---
title: "Grote wintervlinder"
description: "Erannis defoliaria — Insecten en spinnen. The mottled umber (Erannis defoliaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/mottled-umber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grote wintervlinder

> Erannis defoliaria — Insecten en spinnen. The mottled umber (Erannis defoliaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae.

- Scientific name: *Erannis defoliaria*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 13748
- Wikidata: [Q1440936](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1440936)
- iNaturalist taxon: [335848](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/335848)

## Names

- en: Mottled Umber
- de: Großer Frostspanner
- fr: Hibernie défeuillante
- nl: Grote wintervlinder
- pl: Zimowek ogołotniak

## Countries with the most observations

DE (2363), GB (1792), FR (1552), AT (1315), RU (609), DK (581), FI (556), NL (396), PL (383), CZ (359), IT (353), HU (300)

## Summary

The mottled umber (Erannis defoliaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is common throughout much of the Palearctic region. The species was first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759.

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

## Photo

![Grote wintervlinder](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mottled-umber/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andreas Manz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191739511

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mottled-umber?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).