Species Furcula borealis - White Furcula - Hodges#7936

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White Furcula - Hodges#7936 - Furcula borealis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea

Family Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Subfamily Notodontinae

Tribe Dicranurini

Genus Furcula

Species borealis (White Furcula - Hodges#7936)

Hodges Number

7936

Explanation of Names

Latin for "northern"

Size

wingspan: 3.1 - 4.2 cm

Range

New Hampshire to Texas - Florida; Colorado; South Dakota. (1)

Season

Adults: April - August. (1)

Food

larval foodplant: wild cherry, willows and poplars. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living adults, larvae and pinned adults.

Moths of Arknsas - Henderson State University - photographs, description, and foodplant.

Butterflies and Moths of North America - species account with photograph of pinned adult and range maps.

Noctuoidea of Canada - photograph of pinned adult and related species.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Jason D. Roberts, Maury Heiman
Last updated 31 August, 2009 - 6:14pm

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