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Plumed Prominent

Ptilophora plumigera

Checklist Number
71.024 [B&F: 2013]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

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

Nationally scarce (Na) on chalk downland in parts of south-eastern England, from Dorset to Sussex. In Hampshire last reported in November 1984, from Crawley in vice-county 12, but it flies very late in the season and requires a concerted effort to locate; considered likely to persist on the chalk in the Alton area, and perhaps elsewhere. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 35-44 mm. Variable and rather nondescript for a 'prominent', but males can be recognised by their strongly bipectinate antennae. Larva feeds on Field Maple, over-wintering as an egg.

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
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

No Larval records to show.

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Horndean (SU71)1900-W FassnidgeAdult
Bournemouth (SZ09)10/11/1938oneScarsdale C S BrownAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Farringdon (SU73)01/12/1952twoH S RobinsonAdult
Farringdon (SU73)11/11/196610E A SadlerAdult
Northwood (SU43)10/11/1983oneReg A BellAdult