Seq # 650050010

Clostera anachoreta (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species

Last modified: Oct. 18, 2023, 12:34 p.m.


A fairly common species throughout Belgium.


Details

Classification
Family: Notodontidae > Subfamily: Pygaerinae > Genus: Clostera > Species: Clostera anachoreta
Vernacular names
Kleine wapendrager (NL), Scarce Chocolate-tip (EN), L'Anachorète, la Hausse-Queue fourchue (FR), Schwarzgefleckter Raufußspinner (DE)
First mention in Belgium
De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1837. Catalogue des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de la Belgique, précédé du tableau des Libellulines de ce pays. — — : 1–29. On page 27 (as Pygoera [sic] Anachoreta). view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan: 27–36 mm.

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Bionomics

Pupates between spun leaves of the food plant.
The adults come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly in two generations a year from mid-April till the end of May and in July/August.


Observed on

Host plant (genera):
Salix and Populus

The larva lives on Salix or Populus.

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