Furcula bifida (Brahm, 1787)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Notodontidae → subfamily Notodontinae → tribe Dicranurini → genus Furcula → species Furcula bifida

Species name(s)

Furcula bifida (Brahm, 1787) = hermelina (Goeze, 1781 nec Goeze 1781) = urocera (Boisduval, 1840) = Harpyina bifida saltensis Schöyen, 1881 = latifascia Kirby, 1892 = poecila Stichel, 1912 = Furcula lype Seifers, 1933 = suffusa Rangnow, 1935 = septentrionalis Rangnow, 1935. [9, 10]

Poplar Kitten.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 6.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky.

Forewing length

23—25 mm.

Wingspan

38—43 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

January

February

March

April

May

June

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November

December

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Cerura latifascia Curtis, 1827; Cerura arcuata Stephens, 1828; Cerura integra Stephens, 1828; Cerura mucronata Meigen, 1830 [178].

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - The European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia,Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland) Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia . [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Mid-Volzhsky , Sredneobskaya, Tuva,South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Fore wing length up to 2.5 cm, which distinguishes a butterfly from a few like her cousin -Furcula furcula, harpy willow. Transverse bands have a black border. [5].
Wingspan: 38-43 mm. [PC93].

General info about Imago

Poplar harpy can be found along streams and rivers, on floodplain meadows and marsh olshannikam. [5].

Imago lifespan

From late April to June, and sometimes the second generation. [5].
May - July [PC93].

General info about Larva

Caterpillar yellow-brown, with a forked tail. It weaves a cocoon of fine wood shavings. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Populus, Betula, Salix. [28].
Poplar, willow less. [5].

Pupa

Pupa can live in a cocoon for an entire year. [5].

Subspecies of Furcula bifida

Furcula bifida beida (Rungs, 1956). [9]
F. b. bifida (Brahm, 1787). [10]
F. b. interspersa (Rothschild, 1917). [9]
F. b. lype (Seiffers, 1933). [10]
F. b. poecila Stichel, 1911. [187]
F. b. urocera (Boisduval, 1840). [10]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitaly Gumenuk, Nikolai Vladimirov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov, Alexandr Zhakov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
[178] Schintlmeister A. Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera).: World Catalogue of Insects. Vоl. 11., 2013,
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
[PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov