Clostera anachoreta, the scarce chocolate-tip, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found from Europe up to Japan and Korea.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Genus: | Clostera |
| Species: | C. anachoreta
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| Binomial name | |
| Clostera anachoreta (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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The wingspan is about 37 mm. The moth flies from April to August in two generations depending on the location.
Gallery
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Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 5 -
Larva -
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Adult
Sources
edit- 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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clostera anachoreta.
- Kimber, Ian. "71.029 BF2018 Scarce Chocolate-tip Clostera anachoreta ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)". UKMoths. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- Fauna Europaea
- Lepiforum e.V.
- De Vlinderstichting (in Dutch)
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