LEUCOCHLAENA Hampson, 1 906 

 HELIOPHIS; misspelling 

 HELIOPHOBUS; sensu auct. 

 HELIOPHUS; misspelling 



oditis (Hiibner, [1 822]) Beautiful Gothic 



hispida (Geyer, [1832]) 

 hispidus; emendation 



odites; misspelling, Warne, unpublished lists, 1994 

 oditia; misspelling 



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 {recorded as Heliophobus hispida, Hb.}. 

 Guernsey - 3 specimens taken, 1 at sugar, 10.ix.1872, W.A. Luff, 1873b(6):376. 



Guernsey - several specimens taken at sugar, ix. 1 889, W.A. Luff, 1890b(l):162 {recorded as Heliophobus 

 hispidus). 



Guernsey - 1 specimen bred from pupa taken in Torteval, Pleinmont, 1891, Rev. F.E. Lowe, announced at 

 Society meeting held 1 4. vii. 1 89 1 , 1892(2):115 {recorded as Hfeliophobus] hispidus}. 



Guernsey - from pupae dug up on cliffs in spring 1901, adults emerged and paired in breeding cage, $ layed 

 eggs on 24. or 25. ix. 1901, hatched 5.x. 1901 and larvae fed on grasses and eventually pupated at 

 Christmas, adults commenced emerging on 2. viii. 1 902, and 14 emerged up until 5.x. 1902, remaining 

 pupae appear to have overwintered, Rev. F.E. Lowe; W.A. Luff, 19()2b(4):66 {recorded as Heliophus 

 [sic] hispidus}; & 1903c(4):123 {recorded as Heliophis [sic] hispidus). 



Jersey - 9 SS taken at light, 8.ix.-3.x. 1903, GB. Coney, 1904(37):128 & 131 {recorded as Heliophobus 

 hispidus}; & W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):492 {recorded as Heliophobus hispida, Hb.}; A.C. Halliwell, 

 1935a([12?]):387 {recorded as Heliophobus hispidus). 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at light in 1912, F.E. Lowe, 1913(6):358 {recorded as Heliophobus hispidus}. 



Jersey - specimens taken in 1917rG.E.J. Crallan, 1918(43):368; A.C. Halliwell, 1935a([12?]):387 {recorded as 

 Heliophobus hispidus } . 



Jersey - specimens taken in St. Lawrence, Beaumont, 13.ix.1960; specimens taken in St. Ouen, 23.ix.1960, M.L. 



& R. Long & J.H. Richards; R. Dobson, 1961(18):24 {recorded as Leucochlaena hispida}. 

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



Jersey - specimens taken in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 10. vii., 1 7.-1 9. ix. 1990, A.C. Warne, {recorded in 



unpublished lists as Leucochlaena odites [sic]}; [pers. comm.]. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen at 3 sites on 11 nights between 4.ix.-5.x.l990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from 



Austin database]. 



Jersey - specimens taken in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 2.-4.& 6.x. 1991, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen in St. Pierre du Bois, La Pomare, 16. & 17. ix. 1996, R. & M.L. Long; 1 in Forest, La 

 Croix, 6.x. 1996, J. Brehaut; 1 in St. Peter Port, Trinity Cottages, 13.x. 1996, J. Hooper; 2 in St. Martin, 

 Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 15.ix. & 5.x. 1996, W. Angell; R.A. Austin, 1997:33. 



Herm - 1 specimen seen at light, 7.x. 1996, P.H. Sterling; R.A. Austin, 1997:33; & 1997b:44 {recorded as 

 Leucochlaena oditia [sic]. 



Guernsey - noted the presence of this species in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, La Claire Mare, which appears 



in autumn, P.D.M. Costen, 1997(3):49. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen at 2 sites on 16 nights between 8. ix. -19.x. 1998, R.A. Austin & P.D.M. Costen; 2 in 



St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 13.ix.& 4.x. 1998, W. Angell: [pers. comm. from Austin 



database]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at 2 sites on 13 nights between 3. -26. ix. 1999, R.A. Austin and P.D.M. Costen; 4 in 

 St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 13.-23.ix. 1999, W. Angell; [pers. comm. from Austin 

 database]. 



Sark - noted as common; 7 specimens taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 3. ,4. ,12. & 15.x. 1999, M. & M. Shaffer; 

 [BMNH]. 



Sark - 1 specimen seen and 1 taken at Le Clos Bourel, 5.& 19.X.2000. M.J. Bull; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen at Maricel, 1 3.x. 2001 ; H.E. Bull; det. M. Shaffer. 



Alderney - data unknown, recorded by R. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files] [confirmation required]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 21.ix.2002, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen at Maricel, 27.ix.2002, H.E. Bull; det. M. Shaffer. 

 Sark - 2 specimens taken at Le Clos Bourel, l.x.2002, M.J. Bull; [BMNH]. 



ASTEROSCOPUS Boisduval, 1828 

 PETASIA Stephens, 1828 



sphinx (Hufnagel, 1766) Sprawler 



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