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Furcula bicuspis

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Alder kitten
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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 ecozone.

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.

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