ABH 71.012	Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius		BF 2000
Back To	(Linnaeus, 1767)
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Family	Notodontidae » Notodontinae
Wingspan	42-50 mm.
Description	Notodonta dromedarius has grey or dark brown forewings with rusty and yellowish stains. A broken rust-brown band runs along the outside edge of the front wing. There is a small discal spot, a postmedial crossline which is often broken and outer margins which are suffused dark red. The hindwings are usually pale grey-brown with dark veining. Specimens from the more northern parts of its range tend to be darker, with less orange and yellow. The greenish caterpillar, in common with many of the 'prominents', has several humps on the back. It lives mainly on birch (Betula).
Life Cycle	Except in the north, there are two broods, flying in May and June, and again in August. The single brood appears in June and July.
Habitat	Common in broad-leaved woodland, heathland, marshes and gardens Larva feeds on Silver and Downy Birch, and Alder, over-wintering as a pupa.
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