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Notodontidae 930042 – 7911   Datana ranaeceps (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)              Post-burn Datana

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Synonymy: ranaeceps (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) (Sericaria) - MONA 1983: 7911 floridana Graef, 1880 (Datana) palmii Beutenmüller, 1890 (Datana)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine, 2018. Drepanoidea, Doidae; Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part): Pygaerinae, Notodontinae, Cerurinae, Phalerinae, Periergosinae, Dudusinae, Hemiceratinae. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1A: 156; pl. A-7, figs. 7-12 (order). Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at iNaturalist

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