Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at sugar in Vale, Bordeaux Harbour, [ 1 7?].viii. 1 893, A.J. Hodges, 1893(4):256 



{recorded as Leucania putrescens}. 

 Guernsey - 2 specimens taken, 24. & 31 .viii.1900, Rev. F.E. Lowe; W.A. Luff, 1901b(4):16 {recorded as 



Leucania putrescens}. 



Jersey - 8 specimens taken at sugar and light, 12.viii.-l.ix.1903, G.B. Coney, 1904(37):128 & 131; & W.A. 



Luff, 1909b(5):491 {recorded as Leucania putrescens, Hb. }. 

 Jersey - noted as common in the west of the island from middle of July until middle of September; adults taken 



at light, sugar and on flowers of Ragwort, A.C. Halliwell, 1935a([12?]):389 {recorded as Leucania 



putrescens}. 



Alderney - 1 specimen taken at Val de Fontaine, 29.vii.1962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Brelade, La Pulente, 6.viii.l962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

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

 Guernsey - noted as flourishing on the south-western coast, T.N.D. Peet, 1988(100):23. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at 4 sites on 6 nights between 10.viii.-4.ix.1990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from 

 Austin database]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at La Coupee, 2.viii. 1995, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at light on 8 nights in Vale, L'Ancresse, between 13.vii.-26.viii. 1996, R.A. Austin, 

 1997:33. 



Alderney - 2 specimens at light at Platte Saline, 21. & 22.vii.1996, R. & M.L Long; R.A. Austin, 1997:33. 

 Guernsey - 3 specimens seen in Vale, L'Ancresse, 18.vii., 1. & 8. viii. 1 998, R.A. Austin; 1 in St. Pierre du Bois, 



La Broderie, lO.viii. 1 998, P.D.M. Costen; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Alderney - 12 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 2 sites on 6 nights between 20.vi.-7.viii.1999, R.A. Austin and M. Simmons; 



[pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Guernsey - 20+ specimens seen in St. Martin, Jerbourg, 5. viii. 1999, and 1 taken in St. Martin, Icart, 5. viii. 1999, 



D.J. Wedd, [exhibited at 1999 Annual Exhibition of B.E.N.H.S.]; [pers. comm.]; [pers. comm. from 



Austin database]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Martin, Icart, 5. viii. 1999, T.N.D. Peet, [exhibited at 1999 Annual Exhibition 

 of B.E.N.H.S.]. 



Alderney - 2 specimens taken at light at Platte Saline, 12.viii.1999, R. & M.L. Long; [pers. comm. from Austin 

 database]. 



Guernsey - 12 specimens seen in St. Martin, Jerbourg, 3 1 . vii.2000, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Stocks Hotel, 28.vii.2001, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe' Sercquiaise files]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Clos Bourel, 14.viii.2002, M.J. Bull; [BMNH]. 



(ACANTHOLEUCANIA Rungs, 1953) 

 HARPYIA; sensu Austin, 1994 

 loreyi (Duponchel, 1827) Cosmopolitan 

 lorei; misspelling 



Guernsey - 3 specimens taken at m/v light, 28.& 30. viii. 1 983, T.N.D. Peet, l.ix. 1983; R.A. & M. Austin, 



1984(21) :272 & 273 {recorded as Mythimna loreyi}. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at m/v light in St. Pierre du Bois, Claire Mare, 1 1.x. 1985, P.D.M. Costen; T.N.D. 



Peet, 1986(21):620; & R.F. Bretherton & J.M. Chalmers-Hunt, 1986b(98):228 {recorded as Mythimna 



loreyi}. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at rest on wall in St. Peter Port, 21. viii. 1992 and 1 on flowers of Crithmum 



fnaritimum, 24. viii. 1992, R.J. Heckford; R.A. Austin, 1994(23):431 {recorded as Harpyia loreyi 



(Dup.)}; & B. Skinner & M. Parsons, 1996a(108):246. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at light in Torteval, Vaux de Monel, 8.ix. 1995, [R.A. Austin?]; R.A. Austin, 



1996(23) :858 {recorded as Mythimna lorei [sic]}. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Brelade, Les Quennevais, 30.ix.1996, R. Woods; M.L. & R. Long, 1997(27):30. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen in 1996 in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, La Claire Mare, P.D.M. Costen, 



1997(3):48. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Castel, Mont D'Aval, 8.ix.2000, M. Simmons; R.A. Austin, 2001 (12):44 & 45. 



CUCULLIINAE 



CUCULLIA Schrank, 1802 



absinthii (Linnaeus, 1761) Wormwood 

 absinthae; misspelling 



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