Haploa colona

Colona moth

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subtribe:	Callimorphina
Genus:	Haploa
Species:	H. colona
Binomial name
*Haploa colona* (Hübner, [1802])^[1]^[2]
Synonyms
Bombyx colona Hübner, 1804 Phalaena (Noctua) clymene Esper, 1794 (preocc.) Phalaena (Noctua) clymene Esper, 1798 (preocc.) Callimorpha carolina Harris, 1841 Hypercompa fulvicosta Clemens, 1860 Haploa duplicata Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893 Tanada conscita Walker, 1865 Callimorpha lactata Smith, 1887 Callimorpha lactata Smith, 1888 Callimorpha reversa Stretch, 1885 Callimorpha suffusa Smith, 1887 Callimorpha suffusa Smith, 1888

Haploa colona (colona moth) is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from south-eastern Virginia south to Florida and west to Texas.^[3]

The wingspan is 40–58 mm. The forewings are white with a number of brown markings. The hindwings and abdomen are sulphur yellow.

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, but mainly deciduous shrubs and trees such as Malus, Fraxinus and Celtis species. They are dark brown to black with large bluish tubercles and broken stripes. They are covered with short black hairs.

Subspecies

Haploa colona colona
Haploa colona fulvicosta (Clemens, 1860) (New Jersey, Kansas, Texas)
Haploa colona conscita (Walker, 1865)

References

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