''Furcula'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s of the family

Notodontidae Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,800 known species. The family was described by James Francis Stephens in 1829. Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, esp ...

. The genus was described by

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolog ...

in 1816.

Species

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Furcula bicuspis ''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 ...

'' (Borkhausen, 1790) *'' Furcula furcula'' (Clerck, 1759) *''

Furcula bifida The poplar kitten (''Furcula bifida'') is a species of moth in the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Nikolaus Joseph Brahm in 1787. They are found throughout Europe and in North Africa, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Xinjiang. D ...

'' (Brahm, 1787) *''

Furcula aeruginosa The (Latin for "little fork") or wishbone is a forked bone found in most birds and some species of non-avian dinosaurs, and is formed by the fusion of the two pink clavicles. In birds, its primary function is in the strengthening of the thoracic ...

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Furcula tibetana The (Latin for "little fork") or wishbone is a forked bone found in most birds and some species of non-avian dinosaurs, and is formed by the fusion of the two pink clavicles. In birds, its primary function is in the strengthening of the thoracic ...

'' Schintlmeister, 1998 *''

Furcula nicetia The (Latin for "little fork") or wishbone is a forked bone found in most birds and some species of non-avian dinosaurs, and is formed by the fusion of the two pink clavicles. In birds, its primary function is in the strengthening of the thoracic ...

'' (Schaus, 1928) *''

Furcula interrupta The (Latin for "little fork") or wishbone is a forked bone found in most birds and some species of non-avian dinosaurs, and is formed by the fusion of the two pink clavicles. In birds, its primary function is in the strengthening of the Thorax, ...

'' (Christoph, 1867) *''

Furcula borealis ''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. The wingspan is 31–42 mm. Adults are on wing from April to ...

'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) (was treated as a subspecies of ''F. bicuspis'' for some time) *''

Furcula cinerea ''Furcula cinerea'', the gray furcula moth, is a species of moth in the family Notodontidae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in the United States, southern Canada and the Northwest Territories. The wingspan is 33� ...

'' (Walker, 1865) *''

Furcula nivea ''Furcula nivea'' is a moth in the family Notodontidae (the prominents). It was first described by Berthold Neumoegen in 1891 and it is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Furcula nivea'' is 7938. Subspecies Three subspe ...

'' (Neumoegen, 1891) *''

Furcula occidentalis ''Furcula occidentalis'', the western furcula moth, double-lined furcula or willow kitten , is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found from southern Yukon and British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to Maryland and west to Utah and Oregon. ...

'' (Lintner, 1878) (was treated as a subspecies of ''F. furcula'' for some time) *''

Furcula scolopendrina ''Furcula scolopendrina'', the zigzag furcula moth or poplar kitten moth, is a species of prominent moth in the family Notodontidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – ...

'' (Boisduval, 1869) *'' Furcula modesta'' (Hudson, 1891)

References

Notodontidae {{Notodontidae-stub