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Datana perspicua

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Species of moth

Datana perspicua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Datana
Species: D. perspicua
Binomial name
Datana perspicua
Grote & Robinson, 1865

Datana perspicua, the spotted datana, is a species of prominent moth in the family Notodontidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1865 and is found in North America.

The MONA or Hodges number for Datana perspicua is 7908.

Subspecies

  • Datana perspicua mesillae Cockerell, 1897
  • Datana perspicua opposita Barnes & Benjamin, 1927
  • Datana perspicua perspicua Grote & Robinson, 1865

References

  1. "Datana perspicua Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  2. ^ "Datana perspicua Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  3. Pohl, G.R.; Patterson, B. & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  4. "Datana perspicua, Spotted Datana - Hodges 7908". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  • Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys, vol. 40, 1–239.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.

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Taxon identifiers
Datana perspicua


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