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Clostera anachoreta

Scarce chocolate-tip
Clostera anachoreta.jpg
Clostera.anachoreta.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Pygaerinae
Genus: Clostera
Species: C. anachoreta
Binomial name
Clostera anachoreta
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Clostera anachoreta, the scarce chocolate-tip, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. 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.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 5

Larva

Pupa

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