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)