MEGALOGRAPHA Lafontaine & Poole, 



biloba (Stephens, 1830) Stephens' Gem 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Forest, Le Chene, 19[sic] = 13.viii.2001, T.N.D. Peet; [pers. comm. from 

 P.D.M. Costen to M.R. Honey, [BMNH]]; date given as 13.viii.20Ql, R.A. Austin, 2002(15):48; & 

 date erroneously cited as 14.viii, also stating species origin as North America, 2002a(l):43; P.D.M. 

 Costen, 2002(15):80. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 19[sic] = 17.viii.2001 , P.D.M. Costen; [pers. 

 comm. to M.R. Honey, [BMNH]]; date given as 1 7. viii.2001 , R.A. Austin, 2002(15):48; & 

 2002a(l):43; speculates on its presence in Guernsey, possibly arriving on lettuce imported from The 

 Netherlands or on Carnations imported from Colombia, notes also that several migrant species were 

 present at that time, P.D.M. Costen, 2002(15):80. 



[Note: In North America this species is distributed widely from the Atlantic to the Pacific, W.J. Holland, 



1968, The Moth Book :238] 



ABROSTOLA Ochsenheimer, 1816 



UNCA Oken, 1815, published in a work rejected by I.C.Z.N. 1956 Opinion No. 417 



HABROSTOLA Sodoffsky, 1837 

 triplasia (Linnaeus, 1758) Dark Spectacle 



trigemina (Werneburg, 1864) 

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



Abwstola triplasia and 1862; & 1865:228 as Habrostola triplasia}. 

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



Abwstola triplasia and 1862; & 1865:228 as Habrostola triplasia (under List of errata, 2nd Edn, 



1865:xii, the species in the latter generic combination is deleted from the Jersey list)}; & W.A. Luff, 



1909b(5):493 {recorded as Habrostola triplasia, L. }. 

 Jersey - specimens taken, 20-24.ix.1903, G.B. Coney, 1904(37):129 {recorded as Habrostola triplasia). 

 Jersey - noted to be reasonably common, M.L. & R. Long, 1964(18):377 {recorded as Unca trigemina). 

 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 Unca triplasia). 

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



Guernsey - specimens seen at 6 sites on 6 nights between 5.vi.-12.ix. 1990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from 

 Austin database]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen in St. Pierre du Bois, 1 6. vi. 1 990, D.J.L. Agassiz & J.R. Langmaid; [pers. comm.]. 

 Guernsey - specimens taken and seen at light at 6 sites on 21 nights, between 7.vi.-7.ix.l996, R.A. Austin, J. 



Brehaut & J. Hooper; 1 in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 16.vi. 1996, W. Angell; R.A. 



Austin, 1997:38 {recorded as Abwstola trigemina and named as Dark Spectacle}. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen at light at Platte Saline, 1 8.vii. 1 996, R. & M.L. Long; R.A. Austin, 1997:38 {recorded as 



Abwstola trigemina and named as Dark Spectacle}. 

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

 Guernsey - specimens seen at 3 sites on 50 between 1 l.v.-26.ix.l998, R.A. Austin & P.D.M. Costen; [pers. 



comm. from Austin database]. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen at 8 sites on 63 nights between 30.iv.-21.ix. 1999, various recorders; 1 in St. Martin, 



Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 16. vi. 1999, W. Angell; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 15.V.1999, M. &M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 21.vii.2000, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH], 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen and 1 taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 13. & 19. vi. 2001, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

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



tripartita (Hufnagel, 1766) Spectacle 

 urticae (Hiibner, [1817]) 

 triplasia; sensu auct. 



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



Abwstola urticae and 1862; & 1865:228 as Habrostola uricae). 

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



Abwstola urticae and 1862; & 1865:228 as Habrostola urticae (under List of errata, 2nd Edn, 



1865:xii, the species in the latter generic combination is deleted from the Jersey list)}; & W.A. Luff, 



1909b(5):493 {recorded as Habrostola urticae, Hb.}. 

 Guernsey - noted as frequent, W.A. Luff, 1873b(6):378 {recorded as Abwstola urticae). 



Jersey - specimens taken, 21.v.-27.vi.l903, G.B. Coney, 1904(37):129; & W.A. Luff, 1909b (5):493 {recorded 

 as Habrostola urticae, Hb. } . 



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