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Biston Leach, 1815
Pachys Hübner, 1822
= ; [NACL, 92]
Amphidasis Treitschke, 1825
= ; [NACL, 92]
Eubyja Hübner, 1825
= ; [NACL, 92]
Euboea Gumppenberg, 1887; (emend.)
= ; [NACL, 92]
Biston (Bistonini) ; [NACL, 92]; [FE]

Biston sp.n.

fiBiston stratarius (Hufnagel, 1767)
Tammimittari Oak Beauty Pappelspanner
[stratarius-1m.jpg] 500x561 (~51Kb) male Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Schönenberg, Siedlungsbereich (8°49'E, 48°57'N, 230m), 18.03.2000, Photo © Karl Hofsäß [stratarius.jpg] 484x296 (~30Kb)

Larva on Quercus robur [SPRK]


B. s. laetus (Moltrecht, 1927)

Biston achyra Wehrli, 1936

fiBiston betularius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Koivumittari Peppered Moth Birkenspanner
Biston betularia, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Biston betularia, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Biston betularia, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Biston betularia, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Biston betularia, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Biston betularia, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Biston betularia ; [NACL, #6640]
[betularius-1m.jpg] 800x627 (~102Kb) male Finland, EK: Kotka 668:51, ex.l. 8.1991, Photo 21.5.1992 © Kimmo Silvonen [betularius-2.jpg] 768x512 (~55Kb) Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Maulbronn, Aalkistensee (8°45'E, 48°59'N, 230m), 30.07.2000, Photo © Karl Hofsäß [betularius-3.jpg] 601x400 (~88Kb) Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch
[betularius-3l.jpg] 400x598 (~42Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch [betularius.jpg] 460x628 (~56Kb)

Larva on Betula spp., B. verrucosa, B. pubescens, Larix sibirica, L. decidua, Alnus glutinosa, A. incana, Quercus robur, Salix spp., S. alba, S. lapponum, S. caprea, S. phylicifolia, Populus tremula, P. balsamifera, P. suaveolens, Ulmus laevis, Hypericum maculatum, Ribes uva-crispa, R. alpinum, R. nigrum, R. rubrum, Rosa spp., Rubus idaeus, Filipendula ulmaria, Spiraea chamaedryfolia, Malus domestica, Sorbus aucuparia, Crataegus sp., Amelanchier spicata, Prunus padus, P. virginiana, P. domestica, Caragana arborescens, Trifolium medium, Lupinus angustifolius, Lythrum salicaria, Tilia spp., Evonymus europaeus, Rhamnus frangula, Vaccinium myrtillus, Chamaedaphne calyculata, Aster sp., Artemisia absinthium, A. vulgaris, A. campestris [SPRK]


B. b. fumosarius (Alphéraky, 1897)
B. b. alexandrinus Wehrli, 1941
B. b. sibiricus Fuchs, 1899
B. b. coreae Wehrli, 1940
Japan
B. b. cognataria (Guenée, 1857)
swettaria (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917); (melanic form)
= betularia cognataria (Guenée, 1857); [NACL, #6640a]
fortitaria (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)
= betularia cognataria (Guenée, 1857); [NACL, #6640a]
mesle (Forbes, 1928)
= betularia cognataria (Guenée, 1857); [NACL, #6640a]
Biston betularia cognataria, Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images [Lynn Scott]
Biston betularia cognataria, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Biston betularia cognataria ; [NACL, #6640a]
B. b. contrasta (Barnes & Benjamin, 1923)
Biston betularia contrasta ; [NACL, #6640b]

Biston multidentata (Guedet, 1941)
Biston multidentata, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Biston multidentata ; [NACL, #6641 (mispl.)]

Biston sp.n.

Biston tianschanicus Wehrli, 1940

Biston hypoleucus Kuznetsov, 1901

Biston thoracicarius (Oberthür, 1884)


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References:
[BAMONA]
Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[Bruce Walsh]
Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon
[FE]
Fauna Europaea; Fauna Europaea
[GALEPS]
Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[Ian Kimber]
http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/
[Karl Hofsäß]
Karl Hofsaess; e-mail: Karl Hofsäß
[Kimmo Silvonen]
Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site
[Lynn Scott]
Moths of the Ottawa Area; Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images
[MBE]
Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[Michael Borsch]
Geesthacht, Germany; contact through; e-mail: Francisco Welter-Schultes
[NACL]
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
[SPRK]
Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)


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