List of moths of Great Britain (Notodontidae)

The family Notodontidae comprises the "prominent and kitten moths", of which 27 have been recorded in Great Britain:

Subfamily Notodontinae

Cerura vinula, puss moth — throughout Furcula bicuspis, alder kitten — south-west, south-east, east and west-central (localized) Furcula furcula, sallow kitten — throughout Furcula bifida, poplar kitten — south and central (localized) Notodonta dromedarius, iron prominent — throughout Notodonta torva, large dark prominent — rare immigrant Notodonta tritophus, three-humped prominent — immigrant Notodonta ziczac, pebble prominent — throughout Pheosia gnoma, lesser swallow prominent — throughout Pheosia tremula, swallow prominent — throughout Ptilodon capucina, coxcomb prominent — throughout Ptilodon cucullina, maple prominent — south and east (localized) Odontosia carmelita, scarce prominent — south and north (localized) Pterostoma palpina, pale prominent — throughout Leucodonta bicoloria, white prominent — extinct as resident species; possible immigrant Ptilophora plumigera, plumed prominent — south-east (Nationally Scarce A) Drymonia dodonaea, marbled brown — south, central and north-west (localized) Drymonia ruficornis, lunar marbled brown — throughout Gluphisia crenata vertunea, dusky marbled brown — rare immigrant

Subfamily Pygaerinae

Clostera pigra, small chocolate-tip — throughout (Nationally Scarce B) Clostera anachoreta, scarce chocolate-tip — south-east (Red Data Book) Clostera curtula, chocolate-tip — throughout southern England, locally distributed in north

Subfamily Phalerinae Phalera bucephala, buff-tip — throughout

Subfamily Heterocampinae

Stauropus fagi, lobster moth — south and west-central Harpyia milhauseri, tawny prominent — rare immigrant Peridea anceps, great prominent — south, west-central and north-west (localized)

Subfamily Dilobinae Diloba caeruleocephala, figure of eight — south, centre and north ‡*

Species listed in the 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP)Butterfly Conservation, 2007. The UK Biodiversity Action Plan – Moths. Butterfly Conservation, Wareham, UK. 4p. are indicated by a double-dagger symbol (‡)—species so listed for research purposes only are also indicated with an asterisk (‡*).

See also List of moths of Great Britain (overview) Family lists: Hepialidae, Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Saturniidae, Endromidae, Drepanidae, Thyatiridae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Ctenuchidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae and Micromoths

References

Waring, Paul, Martin Townsend and Richard Lewington (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. British Wildlife Publishing, Hook, UK. .