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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Notodontidae
Genus:	Furcula
Species:	F. bicuspis
Binomial name
Furcula bicuspis (Borkhausen, 1790)

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

Wikimedia 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
• Lepiforum e.V.
• De Vlinderstichting (in Dutch)

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