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Notodontidae 930045.1 – 7914   Datana perfusa Dyar, 1923

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Distribution: Southeast Arizona into Mexico and possibly southwest New Mexico (Miller et al. 2018). Similar Species: 7913 - Datana neomexicana is paler but apparently cannot be separated by DNA barcode. 7908 - Datana perspicua Grote & Robinson, 1865 Other species in the genus Datana. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: perfusa Dyar, 1923 (Datana); TL: Southern Arizona. chiriquensis of authors; not Dyar, 1895 (Datana) misid. rotundata Draudt, 1934 (Datana); TL: Colima, Mexico. Taxonomic Notes: Datana perfusa Dyar, 1923 is raised from synonymy of D. perspicua Grote & Robinson, 1865 to full species status and includes D. rotundata Draudt, 1934 and D. chiriquensis of authors; not Dyar, 1895 as new synonyms in Miller et al. (2018). "True" D. chiriquensis, type locality Hidalgo State, MX, is extralimital north of Mexico.

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) Draudt, M., [1932]. Die Amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. In Seitz, Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Amerikanischen Faunengebietes, 6: 1053. Draudt, M., [1932]. Die Amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. In Seitz, Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Amerikanischen Faunengebietes, 6: plates 159, fig. a (rotunda). Dyar, H.G., 1923. A note on Datana perspicua. Insecutor inscitiae menstruus, 11: 10-11. 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: 160; pl. A-7, figs. 19-21: pl. A-8, figs. 1-3 (order). Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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