Guernsey - 2 specimens taken in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 2. & 3.ix.2002, P.D.M. Costen; R.A. Austin, 

 2003(18) :44. 



THYSANOPLUSIA Ichinose, 1973 



orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775) Slender Burnished Brass 



Guernsey - 2 specimens taken in Forest, Le Chene, 30.viii.& 1 .ix. 1 998, T.N.D. Peet; [pers. comm. fromAustin 



database]; R.A. Austin, 1999(6):45 & 46; & 1999a(24):377. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Ouen, St. Ouen*s Pond, 1 9.ix. 1998, R.V.M. Burrow; R.A. Austin, 1999(6):46; 



& D.J. Wedd, 1999(7):48; R. & M.L. Long, 1999(27):372. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Forest, Le Chene, lO.x.2001, T.N.D. Peet; R.A. Austin, 2002(15):48; & 



2002a(l):42. 



DIACHRYSIA Hiibner, [1821] 

 PLUSIA; sensu auct. 



chrysitis (Linnaeus, 1758) Burnished Brass 



Guernsey - listed by Miss Wilkinson, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G Latham, 1862; & 1865:28 {recorded as Plusia 

 chrysitis}. 



Jersey - listed by F.P. Johnson & F.G. Piquet, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:228; & W.A. 



Luff, 1909b(5):493 {recorded as Plusia chrysitis, L.}. 

 Guernsey - noted as common and double-brooded, W.A. Luff, 1873b(6):378; & 1890b(l):167 {recorded as 



Plusia chrysitis}. 



Sark - noted as common and double-brooded, W.A. Luff, 1873b(6):378; & 1890b(l):167 {recorded as Plusia 

 chiysitis}. 



Jersey - specimens taken, 27.vi.-4.vii. & 26.viii.1903, G.B. Coney, 1904(37):129; & W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):493 



{recorded as Plusia chiysitis, L. }. 

 Sark - noted as not common, 9-14. vii. 1906, W.A. Luff, 1907a(5):190 {recorded as Plusia chrysitis, L. }. 

 Jersey - noted as scarce, A.C. Halliwell, 1935a([12?]):393 {recorded as Plusia chrysitis). 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in Grouville, Gorey, 5 . viii. 1 962, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Pierre du Bois, La Houguette [date not given], in 1967, C.J. Shayer, 



1968(18):142 {recorded as Plusia chrysitis}. 

 Alderney - specimen[s?] taken in m/v light-trap in 1970 [no data given], R. & M.L. Long & V. Mendham; C.J. 



Shayer, 1971(18):451 {recorded as Plusia chrysitis}. 

 Guernsey - several specimens seen, 27. vii. -9. viii. 1982, D.J.L. Agassiz; [pers. comm.]. 

 Alderney - specimens seen in moth trap, vii. 1987, M.L Mendham, 1987(22):20. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen, 12-19. vi. 1990, D.J.L. Agassiz & J.R. Langmaid; [pers. comm.]. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen at 4 sites on 5 nights between 25.viii.-12.ix. 1990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from 



Austin database]. 



Sark - 1 specimen seen at Stocks Hotel, 10. vi. 1995, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise tiles]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at light in Torteval, Les Galliennes, 9. vi. 1 996, J. Hooper; 3 in Vale, L'Ancresse, 

 23. vi., 7. & L4.vii.1996, R.A. Austin; 1 in St. Peter Port, Trinity Cottages, 14.vii. 1996, J. Hooper; 1 in 

 St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 28. viii. 1996, W. Angell; 5 at light in Forest, La Croix, 

 31. viii.. 1.. 7. & 15.ix.1996, J. Brehaut; 2 in St. Pierre du Bois, La Pomare" 16.ix.1996. R. & M.L. 

 Long; R.A. Austin, 1997:38. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at 3 sites on 35 nights between 16.v.-21.ix.l998, R.A. Austin & P.D.M. Costen; 1 in 

 St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 26.viii.1998, W. Angell; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 



Sark - 1 specimen seen at Stocks Hotel, 1. vii. 1998; 1 at Les Genets, 3. vii. 1998, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe 

 Sercquiaise files]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Grande Greve, 6. vii. 1998, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Sark - 1 specimen seen at Stocks Hotel, 24. viii. 1998, R. & M.L. Long; [Socie'te Sercquiaise files]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at 10 sites on 40 nights between 5.vi.-12.ix.l999, various recorders; [pers. comm. 



from Austin database]; [pers. comm. from P.H. Sterling]. 

 Sark - 6 specimens seen at Stocks Hotel, 5.-8.vii.l999, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]; [pers. 



comm. from Austin database]. 

 Sark - 2 specimens seen at Stocks Hotel, 27.vi.& 2. vii. 2000, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Pondon, 17.vii.2000, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at La Vaurocque, 24. vii. 2000, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

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

 Guernsey - noted as widely distributed, viii. 2000, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D*Ane, 10.vi.2001, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Herm - specimens seen, 28-30. vii. 2003, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm. from P.D.M. Costen, via P. Heyworth]. 



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