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49 Records
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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Scientific classification 
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| 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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| 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.
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