Photo © Mike Wall
Small Chocolate-tip
Clostera pigra
Checklist Number71.028 [B&F: 2017]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Pygaerinae |
| Genus: | Clostera |
| Species: | pigra |
| Authority: | (Hufnagel, 1766) |
Nationally scarce (Nb) in fens, marshes, damp heathland, mosses and moorland in southern England and, very sparsely, in the remainder of the British Isles. In Hampshire known mainly from boggy areas in the New Forest, but also in the north-east of the county, in similar habitat. In both areas, the larva is associated with Creeping Willow. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 24-28 mm. Differs from both Scarce Chocolate-tip C. anachoreta and Chocolate-tip C. curtula in smaller size and rather ill-defined chocolate-brown apical patch. Larva feeds on Creeping Willow, Eared Willow and Aspen, over-wintering as a pupa.
The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:
No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
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Records by week (adult)
Records by week (larval)
