Leconte's haploa moth
Haploa lecontei
Leconte's haploa moth is a medium-sized moth from eastern North America. It belongs to the tiger moth group. Its caterpillars are not fussy and eat many different plants.
Lives in
Eastern North America, from Nova Scotia to Georgia and west to Manitoba and Arkansas
Wingspan
3.6 to 5 cm (1.4 to 2 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Moths cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat leaves of apple, peach, blackberry, spearmint, aspen and other plants.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🧱wings as wide as 1.5 toy building bricks⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 24 seconds
How big is Leconte's haploa moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Leconte's haploa moth about 16 km/h (9.9 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its caterpillars eat some of the same things we do, like apple, peach and blackberry leaves, and even mint.
2
It was first described by a French scientist in 1832.
3
It lives from Canada in the north to Georgia in the south.
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Most asked questions about Leconte's haploa moth
?How big is Leconte's haploa moth?
Its wingspan is about 3.5 to 5 centimetres.
?What do Leconte's haploa caterpillars eat?
Leaves of apple, peach, blackberry, spearmint, aspen and other plants.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Haploa lecontei
- Named by
- Guérin-Méneville, 1832
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Leconte's haploa
Where the facts come from
- Haploa lecontei (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Marvin Smith. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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