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Notodontidae
930008 – 7900   Clostera brucei (Edwards, 1885)

© William Geoghegan
Distribution: Caution: A single range map dot for a Canadian province may represent records without specific location data.
Across Canada and northern US south to New Mexico and Arizona.
Type locality: Colorado.
Similar Species:
  • 7900.1 Clostera multnoma replaces C. brucei in British Colubia to souther California and northwestern Colorado.
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Ichthyura brucei Edwards, 1885
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Edwards, H., 1885. New Bombycidae from Colorado. Entomologica Americana, 1: 17.
  • Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine, 2018. Drepanoidea, Doidae; Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part): Pygaerinae, Notodontinae, Cerurinae, Phalerinae, Periergosinae, Dudusinae, Hemiceratinae. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1A: 66; pl. A-1, figs. 28, 29 (order).
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
  • Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
Clostera brucei
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Clostera brucei
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