Species Details

ABH: 71.020

BF: 2011

Family: Notodontidae

Subfamily: Notodontinae

Taxon: Pterostoma palpina

Authority: (Clerck, 1759)

Vernacular: Pale Prominent

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 14 Apr (2007) — 28 Aug (2010)

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

Foodplant: Populus sp. (a poplar), 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/pterostoma-palpina/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1043

Individuals: 331

Earliest Year: 1842

Latest Year: 2025

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