Datana perspicua, the spotted datana, is a species of prominent moth in the family Notodontidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1865 and is found in North America.
Subspecies Datana perspicua mesillae Cockerell, 1897 Datana perspicua opposita Barnes & Benjamin, 1927 Datana perspicua perspicua Grote & Robinson, 1865
References
Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys, vol. 40, 1–239.
Further reading
Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
External links
Butterflies and Moths of North America NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Datana perspicua