''Clostera pigra'', the small chocolate-tip, is a
moth of the family
Notodontidae. The species was
first described by
Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is a
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
species found from Europe ranging to
Morocco in the south and eastern Asia in the east.
The
wingspan is 22–27 mm. Imagos (adults) are dark brown to reddish brown and have several narrow, pale yellow lines on the front wings. A large maroon spot is located at the wing tip. The hindwings are dark brown. The thorax has densely dark reddish brown hairs on the back. The tip of the abdomen consists of a split tuft in males. The antennae are short and double combed. The teeth of the comb in the male are longer than in the female.
The moth flies from May to August in two generations depending on the location.
The larvae feed on ''
Populus
''Populus'' is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar (), aspen, and cottonwood.
The we ...
'' and ''
Salix'' species.
References
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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''Fauna Europaea''''Lepiforum e.V.''''De Vlinderstichting''
Notodontidae
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1766
Taxa named by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel
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