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Species Clostera apicalis - Apical Prominent - Hodges#7901

Apical Prominent - Clostera apicalis - female

Apical Prominent Moth - Clostera apicalis - male

Notodontidae: Clostera apicalis - Clostera apicalis

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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 apicalis (Apical Prominent - Hodges#7901)

Hodges Number

7901

Other Common Names

Red-marked Tentmaker (larva)

Size

wingspan 26-31 mm

Identification

Adult: forewing gray with dark reddish/burgandy subapical patch; wings held tight to abdomen when at rest; PM line has white squiggle just below costa; median area crossed by diagonal whitish line from costa to inner margin; hindwing variably off-white to pale yellowish-brown

Larva: body dusky-gray or brown with pale dorsal and subdorsal stripes, and abundant short white hairs; sides of abdomen with two or three pale wavy stripes; head reddish-brown with strong black mottling, often absent over vertex and posterior to eyes

[adapted from description by David Wagner and Valerie Giles]

Range

northeastern and western United States, and across Canada, north to Northwest Territories

Season

adults fly from May to August

larvae in August and September

Food

larvae feed on leaves of birch, poplar, willow

Life Cycle

two generations per year in the south; one in the far north

Eggs (not fertile); larva; adult

Remarks

Larvae often form communal nests of silk.

Internet References

MPG

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 22 July, 2005 - 3:14pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Ethan Kistler, marcie oconnor, Blocky, Steve Morris
Last updated 7 February, 2022 - 12:25pm

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