Cerura bicuspis

• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Description

Family Notodontidae

'The Notodontidae are members of the Superfamily Noctuoidea. These medium-sized moths have stout bodies and are typically drab--brown or grayish in color. Female prominents are generally larger than males. The proboscis varies widely; it is specialized in some species and reduced in others. When resting, prominents either hold their wings like a roof over the body or roll them, causing the moth to look like a stick . Larvae of some species are oddly shaped and look like parts of the host plant. Others are brightly colored and striped. Some are serious forest pests. Most prominents overwinter as larvae, pupating in a cell in the soil or in a loose cocoon on the ground in the spring .

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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Cerura

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. candida (Cerura Candida) · C. rarata (Cerura Rarata) · C. scitiscripta (Black-Etched Prominent)

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Further Reading

• A hand-book to the order Lepidoptera. By W.F. Kirby. .. London, E. Lloyd, limited, 1896-1897. url , p. 244.
• A handbook to the order Lepidoptera. By W. F. Kirby. London, E. Lloyd, limited, 1896-1897. url , p. 243, p. 244, p. 246.
• A natural history of British moths. .. / by the Rev. F.O. Morris. London: H. E. Knox, 1871. url p. 47.
• A systematic catalogue of British insects: being an attempt to arrange all the hitherto discovered indigenous insects in accordance with their natural affinities. London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1829. url p. 41.
• An illustrated natural history of British butterflies and moths / by Edward Newman; the figures drawn by George Willis and engraved by John Kirchner. London [England]: W.H. Allen, [18--?] url p. 211.
• Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien: Der Akademie, 1864-1914. url p. 232.
• Bibliographia zoologiæ et geologiæ. A general catalogue of all books, tracts, and memoirs on zoology and geology. London, Ray society, 1848-54. url .
• British moths and their transformations. London: W. Smith, 1843-45. url p. 74, p. 75, p. 76.
• Catalogue of scientific papers (1800-1900) Comp. by the Royal society of London. Cambridge, C. J. Clay and sons, 1867-1902; url p. 158, p. 548.
• Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. url p. 158, p. 548.
• Illustrated natural history of British butterflies and moths; the figures drawn by George Willis and engraved by John Kirchner. London, Glaisher, pref. 1869. url p. 211.
• Illustrations of British entomology; or, A synopsis of indigenous insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions. By James Francis Stephens. London:Printed for the author; published by Baldwin and Cradock, 1828-1835. url p. 17.
• Instructions for collecting, rearing, and preserving British insects: also for collecting and preserving British crustacea & shells: together with a description of entomological apparatus: to which is added, a list of new and rare species of insects, &c. with their lo by Abel Ingpen. London: J. Bulcock, 1827. url p. 90.
• List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum / London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1854-66. url p. 1748.
• List of the specimens of the British animals in the collection of the British Museum / [edited by J.E. Gray] LondonPrinted by order of the Trustees1852- url p. 36.
• Monograph of the bombycine moths of North America, including their transformations and origin of the larval markings and armature. By Alpheus Spring Packard. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1895-1914 url p. 270.
• Newman's entomologist. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1869-1876] url p. 96.
• Proceedings and transactions of the South London Entomological & Natural History Society. London: The Society. url p. 51.
• Proceedings of the South London Entomological & Natural History Society. London [Eng]: South London Entomological and Natural history Society, [1897-1933] url p. 8, p. 94.
• Psyche. Cambridge, Mass.: Cambridge Entomological Club url p. 290.
• The British nature book; a complete handbook and guide to British nature study, embracing the mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, plants, etc., in the United Kingdom, by S.N. Sedgwick. .. Edinburgh, T.C. & E.C. Jack, Ltd., 1922. url p. 242.
• The Canadian entomologist. Ottawa [etc.]Entomological Society of Canada [etc.] url p. 87, p. 87.
• The Entomological magazine. London: Frederick Westley and A.H. Davis, 1833-1838 url p. 232.
• The Entomologist's annual. London: John Van Voorst, 1855-1874. url p. 100, p. 114, p. 139, p. 28.
• The Entomologist's monthly magazine. Oxford [etc.]Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Ltd. [etc.] url , , , p. 17, p. 42, p. 47.
• The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. s.l., s.n. url , , p. 10, p. 13, p. 131, p. 144, p. 158, p. 164, p. 21, p. 23, p. 251, p. 269, p. 273, p. 346, p. 53, p. 65, p. 73, p. 75, p. 94.
• The Entomologist. London: Edward Newman, 1840-[1869] url p. 226, p. 56.
• The Entomologist. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1877- url , , , , , , p. 10, p. 117, p. 136, p. 186, p. 201, p. 250, p. 250, p. 255.
• The Field naturalist's quarterly. Edinburgh: George A. Morton, 1902-1904. url p. 174.
• The Lepidoptera of the British Islands: a descriptive account of the families, genera, and species indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland, their preparatory states, habits, and localities / by Charles G. Barrett. London: L. Reeve, 1893-1907. url , .
• The Macrolepidoptera of the world; a systematic description of the hitherto known Macrolepidoptera, ed. in collaboration with well-known specialists. Stuttgart: Seitz'schen (Kernen), 1906- url p. 286.
• The Victoria history of the county of Norfolk. Westminster, etc.: [Constable], 1901- url p. 142, p. 142.
• The moths of the British Isles / by Richard South. London; Frederick Warne & Co., [1920?] url p. 338.
• The transactions of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. Leeds [etc.] url .
• Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Newcastle-upon-Tyne [et al.]F. & W. Dodsworth [et al.]1865/67-1973. url p. 86.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7954953
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-58907.0
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1719996

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=31&sci=Notodontidae&com=Prominents [back]

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