Le Gouffre, 16.viii. 1 997, J. Brehaut; R.A. Austin, 1998(4):46; & B. 



Skinner & M. Parsons, 2000(1 12) :69& 70. 

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

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at light in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 18.iii.1998, P.D.M. Costen; 1 in St. 



Peter Port, St. John, 26.viii.1998 and 2 in Vale, L'Ancresse, 4.& 7.ix.l998, R.A. Austin; 1 in St. 



Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 1.x. 1998, W. Angell; [pers. comm. from Austin database]; R.A. 



Austin, 1999a(24):373. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Stocks Hotel, 1. vii. 1998, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]; [pers. comm. 

 from Austin database]; R.A. Austin, 1999a(24):373 & 377. 



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