Leconte’s haploa
(Haploa lecontei)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| Hodges # | 8111 |
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Conservation Status |
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| IUCN Red List | not listed |
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| NatureServe | N5 - Secure |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Leconte’s haploa is a 1⅜″ 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. |
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Size |
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Wingspan: 1⅜″ to 2″ Total Length: ¾″ to 1 |
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Habitat |
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Mixed forests, riverbank woodlands. |
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Biology |
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Season |
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Late June to mid-July |
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Behavior |
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Life Cycle |
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Larva Hosts |
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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. |
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Distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Rare in Minnesota, common in eastern United States |
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Taxonomy |
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Order |
Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) | ||
Suborder |
Glossata | ||
Infraorder |
Neolepidoptera | ||
| Parvorder | Heteroneura | ||
| No Rank | Ditrysia | ||
| No Rank | Obtectomera | ||
Superfamily |
Noctuoidea (noctuid moths) | ||
Family |
Erebidae | ||
Subfamily |
Arctiinae (tiger moths and lichen moths) | ||
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. |
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Common Names |
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Leconte’s haploa |
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| Leconte's Haploa Moth - Hodges#8111 (Haploa lecontei) Andree Reno Sanborn |
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| Haploa lecontei (LeConte's Haploa) Allen Chartier |
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| Luciearl 7/9/2016 |
Location: Cass County |
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