Haploa reversa

Reversed haploa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subtribe: Callimorphina
Genus: Haploa
Species: H. reversa
Binomial name
Haploa reversa
(Stratch, 1885)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Callimorpha reversa Stretch, 1885
  • Callimorpha suffusa Smith, 1887
  • Callimorpha suffusa Smith, 1888

Haploa reversa (reversed haploa) is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in North America, from south-eastern Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, New York, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.[3]

The wingspan is about 33 mm. Adults are white with a pattern of brown lines in two triangles on the forewing. The hindwings are clear white. There are two forms, one of which has reversed markings. Adults are on wing in June in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Malus species. They are variable and black with a pale dorsal line and bluish tubercles. They have white or a white with black hair.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Haploa at funet
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Bug Guide
  4. ↑ Nature Search


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