Biology:Pseudoterpna coronillaria

Short description: Species of moth

Pseudoterpna coronillaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Pseudoterpna
Species:	P. coronillaria
Binomial name
Pseudoterpna coronillaria (Hübner, 1796)
Synonyms
Geometra coronillaria Hübner, [1817] Geometra cytisaria var. cinerascens Zeller, 1847 Pseudoterpna armoraciaria Oberthür, 1896

Pseudoterpna coronillaria, the Jersey emerald or gorse emerald, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1796. 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 wingspan is 36–40 millimetres (1.4–1.6 in). Adults resemble Pseudoterpna pruinata, but are generally greyer looking with just a hint of a greenish tinge, and have a sprinkling of darker scales.

They are on wing in June and July in western Europe.

The larvae feed on Genista tinctoria, Ulex species and broom.

Subspecies

• Pseudoterpna coronillaria coronillaria (Spain, Portugal, the Pyrenees, western and southern France, Corsica, Sardinia, north-western Italy up to northern Tuscany)
• Pseudoterpna coronillaria algirica Wehrli, 1929 (North Africa)
• Pseudoterpna coronillaria cinerascens (Zeller, 1847) (western Turkey, Samos, Rhodes)
• Pseudoterpna coronillaria axillaria Guenée, [1858] (southern Turkey, Lebanon)
• Pseudoterpna coronillaria halperini Hausmann, 1996 (Israel, northern Jordan)
• Pseudoterpna coronillaria flamignii Hausmann, 1997 (central and southern Italy, Sicily)

External links

• Lepiforum e.V.

Wikidata ☰ Q6585447 entry