Chocolate Birch Prominents

Peridea ferruginea · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Notodontidae

Also called: Chocolate Prominent, Chocolate Prominent Moth

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Chocolate Birch Prominents
Photo: David George, CC BY

Chocolate birch prominent is a moth in the Notodontidae family.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Peridea ferruginea, called the chocolate prominent, belongs to the prominent moth family Notodontidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

The species was described by Packard in 1864 and occurs in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is found across North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 26 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Massachusetts, Vermont, Michigan, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New York.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Chocolate Birch Prominents photo 2
Photo: David George, CC BY
Chocolate Birch Prominents photo 3
Photo: Daniella Marie, CC BY
Chocolate Birch Prominents photo 4
Photo: David George, CC BY
Chocolate Birch Prominents photo 5
Photo: Charlie Pavlisich, CC BY

Same family (Notodontidae)

White-dotted ProminentWhite-dotted ProminentNadata gibbosaDamages trees, gardens or cropsBuff-tipBuff-tipPhalera bucephalaDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Gluphisia MothCommon Gluphisia MothGluphisia septentrionisPine Processionary-mothPine Processionary-mothThaumetopoea pityocampaDamages trees, gardens or cropsWalnut Caterpillar MothWalnut Caterpillar MothDatana integerrimaDamages trees, gardens or cropsUnicorn ProminentUnicorn ProminentCoelodasys unicornisDamages trees, gardens or crops

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peridea_ferruginea

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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