Species Details

ABH: 71.022

BF: 2009

Family: Notodontidae

Subfamily: Notodontinae

Taxon: Ptilodon cucullina

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Maple Prominent

Account: Local in broad-leaved woodland, scrub, hedgerows and gardens throughout much of south-eastern England. A moth with a curious distribution in our area, completely absent from the New Forest and the Isle of Wight but thinly distributed from the south-east of Hampshire up to the north and north-east. Wingspan 37-46 mm. The most likely confusion species is Coxcomb Prominent P. capucina, which see for differences. Larva feeds on Field Maple, mainly on young trees, 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: 37 — 46 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 4 Jun (2003) — 30 Aug (2008)

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:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/ptilodon-cucullina/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 18

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 1934

Latest Year: 2018

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