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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 » Spotted Datana - Hodges#7908 (Datana perspicua)
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Datana ministra? - Datana perspicua
Copyright © 2010 Dwaine Wagoner

Datana ministra? - Datana perspicua
Niobrara County, Wyoming, USA
September 6, 2008
On Rhus trilobata. They resemble D. integerrima but there is no walnut, hickory or pecan anywhere in area. I believe them to be 3rd or 4th instar D. ministra, can anyone confirm or correct?

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Contributed by Dwaine Wagoner on 22 December, 2010 - 8:32am
Last updated 18 November, 2014 - 12:16am

Moved
Moved from Datana.
… George Smiley, 18 November, 2014 - 12:16am login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 25 December, 2010 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

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… Kevin Hall, 24 December, 2010 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

I don't know Datana species well,
there are several and the larvae tend to look similar, so this is more of an educated guess than an actual ID. Datana perspicua is very common on Rhus trilobata / aromatica, and occasionally other species of Rhus in the west. And, yours looks more like that species to me.
… David J. Ferguson, 22 December, 2010 - 10:39am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Excellent observation, Mr. Ferguson. I agree D. perspicua is a much better match, and one I had not noted. Many thanks!
… Dwaine Wagoner, 22 December, 2010 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

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