Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Geometroidea Geometridae Larentiinae

• Operophtera brumata (Linnaeus, 1758) EU, Caucasus. See [maps] Hallamittari Frostspanner Winter Moth

  • Phalaena (Geometra) brumata Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 529
  • grisearia (de Villers, 1789)
    • = ; [NACL], #7436
  • Phalaena (Geometra) brumaria Esper, 1801; Die Schmett., Th. V (8): 208, pl. 37, f. 7-14
    • = ; [NACL], #7436; Hacker, 1999, Esperiana 7: 446
  • vulgaris (Stephens, 1820)
    • = ; [NACL], #7436
  • myricaria (Cooke, 1882)
    • = ; [NACL], #7436

  • Operophtera brumata; [SPRK]; [NACL], #7436; [Jim Kerslake]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [BAMONA] ; [SVF]

  508x514 (~37Kb) Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Schönenberg, Siedlungsbereich (8°49'E, 48°57'N, 230m), 21.11.1997, Photo © Karl Hofsäß	882x736 (~104Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 4.10.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov	800x537 (~99Kb) Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 12.10.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov
  432x188 (~14Kb)

  Larva on Betula spp., B. pubescens, Corylus avellana, Carpinus betulus, Quercus robur, Salix spp., S. caprea, Populus tremula, P. laurifolia, Ulmus spp., U. glabra, Ribes uva-crispa, R. nigrum, R. rubrum, Rosa rugosa, Rubus idaeus, Pyrus communis, Malus domestica, Sorbus intermedia, S. hybrida, S. aucuparia, Crataegus sp., Amelanchier sp., Cotoneaster sp., Prunus domestica, P. cerasus, P. padus, P. virginiana, Tilia cordata, T. platyphylla, Acer sp., A. platanoides, A. negundo, Rhamnus frangula, R. cathartica, Fraxinus excelsior [SPRK], (interesting variation on Scottish Moorlands) Calluna vulgaris, Vaccinium myrtillus [Jim Kerslake]

• Operophtera brunnea Nakajima, 1991 Sakhalin, Japan. See [maps]

  • Operophtera variabilis Nakajima, 1991; (preoc.)
    • = ; [RFEL]

  • Operophtera brunnea; [RFEL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL]
  • Operophtera variabilis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL]

  Larva on Carpinus cordata, Quercus mongolica, Acer pictum, A. pseudosieboldianum, Malus [RFEL]

  • O. b. pallida Beljaev, 1996 Amur, Primorye, Korea, NE.China

    • Operophtera brunnea pallida; [RFEL]; [CoL]
• Operophtera fagata (Scharfenberg, 1805) EU, Asia Minor. See [maps] Northern Winter Moth Buchenfrostspanner Lumimittari

  • boreata Hübner, 1813

  • Operophtera fagata; [SPRK]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF]

  700x697 (~82Kb) ♀ FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, Virojoki 671:53, 17.10.1998, Photo © Markku Savela

  492x208 (~17Kb)

  Larva on (as boreata) Betula spp., B. verrucosa, Tilia sp., ;Hübner, 1813

• Operophtera peninsularis Djakonov, 1931 Magadan, Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Amur. See [maps]

  • Operophtera peninsularis Djakonov, 1931; Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Sci. de l'URSS 32: 391, f. 1-7

  • Operophtera peninsularis; Beljaev & Vasilenko, 2002, Ent. Fennica 13 (4): 223; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL]

  Larva on Betula ermanii, Alnus hirsuta, Alnus kamtschatica, Salix sp., Ribes sp. Beljaev & Vasilenko, 2002, Ent. Fennica 13 (4): 223

• Operophtera rectipostmediana Inoue, 1942 S.Primorye, Japan, Korea, NE.China. See [maps]

  • Operophtera rectipostmediana; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL]

  Larva on Ulmus davidiana, Zelkova serrata, Malus pumila, Prunus × yedoensis [RFEL]

• Operophtera elegans Beljaev, 1996 Amur, Primorye, NE.China. See [maps]

  • Operophtera elegans; [RFEL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL]
• Operophtera relegata Prout, 1908 Sakhalin, Amur, Primorye, Japan, Korea, NE.China. See [maps]

  • Operophtera relegata; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL]

  Larva on Carpinus laxiflora, C. japonica, Fagus japonica, Quercus acutissima, Quercus serrata, Q. variabilis, Q. myrsinifolia, Q. glauca, Malus sieboldii, Malus pumilal, Acer palmatum, Rhododendron kaempferi [RFEL]

• Operophtera japonaria (Leech, 1896) S.Primorye, Japan. See [maps]

  • Oporobia japonaria Leech, 1896

  • Operophtera japonaria; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL]

  Larva on Quercus serrata, Q. acutissima [RFEL]

• Operophtera bruceata (Hulst, 1886)

  • Operophtera groenlandica de Lesse, 1951
    • = ; [NACL], #7437,#

  • Operophtera bruceata; [NACL], #7437; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BAMONA]
  • Operophtera groenlandica; [LepIndex]
  • O. b. hyperborea (Hulst, 1896)

    • Operophtera bruceata hyperborea; [NACL], #7437a
    • Operophtera hyperborea; [LepIndex]
• Operophtera occidentalis (Hulst, 1896)

  • latipennis (Hulst, 1896); (form)
    • = ; [NACL], #7438

  • Operophtera bruceata occidentalis; [CoL]
  • Operophtera occidentalis; [NACL], #7438; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [iNaturalist]
• Operophtera danbyi (Hulst, 1896)

  • Operophtera danbyi; [NACL], #7439; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [BAMONA]

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