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Species Clostera brucei - Hodges#7900

Clostera multnoma - Hodges #7900.1 - 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)

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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)

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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