Haploa confusa

Confused haploa
Adult
Larva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subtribe: Callimorphina
Genus: Haploa
Species: H. confusa
Binomial name
Haploa confusa
Lyman (1887) [1]
Synonyms
  • Callimorpha confusa[2]

Haploa confusa (confused haploa) is a moth of the family Erebidae that occurs in North America. The caterpillars feed on a Hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).[3]

Description

Adult

Adults have cream-colored forewings with brown markings and almost completely white hindwings.

Caterpillar

The caterpillar is black with straight yellow dorsal stripes, sub-dorsal stripes and a broad lateral stripe.

References

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