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5 Records
Status
"A northern species dipping into MD via the higher Appalachians" (Glaser, 2005).
Relationships
Larval host plants are primarily willows but also aspens and poplars (Miller et al., 2018).
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Source: Wikipedia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Genus: | Furcula |
| Species: | F. occidentalis
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| Furcula occidentalis | |
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Furcula occidentalis, the western furcula moth, double-lined furcula or willow kitten , is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found from southern Yukon and British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to Maryland and west to Utah and Oregon.[2]
The wingspan is 32–45 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August in one to two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Salix and sometimes Populus species. Larvae can be found from June to September. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.
References
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