Bug FAQWhite Furcula Moth
Furcula borealis · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Notodontidae
Also called: White Furcula
The adult moth has a wingspan of about 31 to 42 millimetres. It lives in many U.S. states from New Hampshire down to Texas and Florida, and also in Colorado and South Dakota. Caterpillars eat the leaves of cherry, willow and poplar trees.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Wingspan ranges from 31 to 42 mm.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
Larvae feed on cherry (Prunus avium), willow (Salix) and poplar (Populus) species.
Source: Wikipedia
When you see it
Adults are on the wing from April through August.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 38 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Massachusetts, Ohio, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Alabama, New York, Michigan, Connecticut.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furcula_borealis
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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.