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Species Datana angusii - Angus's Datana Moth - Hodges#7903

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 angusii (Angus's Datana Moth - Hodges#7903)
Hodges Number
7903
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Datana angusii Grote & Robinson, 1866
Size
FWL ≈ 21 mm (1)
Identification
Adult: FW outer margin crenulate, groundcolor darker towards costa and between transverse lines. HW light brownish, PM area with light and dark traceable fasciae. (1)
see genitalia and comment:HERE


Adult: Most easily separated from other eastern Datana by color: D. angusii is dark gray with black lines across the forewings, and others are various shades of brown, yellow, and orange.

Larva: Similar to D. integerrima
Range
Southern Canada and United States east of the Great Plains.
Food
Larva feed on walnut, Juglans, and hickory, Carya
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – species page (2)
BOLD Systems - images of DNA supported specimens (3)
Moths of North Dakota – brief description and image of pinned adult (1)
Works Cited
1.Moths of North Dakota
Dr. Gerald M. Fauske. North Dakota State University.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 5 October, 2006 - 7:31pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Ethan Kistler, Robert Lord Zimlich, dennepj10
Last updated 24 March, 2023 - 4:28pm

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