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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 » Confused Haploa Moth - Hodges#8112 (Haploa confusa)

Species Haploa confusa - Confused Haploa Moth - Hodges#8112

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

Haploa confusa - Confused Haploa Moth - Hodges#8112 - Haploa confusa

Brown moth with large white spots - Upper Peninsula, MI - Haploa confusa

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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 confusa (Confused Haploa Moth - Hodges#8112)

Hodges Number

8112

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Haploa confusa (Lyman, 1887)

Callimorpha confusa Lyman, 1887(1)

Size

Wingspan 38-40 mm.

Identification

Lyman (1887) original description is available online in the print references.(1)

Adult: cream-colored forewing with variable brown markings usually covering more than half the wing surface and white hindwing.(2)

Caterpillar: black with uniform bright yellow dorsal stripe, broken sub-dorsal stripe, broad fragmented lateral stripe.

Range

"Manitoba to Northern Maine and New Brunswick, south to Pennsylvania and Great Lakes States" (3)

Food

Larvae feed on Hound's tongue, (Cynoglossum officinale (2)

Life Cycle

Life cycle photos:

larva, adult, spent cocoon

See Also

Haploa reversa

Print References

Lyman, H.H. 1887. The North American Callimorphas. The Canadian Entomologist. 19(10):185, figs. 7-9.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group(4)

Moths of North Dakota

BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (5)

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Works Cited

1.	The North American Callimorphas H.H. Lyman. 1887. The Canadian Entomologist 19(10).

2.	Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.

3.	Caterpillars of Eastern North America David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by tom murray on 28 July, 2005 - 9:17am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, john and jane balaban, Tony-2, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, marcie oconnor
Last updated 20 March, 2023 - 7:01am

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