MACDUNNOUGHIA Kostrowicki, 1961 



MACDONNOUGHIA, misspelling 

 confusa (Stephens, 1850) Dewick's Plusia 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Ouen, Mont Orgueil, 15.ix. 1991, R.V.M. Burrow; W.J. Le Quesne, 

 1992(25):601. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Forest, Le Chene, 13.ix.1992, T.N.D. Peet; R.A. Austin, 1993(23):231 & 236; 



& B. Skinner & M. Parsons, 1996a(108):250; R.A. Austin, 1998(4):46. 

 Jersey - wings of 1 specimen found at the floodlight platform in St. Ouen, Mont Orgueil, 22.ix. 1992, R.V.M. 



Burrow; R. & M.L. Long, 1993(26):39. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Castel, La Croix, 19.x. 1997, J. Brehaut; R.A. Austin, 1998(4):46; & 



1998a(24):195; & locality erroneously referred to as [Forest], Le Gouffre, B. Skinner & M. Parsons, 



2000(1 12):66. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 7.ix. 1999, P.D.M. Costen; [pers. comm. from 



Austin database]; R.A. Austin, 2000(9):57 & 2000a(24):558. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Vale, L'Ancresse, 29.ix.2000,R.A. Austin, 2()01(12):45; & 2001a (24):783 



{recorded as Macdonnoughia [sic] confusa}. 

 Guernsey - 2 specimens taken in St. Peter Port, Trinity Cottages, 30.ix. & 1.x. 2002, J. Hooper, and 2 in St. 



Pierre du Bois, 1. & 2.X.2002, P.D.M. Costen; R.A. Austin, 2003(18) :45; & 2003a(25):262. 



POLYCHRYSIA Hiibner, [1821] 



moneta (Fabricius, 1787) Golden Plusia 



Alderney - specimen^?] taken in 1961, R.B. Walker; C.J. Shayer, 1971(18):451. 



PLUSIA Ochsenheimer, 1816 



festucae (Linnaeus, 1758) Gold Spot 



Guernsey - 1 freshly emerged specimen taken in a packing shed near Baubigny, viii.1906, given to Rev. F.E. 



Lowe; probably brought over in a returned grower's case, W.A. Luff, 1907(5):126 & 128. 

 Jersey - 2 specimens taken in the Waterworks Valley in 1913, G.E.J. Crallan, 1914(39):458; & date of capture 



erroneously given as 1914, A.C. Halliwell, 1935a([12?]):393. 

 Jersey - specimens taken in 1943, deposited in the Societe Jersiaise Museum, W.J. Le Quesne, 1944(14): 168. 

 Guernsey - specimen taken in light-trap in 1966, C.J. Shayer, 1967(18):26. 



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

 1968(18):142. 



Jersey - noted as widespread, 1970, M.L. & R. Long, 1971(20):223. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken, 27.vii.-9.viii.1982, D.J.L. Agassiz; [pers. comm.]. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Forest, Le Chene, 29.vii.-5.viii.1997, D.J.L. Agassiz; [pers. comm.]. 



Guernsey - 2 specimens taken in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 20. v. & 5.vi.l998, P.D.M. Costen; 1 in Vale, 



L'Ancresse, 14. viii. 1 998, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

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

 Guernsey - 6 specimens seen at 4 sites on 6 nights between 2. viii. -17.x. 1999, various recorders; [pers. comm. 



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

 Guernsey - 2 specimens taken in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 6. viii . 1 999, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]; [pers. 



comm. from Austin database]. 

 Guernsey - 3 specimens seen in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 31.vii. & 2.& 3. viii. 2000, D.J. Wedd; [pers. 



comm.]. 



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



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



AUTOGRAPHA Hiibner, [1821] 



AUTOGRAPH; misspelling 

 PLUSIA; sensu auct. 



gamma (Linnaeus, 1 758) Silver Y 



Jersey - listed from specimens collected in the summer of 1830, by J. Curtis, H. & F. Walker, F.A. Walker, 



1878: 18 {recorded as Plusia gamma } . 

 Jersey - noted as dayflying and common, viii.-x. 1 833, E. Blyth, 1834(7):475 {recorded as Plusia gamma). 

 Sark - specimens taken near Dixcart Bay, 4.vi.l860, F. & F.A. Walker, F.A. Walker, 1888(21):150 {recorded as 



Plusia gamma}. 



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