Cerura vinula

Puss moth
	Cerura vinula. Side view
	Dorsal view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Notodontidae
Genus:	Cerura
Species:	C. vinula
Binomial name
	Cerura vinula; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Phalaena vinula Linnaeus, 1758; Phalaena diuramajor Retzius, 1783; Cerura borealis;

Cerura vinula, the puss moth (/pʊs/), is a lepidopteran from the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

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