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White-spotted Emerald

Phaiogramma etruscaria

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Field Notes

Description:

c 25mm (1") wingspan. Close to Little Emerald.... 2 different specimens in the same area but look like the same species, just different lighting angle.

Habitat:

Balcony, attracted from surrounding countryside by light.

Species ID Suggestions

Phaiogramma etruscaria

Phaiogramma etruscaria

Reference Link
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Comments (4)
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
I think I found it here: http://lepidopteragallery.org/Phaiogramma_etruscaria.html so you were correct, it has been recorded from Spain, further north along the same coast.
valentinezza
Hi Malcom! The two butterflies are very similar. If the following recognition are correct, has been spotted in Spain: http://www.flickr.com/photos/radio_ga_ga/6030080101/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/63359434@N02/6550969063/ but I could be wrong...
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Hi valentinezza, Phaiogramma etruscaria has never been recorded from Spain so is very unlikely although not impossible.

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Moths of the World
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Biodiversidad en España/Spain
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PublishedJuly 2, 2013

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