Kebnat
INSECTS

Striped Chocolate-tip Moth

Clostera strigosa

Insects
Native
Striped Chocolate-tip Moth, photo 1 of 5
Striped Chocolate-tip Moth, photo 2 of 5
Striped Chocolate-tip Moth, Adult

Butterfly or moth in the family Notodontidae.

There are 66 observations of Striped Chocolate-tip Moth in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Outaouais, and it has been reported in 9 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and become rare from September to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie17
  2. Abitibi-Témiscamingue15
  3. Outaouais10
  4. Estrie9
  5. Montréal7
  6. Capitale-Nationale4
  7. Lanaudière2
  8. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine1
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1

What the caterpillar eats

Bigtooth aspenPopulus grandidentata
Quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides

Similar species

Apical ProminentClostera apicalis
Sigmoid ProminentClostera albosigma
Angle-lined ProminentClostera inclusa