Operophtera brumata (Linnaeus, 1758)

winter moth

Operophtera brumata female

Heemstede, 7.xii.2020 © Laurens van der Linde: female

Operophtera brumata female

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on trees and shrubs

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants>

Acer campestre, pseudoplatanus; Aesculus hippocastanum; Amelanchier lamarckii; Betula; Carpinus betulus; Castanea sativa; Cornus; Corylus avellana, colurna; Crataegus monogyna; Cydonia oblonga; Euonymus; Fagus sylvatica; Fraxinus excelsior; Juglans regia; Ligustrum vulgare; Lonicera xylosteum; Malus domestica; Mespilus germanica; Picea abies; Populus x canadensis, tremula; Prunus armeniaca, avium, cerasus, domestica, dulcis, mahaleb, padus, persica, serotina, spinosa; Pyracantha coccinea; Pyrus communis; Quercus cerris, petraea & subsp. iberica, robur; Rhododendron; Rosa; Salix alba, caprea; Sorbus aucuparia, domestica, torminalis; Tilia platyphyllos; Ulmus glabra, minor; Vaccinium corymbosum, myrtillus, uliginosum.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Gomez de Aizpúrua (1987a), Lepiforum, Patočka.

references

Adolph, Kortstock, Niehoff & Schweitzer (2019a), Bouček (1959a), Cebeci & Acer (2007a), Ebert (ed., 2001a), Gomez de Aizpúrua (1987a), Jakšić (2018a), Lepiforum (2021), Meijer, Smit, Beukeboom & Schilthuizen (2012a), Patočka (1995a), Žikić, Ritt, Colacci, ao (2019a).