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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 » Leconte's Haploa - Hodges#8111 (Haploa lecontei)

Species Haploa lecontei - Leconte's Haploa - Hodges#8111

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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

Species lecontei (Leconte's Haploa - Hodges#8111)

Hodges Number

8111

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Haploa lecontei (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)

Haploa lecontii Lintner, 1874 (misspelled)

Haploa leucomelas Herrich-Schäffer, 1855

Haploa suffusca Franclemont, 1938

Callimorpha lecontei Guérin-Méneville, 1832

Phylogenetic sequence # 930345

Size

36-50mm wingspan

Identification

Adult: forewing variable, from bold black markings to all cream-colored. (1)

Some variations:

Genitalia:

♂

Range

Nova Scotia to Georgia, west to Manitoba through Arkansas. (1)

Season

May to August (1)

Food

Apple, blackberry, peach, spearmint and others. (1)

Life Cycle

Larvae; Female with eggs; mating pair:

See Also

Confused Haploa Moth - Haploa confusa

All-white specimens are not distinguishable from Haploa reversa. (1)

Print References

Covell, p. 64, plate 16 #3 & 6 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Contributed by Mike Boone on 5 July, 2005 - 9:19pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Robert Lord Zimlich, Fyn Kynd, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 9 June, 2021 - 6:28pm

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