NOTODONTIDAE
(prominents, processionaries, puss moth and kittens)

NOTODONTIDAE (prominents, processionaries, puss moth and kittens) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

NOTODONTIDAE (prominents, processionaries, puss moth and kittens) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
CERURINAE
puss moths and kittens
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
NOTODONTINAE
prominents
Subfamily 5 subtaxa 7 trophisms 1 references
Phalera bucephala
Buff-tip
Species 10 trophisms
PYGAERINAE
chocolate-tips and dusky marbled-brown
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Clostera
chocolate-tip moths
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Thaumetopoea pityocampa
Pine Processionary
Species 1 references
Thaumetopoea processionea
Oak Processionary
Species 7 trophisms 4 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyNOTODONTIDAE (prominents, processionaries, puss moth and kittens)
SuperfamilyNOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for NOTODONTIDAE (prominents, processionaries, puss moth and kittens)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. 1979 Sphingidae to Noctuidae (Noctuinae & Hadeninae) (vol 9) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 9, Harley Books

NOTODONTIDAE (prominents, processionaries, puss moth and kittens) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Heath, J. & Skelton, M.J. 1973 Provisional atlas of the insects of the British Isles. Part 2: Lepidoptera (Moths - part one) 102pp, Biological Records Centre

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to NOTODONTIDAE (prominents, processionaries, puss moth and kittens):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 281 images of NOTODONTIDAE (prominents, processionaries, puss moth and kittens)
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