Species Details

ABH: 71.016

BF: 2005

Family: Notodontidae

Subfamily: Notodontinae

Taxon: Peridea anceps

Authority: (Goeze, 1781)

Vernacular: Great Prominent

Account: Local in broad-leaved woodland, hedgerows and gardens throughout England and Wales. Locally common in oak woodland in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight, but especially in the New Forest. Wingspan 52-72 mm. Could be confused with the very rare immigrant Large Dark Prominent Notodonta torva, which see. Larva feeds on Pedunculate and Sessile Oak, 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: 52 — 72 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Apr (1988) — 17 Jun (1984)

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

Foodplant: Quercus sp. (an oak).

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/peridea-anceps/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 515

Individuals: 223

Earliest Year: 1898

Latest Year: 2025

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