Species Details

ABH: 71.023

BF: 2010

Family: Notodontidae

Subfamily: Notodontinae

Taxon: Odontosia carmelita

Authority: (Esper, [1798])

Vernacular: Scarce Prominent

Account: Local in long-established birch woodland, from southern England discontinuously to the Scottish Highlands Forewing with a prominent, black dorsal scale-tooth, and yellowish white costal marks at one-third and two-third (MBGBI Vol 9). Larva feeds on Silver Birch and Downy Birch, over-wintering as a pupa.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 44 — 52 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 28 Mar (1998) — 19 May (1979)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/odontosia-carmelita/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 231

Individuals: 145

Earliest Year: 1866

Latest Year: 2018

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