The wingspan is 50–65 mm. The antennae are almost half as long as the forewing, narrowly feathered in the male and wire-shaped in the female. The body is cylindrical, and covered with dark brownish hairs. The thorax may have slightly different drawings but the middle part is slightly darker and warmer brown than the rest. The forewing is oblong and narrow, almost oval, with a wide "tooth" of backward-pointing hairs approximately in the middle of the back edge. It is yellowish grey with four more or less distinct narrow transverse bands, the two innermost ones being dark and the two outermost light. The hindwing is yellowish-white, darker at the front edge and at the base. The larva is naked without any body outgrowths, green with short, bright oblique stripes on the side of each body joint and some, partially broken, lighter longitudinal stripes along the back. The head capsule is green with four light stripes.
Fig.4 larvae after final moult
The moth flies from April to July depending on the location. The larvae feed on oak. If the larva is disturbed, it bends the front and hind end upwards until the front body is over the space, and cracks with the legs while shaking the front body. This surprising behavior may be enough to scare predators.
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^Schintlmeister, Alexander (21 January 2013). Notodontidae. BRILL. pp. 216–217. ISBN978-90-04-26099-3.
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peridea, anceps, great, prominent, moth, family, notodontidae, first, described, johann, august, ephraim, goeze, 1781, found, central, southern, europe, north, africa, mountedscientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, . Peridea anceps the great prominent is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1781 It is found in central and southern Europe and North Africa 1 Peridea ancepsMountedScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraSuperfamily NoctuoideaFamily NotodontidaeGenus PerideaSpecies P ancepsBinomial namePeridea anceps Goeze 1781 The wingspan is 50 65 mm The antennae are almost half as long as the forewing narrowly feathered in the male and wire shaped in the female The body is cylindrical and covered with dark brownish hairs The thorax may have slightly different drawings but the middle part is slightly darker and warmer brown than the rest The forewing is oblong and narrow almost oval with a wide tooth of backward pointing hairs approximately in the middle of the back edge It is yellowish grey with four more or less distinct narrow transverse bands the two innermost ones being dark and the two outermost light The hindwing is yellowish white darker at the front edge and at the base The larva is naked without any body outgrowths green with short bright oblique stripes on the side of each body joint and some partially broken lighter longitudinal stripes along the back The head capsule is green with four light stripes Fig 4 larvae after final moultThe moth flies from April to July depending on the location The larvae feed on oak If the larva is disturbed it bends the front and hind end upwards until the front body is over the space and cracks with the legs while shaking the front body This surprising behavior may be enough to scare predators References edit Schintlmeister Alexander 21 January 2013 Notodontidae BRILL pp 216 217 ISBN 978 90 04 26099 3 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peridea anceps Great prominent on UKMoths Lepidoptera of Belgium permanent dead link Lepiforum e V De Vlinderstichting in Dutch nbsp This article on a moth of the family Notodontidae is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peridea anceps amp oldid 1182870531, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
