title: Microloxia herbaria
text: # Microloxia herbaria
  
  Microloxia herbaria, the herb emerald, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1808. It is a widespread species that can be found along the Mediterranean region, southern Europe, central Asia towards southern Asia including India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and to the Russian Far East.
  
  ## Biology
  
  It is a green moth with white irrorations (speckles). Host plants of the caterpillar include Artemisia, Thymus capitatus, Mentha suaveolens, Vernonia centaureoides, Helichrysum stoechas and Teucrium polium.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  Three subspecies are recognized.
  
  * Microloxia herbaria advolata Eversmann, 1837
  * Microloxia herbaria indecretata Walker, 1863
  * Microloxia herbaria ruficornis Warren, 1897
  