Poecilocampa populi (Linnaeus, 1758)

december moth

on broadleaved trees

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

polyphagous

Acer platanoides; Alnus glutinosa; Betula pendula; Corylus avellana; Crataegus; Fagus sylvatica; Fraxinus excelsior; Malus domestica; Populus tremula; Prunus domestica subsp. insititia, spinosa; Pyrus; Quercus robur; Salix caprea; Tilia platyphyllos.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Eitschberger & Thiele, Lepiforum.

references

Ebert (ed., 1994a)m Eitschberger & Thiele (0000a), Koren, Vukotić & Črne (2015a), Lepiforum (2021), Wirooks & Theissen (1999a).