Confused haploa | |
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Adult (top) and larva (bottom) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Haploa |
Species: | H. confusa
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Binomial name | |
Haploa confusa (Lyman, 1887)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Haploa confusa, the confused haploa or Lyman's haploa, is a moth of the family Erebidae that occurs in North America. The species was first described by H. H. Lyman in 1887. [2] The caterpillars feed on a hound's tongue ( Cynoglossum officinale). [3] [4] [5]
Adults have cream-colored forewings with brown markings and almost completely white hindwings.
The caterpillar is black with straight yellow dorsal stripes, sub-dorsal stripes and a broad lateral stripe.
Confused haploa | |
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Adult (top) and larva (bottom) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Haploa |
Species: | H. confusa
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Binomial name | |
Haploa confusa (Lyman, 1887)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Haploa confusa, the confused haploa or Lyman's haploa, is a moth of the family Erebidae that occurs in North America. The species was first described by H. H. Lyman in 1887. [2] The caterpillars feed on a hound's tongue ( Cynoglossum officinale). [3] [4] [5]
Adults have cream-colored forewings with brown markings and almost completely white hindwings.
The caterpillar is black with straight yellow dorsal stripes, sub-dorsal stripes and a broad lateral stripe.