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Geometridae : Geometrinae

Blotched Emerald

COMIBAENA bajularia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
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Description
Wingspan: 23-27mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe : Turkey : Caucasus
UK Distribution: England -found mostly in the woodlands in Central-Southern England : North to Yorkshire-thinly distributed : E Wales-thinly distributed
UK Conservation Status -
  • Local = 101 - 300 10Km Squares
European Conservation Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name -
  • Geometra bajularia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Type Species - Comibaena
  • Geometra bajularia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Type Locality -
  • Austria-near Vienna
Flight Period: South-late May to early August : Elsewhere-late June to July
Habitat: Established Oak woodlands : Hedgerows
Similar Species -
  • None
Larva: Late July to early June. The larva is red-brown with few identification marks.Feeding on Oak the Larva camouflages itself by attaching pieces of leaf to its body. After over wintering the leaves are replaced by the overlapping Oak bud scales.
Pupa: Pupates in a cocoon among larval food plant leaves
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The cream and light brown tornus patches,chequered fringe and white lunules on the hindwings make this a very easily identified moth.
The beautiful lime green background on the wings tends to fade with age,turning to buff or whitish.

The thorax is the same lime green colour as the wings but the head is white

The moth can be disturbed from Oak during the day and the males are attracted to the moth trap in small numbers,the female less so.
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Larval Food Plants Worldwide
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Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometroidea
Geometridae
Geomerinae
Comibaenini
COMIBAENA Hübner [1823]
Comibaena bajularia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
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Geometra bajularia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
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GEOMETRA bajularia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= Phalaena pustulata Hufnagel, 1767
= Phalaena ditaria Fabricius, 1776
= Phalaena (Geometra) pustularia Knoch, 1782
= Phalaena glauca Fourcroy, 1785
= Chlorochaeta stigmatisata Staudinger, 1920
= Chlorochaeta alba Schneider & Wörz, 1940
= tangens Lempke, 1949
= Chlorochaeta rosea Cockayne, 1952.
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Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend : Title Page : p.97 - n.6
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Austria-near Vienna
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C.b.f.rosea Cockayne,1952-wing ground colour pink
C.b.f.tangens Lempke, 1949-Forewnig traverse lines tangential
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C.b.tikonovi Hausmann, 2000-Transcaucasus