''Furcula scolopendrina'', the zigzag furcula moth or poplar kitten moth, is a species of prominent moth in 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, es ...
.
It was
described by
Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician.
He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société ento ...
in 1869 and is found in North America.
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The MONA or Hodges number for ''Furcula scolopendrina'' is 7940.][Pohl, G.R.; Patterson, B. & Pelham, J.P. (2016). ]
Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
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References
* Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ''ZooKeys''. 40: 1-239.
Further reading
* Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press.
External links
insectidentification.org, Zig-Zag Furcula Moth
Notodontidae
Moths described in 1869
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