Moths of North Carolina

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Peridea ferruginea (Packard, 1864) - Chocolate Prominent

Taxonomy

Superfamily:
Noctuoidea

Family:
Notodontidae

Subfamily:
Phalerinae

P3 Number:
930050

MONA Number:
7921.00

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)

Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD

Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.

Distribution in North Carolina

Distribution:

County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.


Flight Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Our records come primarily from Cove Forests and Northern Hardwood Forests.

Larval Host Plants: In the North, recorded host plants include Gray Birch (Betula populifolia) and Paper Birch (B. papyrifera), but it likely feeds on Yellow Birch (B. alleghaniensis) and Sweet Birch (B. lenta) in the Southern Appalachians (Miller et al., 2018). - View

Wikipedia

See also Habitat Account for General Montane Mesic Forests

Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S4S5]

State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.

Comments:

Photo Gallery for Peridea ferruginea - Chocolate Prominent

Photos: 28

	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-07-29 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2025-06-25 Mitchell Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2024-07-23 Graham Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-07-14 Watauga Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-07-11 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: John Petranka on 2024-07-10 Watauga Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2024-06-25 McDowell Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-06-03 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-12 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2023-08-14 Graham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-31 Swain Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-07-12 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Chuck Smith on 2023-06-29 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Richard Teper on 2022-06-26 Avery Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-05-23 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2021-07-24 Graham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-07-21 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2021-07-21 Graham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2021-05-27 Graham Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2021-05-21 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2020-08-13 Yancey Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-05-16 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-05-16 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2019-06-23 Yancey Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan on 2018-07-18 Ashe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2018-07-12 Graham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan on 2016-08-03 Ashe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: B. Bockhahn, P. Scharf, K. Kittelberger on 2015-06-18 Avery Co. Comment: