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Notodontidae 930029.1 – 7939   Furcula occidentalis (Lintner, 1878)              Western Furcula

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Taxonomic: Notes Furcula occidentalis (Lintner, 1878), formerly treated as a subspecies of 7939.1 Furcula furcula (Clerk, 1759), is returned to full species status, MONA Fascicle 22.1A: 125. Synonymy: occidentalis (Lintner, 1878) (Cerura) - MONA 1983: 7939 Host Plants: Host familiy: Salicaceae.  Host genera: Populus Salix.  Notes: leaves (Wagner 2005).  (Shropshire & Tallamy 2025 [accessed 6xii2025]) Similar  : Species Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)

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

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced. Dyar, H.G., 1922. New forms of Cerura. Insecutor inscitiae menstruus, 10: 174. 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: 125; pl. A-4, figs. 18-20 (order). Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at iNaturalist

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