Notodontidae
930029.2 –
7939.1 Furcula gigans
(McDunnough, 1922)
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| Distribution: |
Alberta and British Columbia southward along both slopes of the Rockies to southern New Mexico (Miller et al. 2018). |
| Similar Species: |
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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| Synonymy: |
decorum (Dyar, 1922) (Cerura)
Type locality: Manitou, CO.gigans (McDunnough, 1922) (Cerura)deorum (Dyar, 1922) (Cerura)furcula of authors; (not Clerck, 1759) (Phalaena) misappl. |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
Furcula gigans (McDunnough, 1922) includes as a synonym Furcula furcula of authors; (not Clerck, 1759). F. furcula was added to the list with gigans and decorum (both former synonyms of occidentalis in Hodes et al. (1983) (Checklist)) as synonyms in Miller et al. (2018), MONA Fascicle 22.1A: 126. |
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| References |
- Clerck, 1759. Icones Insectorum Rariorum, 1: pl. 9, fig. 9.
- Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine, 2018. Drepanoidea, Doidae; Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part): Pygaerinae, Notodontinae, Cerurinae, Phalerinae, Periergosinae, Dudusinae, Hemiceratinae. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1A: 126; pl. A-4, figs. 21-24 (order).
- Species Page at BugGuide.Net
- Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
- St Laurent, R.A.,P.Z Goldstein, J.S Miller, A. Markee, H.S Staude, A.Y Kawahara, S.E Miller, R.K Robbins, 2023. Phylogenetic systematics, diversification, and biogeography of Cerurinae (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) and a description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 7(2) 1-25.
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