Notodontidae

Datana integerrima Walnut Caterpillar

20 n=0 • • • • High Mt. • • N 10 • •• • u • • • • • m • • • • b • 0 • • e • • • • r 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 • 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 NC counties: 36 • • Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec • o • 20 • • f n=15 • = Sighting or Collection Low Mt. High counts of: • • in NC since 2001 F • = Not seen since 2001 l 10 100 - Tyrrell - 2008-07-23 • i 40 - Wake - 2009-07-24 g Status Rank h 40 - Wake - 2013-07-25 0 NC US NC Global t 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 D Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec a 20 20 t n=48 n=101 e Pd CP s 10 10

0 0 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 15 5 25 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Three periods to each month: 1-10 / 11-20 / 21-31 FAMILY: SUBFAMILY: Phalerinae TRIBE: TAXONOMIC_COMMENTS: One of 16 species in this genus, all but one of which occurs in North America north of Mexico (Miller et al., 2018). Nine have been recorded in North Carolina.

FIELD GUIDE DESCRIPTIONS: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012) ONLINE PHOTOS: TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION, ADULTS: Forbes (1948); Miller et al. (2018) TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION, IMMATURE STAGES: Forbes (1948); Wagner (2005); Miller et al. (2018)

ID COMMENTS: One of five Datanas in our area with a smooth outer margin of the forewing. The head is yellowish but the collar, tegulae, and mesothorax are contrastingly dark, reddish-brown. The ground color of the forewing is reddish-brown and is rather evenly colored and not peppered with brown or silvery scales. The lines are bordered outwardly with pale yellow (Forbes, 1948). contracta is similar in pattern but the ground color of the forewings is golden-yellow, strongly peppered with darker brown scales (Forbes, 1948; Miller et al., 2018).

DISTRIBUTION: Please refer to the dot map.

FLIGHT COMMENT: Please refer to the flight charts.

HABITAT: Woodlands and parks and orchards containing Pecans (Wagner, 2005). Our records come from both xeric hardwoods, including maritime forests and inland sand ridges -- presumably in association with Mockernut or Sand -- and from mesic slopes and bottomlands, where Walnuts are common.

FOOD: Larvae feed on members of the Juglandaceae, including Walnut, Butternut, and Hickory (Wagner, 2005; Miller et al., 2018).

OBSERVATION_METHODS:

NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM RANKS: G5 S5

STATE PROTECTION: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.

COMMENTS:

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