Cerura vinula
| Puss moth | |
|---|---|
| Cerura vinula. Side view | |
| Dorsal view | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Genus: | Cerura |
| Species: | C. vinula |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerura vinula | |
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Cerura vinula, the puss moth (pronounced /pʊs/, puuss), is a lepidopteran from the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.