Haploa contigua, the neighbor moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in eastern North America,[2] from Quebec to the mountains of Georgia and west to South Dakota, Arkansas and Mississippi.[3]

Haploa contigua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Haploa
Species:
H. contigua
Binomial name
Haploa contigua
(Walker, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypercompa contigua Walker, 1855
  • Haploa contigua var. lumbonigera Dyar, 1902
  • Haploa lumbonigera Dyar, [1903]

References

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  1. ^ Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Haploa contigua (Walker, 1855)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  3. ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America