Datana contracta

Datana contracta: Datana contracta

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Family: Notodontidae

Genus: Datana

Species: D. contracta

Binomial name

Datana contracta
Walker, 1855

The Contracted Datana (Datana contracta) is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found from Maine to Florida west to Arkansas and Wisconsin.

The wingspan is 35-50 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on the foliage of blueberries, hickories, oaks, sycamore, and witch-hazel. In Alabama, it has been found on water, laurel and sawtooth oaks.

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Notodontidae

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