Species Details

ABH: 71.013

BF: 2003

Family: Notodontidae

Subfamily: Notodontinae

Taxon: Notodonta ziczac

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Pebble Prominent

Account: Common in woodland, hedgerows and gardens throughout the British Isles. Could be confused with the very rare immigrant Three-humped Prominent N. tritophus, which see. Larva feeds on Sallow and 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: 42 — 52 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 4 Apr (1959) — 26 Aug (2019)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/notodonta-ziczac/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 794

Individuals: 127

Earliest Year: 1840

Latest Year: 2025

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