Large Emerald
Green Leaf ( Geometra papilionaria )
The Green Leaf ( Geometra papilionaria ) is a medium sized moth of the family of tensioner.
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Features
Unlike most moths the green leaf resembles a butterfly, which can already be derived from the scientific name. It has a wingspan from 40 to 65 millimeters. Boy imagines have a bright deep green, but pale in age to the blue-green, and show a thin dark green and white drawing. Characteristic are three jagged, broken lines of white spots on the fore wings, one of which continue two semicircular on the hind wings. Antennae and legs are orange. The caterpillars are twig -like, with a very variable in color. They are usually brown at first, after hibernation then yellowish- green tinged with brownish-red warts on the top.
Similar Species
The following types can be distinguished by the lack of white, broken, jagged patch line on the wings of the Green Sheet:
- Clematis Green Spanner ( Hemistola chrysoprasaria )
- Emerald tensioner ( Thetidia smaragdaria )
- Perlglanzspanner ( Campaea margaritata )
- Pustelspanner ( Comibaena bajularia )
- Bushes Green Spanner ( Hemithea aestivaria )
- Two Bindiger coniferous forest clamps ( Hylaea fasciaria )
Occurrence
The Green Leaf is not rare and has lived in and around deciduous forests, heathland, marshland and forest -related settlements in the Palearctic. The adults fly in one generation from June to August and are attracted to the light.
Nutrition
The main food plant for the caterpillars of this type is the birch. However, they can also occur on beech, alder, ash, hazel and elder.
Reproduction
The young caterpillars overwinter and pupate in May in loosely rolled leaves on the ground. Beginning of June, then slip the adult green leaves.