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Notodontidae : Notodontinae

Great Prominent

PERIDEA anceps (Goeze,1781)
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Description
Wingspan: 50 - 65mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - Not Greece,Ireland & several Mediterranean Islands to Turkey,Armenia,North Africa.
UK Distribution: South-east & South-west England,South Midlands and Wales - well distributed in woodland areas : Local in central & Eastern England to Cumbria,south-west Scotland.
UK Conservation Status -
  • Local = 101 - 300  10Km Squares
European Conservation Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name -
  • Phalaena (Noctua) anceps (Goeze, 1781)
Type Species -
  • Bombyx serrata (Thunberg, 1792)
Type Locality -
  • Not Specified
Flight Period: April to June
Habitat: Broadleaved Woodland : Hedgerows : Gardens : Wooded areas
Similar Species -
  • Large Dark Prominent - Notodonta torva - (Hübner, [1803])
Larva: The 40mm final instar larva has a green body with oblique lines running from each spiracle upwards towards the dorsal area in yellow,edged with red.Dorsal lines are thin yellow,either dotted or full with subdorsal lines finely dotted in yellow.The head is green with red/yellow line along sides and vertical thin yellow lines.The larva is usually associated with the tree canopy although occasional larva are found wandering at ground level in search of somewhere to pupate.
Pupa: Pupates underground
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: This moth is quite distinctive with greyish or brownish forewing with dull yellow and brown marbling and brown streaks situated across the forewing.The hindwing is yellowish white and shows outside of the forewing costa when at rest. (see photos)

The moth is locally common where oak woodland is present.

Similar to the very rare immigrant Large Dark Prominent.

The moth is attracted to light where it can be found in small numbers.
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Larval Food Plants Worldwide
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Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuoidea
Notodontidae
Notodontinae
Notodontini
PERIDEA Stephens, 1828
Peridea anceps (Goeze, 1781)
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Bombyx serrata (Thunberg, 1792)
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PHALAENA (Noctua) anceps (Goeze, 1781)
= Bombyx serrata Thunberg, 1792
= Bombyx trepida Esper, 1786
= acerba Schawerda, 1911
= anceps baetica (Zerny, 1927)
= agenjoi Schawerda, 1938
= anceps mesatlantica (Rungs, 1940)
= anceps herculana (Popescu-Gorj & Cápuse, 1963
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Entomologische Beyträge zu des Ritter Linné zwölften Ausgabe des Natursystems Ent. Beyträge 3 (3) : Title Page :  p.207 - n.66
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Not Specified
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P.a.baetica Zerny, 1927 Spain,Andalusia- sharper markings with spots more red
P.a.mesatlantica Rungs, 1941 - Morocco - more grey
P.a.fusca Cockayne, 1951 - Lake District - muck darker,almost black