Haploa clymene

Clymene moth
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
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, the Clymene moth, is a moth of the tiger moth subfamily - Arctiinae, tribe Arctiini. The species was first described to Western science by Peter Brown in 1776. It is found in eastern North America.

Description

The forewing is creamy yellow with a partial brown-black border that extends inward from the inner margin near anal angle. The hindwing is yellow orange with one or two 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

• Wagner, David L. (2005). Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
• Covell, Charles V. Jr. (2005). Moths of Eastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, Virginia.