Guernsey - larvae common on Poplar, viii.1889, W.A. Luff, 1890b( 1 ): 161 {recorded as Acronycta 

 megacephala } . 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken, 4.vii.l903, G.B. Coney, 1904(37):128; & W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):491 {recorded as 



Acronycta megacephala, Fb. }. 

 Jersey - 1 larva taken in St. Brelade, Pont Marquet in 1932, adult emerged in 1933, A.C. Halliwell, 



1934([12?]):237 {recorded as Acronycta megacephala}. 

 Jersey - noted as uncommon, specimens taken in St. Brelade, Pont Marquet and in St. Saviour, A.C. Halliwell, 



1935a([12?]):383 {recorded as, Acronycta megacephala). 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Pierre du Bois, 15.vi.1990, D.J.L. Agassiz & J.R. Langmaid; [pers. comm.]. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen taken at light at Platte Saline, 18.vii.1996, R. & M.L. Long; R.A. Austin, 1997:34. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at light in Forest, La Croix, 2 1 . vii . 1 996, J. Brehaul; 1 in Vale, L'Ancresse, 



27.vii.1996, R.A. Austin, 1997:34. 

 Guernsey - 2 specimens taken in Vale, L'Ancresse, 20. v. & 5. vi. 1 998, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from Austin 



database]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Pierre du Bois, La route de la Hougue Anthan, 24.vii.1998, M. & M. 

 Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Alderney - 3 specimens taken at light at Platte Saline, 9.& 10.viii.1998, R. & M.L. Long; [pers. comm. from 

 Austin database]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at 3 sites on 10 nights between 30. vi. -31. vii. 1999, R.A. Austin and P.D.M. Costen; 8 

 in Vale, L'Ancresse, 17. vii. 1999, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Pierre du Bois, La route de la Hougue Anthan, 6.V.2000, M. & M. Shaffer; 

 [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 31. vii. 2000, and 1 in St. Martin, Jerbourg, 



31. vii. 2000, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 

 Jersey - 2 specimens taken in Grouville, golf course, 6.& 10.viii.2000, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 19.vi.2001 , M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



(ACRONICTA (Ochsenheimer, 1816) 

 APATELE Hiibner, 1 822 



aceris (Linnaeus, 1758) Sycamore 

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



Luff, 1909b(5):491 {recorded as Acronycta aceris, L. }. 

 Guernsey - 1 larva taken on railing in St. Peter Port, near St. Stephen's Church, viii.191 1, Rev. C.B. Lucas, the 



adult emerged vi.1912; F.E. Lowe, 1912(6):263; & 1913(6):357 {recorded as Acronycta aceris}. 

 Jersey - specimens bred from larvae taken in Grouville in 1917, G.E.J. Crallan; A.C. Halliwell, 



1935a([12?]):383 [recorded as Acronycta aceris}. 

 Jersey - larvae taken in St. Saviour and in St. Brelade, Noirmont in 1930, A.C. Halliwell, 1935a([12?]):383 



{recorded as Acronycta aceris}. 

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

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in Grouville, Gorey, 22.vii.1993, R.V.M. Burrow; R. & M.L. Long, 1994(26): 174. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen taken at light at Platte Saline, 1 S.vii . 1 996, R. & M.L. Long; R.A. Austin, 1997:34; 



1997b:44. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at light, 24.vi.1997, R. & M.L. Long; R.A. Austin, 1998a(24):197. 

 Jersey - considerable number of specimens seen in 1998; R. & M.L. Long, 1999(27):373. 

 Jersey - 5 specimens seen in Grouville, golf course, 6.& 7. viii .2000, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 



leporina (Linnaeus, 1758) Miller 

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



Luff, 19()9b(5):491; no recent records, A.C. Halliwell, 1935a([12?]):383 {recorded as Acronycta 



leporina. L. }. 



Guernsey - specimens taken at m/v light in St. Peter Port, Stanley Road, 12. & 18.vi.1969, C.J. Shayer, 



1970(18):355 {recorded as Apatele leporina}. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken at light in Grouville, Gorey, 16. vii. 1990, R.V.M. Burrow; W.J. Le Quesne, 



1991(25):435 



(TRIAENA Hiibner, 1818) 



tridens ([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775) Dark Dagger 



Guernsey - listed by Miss Wilkinson, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:226 {recorded as 

 Acronycta tridens}. 



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