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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Haploa |
| Species: | H. confusa
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| Binomial name | |
| Haploa confusa (Lyman, 1887)
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Description edit
- 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 edit
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- ^ "Haploa confusa (Confused Haploa)". Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- ^ Lyman, H. H. (October 1887). "The North American Callimorphas". The Canadian Entomologist. 19 (10): 181-191.
- ^ Murray, Tom (July 8, 2018). "Species Haploa confusa - Confused Haploa Moth - Hodges#8112". BugGuide. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ^ Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Confused Haploa Haploa confusa (Lyman, 1887)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Haploa confusa (Lyman, 1887)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
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