| Yellownecked caterpillar | |
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Scientific classification
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| 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 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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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References
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| 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 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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
Gallery
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Larva
-
Larva
-
Larva
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Pupa
References
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| This article on a moth of the family Notodontidae is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |