A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/28/2013).

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A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/30/2006).

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A yellow-necked Caterpillar in Howard Co., Maryland (7/9/2013).

View Record Details Photo by Nancy Magnusson MBP List

A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in St. Loius Co., Minnesota (7/17/2012).

Photo by Aaron Brees MBP List

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 196529 - Psn: 55)

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/5/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 184526 - Psn: 66)

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (7/8/2017). (c) dansmall, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 765637 - Psn: 76)

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (7/8/2017). (c) dansmall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/17/2004).

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A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/2002).

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/13/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 733158 - Psn: 125)

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/9/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 728533 - Psn: 135)

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/13/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 733156 - Psn: 135)

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/9/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 728531 - Psn: 136)

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 321118 - Psn: 142)

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 321113 - Psn: 145)

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A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth caterpillar on oak in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/8/2014).

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A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth caterpillar in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/7/2014).

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A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (10/3/2013).

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 321121 - Psn: 164)

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A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth larva in Howard Co., Maryland (8/13/2015).

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 315357 - Psn: 165)

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 321120 - Psn: 165)

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 315356 - Psn: 166)

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 321119 - Psn: 166)

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A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth caterpillar in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/6/2013).

View Record Details Photo by Scott Housten MBP List

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 321117 - Psn: 175)

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 321116 - Psn: 176)

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 321115 - Psn: 178)

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 321114 - Psn: 180)

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Mid-instar Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth caterpillars being parasitzed by the Ichneumonid wasp <em>Gnamptopelta obsidianator</em> in Howard Co., Maryland (8/22/2015). (Photo ID: 40044 - Psn: 200)

Mid-instar Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth caterpillars being parasitzed by the Ichneumonid wasp Gnamptopelta obsidianator in Howard Co., Maryland (8/22/2015).

View Record Details Photo by Bonnie Ott MBP List

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth caterpillars in Howard Co., Maryland (8/12/2017).

View Record Details Photo by Bob Cammarata MBP List

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/13/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 733160 - Psn: 222)

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 315847 - Psn: 266)

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 727595 - Psn: 266)

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 315359 - Psn: 276)

View Record Details Photo by Timothy Reichard MBP List

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 315358 - Psn: 287)

View Record Details Photo by Timothy Reichard MBP List

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Relationships

Larval host plants include oak (very common), apple, basswood, beech, birch, chestnut, cotoneaster, elm, Fetterbush, and willow, and possibly also hazel, hop hornbeam, and rose (Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants, Miller et al., 2018).

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A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/28/2013). View Record Details Media by Matt Tillett.

A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/30/2006). View Record Details Media by Bill Hubick.

A yellow-necked Caterpillar in Howard Co., Maryland (7/9/2013). View Record Details Media by Nancy Magnusson.

A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in St. Loius Co., Minnesota (7/17/2012). Media by Aaron Brees.

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (7/8/2017). (c) dansmall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Dan Small.

A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/17/2004). View Record Details Media by Bob Patterson.

A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/2002). View Record Details Media by Larry Line.

A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth caterpillar on oak in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/8/2014). View Record Details Media by Richard Orr.

A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth caterpillar in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/7/2014). View Record Details Media by Bill Vanko.

A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (10/3/2013). View Record Details Media by Joanne Solem.

A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth larva in Howard Co., Maryland (8/13/2015). View Record Details Media by Richard Orr.

A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth caterpillar in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/6/2013). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

Mid-instar Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth caterpillars being parasitzed by the Ichneumonid wasp Gnamptopelta obsidianator in Howard Co., Maryland (8/22/2015). View Record Details Media by Bonnie Ott.

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth caterpillars in Howard Co., Maryland (8/12/2017). View Record Details Media by Bob Cammarata.

Source: Wikipedia

Yellownecked caterpillar


Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Notodontidae
Genus:	Datana
Species:	D. ministra
Binomial name
*Datana ministra* (Drury, 1773)^[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena ministra Drury, 1773 Datana ruficollis Walker, 1862

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]

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Datana ministra ministra
Datana ministra californica Dyar, 1890

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Taxon identifiers
Datana ministra	Wikidata: Q5227459 BAMONA: Datana-ministra BioLib: 695971 BugGuide: 43588 CoL: 6CG44 EoL: 390325 EPPO: DATAMI GBIF: 1826164 iNaturalist: 47719 IRMNG: 10330873 ITIS: 117515 LepIndex: 63077 MONA: 7902 NatureServe: 2.112566 NCBI: 214115 Open Tree of Life: 4240732

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Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth

Datana ministra Drury, 1773

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