Clostera pigra
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Clostera pigra, the small chocolate-tip, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is a Palearctic species found from Europe ranging to Morocco in the south and eastern Asia in the east.
The wingspan is 22–27 mm. Imagos (adults) are dark brown to reddish brown and have several narrow, pale yellow lines on the front wings. A large maroon spot is located at the wing tip. The hindwings are dark brown. The thorax has densely dark reddish brown hairs on the back. The tip of the abdomen consists of a split tuft in males. The antennae are short and double combed. The teeth of the comb in the male are longer than in the female.
Smaller than anachoreta, with the ground-colour darker;the forewing strongly suffused with whitish grey to violet grey, particularly in the centre and at the distal margin; the 3 bands are represented by 3 prominent white lines. Subbasal and prediscal bands approach each other costally and are united at the hind margin. A red-brown spot between postdiscal band and apex of wing. Also of this species a lighter variety and a darker one occur: obscurior Stgr.[now full species... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Small Chocolate-Tip sighting in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 330th most-seen of the 479 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Small Chocolate-Tip in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and November–March, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Small Chocolate-Tip sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Small Chocolate-Tip sightings, Sierra Nevada National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Wadden Sea National Park (Germany, about 10%) and Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, under 5%).
Same family: Notodontidae
The closest relatives of the Small Chocolate-Tip that you can see in Sierra Nevada National Park (family Notodontidae, Prominent Moths) are Pine Processionary-Moth (about 30%), Pale Prominent (about 10%) and Tawny Prominent (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Small Chocolate-Tip is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra Nevada National Park (9 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
