Notodontidae

Datana angusii Angus's Datana Moth

10 9 n=5 8 • • • 7 High Mt. • • • 6 • • N 5 • • •• • u 4 • • 3 • • • m 2 • • b 1 • • 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: 34 • • Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec o 10 • f 9 n=47 • = Sighting or Collection 8 • 7 Low Mt. High counts of: in NC since 2001 F 6 • l 5 11 - Orange - 1992-07-07 = Not seen since 2001 4 • i 3 8 - Franklin - 2013-06-12 g 2 Status Rank h 1 6 - Chatham - 2010-09-23 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 10 10 9 9 t 8 n=49 8 n=37 e 7 Pd 7 CP s 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 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: Notodontidae 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: An umber-brown Datana, with no reddish or yellowish shading but sometimes greenish (Forbes, 1948). The outer margin is crenulate, as in ministra, major, and drexelli. As in ministra, the area between the costa and cubitus is not contrastingly lighter than the lower portion of the wing (Miller et al., 2018). Lines are dark brown, as is the disc of the thorax. Ministra is similar in pattern but is reddish- to yellowish-brown and has a reddish thoracic disc.

DISTRIBUTION: Please refer to the dot map.

FLIGHT COMMENT: Please refer to the flight charts.

HABITAT: The majority of our records come from wet-mesic stands of hardwood forest, with a substantial number coming from areas with mafic substrates or the floodplains and adjoining slopes of brownwater rivers. Walnut is likely to be present at most of these sites.

FOOD: Larvae have been reported as feeding on members of the Juglandaceae, including Butternut, Black Walnut, and Hickories (Wagner, 2005). Miller et al. (2018) regard all non-hickory records as suspect, however.

OBSERVATION_METHODS:

NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM RANKS: G5 S4S5

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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