Haploa confusa
Species of moth
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Haploa confusa, the confused haploa or Lyman's haploa, is a moth of the family Erebidae that occurs in North America. The species was first described by H. H. Lyman in 1887.[2] The caterpillars feed on a hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).[3][4][5]
| Confused haploa | |
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| Adult (top) and larva (bottom) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Haploa |
| Species: | H. confusa |
| Binomial name | |
| Haploa confusa (Lyman, 1887) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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.
