Sark - 1 specimen seen at Le Clos Bourel, 15.vi.2001, M.J. Bull; det. M. Shaffer. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Clos Bourel, 4.ix.2002, M.J. Bull; [BMNH]. 

 Herm - specimens seen over the island, 19.ix.2002, M. & M. Shaffer. 



Guernsey - specimens seen and 1 taken in Forest at Le Chene and Petit Bot, 14-2 l.ix. 2002, M. & M. Shaffer; 

 [BMNH]. 



obsitalis (Hiibner, [1813]) Bloxworth Snout 



obstitalis; misspelling 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken at light in St. Brelade Bay, 7.ix. 1956, M.J. Leech, 1957(90):49; & W.J. Le Quesne, 



1957 (17):27; R. Dobson, 1961(18):25; C.J. Shayer, 1963(17):287; R. Long, 1965(16):17. 

 Jersey - specimens taken, species appearing to be established on the island in St. Clement, Samares Manor, 



25.viii.1960; Grouville, viii.1960; St. Helier, l.viii. & 6.ix.l960; St. Ouen, 6.ix.l960; St. Aubin, 20.x. 



& 6. & 7.xii.l960, M.L. & R. Long & J.H. Richards; R. Dobson, 1961(18):25. 

 Guernsey - 1 worn specimen taken, l.ix. 1962; 1 fresh specimen taken, 24.x. 1962; 1 specimen taken, 24. xi. 1962, 



Mr C. David; C.J. Shayer, 1963(17):287; & D.J. Carter, 1972(23):267 {named as The Bloxworth (or 



Waved) Snout}. 



Jersey - noted that since the first specimen was taken in 1956, 15 more specimens have been taken during most 

 months of the year, in January, March, April, July-December, added that all but 4 specimens had been 

 taken in dense residential areas, 7 of them from St. Helier, R. & M.L. Long, 1963(18):262; & in 

 contradiction, stated that 16 specimens had been taken and excluded March, R.Long, 1965(16):17. 



Guernsey - 1 fresh specimen taken, 5.xi. 1963; 1 worn specimen taken, 7.xii. 1 963; 1 specimen taken, 

 17.xii.1963, Mi" C. David; reason for such late flights is unknown, noted how records are associated 

 with buildings and states that larval foodplant was unknown, C.J. Shayer, 1964(17):435. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken, 12. v. 1964, C.J. Shayer; other specimens reported later in 1964, C. David; species 

 now regarded as resident, C.J. Shayer, 1965(17):533 {recorded as Hypena obsitalis and named as the 

 Bloxworth (Waved) Snout}. 



Guernsey - specimen recorded in iv., vii. & xi. 1 965, C.J. Shayer, 1966(17):700. 



Guernsey - specimens taken in Shayer's house, 19. i., 21.x. & 21. xi. 1967, C.J. Shayer, 1968(18):142 {recorded 



as Hypena obsitalis and named as the Bloxworth (Waved) Snout}. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen during winter months coming into house and outbuildings, but in St. Saviour, Les 



Rouvets, over 200 specimens were counted undergoing hibernation in a German bunker, 8.ii.l972, R. 



Rich; communicated by C.J. Shayer; D.J. Carter, 1972(23):267; & C.J. Shayer, 1973(19):128; T.N.D. 



Peet, 1988(100):22. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in a garden shed, end of ix. 1978, T.N.D. Peet, 1978(90):336. 



Channel Islands - noted that species appears to be established, where it frequents buildings and shelters, R.F. 



Brelherton & J.M. Chalmers-Hunt, 1986b(98):230 {recorded as Hypena obstitalis [sic]}; & 



1988a(100):232. 



Guernsey - noted as the least known resident species, specimens are seen through most of the summer months, 

 T.N.D. Peet, 1988(100):22. 



Guernsey - noted at least 20 specimens found hibernating in caves in St. Pierre du Bois, Mont Herault in 1988, 



C. David, P.D.M. Costen & T.N.D. Peet; 6 specimens found hibernating in St. Peter Port, the boiler 



house of the Hotel de Havelet in 1988, R.A. Austin, 1989(22) :365. 

 Guernsey - approximately 15 specimens found hibernating in cave in St. Pierre du Bois, Mont Herault, 



18.ii.1990; in St. Peter Port, St. John, 17.vii., 2. & 5.ix. & 6.x. 1990; in St. Peter Port, Dell Nursery, 



13.x. 1990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 7.x. 1994, A.C. Warne; [BMNH]. 

 Herm - 1 specimen taken at Le Manoir gardens, 25. vii. 1995, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen seen at light at St. John, 13.x. 1996, R.A. Austin, 1997:38. 

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

 Guernsey - noted as having been found overwintering in greenhouses and garden sheds in St. Pierre du Bois, La 



Broderie, La Claire Mare, also clOO hibernating in German bunker, P.D.M. Costen, 1997(3):48. 

 Guernsey - 2 specimens seen in St. Peter Port, St. John, 14. & 18. i. 1998, R.A. Austin; 1 in St. Pierre du Bois, La 



Broderie, 26. ix. 1998, P.D.M. Costen; [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]. 



Jersey - over 40 specimens seen at rest in an old German bunker in St. Brelade, near Les Braye, 200 yards from 

 the coast, 9. viii. 1998; on Pellitory-of-the-Wall Parietaria judaica in the immediate vicinity of the 

 bunker were found larvae in all stages; noted that the moth occurs in lesser numbers almost 

 everywhere, also that Channel Island specimens are distinctly larger and brighter than those from 

 south-west England, D.J. Wedd, 1999 (7):48. 



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