Status: Common throughout the UK.
'Feather-toothed, Capuchin friar'
(Ptilo = feather + don = tooth: Greek, capucina = Capuchin friar, aka the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin).
The scientific name of this distinctive moth refers to the prominent tufts of hair on the thorax and abdomen: Ptilodon (feather-toothed) and capucina: an allusion to the brown hooded garb of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin - after which the Capuchin Monkey is also named.
In Germany this species is known as the 'Kamelspinner' (or Kamel Zahnspinner) due to its camel 'humps'!
Flight Period: Usually two generations: first from late April to June, second brood from August to early September.
Foodplants: A variety of broad-leaved trees including Birch & Hazel.
Coxcomb Prominent (Ptilodon capucina)
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