List of moths of Great Britain (Notodontidae) facts for kids

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

Subfamily Notodontinae

Sallow kitten (male)

Lunar marbled brown

• 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

Chocolate-tip

• 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

The lobster moth is named after the caterpillar rather than the adult moth.

• 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) are indicated by a double-dagger symbol (‡)—species so listed for research purposes only are also indicated with an asterisk (‡*).