Family:
Notodontidae
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| 2007 |
Swallow
Prominent |
Pheosia
tremula |
Wingspan
42-55mm |
98 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, widely distributed throughout Britain, local in Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
Poplar plantations, gardens, parks |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Poplar,
Willow Sallow |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa underground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2008 |
Coxcomb
Prominent |
Ptilodon
capucina |
Wingspan
35-40mm |
39 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, widely distributed throughout Britain, local in Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
parks and gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Variety
of broadleaf trees |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon underground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2009 |
Maple
Prominent |
Ptilodontella
cucullina |
Wingspan
35-40mm |
2 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
local in S and SE Englad |
| Habitat: |
Broadleaf
woodlan, scrub, hedgerows, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Field
Maple |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon on moss on the tree trunk of the food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2011 |
Pale
Prominent |
Pterostoma
palpina |
Wingspan
27-35mm |
28 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, widely distributed throughout Britain, local in Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Most
situations where the food plant grows |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Aspen,
Poplar, Willows |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon on the ground below the food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2014 |
Marbled
Brown |
Drymonia
dodonaea |
Wingspan
33-38mm |
0 |
© Peter Clarke |
| Status: |
Resident,
local, found over much of Britain mostly in the south. |
| Habitat: |
Long
established woodland where Oaks are found |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Oaks |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon underground below the food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2015 |
Lunar
Marbled Brown |
Drymonia
ruficornis |
Wingspan
35-40mm |
5 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common throughout Britain, local in Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Hedgerows,
parks, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Oaks |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa just below the ground near the food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2017 |
Small
Chocolate Tip |
Clostera
pigra |
Wingspan
22-27mm |
0 |
Photo ©
Paul Harris
|
| Status: |
Resident,
Nationally Scarce B, thinly scattered throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Fens,
marshes, broads, damp heathlands, dune slacks |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Creeping
Willow, Eared Willow |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon in spun leaves of the food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2019 |
Chocolate
Tip |
Clostera
curtula |
Wingspan
27-35mm |
8 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
local in S England and parts of Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
scrub and Poplar plantations |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Aspen,
other Poplars, Sallow, Willows |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon in spun leaves of the food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2020 |
Figure
of Eight |
Diloba
caeruleocephala |
Wingspan
30-40mm |
0 |
© Peter Clarke |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain, local in Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Most
situations where food plant grows |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Blackthorn,
Hawthorn, Crab Apple, fruit trees |
| Overwinters: |
As
an egg laid in groups among twigs of the food plant. Pupates
in a cocoon in leaf litter |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
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