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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.[2]

White furcula moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Notodontidae
Genus:	Furcula
Species:	F. borealis
Binomial name
Furcula borealis (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)[1]
Synonyms
Dicranoura borealis Guérin-Méneville, 1832

The wingspan is 31–42 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August.

The larvae feed on Prunus avium, Salix and Populus species.

Taxonomy

The species has been treated as a subspecies of the Furcula bicuspis, but has been elevated back to species status.

References

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