Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Notodontidae > Clostera > Clostera pigraClostera pigra (Small Chocolate-tip)Synonyms: Bombyx reclusa; Clostera alba; Clostera anastomosis (heterotypic); Clostera brunneoapicata; Clostera obscura; Clostera obsoleta; Clostera purpurea; Clostera reclusa; Clostera suffusa; Clostera testaceomaculata; Clostera variegata; Phalaena pigra (homotypic); Pygaera alticauda-furcata; Pygaera pigra; Pygaera superior; Pyrgaera pigra Clostera pigra, the small chocolate-tip, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is a Palearctic ecozone species found from Europe ranging to Morocco in the south and Eastern Asia in the east. The wingspan is 22–27 mm. Imagos are dark brown to reddish brown in colour and have several narrow, pale yellow lines on the front wings. A large maroon spot is located at the wing tip. The hindwings are dark brown. The thorax has densely dark reddish brown hairs on the back. The tip of the abdomen consists of a split tuft in males. The antennae are short and double-combed. The teeth of the comb in the male are longer than in the female. |
Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Beinn a`Ghlo |
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19978 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Bolton Fell Moss |
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926 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths |
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14161 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
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5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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East Caithness Cliffs |
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1094 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Emer Bog |
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93 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Eryri/ Snowdonia |
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48773 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Fenland |
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1529 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Foinaven |
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36684 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Inverpolly |
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29349 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Lower Derwent Valley |
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2263 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Migneint–Arenig–Dduallt |
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49343 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay Pavements |
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6449 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Norfolk Coast |
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7926 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Pembrokeshire Woodlands/ Coedydd Gogledd Sir Benfro |
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780 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Rum |
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26775 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Strensall Common |
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1408 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Broads |
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14554 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham |
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12696 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Tulach Hill and Glen Fender Meadows |
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3912 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Wimbledon Common |
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861 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Witherslack Mosses |
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1202 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández |
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
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