Biology:Pseudoterpna coronillaria

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Short description: Species of moth

Pseudoterpna coronillaria
Jersey-Emerald-(1).JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pseudoterpna
Species:
P. coronillaria
Binomial name
Pseudoterpna coronillaria
(Hübner, 1796)[1][2]
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.[3]

The larvae feed on Genista tinctoria, Ulex species and broom.[4]

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)

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (June 11, 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150 (2): 334–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x. http://www.aseanbiodiversity.info/Abstract/51012319.pdf. 
  3. UKMoths
  4. Hantsmoths

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6585447 entry