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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 » The Neighbor Moth - Hodges#8110 (Haploa contigua)

Species Haploa contigua - The Neighbor Moth - Hodges#8110

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Haploa contigua - The Neighbor Moth - Hodges#8110 - Haploa contigua

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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 contigua (The Neighbor Moth - Hodges#8110)

Hodges Number

8110

Size

Wingspan: 3.6 - 4.9 cm

Identification

A brown line marks the leading edges of the cream to whitish-colored forewings and continues on to the anal angle. A third line extends from the bottom edge of the wing to intersect it. In addition, the inner borders of the forewings are edged with brown.

Range

Eastern North America from ND to OK then east to SC

Season

May - August

Food

Hazel (Corylus americana), and probably many other plants.

Life Cycle

larva; larva; pupa in leaf shelter; pupa; adult

Print References

Covell, p. 64, plate 16 #1 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - living and pinned photos

Butterflies and Moths of North America - maps and pinned photo

daltonstate.edu - pinned photo

Canadian Biodiversity Information - presence in Canada and pinned photo

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Jason D. Roberts, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor
Last updated 7 January, 2022 - 3:44pm

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