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title: "Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth"
description: "Datana ministra — Insetti e ragni. Datana ministra, the yellownecked caterpillar, is a moth of the family Notodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/yellow-necked-caterpillar-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth

> Datana ministra — Insetti e ragni. Datana ministra, the yellownecked caterpillar,  is a moth of the  family Notodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Datana ministra*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 9645
- Wikidata: [Q5227459](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5227459)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47719](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47719)

## Names

- en: Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth

## Countries with the most observations

CA (1954), US (1666)

## Summary

Datana ministra, the yellownecked caterpillar,  is a moth of the  family Notodontidae. It is found in southern Canada and the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, in the south-west it ranges to California.
The wingspan is about 42 mm. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Malus, Quercus, Betula and Salix species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datana_ministra

## Photo

![Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-necked-caterpillar-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Smith · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58174724

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-necked-caterpillar-moth?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).