Haploa colona
Species of moth
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Haploa colona, the colona moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1802.[1][2] It is found from south-eastern Virginia south to Florida and west to Texas.[3]
| Colona moth | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Haploa |
| Species: | H. colona |
| Binomial name | |
| Haploa colona (Hübner, [1802]) | |
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The wingspan is 40–58 mm.
Subspecies
- Haploa colona colona
- Haploa colona fulvicosta (Clemens, 1860) (New Jersey, Kansas, Texas)
- Haploa colona conscita (Walker, 1865)
