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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Pygaerinae » Clostera » Striped Chocolate-tip - Hodges#7898 (Clostera strigosa)

Species Clostera strigosa - Striped Chocolate-tip - Hodges#7898

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References

Stripped Chocolate-Tip - Clostera strigosa

Striped Chocolate-tip - Hodges#7898 (Clostera strigosa) - Clostera strigosa

7898 Striped Chocolate-tip - Clostera strigosa

Striped Chocolate-tip - Clostera strigosa

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Subfamily Pygaerinae

Genus Clostera

Species strigosa (Striped Chocolate-tip - Hodges#7898)

Hodges Number

7898

Other Common Names

Drab Tentmaker (larva)

Size

wingspan 25-30 mm

Identification

Adult: forewing grayish-brown with conspicuous yellowish/gold subapical patch (a distinguishing feature); dark gray or blackish bar crosses PM line at right-angles just below apical patch; hindwing uniformly grayish-brown

Larva: body pale bluish-green with black longitudinal dashes dorsally, and thick white line laterally; head black

Range

across southern Canada and northern United States

Habitat

poplar and mixedwood forest; adults are nocturnal and come to light

Season

adults fly from May to August

Food

larvae feed on leaves of poplar and cottonwood (Moths of North Dakota)

Life Cycle

one generation per year

See Also

Related species such as Apical Prominent (Clostera apicalis) and Angle-lined Prominent (C. inclusa) lack the yellowish/gold subapical patch on the forewing. Compare with related species at Pacific Northwest Moths.

Internet References

Strickland Entomological Museum, U. of Alberta

Moths of North Dakota

Moth Photographers Group

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Pacific Northwest Moths

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 12 August, 2006 - 10:40am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, marcie oconnor
Last updated 29 July, 2019 - 8:22am

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