Alderney - 2 specimens taken at St. Anne, 2.viii.l962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in Grouville, Gorey, 5.viii.l962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

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



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Brelade, Les Blanches Banques, 10. vi. 1986, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen at 8 sites on 39 nights between 24.v.-22.ix.l990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from 

 Austin database]. 



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



Jersey - specimens taken in St. Ouen?, La Ville au Bas, 1 3. vii. 1 990 and St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 15.vii. 



& 18.ix. 1990, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Jersey - specimens taken in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 25.vi.& 2.x. 1991, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in St. Peter Port, Rohais Road, 21.viii.1992, R.J. Heckford; [pers. comm.]. 

 Jersey - 2 specimens taken in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 29. vi. 1993 and St. Lawrence, Waterworks 



Valley, 21. vii. 1993, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Clos de Vin, 7.vii.l993, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 6.x. 1994, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Guernsey - 2 specimens taken in St. Pierre du Bois, La route de la Hougue Anthan, 27 & 28.vii.1995, M. & M. 



Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - 3 specimens taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 6, 8 & ll.viii.1995, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH & 1 presented to P. 

 Perree]. 



Sark - a pair seen in cop., The Avenue, 9. viii. 1 995, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at light at 7 sites on 57 nights, between 27.iv.-17.ix. 1996, several recorders; 12 in St. 



Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, between 24.iv. -6.x. 1996, W. Angell; R.A. Austin, 1997:31. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen taken at light at Platte Saline, 22. vii. 1996, R. & M.L. Long; R.A. Austin, 1997:31. 

 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 59 nights between 13.v.-22.ix. 1998, R.A. Austin & P.D.M. Costen; 2 in 



St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 6. vii. & 25. viii. 1998, W. Angell; [pers. comm. from Austin 



database]. 



Guernsey - 3 specimens taken in St. Pierre du Bois, La route de la Hougue Anthan, 24.vii.1998, M. & M. 

 Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Alderney 1 specimen seen at light at Platte Saline, 1 0.viii. 1 998, R. & M.L. Long; [pers. comm. from Austin 

 database]. 



Sark - 3 specimens seen at Stocks Hotel, 24.viii.1998, R. & M.L. Long; [Socie'te Sercquiaise files]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at 9 sites on 72 nights between 29.iv.-28.ix. 1999, various recorders; 1 in Castel, 

 Fauxquets Valley, 8. viii. 1999, P.H. Sterling; 8 in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 1 9. viii.- 

 8.ix. 1999, W. Angell; [pers. comm. from Austin database]; [pers. comm. from P.H. Sterling]. 



Herm - 2 specimens taken at Le Manoir, 23. & 28.V.1999, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - 1 specimen seen in Stocks Hotel, 9. vii. 1999, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]; [pers. comm. 

 from Austin database]. 



Guernsey - 2 specimens seen in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, and in Forest, Petit Bot, viii. 1999, D.J. Wedd; 

 [pers. comm.]. 



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

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Island Hall, 1 8.vii.2000, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in Forest, Le Chene Hotel, 1. viii. 2000, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen at Le Clos Bourel, viii. 2000, M.J. Bull; det. M. Shaffer. 



MELANCHRA Hiibner, [1820] 



CERAMICA Guenee, 1852 



HADENA; sensu auct. 



MAMESTRA; sensu auct. 



MELANCHRAA; misspelling 

 persicariae (Linnaeus, 1761) Dot Moth 



Jersey - listed by F.P. Johnson & F.G. Piquet, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:228; & W.A. 



Luff, 1909b(5):492; A.C. Halliwell, 1935a([12?]):386 {recorded as Mamestra persicariae, L.}. 

 Guernsey - noted as fairly frequent, W.A. Luff, 1873b(6):376; & 1890b(l):162 {recorded as Mamestra 



persicariae). 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in 1925, R.E. Parsons; A.C. Halliwell, 1935a([12?]):386 {recorded as Mamestra 

 persicariae). 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 12. vii. 1988, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

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



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