Pseudoterpna pruinata, Crete - photo © K. Bormpoudaki

Pseudoterpna pruinata, Crete - photo © K. Bormpoudaki

Pseudoterpna pruinata (Hufnagel, 1767)

MOTH INFO

Pseudoterpna pruinata is a moth of the family Geometridae on the island of Crete, Greece.

Scientific name

Pseudoterpna pruinata (Hufnagel, 1767)

Phalaena pruinata (Hufnagel, 1767)

Geometra cythisaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Phalaena pruinaria (Rottemburg, 1777)

Phalaena (Geometra) genistaria (de Villers, 1789)

Hemithea agrestaria (Duponchel, 1829)

Hemithea porracearia (Boisduval, 1840)

Phalaena (Geometra) viridisparsata (Roquette, 1857)

Aspilates atropunctaria (Walker, 1863)

Pseudoterpna virellata (Krulikovski, 1908)

Pseudoterpna holsatica (Wagner, 1922)

Pseudoterpna syltica (Prout, 1934)

Common name

Grass Emerald

Classification

Superfamily: Geometroidea > Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Geometrinae > Tribus: Pseudoterpnini > Genus: Pseudoterpna

Wingspan

28-38 mm

Habitat

Waysides, scrub of larval foodplants, forest edges, and clearings.

Food plant

The larva is oligophagous on Leguminosae (Spartium, Chamaecytisus, Genista) and feeds on the leaves.

Flight period
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Links

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