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Notodonta tritophus (three-humped prominent)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Notodonta tritophus, the three-humped prominent, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in most of Europe (although it is a very rare immigrant Great Britain), east to the Caucasus and Armenia. The wingspan is 45–55 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August in two generations in western Europe. The larvae mainly feed on Populus species (mainly Populus tremula), and sometimes Salix and Betula. Larvae can be found from June to September. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.
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Infraspecies

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kirkkojärven alue 754 Finland  

Prey / Diet

Populus nigra (Lombardy poplar)[1]
Populus tremula (European aspen)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Pygaera timon1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0