Cerura vinula

Puss moth
Cerura vinula. Side view
Dorsal view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Cerura
Species:
C. vinula
Binomial name
Cerura vinula
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.