Species Details

ABH: 70.283

BF: 1961

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Taxon: Campaea margaritaria

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: Light Emerald

Account: Common in broad-leaved woodland, areas with scattered trees, scrub, hedgerows, parks and gardens throughout the British Isles. Larva feeds on Pedunculate Oak, Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Hazel, Downy and Silver Birch, Elm, Sallow, Horse Chestnut, Sweet Chestnut and Beech.

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: 42 — 54 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 8 May (2024) — 14 Oct (2025)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/campaea-margaritaria/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1827

Individuals: 3483

Earliest Year: 1883

Latest Year: 2025

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