ornitopus (Hufnagel, 1766) lactipennis (Dadd, 1911) Grey Shoulder-knot 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 26. iv. 2003, M. & M. Shaffer; identity confirmed by M.R. Honey; 



[BMNH]. [May possibly be overlooked in the field and in island collections due to a superficial 



resemblance to Xylocampa areola which flies at the same period] 



[leautieri (Boisduval, 1829)] hesperica Boursin, 1957 Blair's Shoulder-knot 



leauteri; misspelling 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Brelade, Red Houses at light beneath Cupressus macrocarpa, the larval 

 foodplant, 29.X.1961, M.L. & R. Long & J.H. Richards, 1962(18):154 & 158; & R. Long, 1965(16):17 

 {recorded as Liihophane leauteri [sic], named as Blair's Pinion }. 



Jersey - noted as abundant at two localities in St. Brelade and at other localities from early x. - mid-xi. 1962, R. 

 & M.L. Long, 1963(18):262; & noted as always associated with Cupressus macrocarpus, R. Long, 

 1965(16):17 {recorded as Lithophane leauteri [sic], named as Blair's Pinion). 



Guernsey - specimens taken in St. Martin, light-traps at the Experimental Station (see Literature on C.I. Leps.), 

 1971, A. Dale; C.J. Shayer, 1975(19):369. 



Guernsey - noted that species is now resident on Cupressus, T.N.D. Peet, 1979(20):305. 



Guernsey - specimens seen in 1985 [the year 1959 is noted as the first appearance of this species on the island, 

 but it was not listed in reports of this period and may be an error by Peet, the note probably refers to 

 1971]; T.N.D. Peet, 1986(21):619. 



Guernsey - noted as common, T.N.D. Peet, 1988(100):21. 



Guernsey - specimens taken at 2 sites on 10 nights between 29. ix. 24.x. 1990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from 

 Austin database]. 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 13.x. 1992, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen at light at 4 sites on 1 1 nights, between 6.x.-3.xi.l996, R.A. Austin, J. Brehaut & J. 



Hooper; 4 in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, between 2 1.x. -27. xi. 1996, W. Angell; R.A. 



Austin, 1997:33 {recorded as Lithophane leautieri). 

 Guernsey - noted presence of this species in St. Piere du Bois, La Broderie, La Claire Mare, in autumn, P.D.M. 



Costen, 1997(3):50 {recorded as Lithophane leautieri}. 

 Guernsey - specimens taken on 4 nights in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 14.x.-22.xi.l998, P.D.M. Costen; 3 



in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 15.x.-4.xi.l998, W. Angell; [pers. comm. from Austin 



database]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at 5 sites on 12 nights between 2.x.-15.xi.l999, various recorders; 2 in St. Martin, 



Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 3.& 17.x. 1999, W. Angell; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Sark - 3 specimens taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 13.& 15.x. 1999, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in light-trap in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 16.xi.1999, P.D.M. Costen; [pers. 



comm. to M.R. Honey [BMNH]]. 

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



XYLENA Ochsenheimer, 1816 



CALOCAMPA Stephens, 1829 

 exsoleta (Linnaeus, 1758) Sword-grass 



exoleta; misspelling 



Jersey - listed by F.P. Johnson & F.G. Piquet, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:227; & W.A. 

 Luff, 1909b(5):493; A.C. Halliwell, 1935a([12?]);392 {recorded as Calocampa exoleta [sic], L.}. 



XYLOCAMPA Guenee, 1837 



areola (Esper, 1789) Early Grey 



lithoriza (Borkhausen, 1792) 

 lithorhiza; misspelling 



Guernsey - listed by Miss Wilkinson, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:229 {recorded as 



Xylocampa lithorhiza [sic]}. 

 Jersey - listed by F.P. Johnson & F.G. Piquet, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:229; & W.A. 



Luff, 1909b(5):493 {recorded as Xxlocampa lithorhiza [sic], Bork.}; A.C. Halliwell, 



1935a([12?]):392. 



Guernsey - a few specimens taken by Luff, W.A. Luff, 1873b(6):378 {recorded as Xylocampa lithorhiza [sic] }. 

 Guernsey - [noted that adults] came to blossom of Sallow and Broom in early spring 1889, W.A. Luff, 

 1890b(l):167. 



Jersey - 3 specimens taken in St. Lawrence, the Waterworks Valley, [date not given], A.C. Halliwell, 



1935a([12?]) :392. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken, iv.1944, W.J. Le Quesne, 1945b(14):182. 



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