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.[1][2] It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1865 and is found in North America.[2]

The MONA or Hodges number for Datana perspicua is 7908.[3][4]

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. 1 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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