Furcula borealis
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| Species: | F. borealis
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| Furcula borealis (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)[1]
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Furcula borealis, the white furcula moth, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found from New Hampshire to Texas and Florida, as well as in Colorado and South Dakota.[2]
The wingspan is 31–42 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August.
The larvae feed on Prunus avium, Salix and Populus species.
Taxonomy[]
The species has been treated as a subspecies of the Furcula bicuspis, but has been elevated back to species status.
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- Moths described in 1832
- Notodontidae
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