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The Blotched Emerald, (Comibaena bajularia) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a species of central Europe but reaches parts of England and Wales.
The wings are green with brown and white chequered fringes and prominent buff and white blotches at the tornus. The forewings are marked with 2 narrow white fascia. The wingspan is 30-35 mm. It flies at night in June and July and is attracted to light, the male more so than the female.
The larva is red-brown but uses detritus to camouflage itself. Its food plant is oak and it overwinters as a larva.
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