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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Phalerinae » Datana » Post-burn Datana - Hodges#7911 (Datana ranaeceps)

Species Datana ranaeceps - Post-burn Datana - Hodges#7911

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

MothPostBurn_Datana_ranaeceps01182016_MS_ - Datana ranaeceps

The yellownecked caterpillar (Datana ministra) - Datana ranaeceps

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth - Datana ranaeceps

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Subfamily Phalerinae

Genus Datana

Species ranaeceps (Post-burn Datana - Hodges#7911)

Hodges Number

7911

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Datana ranaeceps (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)

Sericaria ranaeceps Guérin-Méneville, 1844

Phylogenetic sequence # 930042 (1)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 13 species of the genus Datana in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

Wingspan about 42 mm.

Identification

Dark reddish brown with scattered white scales overlaying the forewing, giving a frosted appearance.

Determined by J. Bolling Sullivan

Range

Maryland to Florida and west to eastern Texas.

Remarks

This species is associated with certain ericaceous shrubs growing in recently burned areas. It can be locally common in such habitats, but fire suppression throughout the 1900s has caused the species to decline dramatically. It is currently found mainly in coastal scrub habitats.

See Also

Datana modesta also found in Florida.

Print References

McDunnough, J., 1918. Dates of issue of the plates of Guérin's Iconographie du Regne Animal (Lepid.). Entomological News, 29(10): 379.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 April, 2012 - 6:14pm
Additional contributions by dennepj10, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 24 March, 2023 - 5:13pm

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