Reversed Haploa Moth caterpillar - Haploa reversa

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Reversed Haploa Moth caterpillar - Haploa reversa

Puccoon Prairie, Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt, Polk County, Iowa, USA
May 24, 2009
Size: ~4 cm

On Carolina puccoon (Lithospermum carolinense) in sand prairie.

Contributed by John Pearson on 26 May, 2009 - 6:58pm
Last updated 3 August, 2011 - 12:51pm

Moved

Moved from Haploa.

… John Pearson, 21 July, 2009 - 1:52pm

maybe

Haploa sp.

… Bob Barber, 26 May, 2009 - 8:48pm

Thanks

Keith Summerville of Drake University and MJ Hatfield of Iowa State University also agree it is Haploa.

… John Pearson, 26 May, 2009 - 10:09pm

Haploa reversa

MJ Hatfield reared caterpillars from this observation, determined the emerged adults to be Haploa reversa, and posted a life cycle: http://www.buglifecycles.com/files/haploareversa12.pdf

… John Pearson, 21 July, 2009 - 1:52pm

The link to MJ's life cycle has changed.

Here's the new one: Haploa reversa life cycle

… marcie oconnor, 21 September, 2019 - 6:45pm

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