Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Geometroidea Geometridae Larentiinae

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

  • Phalaena (Geometra) brumata Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 529
  • grisearia (de Villers, 1789)
    • = ; [NACL], #7436
  • ?brumaria (Esper, 1800)
    • = ; [NACL], #7436
  • vulgaris (Stephens, 1820)
    • = ; [NACL], #7436
  • myricaria (Cooke, 1882)
    • = ; [NACL], #7436

  • Operophtera brumata, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Operophtera brumata, Schmetterlinge der Schweiz [Heiner Ziegler]
  • Operophtera brumata, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
  • Operophtera brumata, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Operophtera brumata, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
  • Operophtera brumata, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
  • Operophtera brumata, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

  • Operophtera brumata; [NACL], #7436

  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]

  Larva on (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]

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

  • boreata (Hübner, 1813)

  • Operophtera fagata, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Operophtera fagata, Schmetterlinge der Schweiz [Heiner Ziegler]
  • Operophtera fagata, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
  • Operophtera fagata, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
  • Operophtera fagata, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

  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, 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]

  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)

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

  • Operophtera rectipostmediana; [RFEL]

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

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

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

  • Operophtera relegata; [RFEL]

  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]

  Larva on Quercus serrata, Q. acutissima [RFEL]

• Operophtera bruceata (Hulst, 1886)

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

  • Operophtera bruceata, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Operophtera bruceata, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Operophtera bruceata; [NACL], #7437
  • O. b. hyperborea (Hulst, 1896)

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

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

  • Operophtera occidentalis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Operophtera occidentalis; [NACL], #7438
• Operophtera danbyi (Hulst, 1896)

  • Operophtera danbyi, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Operophtera danbyi, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Operophtera danbyi; [NACL], #7439

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