Haploa lecontei
Appearance
Leconte's haploa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Haploa |
Species: | H. lecontei
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Binomial name | |
Haploa lecontei (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
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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.
The wingspan is 36–50 mm.
The larvae feed on various plants, including apple, blackberry, peach, spearmint and trembling aspen.
References
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- Schmidt, B. C. & Robinson, E. "Species Details Haploa lecontei". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- "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.