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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Callimorphina » Haploa

Genus Haploa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Haploa lecontei Haploa sp. - Haploa Moth - Haploa clymene Reversed Haploa Moth - Hodges#8109 - Haploa reversa Moth - Haploa lecontei Yellow-sided caterpillar - Haploa contigua Confused Haploa Moth - Hodges#8112 - Haploa confusa Caterpillar COL - Haploa
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)
Tribe Arctiini (Tiger Moths)
Subtribe Callimorphina
Genus Haploa
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Haploa Hübner, 1820
Explanation of Names
From Greek haplo simple, single (1).
Numbers
Six Haploa species are found in America north of Mexico.(2)
Identification
confusa lecontei reversa
Food
Feed on many different plants.
Life Cycle
overwinter as caterpillars and pupate in early spring.
Print References
Borror, entry for haplo (1)
Internet References
Lepidoptera and some other life forms
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Tony-2
Last updated 20 March, 2023 - 7:28am

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