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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)
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MothPostBurn_Datana_ranaeceps01182016_MS_ - Datana ranaeceps
Copyright © 2016 Rich

MothPostBurn_Datana_ranaeceps01182016_MS_ - Datana ranaeceps
Cypress Creek, Broward County, Florida, USA
January 18, 2016
The area had been burned recently and it was feeding on staggerbush/fetterbush.
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Contributed by Rich on 19 January, 2016 - 8:16am
Last updated 25 January, 2016 - 6:08pm

With the narrow yellow stripes
and the orange red prothoracic shield we wonder if this might actually be Datanna modesta - for which we have no confirmed images on BugGuide!
… john and jane balaban, 28 March, 2022 - 8:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively
Moved from ID Request.
… Kyhl Austin, 25 January, 2016 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for your help
I know its not confirmed, still exciting that it could be the first for BG if it is.
… Rich, 25 January, 2016 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

Very nice!
If confirmed, this would be the first caterpillar image of D. ranaeceps on BG. The hostplant certainly fits.
… Kyhl Austin, 19 January, 2016 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

 
Picky Eaters
I'm not familiar with this one, but from my personal experience, Dantanas are picky eaters
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… Robert Lord Zimlich, 19 January, 2016 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

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