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title: "Leconte's Haploa Moth"
description: "Haploa lecontei — Insekten & Spinnen. Haploa lecontei, or Leconte's haploa, is a moth of the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/leconte-s-haploa-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Leconte's Haploa Moth

> Haploa lecontei — Insekten & Spinnen. Haploa lecontei, or Leconte's haploa, is a moth of the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Haploa lecontei*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9681
- Wikidata: [Q5651648](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5651648)
- iNaturalist taxon: [84038](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84038)

## Names

- en: Leconte's Haploa Moth
- fr: Arctiide de Leconte

## Countries with the most observations

US (5739), CA (2119)

## Summary

Haploa lecontei, or Leconte's haploa, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1832. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to Georgia, west to Manitoba through Arkansas.
The wingspan is 36–50 mm.
The larvae feed on various plants, including apple, blackberry, peach, spearmint and trembling aspen.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haploa_lecontei

## Photo

![Leconte's Haploa Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/leconte-s-haploa-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brighton Lee · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/374976823

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/leconte-s-haploa-moth?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).