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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 » Contracted Datana - Hodges#7906 (Datana contracta)

Species Datana contracta - Contracted Datana - Hodges#7906

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Datana sp. - Datana contracta Datana contracta Datana contracta Contracted Datana - Datana contracta Datana contracta (Contracted Datana) - Datana contracta Contracted Datana - Datana contracta Datana contracta Datana contracta? - Datana contracta - male
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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 contracta (Contracted Datana - Hodges#7906)
Hodges Number
7906
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Datana contracta Walker, 1855
Phylogenetic sequence #930037
Size
WS = 38-55mm (1)
Identification
Adult: FW reddish brown, with wide, conspicuous yellowish shading along lines. Outer margin is not wavy. HW yellowish with pale brown shading. (1)
Range
e US (w/ a few strays further n.) - Map (MPG)
Season
mostly: June to Sept - MPG
Food
chestnuts and oaks, other reported food plants may be in error (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – MPG
BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America
Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.
2.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by tom murray on 7 December, 2008 - 10:00am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Mike Quinn, Robert Lord Zimlich, JoAnneRusso
Last updated 29 June, 2019 - 12:44pm

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