Leconte's Haploa Moth
Haploa lecontei Guérin-Méneville, 1844
Leconte's Haploa Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/2477
Synonyms
Hodges #8111 
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Status

More common in the mountainous western counties. Becomes increasingly rare as you head east. Records from the Eastern Shore are sparse. Will come to lights, and like other Haploa species is considered diurnal.

Description

LeConte's Haploa is one of four Haploa species with white hindwings. Of these four species, Leconte's Haploa has a dark line that runs from just below the forewing apex, diagonally and upwards towards the forewing margin. This line is diagnostic. Heavily marked individuals may resemble other Haploa species. All white forms are usually indistinguishable from other all white Haploa individuals.

Relationships

Like other Haploa species, larvae feed on a variety of woody and herbaceous plants.

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Source: Wikipedia

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, 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.

From Ladysmyth, Quebec, Canada

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.