Haploa lecontei

Leconte's haploa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

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.

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.