Haploa lecontei

Haploa lecontei, or Leconte's haploa, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1832. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to Georgia, west to Manitoba through Arkansas.

Leconte's haploa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Haploa
Species:
H. lecontei
Binomial name
Haploa lecontei
Synonyms
  • Callimorpha lecontei Guérin-Méneville, 1832
  • Haploa lecontii Lintner, 1874 (missp.)
  • Haploa leucomelas Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
  • Haploa suffusca Franclemont, 1938

The wingspan is 36–50 mm.

The larvae feed on various plants, including apple, blackberry, peach, spearmint and trembling aspen.

From Ladysmyth, Quebec, Canada

References
  • Robinson, E.; Schmidt, B. C. "Species Page - Haploa lecontei". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  • "930345.00 – 8111 – Haploa lecontei – Leconte's Haploa Moth – (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  • Boone, Mike (February 4, 2019). "Species Haploa lecontei - Leconte's Haploa - Hodges#8111". BugGuide. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  • Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Leconte's Haploa Haploa lecontei (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved August 24, 2019.


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