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Clostera albosigma (Sigmoid Prominent)

Synonyms: Clostera specifica; Ichthyura albosigma

Wikipedia Abstract

Clostera albosigma, the sigmoid prominent, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found from Newfoundland west to Vancouver Island, north to the Great Slave Lake and the Northwest Territories and south to at least Missouri. The wingspan is 28–38 mm. The moth flies from May to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on Poplar and Willow.
View Wikipedia Record: Clostera albosigma

Infraspecies

Clostera albosigma albosigma
Clostera albosigma curtuloides
Clostera albosigma macurtuloides

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.299 inches (.033 m)

Prey / Diet

Alnus incana (gray alder)[2]
Alnus rubra (red alder)[2]
Populus balsamifera (balsam poplar)[2]
Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Auditory influences on the flight behaviour of moths in a Nearctic site. I. Flight tendency, Scott B. Morrill and James H. Fullard, CAN. J. ZOOL. VOL. 70, 1992, pp. 1097-1101
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0