Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 917023

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth
Datana ministra

Observation date: August 18, 2013
Submitted by: jordymama
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: February 06, 2014
Coordinator notes: The foodplant looks like an oak species (lobed leaf at top of 2nd photo), so I believe these are early instar Datana ministra. Here is a verified photo on bugguide.net that look like the caterpillars in the sighting photo. http://bugguide.net/node/view/457481