HADENINAE 



ANARTA Ochsenheimer, 1816 



CARADRINA; sensu Luff, 1894 

 myrtilli (Linnaeus, 1761) Beautiful Yellow Underwing 



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



DISCESTRA Hampson. 1905 



HADENA; sensu auet. 



MAMESTRA; sensu Halliwell, 1935 

 trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766) Nutmeg 



chenopodii ([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775) 



chenopodiu; misspelling 



Guernsey - listed by Miss Wilkinson, ;'/;, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:228 {recorded as Hadena 

 chenopodii). 



Guernsey - noted as common, W.A. Luff, 1873b(6):378 {recorded as Hadena chenopodii}; & 189()b(l):167 



{recorded as Hadena trifolii}. 

 Guernsey - specimens taken at sugar in Vale, Bordeaux Harbour, ll.viii.1893, A.J. Hodges, 1893(4):256 



{recorded as Hadena chenopodii). 

 Jersey - specimens taken, ll.viii.-5.ix.1903, G.B. Coney, 1904(37):129; & W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):493 {recorded 



as Hadena chenopodii, Fb. } . 

 Jersey - noted as common in August and September, A.C. Halliwell, 1935a([12?]):386 {recorded as Mamestra 



trifolii (chenopodiu [sic])}. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen taken at St. Anne, 31. viii. 1959, M. Shaffer; [BMNH], 1993(28):31. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in Grouville, Gorey, 5. viii. 1 962, M. Shaffer; [BMNHJ. 

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

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 20. ix. 1985, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 20. vi. 1989, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen at 13 sites on 51 nights between 3. v. -18. ix. 1990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from 



Austin database]. 



Guernsey - noted as common. 12-19. vi. 1990, D.J.L. Agassiz & J. R. Langmaid; [pers. comm.]. 



Jersey - specimens taken in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 1 0. vii . 1 990 and St. Ouen?, La Ville au Bas, 



1 3.vii. 1 990, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 25. vii. 1991, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 30. vi. 1993, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Jersey - 2 specimens taken in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, vi.1994, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Herm - 1 specimen at May Queen, 20. vii. 1995, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Herm - 1 specimen taken at St. Tugual's Chapel, 26.vii.1995, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Pierre du Bois, La route de la Hougue Anthan, 27.vii.1995, M. & M. 



Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - 2 specimens taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 29. vii., 4.viii. & lO.viii. 1995, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH & 1 

 presented to P. Perree]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at light at 9 sites on 81 nights, between 8.iv.- 12.x. 1996, R.A. Austin, J. Brehaut & J. 

 Hooper; 25 in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, between 9. vi.- 1 .ix. 1 996, W. Angell; R.A. 

 Austin, 1997:30. 



Alderney - 8 specimens taken at light at Platte Saline, 18.-21. vii. 1996, R. & M.L. Long; R.A. Austin, 1997:30. 



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



Guernsey - specimens seen at 3 sites on 103 nights between 16.iii.-23.ix.1998, R.A. Austin & P.D.M. Costen; 



73 in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 25. v. -19. viii. 1998, W. Angell; [pers. comm. from 



Austin database]. 



Guernsey - 2 specimens taken in St. Pierre du Bois, La route de la Hougue Anthan, 24.vii.1998, M. & M. 

 Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Alderney - 11 specimens seen at light at Platte Saline, 6.-1 1 .viii. 1998, R. & M.L. Long; [pers. comm. from 

 Austin database]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at 11 sites on 105 nights between 5.iv.-20.ix. 1999, various recorders; 38 in St. 



Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 15.vi.-13.ix. 1999, W. Angell; 1 in Castel, Fauxquets Valley, 



27.vii.1999, P.H. Sterling; 1 in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 29.x. 1999, P.D.M. Costen; [pers. 



comm. from Austin database]; [pers. comm. from P.H. Sterling]. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen seen at light at Platte Saline, 27.iv.1999, R. & M.L. Long; [pers. comm. from Austin 



database]. 



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