Peridea
Stephens, 1828
Species Guides
5- Peridea angulosa(Angulose Prominent)
- Peridea basitriens(Oval-based Prominent)
- Peridea bordeloni(Bordelon's Prominent)
- Peridea ferruginea(Chocolate prominent)
- Peridea knudsoni
Peridea is a of notodontid established by Stephens in 1828, comprising approximately 17 described distributed across the Northern Hemisphere. The genus includes the well-studied European species Peridea anceps, whose males possess distinctive deciduous caltrop-shaped cornuti—star-shaped sclerotized structures on the that detach during copulation and remain in the female genital tract. These structures represent a rare example of secondary socially transferred materials in Lepidoptera.
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Distribution
Europe (including Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Spain); North America (Vermont, United States). Specific collection records exist from the Valencian , Spain.
Life Cycle
Peridea anceps has been successfully bred in captivity; a single gravid field-collected female produced 54 offspring (31 males, 23 females) in laboratory conditions.
Behavior
Males of at least one (Peridea anceps) possess deciduous caltrop cornuti that detach from the during copulation and transfer to the female bursa copulatrix, where they may function as mating plugs or mechanical stimulators.