
	Description
	Leconte’s haploa is a 1⅜″ to 2″ long tiger moth. The wings are held over the body like a roof. The forewings are creamy white with black markings. The pattern of dark markings on the forwewing is highly variable. The hindwings are yellow with no markings. The head and abdomen are yellow.

	Size
	Wingspan: 1⅜″ to 2″ Total length: ¾″ to 1

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	Habitat
	Mixed forests, riverbank woodlands.


	Biology
	Season
	Late June to mid-July

	Behavior


	Life Cycle


	Larva Hosts
	Apple (Malus), aspen (Populus), birch (Betula), blackberry (Rubus), dogwood (cornus), elm (Ulmus), maple (Acer), plum (prunus), late horse-gentian (Triosteum perfoliatum), spearmint (Mentha spicata), and other plants.

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	Taxonomy
	Order	Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
	Superfamily	Noctuoidea (owlet moths and allies)
	Family	Erebidae (underwing, tiger, tussock, and allied moths)
	Subfamily	Arctiinae (tiger moths and allies)
	Tribe	Arctiini (tiger moths)
	Subtribe	Callimorphina
	Genus	Haploa

	In 2011 the family Arctiidae (tiger moths and lichen moths) was transferred to the family Erebidae mostly intact but demoted to a subfamily. The former subfamilies are now tribes, the former tribes now subtribes.

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	Common Names
	Leconte’s haploa


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	Babette Kis

	Haploa lecontei - Leconte's haploa Haploa lecontei - Leconte's haploa, in a shrubby area of Barnes Prairie, Racine Co. WI. Photo was taken on June 12, 2021.




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Babette Kis 6/12/2021	Location: Barnes Prairie, Racine Co., WI Leconte's haploa, in a shrubby area of Barnes Prairie, Racine Co. WI. Photo was taken on June 12, 2021.



Luciearl 7/9/2016	Location: Cass County



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