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Comibaena bajularia (51)
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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1243 W: 129 N: 881]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (2814) | A pretty moth, very rare in Portugal.
The photo was tacked at night, around 22:50, using the flash, at Sierra da Estrela, the highest mountain in Portugal.
Known as Blotched Emerald in english.
It was attracted by the fluorescent light on the trap.
The males are easily attracted to light, sometimes in great numbers. Females are rarely seen in moths traps.
Too active and very difficult to take a photo.
There are more green geometers, but this is the only one showing creamish blotches near the hind edge of both wings.
Because of the bright colours this species is sometimes wrongly identified as a butterfly. In old specimens the green colour is occasionally faded into pink or white.
This specie is extremely difficult to discover hiding among the leaves of trees, for it looks like an infested leaf very much.
It is a rather small species, reaching a wingspan of some 29 to 33 mm only. |
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