Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Scientific name Haploa confusa | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Haploa, Haploa lecontei, Haploa contigua, Virbia aurantiaca, Hypoprepia fucosa | ||
Haploa confusa (confused haploa) is a moth of the family Erebidae that occurs in North America. The caterpillars feed on a Hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
Description
Adults have cream-colored forewings with brown markings and almost completely white hindwings.
The caterpillar is black with straight yellow dorsal stripes, sub-dorsal stripes and a broad lateral stripe.
References
Haploa confusa Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA