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Pseudoterpna coronillaria

Synonyms: Geometra coronillaria (homotypic); Hemipthea cinarescens; Hemithea coronillaria; Pseudoterpna albescens (heterotypic); Pseudoterpna armoraciaria

Wikipedia Abstract

Pseudoterpna coronillaria, the Jersey emerald or gorse emerald, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is known from Spain, Portugal, the Pyrenees, western and southern France, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy, Samos, Rhodes, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, northern Jordan and North Africa. It has not been reported from mainland Great Britain, but is present on Jersey, where it was previously overlooked as a form of the grass emerald, until 2001 when it was correctly identified. The larvae feed on Genista tinctoria, Ulex species and broom.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Cytisus scoparius (Broomtops)[1]
Ulex europaeus (common gorse)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0