Thetidia smaragdaria maritima (Prout, 1935:17)
Essex emerald moth
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Euchloris smaragdaria maritima Prout, 1935:17 (original combination); Antonechloris smaragdaria maritima (Prout, 1935:17); Euchloris maritima (Prout, 1935:17)
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1996
Distribution
"open salt-marshes of the Essex and Kent coasts", England (source)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Prout, Louis Beethoven. (1935). The Macrolepidoptera of the World. Vol. 4. Supplement. Verlag des Seitzschen Werkes, Stuttgart, 248 pp. [Seitz, A. (Ed.)]
Other references:
Waring, P. (2005). The history, conservation and presumed extinction of the Essex Emerald moth, Thetidia smaragdaria maritima (Prout, 1935) in Great Britain. Entomol. Gaz. 56: 149-188.