faf§[%t / ^^BmK The Channel Islands represent an area of Western Europe that has not been 



|aBjM?3fc^ "^-fl i "^WHSPt adequately studied for the distribution and full extent of its Lepidoplera fauna 



IpB and until now. a single comprehensive listing of the fauna had not been 

 '". * 1 attempted since 1862. Though separate island lists have occasionally been 



^ HB published, they are invariably incomplete and sometunes inaccurate: with 



V v^?Jg / 'I ffVRp the older 19 th eentuiy listings displaying out of date and therefore misleading 



! \ m \ ""war*"^ taxonomy, often further complicated by the many misspellings of scientific 



\P . names and sometimes by inaccurate or muddled usage of vernacular names. 



The manifold functions and major aims of this book attempt to 

 establish a completely updated faunistic listing and to demonstrate individual island distributions. To make this information 

 available to continental and British Lepidoplerists and to clarify the studies continually carried out within the islands. Th 

 order that comparative studies with the rest of Western European material can be made, collecting of voucher material 

 since 1958 by the author has both expanded the faunal listing and island distributions and is presently continued. This 

 material is for depositing in the collections of the Natural History Museum in London for general scientific study, helping 

 to update and importantly, verify the taxonomic names used in the checklisting. - 



The book encompasses the history of Lepidoplera studies carried out in the islands for about the past 200 years, 

 with the first published records appearing in 1 830. until the cut-off point for this present book in 2003 . Essentially the work 

 offers an abbreviated historical review of the Channel Islands entomological literature and of the entomologists and recorders 

 who have been involved. This has inevitably lead to some critical examination of the methodology employed in the 

 publication of some 500 books, papers and small notes. Because this present work covers a large number of years, the 

 opportunity of analysing the fluctuating histories of the recorded species w as available. Full use w as made of every 

 published record, in addition, many thousands of previously unpublished records have been added, both from my own 

 recording and from field lists kindly forwarded by many observ ers and other entomologists. From the available records it 

 can be seen how much information is know n of every species concerned, w inch Varies enormously from next to nothing to 

 vast numbers of records. 



This present w ork is not inclusive of information that is held on privately ow ned databases and subsequently has 

 not been made available through publication. Neither is it inclusive of all voucher material held in man) private 

 collectious.The records as they stand convey what is known about the status of the species concerned. For many it is 

 evident that verifications are required to ascertain their full data and correct identifications. Full information on these 

 aspects would undoubtedly help to clarif y their staftis as records and have influence on the number of species actually 

 recorded. 



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