Clostera anachoreta

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.

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

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

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  Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 5
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  Larva
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  Pupa
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  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

• 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)