Haploa confusa

Confused Haploa
Caterpillar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Haploa
Species: H. confusa
Binomial name
Haploa confusa
Lyman (1887) [1]
Synonyms
  • Callimorpha confusa[2]

H. confusa is a species of Arctiidae that occurs in North America. The caterpillars feed on a Hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).[3]

Description

Adult

Adults are have cream-colored forewings with brown markings and almost completely white hindwings.

Caterpillar

The caterpillar is black with straight yellow dorsal stripes, sub-dorsal stripes and a broad lateral stripe.

References

  1. ^ "Species Detail : Butterflies and Moths of North America". http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3682. Retrieved 2009-02-13. 
  2. ^ "Haploa confusa (Confused Haploa Moth)". http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/H/Haploa_confusa/. Retrieved 2009-02-28. 
  3. ^ "Species Haploa confusa - Confused Haploa Moth - Hodges#8112 - BugGuide.Net". http://bugguide.net/node/view/25949. Retrieved 2009-02-13. 
External identifiers for Haploa confusa
EOL 564847
Also found in: [//species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Haploa_confusa Wikispecies]