71.021 Ptilodon capucina (Coxcomb Prominent)
fw: 17-22mm (W&T), ws: 40-50mm (MBGBI9); bivoltine Apr-Jun, Aug-Sep; various broadleaved trees; common throughout GB
Ptilodon capucina (Coxcomb Prominent) §3 male
ID: Antenna described in MBGBI9 as pectinate in male, however it appears to me to be dentate; ciliate in female; labial palps short, hairy, ascending; eyes slightly hairy. Brown with a cream-coloured thoracic tuft (coxcomb) and a dark mid-dorsal scale tuft (prominence).
§1 Newborough Forest, Anglesey; 03/08/2007; male
§2 Eskdale, Cumbria; 22/08/2007; male
§3 Foulness, Essex; 23/08/2009; male; fw 18.0mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 27/06/2010
§5 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 04/07/2011; male
§6 Ardnamurchan; 13/07/2012; male; fw 19.4mm
§7 New Forest, Hampshire; 29/05/2014; male
§8 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 18/05/2020; male; fw 19.4mm
§9 Kishorn, Ross & Cromarty; 18/06/2022; male
§10 Kishorn, Ross & Cromarty; 18/06/2022; male
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Eskdale, Cumbria; 22/08/2007; male
§3 Foulness, Essex; 23/08/2009; male; fw 18.0mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 27/06/2010
§5 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 04/07/2011; male
§6 Ardnamurchan; 13/07/2012; male; fw 19.4mm
§7 New Forest, Hampshire; 29/05/2014; male
§8 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 18/05/2020; male; fw 19.4mm
§9 Kishorn, Ross & Cromarty; 18/06/2022; male
§10 Kishorn, Ross & Cromarty; 18/06/2022; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 20/12/2014 (§1-6) | §7 added 16/01/2021 | §9&10 added 11/12/2022
