Datana ministra
Appearance
Yellownecked caterpillar | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Notodontidae |
Genus: | Datana |
Species: | D. ministra
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Binomial name | |
Datana ministra | |
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Datana ministra, the yellownecked caterpillar, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in southern Canada and the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, in the south-west it ranges to California.[2]
The wingspan is about 42 mm. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Malus, Quercus, Betula and Salix species.[3]
Subspecies
- Datana ministra ministra
- Datana ministra californica Dyar, 1890
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