Comibaena bajularia (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775 is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Comibaena bajularia (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775

Comibaena bajularia (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775

Comibaena bajularia, the blotched emerald, is a geometrid moth found across Europe, the Near East, mainly in oak forests.

Family
Genus
Comibaena
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Comibaena bajularia (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775

The blotched emerald, with the scientific name Comibaena bajularia (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775, is a moth that belongs to the family Geometridae. This species was first formally described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It can be found across Europe and the Near East. In England and Wales, it has a scattered distribution, and it is not present in Scotland and Ireland. In the southern Alps, this moth can be found at elevations up to 1000 metres. It mainly inhabits oak forests.

Photo: (c) Andrey Ponomarev, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Andrey Ponomarev · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Comibaena

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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