Grass Emerald

Grass Emerald

Taxobox | name = Grass Emerald
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Geometridae
genus = "Pseudoterpna"
species = "P. pruinata"
binomial = "Pseudoterpna pruinata"
binomial_authority = Walker, 1863

The Grass Emerald ("Pseudoterpna pruinata") is a moth species that is fairly common throughout Great Britain with the exception of northern Scotland. It can be found in such habitats as heathland, moorland, and commonscite web | url=http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1665 | title=UKMoths - Grass Emerald Pseudoterpna pruinata | accessdate=2006-08-06 | date=2006 | author=Ian Kimber | publisher=UKMoths] , where its larvae feed on broom, gorse, and petty whin.cite web | url=http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/Geometridae.htm | title=Geometridae | accessdate=2006-08-06 | date=2003-08-20]

Appearance

When newly emerged from their cocoons, Grass Emeralds are bright bluish-green in coloration with a white spiracular stripe, but they quickly fade into a greyish shade. An adult Grass Emerald has a wingspan of 30-35mm.

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