''Haploa colona'', the colona moth, is a
moth of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
. The species was
first described by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1802. 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
''Fraxinus'' (), common name, commonly called ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous, though a number of Subtropics, subtropic ...
'' 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
Moths described in 1802
Callimorphina
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