Datana contracta

Contracted datana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Datana
Species: D. contracta
Binomial name
Datana contracta
Walker, 1855

Datana contracta, the contracted datana, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found from Maine to Florida west to Arkansas and Wisconsin.

The wingspan is 35–50 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on the foliage of blueberries, hickories, oaks, sycamore, and witch-hazel. In Alabama, it has been found on water, laurel and sawtooth oaks.

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