Leconte’s haploa

(Haploa lecontei)

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Hodges #	8111
Conservation Status	IUCN Red List	not yet assessed

	NatureServe	N5 - Secure

	Minnesota	not listed

Occurrence	Rare in Minnesota, common in eastern United States
Flight/Season	Late June to mid-July
Habitat	Mixed forests, riverbank woodlands.
Size	Wingspan: 1⅜″ to 2″ Total Length: ¾″ to 1″

Identification	This 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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Larval Food	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			Sources: 7, 21, 24, 29, 75.

Comments	Taxonomy In 2010 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.

Taxonomy	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

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Common Names	Leconte’s haploa


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	Leconte's Haploa Moth - Hodges#8111 (Haploa lecontei) Andree Reno Sanborn


	Haploa lecontei (LeConte's Haploa) Allen Chartier

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Leconte’s haploa

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