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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Phalerinae » Datana » Walnut Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#7907 (Datana integerrima)

Species Datana integerrima - Walnut Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#7907

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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 integerrima (Walnut Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#7907)
Hodges Number
7907
Size
Wingspan 3.5-5.5 cm
Identification
Prominent brown patch on thorax, wings lightly banded. See Covell (1) for details.
Range
Eastern North America to Oklahoma, Texas.
Recorded in Arizona
Habitat
Deciduous forests
Season
Caterpillar: May-September. Adult: May-August
Food
Larvae feed on hickories, pecan, and walnut
Life Cycle
One generation in northern part of range, up to three in southern.
Print References
Covell, p. 329, plate 43 #10 (adult) (1)
Wagner, Caterpillars of Eastern Forests, p. 56--larva (2)
Wagner, Caterpillars of Eastern North America, p. 295--photo of adult (specimen) and caterpillar (3)
Holland, p. 294, plate XL #13 (4)
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, Moths of Western North America, Pl. 33.52m; p. 249.(5)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.
USDA fact sheet
Caterpillars of Eastern Forests
Moths of SE Arizona
Maryland Moths
Forestry Images
Canadian Biodiversity
NCSU Entomology Collection has 25 pinned of this species.
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
By Charles V. Covell
2.Caterpillars of Eastern Forests
By David L. Wagner, Valerie Giles, Richard C. Reardon, Michael L. McManus
3.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
By David L. Wagner
4.The Moth Book
By W.J. Holland
5.Moths of Western North America
By Powell and Opler
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 April, 2004 - 8:42am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Maury Heiman
Last updated 12 May, 2010 - 9:52am

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