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Chlorissa Stephens, 1831

Phaiogramma Gumppenberg, 1887; Nova Acta Acad. Caesar Leop. Carol. 49: 326, TS: Nemoria faustinata Millière
Phaiogramma (Hemitheini) ; [FE]
Chlorissa (Hemitheini) ; [FE]

Chlorissa viridata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Kanervamittari Small Grass Emerald
Chlorissa viridata, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Chlorissa viridata, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Chlorissa viridata, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]

600x759 (~35Kb) female FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti Oravakorpi, 671:53, 13.6.1998, Photo © Markku Savela

260x340 (~14Kb)

Larva on Calluna vulgaris, Empetrum nigrum, Myrica gale

C. v. viridata

C. v. melinaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1856)

C. v. insigniata (Staudinger, 1901)

Chlorissa etruscaria (Zeller, 1849)

pulmentaria (Guenée, 1857)
Chlorissa etruscaria, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Chlorissa etruscaria, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Phaiogramma etruscaria ; [FE]

900x609 (~68Kb) female E.Crete, Ag. Nikolaos/Bucht Istron, ex.l. 29.5.1993 Michael Leipnitz, Photo 6.8.1993 © Kimmo Silvonen

Chlorissa faustinata (Millière, 1868)

SEU. See [About maps] Nemoria faustinata Millière, 1868; Icon. Desc. Chenilles Lepid. 2: 436, 449, pl. 96, f. 2-8, TL: Barcelona
Chlorissa faustinata, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Phaiogramma faustinata ; [FE]

900x542 (~102Kb) female SPAIN, Mallorca Cala Ratjada u.U., ex.o. 9.1992 Michael Leipnitz, Photo 21.11.1992 © Kimmo Silvonen

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References:

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[FE]

Fauna Europaea; Fauna Europaea

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

Some related literature:

Millière, 1868

Iconographie et Description de Chenilles et Lépidoptères inéditis 2 Icon. Desc. Chenilles Lepid. 2: 506pp, 50pls ([1864-1868])

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