Contracted Datana Moth
Datana contracta Walker, 1855
Contracted Datana Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/7261
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Host plants include oak and chestnut and likely exclude blueberry, elm, hickory, walnut, and witchhazel (Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants, Miller et al., 2018, Wagner 2005).

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Contracted datana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Datana
Species:
D. contracta
Binomial name
Datana contracta
Walker, 1855

Datana contracta, the contracted datana, is a species of moth in the family Notodontidae. It is found from Maine to Florida and west to Arkansas and Wisconsin.

The wingspan is 35–50 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on the foliage of blueberries, hickories, oaks, sycamore, and witch-hazel. In Alabama, it has been found on water, laurel and sawtooth oaks.

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