Clemensia albata

"Little white lichen moth" redirects here. For the Australian moth with this name, see Eilema plana.

Clemensia albata, the little white lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1864.^[1][2] It is found in eastern North America, west across boreal Canada to south-eastern British Columbia. The range extends along the Pacific Coast south to Monterey Bay in west-central California.^[3] The habitat consists of moist forests, including coastal rainforests, oak woodlands and mixed hardwood forests.

Little white lichen moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Clemensia
Species:	C. albata
Binomial name
Clemensia albata Packard, 1864
Synonyms
Clemensia albata Packard, 1864 Nola patella Druce, 1885 Nola philodina Druce, 1885 Uxia albida Walker, 1866 Repa cana Walker, 1866 Clemensia umbrata Packard, 1872 Clemensia irrorata H. Edwards, 1873

The length of the forewings is 10–11 mm. Adults are on wing from late June to early September.^[4] They have also been recorded feeding on algae.

Subspecies

• Cissura albata albata
• Cissura albata umbrata Packard, 1872