Modest Furcula Moth

Furcula modesta · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Notodontidae

Also called: Modest Furcula

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Modest Furcula Moth
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0

Furcula modesta, known as the modest furcula moth, is a member of the Notodontidae family. It is found throughout North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The modest furcula moth, Furcula modesta, belongs to the Notodontidae family.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range is North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 17 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Michigan, Minnesota, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Maine, Montana, Wisconsin.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Modest Furcula Moth photo 2
Photo: Dan MacNeal, CC BY
Modest Furcula Moth photo 3
Photo: Dan MacNeal, CC BY
Modest Furcula Moth photo 4
Photo: Dan MacNeal, CC BY
Modest Furcula Moth photo 5
Photo: Lisa Wiencek Gerbec, CC BY

Same family (Notodontidae)

White-dotted ProminentWhite-dotted ProminentNadata gibbosaBuff-tipBuff-tipPhalera bucephalaDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Gluphisia MothCommon Gluphisia MothGluphisia septentrionisPine Processionary-mothPine Processionary-mothThaumetopoea pityocampaDamages trees, gardens or cropsWalnut Caterpillar MothWalnut Caterpillar MothDatana integerrimaDamages trees, gardens or cropsSaddled ProminentSaddled ProminentHeterocampa guttivittaDamages trees, gardens or crops

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furcula_modesta

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.

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