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Maple Prominent

Ptilodon cucullina

Checklist Number
71.022 [B&F: 2009]

Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)

Classification

Family:Notodontidae
Subfamily:Notodontinae
Genus:Ptilodon
Species:cucullina
Authority:([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

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.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
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