Family:
Notodontidae
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| 1994 |
Buff
Tip |
Phalera
bucephala |
Wingspan
42-55mm |
22 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, widely distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Open
woodland, scrub, hedgerows and gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Many
broadleaf trees |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa underground in an earthen cell |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1995 |
Puss
Moth |
Cerura
vinula |
Wingspan
45-70mm |
5 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, fairly frequent throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Open
woodland, scrub, hedgerows and gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Poplars,
Willows |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa, pupates in a hard cocoon spun on a tree trunk |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1996 |
Alder
Kitten |
Furcula
bicuspis |
Wingspan
30-35mm |
0 |
Photo © Ian
Kimber |
| Status: |
Resident,
local, locally distributed in S England and Wales |
| Habitat: |
Copses,
gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Alder,
Birches |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa, pupates in a hard cocoon formed on the bark of the
food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1997 |
Sallow
Kitten |
Furcula
furcula |
Wingspan
27-35mm |
14 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed and fairly frequent in England. Scarcer
in Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Open
woodland, scrub, hedgerows, gardens and heathland |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Willow
and Poplars |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa, pupates in a hard cocoon formed on the bark of the
food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1998 |
Poplar
Kitten |
Furcula
bifida |
Wingspan
35-45mm |
3 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
local, locally distributed in S England and Wales |
| Habitat: |
Poplar
plantations, sometimes gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Poplars,
Aspen |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa, pupates in a hard cocoon formed on the bark of the
food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1999 |
Lobster
Moth |
Stayropus
fagi |
Wingspan
45-60mm |
0 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common. Well distributed in S SW W Egland, local elsewhere |
| Habitat: |
Found
in long established woodland |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Beech,
Oak, Hazel, Birch and Hawthorn |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon spun among leaves on the soil |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2000 |
Iron
Prominent |
Notodonta
dromedarius |
Wingspan
35-40mm |
18 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed over England, Wales and Ireland.
Scarce in Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Broadleaf
woodland, heathland and carr |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Birch,
Alder, Hazel |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon underground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2003 |
Pebble
Prominent |
Eligmodonta
ziczac |
Wingspan
40-45mm |
43 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed over England, Wales and Ireland.
Scarce in Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Mature
woodland, hedgerows, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Sallow,
Willows, Aspen and Poplars |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa undergound |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2005 |
Great
Prominent |
Peridea
anceps |
Wingspan
50-65mm |
4 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
local. Found in S Britain and locally in Lake District |
| Habitat: |
Broadleaf
woodland, hedgerows and gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Pendunculate
Oak and Sessile Oak |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa, well underground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2006 |
Lesser
Swallow Prominent |
Pheosia
gnoma |
Wingspan
45-50mm |
2 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, widely distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
heathland, parks and gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Silver
Birch, Downy Birch |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon underground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
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