Colour Variants

Larva on Sorbus aucuparia

Forewing Length: 18-25mm;
Wingspan: 30-40mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
(Winter)	April - June (Earliest: 5.5)	?	September - December (Earliest: 17.10)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows	Beech Forest	Gardens
Food: (Larva) (Polyphagous)	Fagaceae	Several Rosaceae	Most Salix	Betula
	Corylus avellana	Acer pseudoplatanus	Lonicera periclymenum
Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae	Several Tachinidae Larvae
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae	Many Braconidae Larvae	Several Tachinidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Erannis defoliaria
Erannis defoliaria
Nature Spot: Mottled Umber - Erannis defoliaria
Lepidoptera and Their Ecology: Erannis defoliaria
Lepiforum: Erannis defoliaria
Plant Parasites of Europe: Erannis defoliaria

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