Striped-caterpillar
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Haploa confusa
confused haploa, Lyman's haploa
Haploa confusa is a North American tiger moth in the family Erebidae, first described by H.H. Lyman in 1887. Adults display distinctive cream-colored forewings with brown markings and nearly white hindwings. The caterpillar is strikingly patterned with black ground color, straight yellow dorsal and sub-dorsal stripes, and a broad lateral stripe. The species has been documented feeding on hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale) and Penstemon digitalis during larval stages.