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.
Alder kitten | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Notodontidae |
Genus: | Furcula |
Species: | F. bicuspis
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Binomial name | |
Furcula bicuspis (Borkhausen, 1790)
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The wingspan is 30–35 mm. The moths are on wing from May to July depending on the location.
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The larvae feed on Betula species and Alnus glutinosa.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Furcula bicuspis.
- 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)