The species is extremely similar to two of its relatives, Pale November Moth and Autumnal Moth, and they cannot usually be separated without examination of the genitalia.
moth | Winter Moth | Turnip Moth | Geometer moth | Autumnal Moth | De Havilland Tiger Moth | de Havilland Tiger Moth | Common Swift (moth) | The Moth & the Flame | Mouse Moth | Moth | turnip moth | Samia (moth) | Parthenice Tiger Moth | Pale November Moth | Mother Shipton Moth | Gipsy Moth IV | Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth | De Havilland Puss Moth | Burnet Companion Moth | British Moth | ''Yucca'' moth borers | White Moth | The Love Moth | scarlet tiger moth | mouse moth | Maltese Ruby Tiger Moth | Leaf Blotch Miner Moth | Laysan Noctuid Moth | Imperial moth (''Eacles imperialis |
Hornbeams are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Autumnal Moth, Common Emerald, Feathered Thorn, Svensson's Copper Underwing and Winter Moth (recorded on European Hornbeam) as well as the Coleophora case-bearers C. currucipennella and C. ostryae.