Campaea margaritaria (Linnaeus, 1761)

Campaea margaritata, commonly known as the light emerald, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae. It is widely distributed throughout Europe, the Near East and North Africa. The habitat is mixed forests including parks and large gardens.

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Synonyms 4

Phalaena margaritaria, Phalaena margaritata, Phalaena sesquistriataria, Phalaena vitriolata

351,565 GBIF occurrences
15,472 iNaturalist observations

Conservation status code

Conservation: status label

Least Concern

Conservation: population trend

Stable

Conservation: year assessed

2026

IUCN Red List page

https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/260123055/260123064

Habitats

IUCN: population narrative

There is no information on the population size or trend of this species.

IUCN: habitat narrative

Habitats include arable land (20%), plantations (19%), urban areas (17%), temperate shrubland (15%), temperate forest (13%), and pasture land (13%).

IUCN: threats narrative

There are no known widespread or significant threats for this species.

IUCN: conservation narrative

In Europe, this species is listed as: LC on the national Red List of the United Kingdom and shows a trend of 4.70% over the period 2000 - 2016 (Cook et al. 2021), LC in Ireland (Allen et al. 2016), LC on the preliminary Red List of the Netherlands (Ellis et al. 2013), LC in Finland (Hyvärinen et al. 2019), LC in Sweden (SLU Artdatabanken 2020), LC in the Vorarlberg region in Austria (Huemer et al. 2022), LC in Romania (Rakosy et al. 2023)), LC in the region Flanders in Belgium (Veraghtert et al. 2023), LC in Denmark (Helsing and Karsholt 2019), LC in Germany Rennwald et al. 2011, Trusch et al. 2011, Wachlin and Bolz 2011)

IUCN: rationale

European regional assessment: Least Concern (LC)EU 27 regional assessment: Least Concern (LC)This species is not endemic to the European region. It has an established population in Europe and within the EU, and has been documented or assumed to be established with a permanently reproducing population with no major threats, and the species is not considered to be severely fragmented or to be undergoing continuing decline in any aspect of its distribution, population or habitat. The species does not meet any of the criteria for a threatened Category, and is therefore assessed as Least Concern (LC) for both Europe and for the EU27 Member States.

Campaea margaritaria (Linnaeus, 1761)

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