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Operophtera Hübner, 1825

Rachela Hulst, 1896

= ; [NACL, 105]

Paraptera Hulst, 1896

= ; [NACL, 105]

Oporophtera ; McDunnough, 1938, (missp.)
Operophtera (Operophterini) ; [NACL, 105]; [FE]

Operophtera brumata (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, Caucasus. See [About maps] Hallamittari Winter Moth Frostspanner
grisearia (de Villers, 1789)

= ; [NACL, #7436]

brumaria (Esper, 1800)

= ; [NACL, #7436]

vulgaris (Stephens, 1820)

= ; [NACL, #7436]

myricaria (Cooke, 1882)

= ; [NACL, #7436]

Operophtera brumata, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Operophtera brumata, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Operophtera brumata, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Operophtera brumata, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Operophtera brumata ; [NACL, #7436]

508x514 (~37Kb) Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Schönenberg, Siedlungsbereich (8°49'E, 48°57'N, 230m), 21.11.1997, Photo © Karl Hofsäß

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]

Larva on (interesting variation on Scottish Moorlands) Calluna vulgaris, Vaccinium myrtillus [Jim Kerslake]

Operophtera fagata (Scharfenberg, 1805)

EU, Asia Minor. See [About maps] Lumimittari Northern Winter Moth Buchenfrostspanner
boreata Hübner, 1813
Operophtera fagata, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Operophtera fagata, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Operophtera fagata, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Operophtera fagata, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]

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

492x208 (~17Kb)

Larva on Betula spp., B. verrucosa, Tilia sp. [SPRK]

Operophtera peninsularis Djakonov, 1931

Magadan, Kamchatka. See [About 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

Larva on Betula ermanii, Alnus hirsuta, Alnus kamtschatica, Salix sp., Ribes sp. Beljaev & Vasilenko, 2002, Ent. Fennica 13 (4): 223 (Lobkova, 1986, Beljaev, 1988, 1995)

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[FE]

Fauna Europaea; Fauna Europaea

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[Jim Kerslake]

Kerslake, J. E.; Winter Moth Outbreaks on Scottish Moorlands; http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~bot133/thesis/; (broken link)

[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/

[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)

Some related literature:

Beljaev & Vasilenko, 2002

An annotated checklist of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from the Kamchatka Peninsula and adjacent islands Ent. Fennica 13 (4): 195-235

Djakonov, 1931

Fauna of the geometrid moths (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) of Kamchatka. [in Russian and German] Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Sci. de l'URSS 32: 385-410

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Keep in mind that the taxononic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.