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title: "Oruga de la piel"
description: "Operophtera brumata — Insectos y arañas. The winter moth (Operophtera brumata) is a moth of the family Geometridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/winter-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Oruga de la piel

> Operophtera brumata — Insectos y arañas. The winter moth (Operophtera brumata) is a moth of the family Geometridae.

- Scientific name: *Operophtera brumata*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 18322
- Wikidata: [Q164002](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q164002)
- iNaturalist taxon: [60780](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/60780)

## Names

- en: Winter Moth
- de: Kleiner Frostspanner
- es: Oruga de la piel
- fr: Phalène brumeuse
- nl: Kleine wintervlinder
- pl: Piędzik przedzimek

## Countries with the most observations

DE (1565), FR (1551), RU (1057), AT (865), GB (852), US (509), CZ (504), ES (402), NL (327), IT (232), DK (224), FI (214)

## Summary

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 for evaluating insect population dynamics. It is one of very few lepidopterans of temperate regions in which adults are active in late autumn and early winter.  The females of this species are virtually wingless and cannot fly, but the males are fully winged and fly strongly. After the initial frosts of late fall, the females emerge from their pupae, walk to and up trees and emit pheromones in the evening to attract males. After fertilization, they ascend to lay…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_moth

## Photo

![Oruga de la piel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/winter-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephan Kleinfelder · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143464331

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/winter-moth?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).