Furcula bicuspis (Borkhausen, 1790) Species
Last modified: Sept. 22, 2023, 7:05 p.m.
A rather rare and local species throughout Belgium, most observed in the Kempen and in the south of the country. Always in small numbers.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Notodontidae > Subfamily: Notodontinae > Tribus: Dicranurini > Genus: Furcula > Species: Furcula bicuspis
- Vernacular names
- Berkenhermelijnvlinder (NL), Alder Kitten (EN), La Harpye bicuspide (FR), Birken-Gabelschwanz (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1857a. Catalogue des Insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 1: 1–111. On page 66.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Hibernates as a pupa in a solid cocoon attached to the bark of the food plant. The adults come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one, probably two generations a year from late April onwards to mid-August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Alnus glutinosa
- Host plant (genera):
- Betula
The larva lives on Betula, sometimes also on Alnus.
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