Notodontidae : Notodontinae
Coxcomb Prominent
PTILODON capucina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coxcomb Prominent
PTILODON capucina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 35-40mm
Worldwide Distribution: Found throughout the Palearctic Region
UK Distribution: Fairly common throughout Great Britain
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Gardens : Parks
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in a cocoon underground
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The moth forewings are ruddy-brown with buff coloured hindwings. The hindwings have a dark brom patch at the tornus with two parallel short buff coloured streaks and two ruddy-brown spots(see photos 1,3 & 5.
The Maple Prominent is the closest similar species but has far less ruddy-brown on the forewings as well as a white patch near the termen.
The moth is a visitor to the light trap albeit in small numbers.
Worldwide Distribution: Found throughout the Palearctic Region
UK Distribution: Fairly common throughout Great Britain
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = >300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena capucina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Phalaena camelina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Europe
Habitat: Woodland : Gardens : Parks
Similar Species -
- Maple Prominent Ptilodon cucullina ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
Pupa: Pupates in a cocoon underground
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The moth forewings are ruddy-brown with buff coloured hindwings. The hindwings have a dark brom patch at the tornus with two parallel short buff coloured streaks and two ruddy-brown spots(see photos 1,3 & 5.
The Maple Prominent is the closest similar species but has far less ruddy-brown on the forewings as well as a white patch near the termen.
The moth is a visitor to the light trap albeit 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.
- Aceraceae - Maple Family
- Acer platanoides - Norway Maple
- Betulaceae - The Birch Family
- Alnus glutinosa - Alder
- Anus incana - Grey Alder
- Betula pendula - Silver Birch
- Betula pubescens - Downy Birch
- Fagaceae - Oak - Chestnut - Beech Family
- Quercus robur - Pedunculate Oak - Common Oak
- Rosaceae - The Rose Family
- Malus pumila - Paradise Apple
- Sorbus aucuparia - Mountain Ash - Rowan
- Prunus padus - Bird Cherry - Hackberry
- Salicaceae - Willow Family
- Populus balsamifera - Balsam Poplar
- Populus nigra - Black Poplar - Lombardy Poplar
- Populus tremula - Aspen Poplar
- Salix alba - White Willow
- Salix caprea - Goat Willow
- Salix cinerea - Grey Willow
- Salix phylicifolia - Tealeaf Willow
- Tiliaceae - Lime - Linden Family
- Tilia cordata - Small-leaved Lime
- Ulmaceae - Elm Family
- Ulmus laevis - European White Elm
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Rosaceae - Rosa - Rose
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Ulmus laevis - European White Elm
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Tribe: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - PTILODON: Original Species Name: Species Names: Literary Ref: Type Locality: Forms/Aberrations: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Notodontidae Notodontinae Notodontini PTILODON Hübner 1822 Ptilodon capucina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Phalaena camelina (Linnaeus, 1758) - PHALAENA capucina (Linnaeus, 1758) = Ptilodon capucinus Linnaeus, 1758 = Phalaena camelina Linnaeus, 1758 = Ptilodon nordlandica Strand, 1901 = Ptilodon uniformis Rangnow, 1935 - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title Page : : p.507 - n.55 - Europe - P.c.giraffina Hübner, 1822-from Brown-Red to Black P.c.pallida Maréchal, 1911-from Brown-Red to Yellow-Ochre |