Haploa lecontei

Haploa lecontei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
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

Leconte's Haploa (Haploa lecontei) is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found 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 and spearmint.

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