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| Species: | C. anachoreta |
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| Clostera anachoreta (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
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.
Gallery
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 5
Larva
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Sources
- P.C.-Rougeot, P. Viette (1978). Guide des papillons nocturnes d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord. Delachaux et Niestlé (Lausanne).
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clostera anachoreta.
- 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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