Species Details

ABH: 70.300

BF: 1667

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Geometrinae

Taxon: Comibaena bajularia

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Blotched Emerald

Account:

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan:

Surrey Flight Period: 26 May (2022) — 9 Sep (2024)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Quercus sp. (an oak).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/comibaena-bajularia/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 625

Individuals: 1171

Earliest Year: 1864

Latest Year: 2025

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