Haploa clymene

Clymene moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Haploa
Species: H. clymene
Binomial name
Haploa clymene
(P. Brown, 1776)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena clymene Brown, 1776
  • Bombyx interruptomarginata Palisot de Beauvois, 1824
  • Hypercompa comma Walker, 1855

Haploa clymene (clymene moth) is a moth of the tiger moth subfamily - Arctiinae, tribe Arctiini. It is found in eastern North America.

Description

The fore wing is creamy-yellow with a partial brown-black border that extends inward from the inner margin near anal angle. The hind wing is yellow-orange with 1-2 brown-black spots. The wingspan is 40–55 mm.

Life cycle

The spiny larva is brownish-black with a yellow middorsal stripe. The larvae overwinter and mature in the spring and early summer. The larvae feed on Eupatorium, oak, peach and willow. The clymene moth has one brood per year.

References

  • David L. Wagner 2005. Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. ISBN 0-691-12143-5
  • Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005. Moths of Eastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, Virginia. ISBN 1-884549-21-7


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