Leconte’s haploa

(Haploa lecontei)

Leconte’s haploa
Photo by Luciearl
  Hodges #

8111

 
 
Conservation Status
  IUCN Red List

not listed

 
  NatureServe

N5 - Secure

 
  Minnesota

not listed

 
           
           
           
           
 
Description
 
 

Leconte’s haploa is a 1 to 2 long tiger moth.

The wings are held over the body like a roof. The forewings are creamy white with black markings. The pattern of dark markings on the forwewing is highly variable. The hindwings are yellow with no markings. The head and abdomen are yellow.

 
     
 

Size

 
 

Wingspan: 1 to 2

Total length: ¾ to 1

 
     
 

Similar Species

 
     
     
 
Habitat
 
 

Mixed forests, riverbank woodlands.

 
     
 
Biology
 
 

Season

 
 

Late June to mid-July

 
     
 

Behavior

 
 

 

 
     
 

Life Cycle

 
 

 

 
     
 

Larva Hosts

 
 

Apple (Malus), aspen (Populus), birch (Betula), blackberry (Rubus), dogwood (cornus), elm (Ulmus), maple (Acer), plum (prunus), late horse-gentian (Triosteum perfoliatum), spearmint (Mentha spicata), and other plants.

 
     
 

Adult Food

 
 

 

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

7, 21, 24, 27, 29, 30, 71, 75, 82.

 
  10/4/2022      
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

 

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
 

Order

Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)  
 

Superfamily

Noctuoidea (owlet moths and allies)  
 

Family

Erebidae (underwing, tiger, tussock, and allied moths)  
 

Subfamily

Arctiinae (tiger moths and allies)  
 

Tribe

Arctiini (tiger moths)  
  Subtribe Callimorphina  
 

Genus

Haploa  
       
 

In 2011 the family Arctiidae (tiger moths and lichen moths) was transferred to the family Erebidae mostly intact but demoted to a subfamily. The former subfamilies are now tribes, the former tribes now subtribes.

 
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

 

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

Leconte’s haploa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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Haploa lecontei - Leconte's haploa

Haploa lecontei - Leconte's haploa, in a shrubby area of Barnes Prairie, Racine Co. WI. Photo was taken on June 12, 2021.

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  Babette Kis
6/12/2021

Location: Barnes Prairie, Racine Co., WI

Leconte's haploa, in a shrubby area of Barnes Prairie, Racine Co. WI. Photo was taken on June 12, 2021.

Leconte’s haploa

 
  Luciearl
7/9/2016

Location: Cass County

Leconte’s haploa  
           
 
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