Haploa lecontei

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.

Leconte's haploa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Haploa
Species:	H. lecontei
Binomial name
Haploa lecontei (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
Synonyms
Callimorpha lecontei Guérin-Méneville, 1832 Haploa lecontii Lintner, 1874 (missp.) Haploa leucomelas Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Haploa suffusca Franclemont, 1938

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

• 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.