Peridea ferruginea, the chocolate prominent, is a species of prominent moth in the family Notodontidae.

[1][2] It was described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1864 and is found in North America.

[2] In 2018, Miller et al. distinguished Peridea bordeloni, whose larvae specialize on river birch Betula nigra, as a separate species, though P. bordeloni has previously been identified as P.

[3] The MONA or Hodges number for Peridea ferruginea is 7921.

This article on a moth of the family Notodontidae is a stub.