Species Details

ABH: 71.027

BF: 2019

Family: Notodontidae

Subfamily: Pygaerinae

Taxon: Clostera curtula

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Chocolate-tip

Account: Local in woodland, scrub, plantations, hedgerows and gardens, generally restricted to the southern half of England. Small Chocolate-tip C. pigra and Scarce Chocolate-tip C. anachoreta, which see for differences, are similar but far less widely distributed. Larva feeds on Aspen, Poplar and Willow, over-wintering as a pupa.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 36 — 38 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 6 Apr (2025) — 29 Aug (1965)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Populus sp. (a poplar), Salix sp. (a sallow).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/clostera-curtula/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 403

Individuals: 100

Earliest Year: 1900

Latest Year: 2025

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