Datana ranaeceps explained

Datana ranaeceps, the post-burn datana, is a species of moth in the family Notodontidae (the prominents). Other common names include the heart-leaved catchfly and ranaeceps datana moth. It was first described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1844 and it is found in North America.

The MONA or Hodges number for Datana ranaeceps is 7911.

Further reading

• Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. 2010. Lafontaine . J. Donald. Schmidt . B. Christian. ZooKeys. 40. 127–47. 10.3897/zookeys.40.414. free.
• Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico, III. 2015. Lafontaine . J. Donald. Schmidt . B. Christian. ZooKeys. 527. 227–236. 10.3897/zookeys.527.6151. 4668890. 26692790. free.
• Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. 2016. Pohl . Greg. Patterson . Bob. Pelham . Jonathan. 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287. free.