Furcula

Dolinskaya, Irina V., 2019, The use of egg characters for the classification of Notodontidae (Lepidoptera), with keys to the common Palaearctic genera and species, Zootaxa 4604 (2), pp. 201-241 : 223

Furcula

1 Micropylar rosette with 19–22 cells ( Fig.72 ).............................................. F. bifida , F. aeruginosа ( F. bifida — from Europe to Chita region ( Russia), Turkey, Mongolia. F.aeruginosа— steppe species, distributed from Steppe Zone of Ukraine through Kazachstan to Tuva Region ( Russia), Mongolia)

- Micropylar rosette with 11–17 cells ( Fig. 73 )..................................... F.bicuspis , F. furcula , F. interrupta ( F. interrupta —from Cyprus to Iran; North Volga - Don region ( Russia).

F. bicuspis , F. furcula— from Europe to Japan, China).

1 The same egg shape and pattern are typical to Kamalfa malaysiana (Holloway) from Sumatra ( Nassig, 1988).

2 The same egg shape and pattern are typical to Cerura delavoiei (Gaschet) from N Africa, the Canary Islands (website European Lepidoptera and their ecology (accessed May 15, 2017).

3 There is information on eggs Cerura vinula with light color chorion in Germany (web site by Franziska Bauer) https://www.flickr.com/photos/franziskabauer/27546670082(accessed May 15, 2017) https://www.flickr.com/photos/franziskabauer/27337399965(accessed May 15, 2017)

Figures

FIGURES 68–73. Eggs of Notodontidae. 68. Cerura vinula (photo by Paul Brothers). 69. Cerura erminea, side view. 70. Cerura erminea.71. Cerura intermedia. 72. Furcula bifida, micropylar rosette.73. Furcula furcula, micropylar rosette. Scale bars 72, 73(10 µ). 69 (200 µ)