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title: "Appeltak"
description: "Campaea margaritaria — Insecten en spinnen. Campaea margaritata, commonly known as the light emerald, is a moth of the family Geometridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/light-emerald
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Appeltak

> Campaea margaritaria — Insecten en spinnen. Campaea margaritata, commonly known as the light emerald, is a moth of the family Geometridae.

- Scientific name: *Campaea margaritaria*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 16740
- Wikidata: [Q1758433](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1758433)
- iNaturalist taxon: [335611](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/335611)

## Names

- en: Light Emerald
- de: Perlglanzspanner
- fr: Céladon
- nl: Appeltak

## Countries with the most observations

GB (4807), DE (2889), FR (1563), AT (1348), CH (822), DK (675), IT (556), ES (537), NL (424), PL (418), CZ (342), HU (275)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaea_margaritata

## Photo

![Appeltak](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/light-emerald/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/237592177

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/light-emerald?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).