Clostera anachoreta
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Species: | C. anachoreta
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| Clostera anachoreta (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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Clostera anachoreta, the scarce chocolate-tip, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found from Europe up to Japan and Korea.
The wingspan is about 37 mm. The moth flies from April to August in two generations depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Populus and Salix species.
Gallery[]
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 5
Larva
Pupa
Adult
Sources[]
- P.C.-Rougeot, P. Viette (1978). Guide des papillons nocturnes d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord. Delachaux et Niestlé (Lausanne).
External links[]
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- Kimber, Ian. "71.029 BF2018 Scarce Chocolate-tip Clostera anachoreta ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)". UKMoths. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- Fauna Europaea
- Lepiforum e.V.
- De Vlinderstichting (in Dutch)
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Categories:
- Notodontidae
- Moths of Korea
- Moths of Japan
- Moths of Europe
- Moths of Asia
- Moths described in 1775
- Taxa named by Michael Denis
- Taxa named by Ignaz Schiffermüller
- Notodontidae stubs