Hello, from Steve Garten and welcome to my weird and wonderful world of moths.
I’m amateur Lepidopterist, I trap and record moth species on my six acre wildlife meadow at Tibenham Norfolk, UK.
The list of moths listed in this Macro-moths blog and the Micro Moths blog are the species I have recorded since 2015.
Coxcomb Prominent----Ptilodon capucina.
The moth is from the family of Notodontidae – subfamily ---- Notodontinae.
It Is a medium-sized macro moth, with a wingspan of 35 to 40mm.
This month as two generations fly from April to June and again from August to September.
The moth's habitat favourites are woodland, scrub, parks and gardens.
It overwinters as a pupa in a cocoon underground,
The larva appears from June to July and August to early September.
The larval foodplants are a wide range of deciduous trees.
The larva has the habit of raising the head over the back when alarmed.
The moth is classed as a common species and well distributed throughout the UK.
Click on the species of moth below for further information
© 2022 The Grange CL All rights reserved