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Haploa colona

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Haploa colona

Similar
  
Haploa contigua, Haploa, Haploa lecontei, Virbia aurantiaca, Virbia laeta

Haploa colona (colona moth) is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from south-eastern Virginia south to Florida and west to Texas.

The wingspan is 40–58 mm. The forewings are white with a number of brown markings. The hindwings and abdomen are sulphur yellow.

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, but mainly deciduous shrubs and trees such as Malus, Fraxinus and Celtis species. They are dark brown to black with large bluish tubercles and broken stripes. They are covered with short black hairs.

Subspecies

  • Haploa colona colona
  • Haploa colona fulvicosta (Clemens, 1860) (New Jersey, Kansas, Texas)
  • Haploa colona conscita (Walker, 1865)
  • References

    Haploa colona Wikipedia