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Haploa lecontei

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Leconte's haploa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Haploa lecontei (Leconte's haploa) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found 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.

From Ladysmyth, Quebec, Canada