Notodonta torva

Large dark prominent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Notodonta
Species: N. torva
Binomial name
Notodonta torva
(Hübner, 1803)
Synonyms
  • Peridea musculus Kiriakoff, 1963

Notodonta torva, the large dark prominent, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in most of Europe (although it is a very rare immigrant to Great Britain), east to the China, Korea and Japan.

The wingspan is about 48 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of April to August in two generations in western Europe.

The larvae mainly feed on Populus species (including Populus tremula and Populus nigra) and Salix species (including Salix caprea, Salix cinerea and Salix phylicifolia). Larvae can be found in June and again from August to September. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.


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