Species Datana drexelii - Drexel's Datana - Hodges#7904

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Drexel's Datana - Hodges#7904 - Datana drexelii

Drexel's Datana - Hodges #7904 (Datana drexelii) - Datana drexelii

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea

Family Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Subfamily Phalerinae

Genus Datana

Species drexelii (Drexel's Datana - Hodges#7904)

Hodges Number

7904

Identification

"The larva of D. drexelii is similar to the yellownecked caterpillar. The head and body are black. The cervical shield, or "collar", and front of the thorax are yellow, forming a "yellow neck." There are 11 (counting the ventral line) yellow longitudinal stripes along the body, with the lateral stripes connected at the rear with a small yellow ... patch on abdominal segment nine or on segments eight and nine. Full-grown larvae are 45-50 mm long." - Auburn University Account

Range

South Carolina to Kentucky and northward.

Food

Birch, blueberry, linden, sassafras, sourwood, and witch-hazel.

Internet References

Auburn University species account and link to larval images

Canadian Biodiversity pinned adult image

Contributed by tom murray on 27 August, 2005 - 9:23pm
Additional contributions by jvandyk, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Ethan Kistler
Last updated 13 June, 2007 - 4:37pm

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