Grass Emerald

Pseudoterpna pruinata

The grass emerald is a species of moth. It occurs throughout central and south-eastern Europe and in Asia Minor and the Caucasus further east to the Urals and Siberia. It is fairly common throughout Great Britain with the exception of northern Scotland. In the southern Alps, it rises up to 1500 metres. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1767.

Scientific name

Pseudoterpna pruinata

Family

Geometridae