Species Details

ABH: 71.003

BF: 1995

Family: Notodontidae

Subfamily: Cerurinae

Taxon: Cerura vinula

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Puss Moth

Account: Common in gardens, hedgerows, open woodland, moorland and scrub, throughout the British Isles, but rare at high altitude Amongst resident species, unmistakable, although the very similar Feline Cerura erminea has been recorded twice on the Channel Islands. Larva feeds on Black Poplar, White Poplar, Aspen and Goat Willow, over-wintering as a pupa.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 62 — 80mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Apr (1961) — 25 Jul (1959)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Populus sp. (a poplar), Salix alba (White Willow), Salix sp. (a sallow).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cerura-vinula/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 224

Individuals: 41

Earliest Year: 1900

Latest Year: 2024

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