Species Details

ABH: 70.303

BF: 1674

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Geometrinae

Taxon: Jodis lactearia

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Little Emerald

Account: Common in open woodland, mature hedgerows, scrubby heathland, moorland and grassland throughout much of England, Wales and western Scotland The most likely confusion species is Small Grass Emerald Chlorissa viridata, which see for differences. Larva feeds on Downy Birch, Silver Birch, Hazel, Hawthorn and Blackthorn, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 23 — 26 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 May (1997) — 14 Jul (1986)

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

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch), Crataegus sp., 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: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/jodis-lactearia/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 169

Individuals: 119

Earliest Year: 1883

Latest Year: 2016

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