Thetidia smaragdaria smaragdaria

Thetidia smaragdaria smaragdaria

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae

The Essex emerald (Thetidia smaragdaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787 as Phalaena smaragdaria. It is distributed throughout the Palearctic region with records from many European countries.

Distribution

Thetidia smaragdaria smaragdaria — (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 4

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionEssex emerald, Wikipedia contributors

Thetidia smaragdaria smaragdaria

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