Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth Datana ministra Drury, 1773    Synonyms: Hodges #7902, Yellow-necked Prominent.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Lepidoptera   >   Family Notodontidae   >   Genus Datana   

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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).

There are 118 records in the project database.

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A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/28/2013). Photo by Matt Tillett. (MBP list)

A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/30/2006). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A yellow-necked Caterpillar in Howard Co., Maryland (7/9/2013). 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 by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/5/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

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

A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/17/2004). Photo by Bob Patterson. (MBP list)

A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/2002). Photo by Larry Line. (MBP list)

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/13/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/9/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/13/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/9/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth caterpillar on oak in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/8/2014). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth caterpillar in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/7/2014). Photo by Bill Vanko. (MBP list)

A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (10/3/2013). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth larva in Howard Co., Maryland (8/13/2015). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. 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 by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

A Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth caterpillar in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/6/2013). 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 by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

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

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth caterpillars in Howard Co., Maryland (8/12/2017). 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 by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. 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 by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. 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 by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)


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