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Family: (6SF 16G+1EX 27S+1EX+1CI) Suborder: Infraorder:Heteroneura Superfamily:Noctuoidea References: Waring & Townsend, Wikipedia

Long-winged, heavy-bodied; wings held in tectiform position at rest; antennae bipectinate in male, with shorter pectinations or ciliate in female; adults do not feed and proboscis may be developed, rudimentary or absent; tympanal organ on metathorax; tibial spurs serrate. Subfamily: Thaumatopoeinae are the 'Processionary' - reflecting the fact that the larvae leave their silken webs in procession at night to feed. They have previously been treated as a separate family (Thaumatopoidae) or within the family: Subfamily: Crerurinae include the Puss - reflecting its hairiness, and the 'Kittens' - which resemble small Puss Moths Subfamily: are the 'Prominents' - referring to a projecting scale-tooth from the forewing dorsum ( = "tooth-back") Hindtibia with only one pair of spurs in subfamilies Cerurinae and Dicranurinae, 2 pairs in Notodontinae

Subfamily: (1G 2S) (2S)

001 Thaumatopoiea processionea 002 Thaumatopoiea pityocampa ( Processionary) () fw: m14-16mm, f16-17mm; Jul-Sep; ​Rare migrant with 2 British records 1966 & 2013 (Quercus spp); until 2006 a rare migrant, since then there have been outbreaks in London and Berkshire. See Forestry Commission (http://www.forestry.gov.uk/oakprocessionarymoth#outbreak stage) for more info,

Subfamily: Cerurinae (2G 4S+1CI) (1S+1CI)

003 (Puss Moth) 004 Cerura (Apocerura) erminea (Feline)

2 records from Jersey

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Furcula (3S) Antenna bipectinate, the pectinations shorter in female; labial palps very short, proboscis reduced; hindtibia with 1 pair of short spurs.

005 furcula (Sallow Kitten) 006 ( Kitten) 007 Furcula bifida ()

fw: 16-22mm; late May - Jul; poplars/aspen ( spp); local, mainly in poplar plantations in S.England and E.Wales, uncommon in N.England.

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Subfamily: Dicranurinae (2G 2S) 008 (Tawny Prominent) 009 Stauropus fagi ()

Rare migrant with 2 British records

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Subfamily: Notodontinae (8G+1EX 14S+1EX)

Drymonia (2S) Antenna bipectinate in male, simple in female; proboscis reduced; labial palps short; eyes glabrous; ocelli absent; hindtibia with 2 pairs of spurs.

010 dodonaea 011 (Marbled Brown) (Lunar Marbled Brown)

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Notodonta (4S) Antenna bipectinate in male, denticulate in female; proboscis reduced; labial palps short; eyes hairy; ocelli absent; hindtibia with 2 pairs of spurs.

012 (Iron Prominent) 013 Notodonta zcizac (Pebble Prominent) 014 (Large Dark Prominent) 2 British records (1882, 1979)

015 (Three-humped Prominent) Rare migrant with <20 British records

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Peridea (2S) 016 anceps (Great Prominent) 017 (Swallow Prominent) 018 (Lesser Swallow Prominent)

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019 (White Prominent) - EXTINCT in GB (2S) 020 (Pale Prominent) 021 Ptilodon capucina () 022 ( Prominent)

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Odontosia 023 carmelita (Scarce Prominent) 024 Ptilophera plumigera (Plumed Prominent) fw: 16-19mm; Nov-Dec; field maple (); NS-A scattered colonies in S.England from Dorset to Kent, the Chilterns and the Cotswolds

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Subfamily: Phaelerinae (1G 1S) 025 Phalera bucephala (Buff-tip)

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Subfamily: (2G 4S) 026 (Dusky Marbled Brown) Rare migrant with no British records since 1900 (1 in Jersey, 1995)

Clostera (3S)

027 curtula (Choclate-tip) 028 (Small Chocolate-tip) 029 (Scarce Chocolate-tip)

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