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The Jersey Emerald or Gorse Emerald (''Pseudoterpna coronillaria'') is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is known from Spain, Portugal, the Pyrenees, western and southern France, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy, Samos, Rhodos, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, northern Jordan and North Africa. It has not been reported from mainland Great Britain, but is present on Jersey, where it was previously overlooked as a form of the Grass Emerald, until 2001 when it was correctly identified. The wingspan is . Adults resemble ''Pseudoterpna pruinata'', but are generally greyer-looking with just a hint of a greenish tinge, and have a sprinkling of darker scales. They are on wing in June and July in western Europe.〔(UKmoths )〕 The larvae feed on ''Genista tinctoria'', ''Ulex'' species and broom.〔(Hants Moths )〕 ==Subspecies== *''Pseudoterpna coronillaria coronillaria'' (Spain, Portugal, the Pyrenees, western and southern France, Corsica, Sardinia, northern Italy) *''Pseudoterpna coronillaria algirica'' Wehrli, 1929 (North Africa) *''Pseudoterpna coronillaria cinerascens'' (Zeller, 1847) (western Turkey, Samos, Rhodos) *''Pseudoterpna coronillaria axillaria'' Guenée, () (southern Turkey, Lebanon) *''Pseudoterpna coronillaria halperini'' Hausmann, 1996 (Israel, northern Jordan) *''Pseudoterpna coronillaria flamignii'' Hausmann, 1997 (southern Italy, Sicily) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pseudoterpna coronillaria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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