Moths of North Dakota

Noctuoidea, Notodontidae: Pygaerinae

Clostera albosigma Fitch (1856)

Common name: Sigmoid prominent

Hodges #: 7895.

Identification: Rfw 13.5  mm, Fw with three nearly parallel transverse lines.  Only Clostera in ND lacking a diagonal shade line connecting a.m and p.m lines. Eyes hairy, abdomen tufted.  

Similar species: 7896, 7898, 7901, 10869.

Distribution: southern Canada and United States.

Hosts: Larval feed on poplar/ cottonwood- Populus and willow- Salix.
 

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ND Richland Co. West J allotment.  T135N R52W Sec.10.  Hg/UV lt.  15- VII- 2003. 
G. Fauske.

 

Fw showing parallel lines.

 

 

         


Clostera albosigma: head (left) note hairy eyes.  Right Triangular abdominal tuft.

 

 

 

 

Last updated: 04/14/09

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Dr. Gerald M. Fauske
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