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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]
fiOperophtera brumata (Linnaeus, 1758)
EU, Caucasus. See [About 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, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
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]
[brumata-1.jpg] 508x514 (~37Kb) Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Schönenberg, Siedlungsbereich (8°49'E, 48°57'N, 230m), 21.11.1997, Photo © Karl Hofsäß [brumata-2.jpg] 882x736 (~104Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 4.10.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov [brumata-3.jpg] 800x537 (~99Kb) Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 12.10.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov
[brumata.jpg] 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]


fiOperophtera 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]
[fagata-1f.jpg] 700x697 (~82Kb) female FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, Virojoki 671:53, 17.10.1998, Photo © Markku Savela [fagata.jpg] 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)

Operophtera rectipostmediana Inoue, 1942
Operophtera relegata Prout, 1908
Operophtera japonaria Leech, 1896
Operophtera bruceata (Hulst, 1886)
Operophtera groenlandica de Lesse, 1951
= ; [NACL, #7437]
Operophtera bruceata, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Operophtera bruceata, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Operophtera bruceata, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Operophtera bruceata, Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images [Lynn Scott]
 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 ; [NACL, #7438]
Operophtera danbyi (Hulst, 1896)
Operophtera danbyi, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
 Operophtera danbyi ; [NACL, #7439]

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References:
[ALBERTA]
University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BAMONA]
Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[D. Smirnov]
Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
[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/
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NACL]
Hodges, 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
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824

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