Biston betularia ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

King, Gareth Edward & González-Estébanez, Félix Javier, 2015, Geometrid larvae of the Alpi Marittime Natural Park (district of Valdieri, Cuneo, Italy), with descriptions of the larvae of two Gnophini Pierce, 1914 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Geometridae), Zoosystema 37 (4), pp. 621-631 : 626

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2015n4a8
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scientific name	Biston betularia ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
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Biston betularia ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Phalaena Geometra betularia Linnaeus, 1758: 521 View in CoL .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Larva: 1.IX.2008, Riserva Naturale Ginepro di Fenecia Pyrus communis (L3) ; larva (L5) 10.VIII.2009, San Lorenzo , Artemisia vulgaris (neither survived) ; material coll. GEK, leg. et det. GEK.

NOTES ON FOOD- PLANT. — Ebert & Steiner (2003) mentioned 15 plant families attacked by this species, but their list did not include Pyrus communis , although seven genera of Rosaceae are mentioned.

OTHER OBSERVATIONS. — Previously cited in the PNAM ( Baldizzone et al. 2005).