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Azalea Caterpillar Moth - Hodges #7905 - Datana major

Azalea Caterpillar Moth - Hodges #7905 - Datana major
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
August 13, 2008
WHEREAS my Datana specimen is nearly nearly identical to D. major, D. ministra, D. drexelii and D. integerrima; WHEREAS my yard is full of azaleas which have been nearly striped by D. major caterpillars;I must conclude that my specimen is a D. major moth.

This sounds logical, but how can someone make a positive ID without knowing the background information? Also, there is a gapping hole in my logic - I have not excluded the possibility that there are other Datanas on my property.

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Moved
Moved from Datana.