Notodontidae : Notodontinae
Great Prominent
PERIDEA anceps (Goeze,1781)
Great Prominent
PERIDEA anceps (Goeze,1781)
Life Cycle Guide
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 -
Habitat: Broadleaved Woodland : Hedgerows : Gardens : Wooded areas
Similar Species -
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.
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
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Noctua) anceps (Goeze, 1781)
- Bombyx serrata (Thunberg, 1792)
- Not Specified
Habitat: Broadleaved Woodland : Hedgerows : Gardens : Wooded areas
Similar Species -
- Large Dark Prominent - Notodonta torva - (Hübner, [1803])
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.
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.
- Fagaceae - Oak - Chestnut - Beech Family
- Quercus petraea - Sessile Oak
- Quercus robur - Pedunculate Oak - Common Oak
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Betulaceae - Betula - Birch
- Fagaceae - Fagus - Beech
- Betulaceae - Betula - Birch
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Notodontidae Notodontinae Notodontini PERIDEA Stephens, 1828 Peridea anceps (Goeze, 1781) - Bombyx serrata (Thunberg, 1792) - 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 - Entomologische Beyträge zu des Ritter Linné zwölften Ausgabe des Natursystems Ent. Beyträge 3 (3) : Title Page : p.207 - n.66 - Not Specified - 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 |