Colona Moth
Haploa colona (Hübner, [1803])
Colona Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/2473
Synonyms
Hodges #8108 
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14 Records

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Status

Most Maryland records are from the lower Eastern Shore. There are only two records off of the Coastal Plain (Washington and Garrett Counties). We consider this moth rare in Maryland. Will come to lights, and like other members of the genus, is considered diurnal.

Description

White wings with abundant black markings, coupled with orange hindwings, and an orange abdomen, are diagnostic field marks. White-winged forms that lack dark markings are known. Because the Clymene Moth apparently lacks a white-winged form, any Haploa with all white forewings and orange hindwings is a Colona Moth.

Relationships

Like other members of the genus, Colona Moth caterpillars fed on a variety of plants including asters and other woody species.

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Colona moth
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. colona
Binomial name
Haploa colona
(Hübner, [1802])
Synonyms
  • Bombyx colona Hübner, 1804
  • Phalaena (Noctua) clymene Esper, 1794 (preocc.)
  • Phalaena (Noctua) clymene Esper, 1798 (preocc.)
  • Callimorpha carolina Harris, 1841
  • Hypercompa fulvicosta Clemens, 1860
  • Haploa duplicata Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893
  • Tanada conscita Walker, 1865
  • Callimorpha lactata Smith, 1887
  • Callimorpha lactata Smith, 1888
  • Callimorpha reversa Stretch, 1885
  • Callimorpha suffusa Smith, 1887
  • Callimorpha suffusa Smith, 1888

Haploa colona, the colona moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1802.[1][2] It is found from south-eastern Virginia south to Florida and west to Texas.[3]

The wingspan is 40–58 mm.

Subspecies

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  • Haploa colona colona
  • Haploa colona fulvicosta (Clemens, 1860) (New Jersey, Kansas, Texas)
  • Haploa colona conscita (Walker, 1865)

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Haploa colona (Hübner, [1803])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "930342.00 – 8108 – Haploa colona – Colona Moth – (Hübner, [1803])". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  3. ^ Cotinis (July 3, 2006). "Species Haploa colona - Colona Moth - Hodges#8108". BugGuide. Retrieved August 21, 2019.


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