Great Prominent

Peridea anceps

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae

Peridea anceps, the great prominent, is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1781. It is found in central and southern Europe and North Africa. The wingspan is 50–65 mm.

Distribution

Great Prominent — (c) mnauky, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Netherlands · 6,652Germany · 1,763France · 793United Kingdom · 738Spain · 350Switzerland · 248Italy · 175Luxembourg · 84Belgium · 33

Sources and credits

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