Guernsey - specimens seen at 5 sites on 22 nights between 4.viii.-15.ix. 1999, R.A. Austin and P.D.M. Costen; 



[pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Alderney - 7 specimens seen at light at Platte Saline, 12.viii. 1999, R. & M.L. Long; [pers. comm. from Austin 



database]. 



Sark - 1 specimen found dead in house at Maricel, 15.x. 1999, H.E. Bull; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen found dead in house at Le CIos Bourel, 9.ix.2000, M.J. Bull; [BMNH]. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in Grouville, golf course, 9. viii.2000, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Clos Bourel, 9.viii.2002, M.J. Bull; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Maricel, 21 .viii.2002, H.E. Bull; [BMNHJ. 



TRACHEA Ochsenheimer, 1816 



atriplicis (Linnaeus, 1758) Orache Moth 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at m/v light in St. Saviour, 28.vii.1984, R.A. & M. Austin; T.N. D. Peet, 

 1985(21 ):450, 451 & 452; & R.F. Brelherton & J.M. Chalmers-Hunt, 1987a(99):189; A.M. Riley, 

 1989(101):96; W.J. Le Quesne, 1989(25):48; R.V.M. Burrow, 1996(108): 135. 



Jersey - \S taken at m/v in Trinity, Howard Davis Farm (site no. 146), 31.vii.-2.viii.1987, Rothamsted Insect 

 Survey, R. Collier; stated that appropriate sites occur nearby where species could breed, A.M. Riley, 

 1989(101):96; & R.F. Bremerton & J.M. Chalmers-Hunt, 1988a(100):231; W.J. Le Quesne, 

 1989(25):48; R.V.M. Burrow, 1996(108):135. 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in Trinity, Howard Davis Farm, 1 l.viii.1991, Rothamsted Insect Survey; W.J. Le 

 Quesne, 1992(25):601. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Forest, Le Chene, 7. vii . 1 992, T.N.D. Peet; 1 taken in St. Martin, Les 

 Merriennes, 13.vii.1992, G & F. Higg & D. Pool; R.A. Austin, 1993(23):231 & 234; & B. Skinner & 

 M. Parsons, 1996a(108):246. 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken at light in Trinity, Howard Davis Farm, 9. viii. 1 992, Rothamsted Insect Survey; R. & 

 M.L. Long, 1993(26):39. 



Jersey - 5 specimens taken in Trinity, Howard Davis Farm, 13-29. vii. 1993, Rothamsted Insect Survey; A.M. 

 Riley, 1999(1 11 ):207. 



Jersey - specimens recorded at 3 sites during vii. & viii. 1993, R.V.M.Burrow, thought to be established on the 

 island; R. & M.L. Long, 1994(26):174; & R.V.M. Burrow, 1996(108):135.^ 



Alderney - 1 specimen taken at actinic light at Platte Saline, 5. vii. 1994, R. & M.L. Long, 1996(31): 18; & R.A. 

 Austin, 1997b:45. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Vale, L'Ancresse, 16. vii. 1994. R.A. Austin; B. Skinner & M. Parsons, 

 1998(110):10. 



Jersey - specimens seen in some new localities in 1994, R.V.M. Burrow; R. & M.L. Long, 1995(26):318 pi. 1. 

 Jersey - noted an increase in local sites, with up to 8 specimens taken in a night; specimens taken in Grouville, 



Gorey. 19. vii. 1995; 1 gravid $ taken at light, 12.x. 1995, suggested 2nd brood, R.V.M. Burrow, 



1996(108): 135 pi. Dfig^S. 



Alderney - 1 specimen taken at actinic light at Platte Saline, 21. vii. 1996, R. & M.L. Long, 1996(31): 18; & R.A. 

 Austin, 1997:35. 



Guernsey - 3 specimens seen at light in Vale, L'Ancresse, 20.& 21. vii. & 3. viii. 1996, R.A. Austin; 1 in St. 



Saviour, The Reservoir, 8. viii. 1 996, J. Hooper; R.A. Austin, 1997:35. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, La Claire Mare, 6. viii. 1996, P.D. M. Costen, 



1997(3):48; & R.A. Austin, 1997:35. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Forest, Le Chene, 29. vii. 1997, D.J.L. Agassiz; [pers. comm.]. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Forest, Le Chene, 2 1 . vi. 1 998, T.N.D. Peet; 1 in Vale, L'Ancresse, 1. viii. 1998, 



R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Guernsey - 1 1 specimens seen at 4 sites on 9 nights, between 26. vi. -31. vii. 1999, R.A. Austin, P.D.M. Costen 



and T.N.D. Peet; stated that this indicated an increasing resident population; [pers. comm. from Austin 



database]; R.A. Austin, 2000(9):57. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken in Stocks Hotel, 5. vii. 1999, R. & M.L. Long; [Socie'te Sercquiaise files]; [pers. comm. 



from Austin database]. 

 Guernsey - 15 specimens seen between 1 5. vii.- 1 7. viii.2000; R.A. Austin. 2001(12):45. 



Guernsey - 5 specimens seen in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 30. & 31.vii.& 1. viii. 2000, D.J. Wedd; [pers. 

 comm.]. 



Jersey - 30+ specimens seen in Grouville, golf course between 5.-1 1. viii. 2000. D.J. Wedd, 2001(12):76. 

 Guernsey - 3 specimens seen in Castel, Mont D'Aval, 2., 20. & 23.vii.2001, M. Simmons; 2 in Vale, L'Ancresse, 



14.& 28. vii. 2001, R.A. Austin; 3 in St. Martin, Icart, 12.vii.& 13.viii.2001, T.N.D. Peet; R.A. Austin, 



2002(15):48. 



Guernsey - noted as very numerous, larvae reared from ova, summer 2001, D.J. Wedd. 2002(17):47. 



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