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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Cerurinae » Furcula » Zigzag Furcula Moth - Hodges#7940 (Furcula scolopendrina)

Species Furcula scolopendrina - Zigzag Furcula Moth - Hodges#7940

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Furcula scolopendrina - male Furcula scolopendrina 7940? - Furcula scolopendrina Zigzag Furcula - Furcula scolopendrina Unknown moth - Furcula scolopendrina 7939 Western Furcula - Furcula occidentalis, - Furcula scolopendrina Furcula scolopendrina ? - Furcula scolopendrina Furcula scolopendrina Furcula modesta - Furcula scolopendrina
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Cerurinae
Genus Furcula
Species scolopendrina (Zigzag Furcula Moth - Hodges#7940)
Hodges Number
7940
Other Common Names
Poplar Kitten
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Furcula scolopendrina (Boisduval, 1869)
Cerura scolopendrina Boisduval, 1869
Cerura scolopendrina pluvialis Dyar, 1922
Cerura aquilonaris Lintner, 1878
* phylogenetic sequence #930028
Explanation of Names
Scolopendrina is Greek meaning "centipede-like." (1)
Size
Forewing length 17-20 mm. (2)
Range
Widely distributed in western North America.
Food
Caterpillars feed on the foliage of willow (Salix) and poplar (Populus) (USGS).
See Also
Furcula cinerea is a similar species but has pale grey forewings with more obscure dark bands than F. scolopendrina.
Print References
Dyar, H.G. 1922. New American Moths. Insecutor inscitiae menstruus 10(7-9): 174 (Cerura scolopendrina pluvialis)
Packard, A.S. 1895. Bombycine moths of America north of Mexico, including their transformations and origin of the larval markings and armature. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 7: 270-273 (3)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.33.51f, p.249 (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page
Pacific Northwest Moths
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Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.Bombycine moths of America north of Mexico, including their transformations and origin of the larval markings and armature.
Alpheus S. Packard. 1895. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 7: 5-390.
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 15 October, 2006 - 5:15pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 7 February, 2022 - 3:10pm

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