Scarce chocolate-tip
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Clostera
Species:
C. anachoreta
Binomial name
Clostera anachoreta

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.

The wingspan is about 37 mm. The moth flies from April to August in two generations depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Populus and Salix species.

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