Haploa colona

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]

Colona moth
Scientific classification
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

The wingspan is 40–58 mm.

Subspecies

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