Datana perspicua Grote & Robinson, 1865 is a animal in the Notodontidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Datana perspicua Grote & Robinson, 1865

Datana perspicua Grote & Robinson, 1865

Datana perspicua, the spotted datana, is a Notodontidae prominent moth found in North America with MONA/Hodges number 7908.

Family
Genus
Datana
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Datana perspicua Grote & Robinson, 1865

Datana perspicua, commonly known as the spotted datana, is a species of prominent moth belonging to the family Notodontidae. This species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1865. It is distributed in North America, and its MONA (Moths of North America) or Hodges reference number is 7908.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Notodontidae Datana

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