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

Moth, Haploa sp. - Haploa lecontei Haploa - Haploa lecontei Erebidae: Haploa lecontei - Haploa lecontei Haploa leconteiX2, lateral - Haploa lecontei - male - female Haploa lecontei Haploa lecontei Haploa lecontei 8111 Leconte's Haploa (Haploa lecontei) - Haploa lecontei
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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)
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.