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    The winter moth (Operophtera brumata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is an abundant species in Europe and the Near East and a famous study organism...
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    Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder...
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    The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives...
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    trees, so that when the leaves are consumed by the larvae of the host winter moth, the eggs hatch inside the larvae. The fly is native to Europe and Asia...
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    Operophtera bruceata, the Bruce spanworm, hunter's moth, or native winter moth is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by...
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  • of wingless moths. Often only the females are wingless (larviform females). Luffia lapidella Operophtera fagata, the northern winter moth Orgyia recens...
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    as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including winter moth, walnut sphinx, and Coleophora ostryae. Ostrya has the following species:...
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    and winter it is found in southern Queensland, western New South Wales, western Victoria, and also in South and Western Australia. Adult bogong moths breed...
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    herring fish reproduction and copepod spawning, the relationship between winter moth egg hatching and the timing of oak bud bursting, and the relationship...
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    The brown-tail moth (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is native to Europe, neighboring countries in Asia, and the north coast...
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  • of the Lepidoptera involves their differentiation into butterflies and moths. Butterflies are a natural monophyletic group, often given the suborder...
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    parasite of the larva of the winter moth (Operophtera brumata), and has been used in biological pest control to control this moth, whose larvae feed on foliage...
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    such Lepidoptera as the brimstone moth, brown-tail, grey dagger, mottled umber, rough prominent, satellite, winter moth, red-spotted purple and white admiral...
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    Pyrrharctia isabella, the Isabella tiger moth, whose larval form is called the banded woolly bear, woolly bear, or woolly worm, occurs in the United States...
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    Operophtera fagata, the northern winter moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is widespread through much of Europe. This species’ range extends...
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    the linden looper, also known under the rather ambiguous name "winter moth", is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Thaddeus...
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    brumata (Linnaeus, 1758) – winter moth Operophtera danbyi (Hulst, 1896) Operophtera fagata (Scharfenberg, 1805) – northern winter moth Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins...
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    larvae of some Lepidoptera species including brown-tail, emperor moth, and winter moth as well as the bucculatricid leaf-miners Bucculatrix cidarella,...
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    The oak processionary (OPM) (Thaumetopoea processionea) is a moth whose caterpillars can be found in oak forests, where they feed on oak leaves, causing...
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    It will take the eggs and larvae of butterflies and moths, particularly those of the winter moth. The chiffchaff has been estimated to require about one-third...
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    The luna moth (Actias luna), also called the American moon moth, is a Nearctic moth in the family Saturniidae, subfamily Saturniinae, a group commonly...
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    tortrix moth Sugar beet weevil Summer fruit tortrix moth Tobacco budworm Tomato leaf miner Tomato looper Turnip moth Variegated golden tortrix Winter moth Xyloterus...
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    leatherback sea turtles, lamnid sharks, tuna and billfishes, cicadas, and winter moths are mesothermic. Unlike mammals and birds, some reptiles, particularly...
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    orchards, and potato crops. The larvae have a mixed diet, preying on the winter moth, Operophtera brumata, and eating the roots of plants, mostly grasses...
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    species, including autumnal moth, common emerald, feathered thorn, walnut sphinx, Svensson's copper underwing, and winter moth (recorded on European hornbeam)...
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    it rarely survives the winter in northern latitudes (e.g. north of the Alps in Europe, north of the Caucasus in Russia). Moths in the genus Hemaris, also...
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  • small autumnal moth — north, central & west Operophtera brumata, winter moth — throughout Operophtera fagata, northern winter moth — throughout Perizoma...
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    rubicunda, the rosy maple moth, is a small North American moth in the family Saturniidae, also known as the great silk moths. It was first described by...
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    (Epiphyas postvittana), brown-tail moth (Euproctis chrysorrhoea), the fruit tree borer (Maroga melanostigma), winter moth (Operophtera brumata), fruit-tree...
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  • times the hatching of their chicks to the emergence of the protein-rich winter moth caterpillar, which in turn hatches to meet the budding of oaks. These...
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