Moth Photographers Group – Furcula gigans

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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.)
Synonymy:	gigans (McDunnough, 1922) (Cerura) - MONA 1983: [NEW] deorum (Dyar, 1922) (Cerura) Note: Described as a subspecies of occidentalis. furcula of authors; (not Clerck, 1759) (Phalaena) misappl.
Taxonomic Notes:	Furcula gigans (McDunnough, 1922): "NA populations were listed under the name F. furcula in Miller et al. (2018), but St Laurent et al. (2023), using phylogenomics, determined that the NA populations recently treated as F. furcula were more appropriately treated as a separate species, using the oldest available name F. gigans." (Schmidt & St Laurent in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

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
Species Page at iNaturalist
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. (abstract and PDF)

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