Notodontidae : Notodontinae
Iron Prominent
NOTODONTA dromedarius (Linnaeus, 1767)
Iron Prominent
NOTODONTA dromedarius (Linnaeus, 1767)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 35-40mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe : W.Russia : Caucasus
UK Distribution: Well distributed and common throughout the British Isles : Channel Isles-Occasional on Jersey and rare on Geurnsey
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Broadleaved Woodland : Heathland : Gardens
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates underground in a cocoon.
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: This beautiful moth has greyish-brown forewings with a subterminal line in reddish brown which starts at the anal angle and finishes by turning around the apex and folowing the costa for a short distance,starting and finishing with an orange patch. Further orange patches appear at the base along with a couple of short reddish brown lines.ypical of the "Prominents" the thorax and legs are covered in fine short hairs.
In the north of the range individuals are usually darker with the markings previuosly described being feint.
The moth is attracted to the light trap, but seldom in large numbers.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe : W.Russia : Caucasus
UK Distribution: Well distributed and common throughout the British Isles : Channel Isles-Occasional on Jersey and rare on Geurnsey
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = >300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena dromedarius Linnaeus, 1767
- Phalaena dromedarius Linnaeus, 1767
- Not Specified
Habitat: Broadleaved Woodland : Heathland : Gardens
Similar Species -
- Great Prominent Peridea anceps Goeze, 1781
Pupa: Pupates underground in a cocoon.
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: This beautiful moth has greyish-brown forewings with a subterminal line in reddish brown which starts at the anal angle and finishes by turning around the apex and folowing the costa for a short distance,starting and finishing with an orange patch. Further orange patches appear at the base along with a couple of short reddish brown lines.ypical of the "Prominents" the thorax and legs are covered in fine short hairs.
In the north of the range individuals are usually darker with the markings previuosly described being feint.
The moth is attracted to the light trap, but seldom in large numbers.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website
where further information like photos,physical
characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal
uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
- Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Betulaceae - Birch Family
- Alnus glutinosa - Alder
- Alnus incana - Grey Alder
- Betula pendula - Silver Birch
- Betula platyphylla - White Birch
- Betula pubescens - Downy Birch
- Corylus avellana - Hazel
- Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle Family
- Sambucus racemosa - American Red Elder
- Salicaceae - Willow Family
- Populus tremula - Aspen Poplar
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Tribe: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species NOTODONTA: Original Species Name: Species Names: Literary Ref: Type Locality: Forms/Aberrations: Subspecies: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Notodontidae Notodontinae Notodontini NOTODONTA Ochsenheimer 1810 Notondonta dromedarius (Linnaeus, 1767) - Phalaena dromedarius (Linnaeus, 1767) - PHALAENA dromedarius (Linnaeus, 1767) = zeba Donovan, 1807 = frigida Rangnow, 1935 = westfalica Brandt, 1986 - Syst. Nat.(Edn 12) 1 (2): Title page : p.827 - n.62 - Not Specified - N.d.f.frigida Rangnow, 1935-Northern Europe-darker & smaller - N.d.dromedarius Linnaeus, 1767 N.d.sibirica Schintimeister & Fang, 2001-S.Urals : Altai : Baikal : Sinkiang N.d.pontica Witt, 1980 |