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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 » Drexel's Datana - Hodges#7904 (Datana drexelii)
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genitalia - Datana drexelii - male
Copyright © 2018 A.W. Thomas

genitalia - Datana drexelii - Male
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 14, 2016
moth genitalia
moth collected by Tom Murray MOTH HERE
- genitalia not 100% agreement with Forbes' description
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Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 28 November, 2018 - 7:56pm
Last updated 2 December, 2023 - 10:13am

Moved
Moved from Azalea Caterpillar Moth.
… A.W. Thomas, 29 March, 2019 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

?
checking against images in MONA, drexelii seems as good a fit as major except for the confluent pits on the 8th sternite!
… A.W. Thomas, 29 March, 2019 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Should it be moved to drexelii?
I've found drexelii caterpillars a number of times, but not major.
… tom murray, 29 March, 2019 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

 
in that case
drexelli seems a better fit; moved
… A.W. Thomas, 29 March, 2019 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

Moth image on BG
… tom murray, 29 November, 2018 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

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