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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 » Clostera brucei - Hodges#7900 (Clostera brucei)

Species Clostera brucei - Hodges#7900

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Clostera albosigma - Clostera brucei Clostera multnoma - Hodges #7900.1 - Clostera brucei Clostera sp? - Clostera brucei Clostera apicalis - Clostera brucei Clostera brucei
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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 brucei (Clostera brucei - Hodges#7900)
Hodges Number
7900
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Clostera brucei (Hy. Edwards, 1885)
Ichthyura multnoma Dyar, 1892
Phylogenetic sequence # 930008 (1)
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed seven species of the genus Clostera in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Forewing length 12-14 mm. (2)
Identification
Forewing antemedial and median lines do not touch. (a key feature) (2)
Id confirmed by Chuck Harp.
Range
Across southern Canada, south through California(3) and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Northeastern United States. (2), (4), (5)
Moth Photographers Group map
Habitat
Quaking aspen forests, less common in conifer forests. (2)
Season
Most records are from May through August. (4)
Food
Host plant is thought to be Populus tremuloides Michx. (quaking aspen). (2)
Remarks
Wide range but seldom collected. (2)
See Also
Clostera paraphora has a PM line that is more strongly sinuate and shows less contrast between the brown shadings and whitish-gray regions of the forewing (6)
Print References
Dyar, H.G., 1892. New forms of Ichthyura. The Canadian Entomologist. 24(6): 179.
Riotte, J.C.E., 1967. Notes on uncommon moths in central and southern Ontario. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 21(1): 35.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.Pacific Northwest Moths
3.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Survey of Utah Moth Species
6.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 22.1A
Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine. 2018. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 February, 2013 - 11:30am
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 16 December, 2022 - 9:48am

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