Cerura erminea menciana Moore, 1877 is a animal in the Notodontidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cerura erminea menciana Moore, 1877

Cerura erminea menciana Moore, 1877

Cerura erminea, the lesser puss moth, is a Notodontidae moth found in Europe whose larvae eat willow and poplar.

Family
Genus
Cerura
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Cerura erminea menciana Moore, 1877

Cerura erminea, commonly called the lesser puss moth or feline, is a moth species belonging to the family Notodontidae. This moth is found in Europe. Forewing length differs between sexes: 30 to 38 millimeters for females, and 25 to 30 millimeters for males. Depending on location, adult moths fly from May to July. The larvae of this species feed on willow and poplar. The subspecies covered here is Cerura erminea menciana Moore, 1877.

Photo: (c) Shipher (士緯) Wu (吳), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Notodontidae Cerura

More from Notodontidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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