Haploa confusa

Confused haploa
Adult (top) and larva (bottom)
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Callimorpha confusa Lyman 1887

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. The caterpillars have been observed feeding on hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale), dogwoods (Cornus spp.), sugar maple (Acer saccharum), Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium purpureum), purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), Morrow's honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii), and coyote willow (Salix exigua).

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

  1. ↑ "Haploa confusa (Confused Haploa)". Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  2. ↑ Lyman, H. H. (October 1887). "The North American Callimorphas". The Canadian Entomologist. 19 (10): 181-191.
  3. ↑ Murray, Tom (July 8, 2018). "Species Haploa confusa - Confused Haploa Moth - Hodges#8112". BugGuide. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  4. ↑ Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Confused Haploa Haploa confusa (Lyman, 1887)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  5. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Haploa confusa (Lyman, 1887)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  6. ↑ Gouvernement du Québec. "Haploa confusa". www.bugguide.net. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  7. ↑ Gouvernement du Québec. "Haploa confusa". www.bugguide.net. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  8. ↑ tom murray. "Confused Haploa - Haploa confusa". www.bugguide.net. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  9. ↑ jarrod_q (2026-06-08). "Confused Haploa Moth (Haploa confusa)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  10. ↑ Pecka, Cole (2026-06-06). "Confused Haploa Moth (Haploa confusa)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  11. ↑ MercatorH8r (2026-06-02). "Confused Haploa Moth (Haploa confusa)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-06-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)