About Peridea ferruginea Packard, 1864
Peridea ferruginea, commonly known as the chocolate prominent, is a species of prominent moth belonging to the family Notodontidae. This species was first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1864, and it is native to North America. The MONA, also known as Hodges, number assigned to Peridea ferruginea is 7921. In 2018, Miller and other researchers classified Peridea bordeloni as a distinct separate species. Larvae of P. bordeloni specialize in feeding on river birch, Betula nigra, and prior to this reclassification, P. bordeloni was identified as Peridea ferruginea.
