Furcula bicuspis
| Alder kitten | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Genus: | Furcula |
| Species: | F. bicuspis |
| Binomial name | |
| Furcula bicuspis (Borkhausen, 1790) | |
Furcula bicuspis, the alder kitten, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1790. It is found in most of the Palearctic realm.
The wingspan is 30–35 mm. The moths are on wing from May to July depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Betula species and Alnus glutinosa.
External links
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- Kimber, Ian. "71.006 BF1996 Alder Kitten Furcula bicuspis (Borkhausen, 1790)". UKMoths. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- Fauna Europaea
- Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived 2017-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Lepiforum e.V.
- De Vlinderstichting (in Dutch)
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