Datana contracta
| Contracted datana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Genus: | Datana |
| Species: | D. contracta
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| Binomial name | |
| Datana contracta Walker, 1855
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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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Categories:
- Notodontidae
- Moths of North America
- Moths described in 1855