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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Apameini » Borer Moths (Papaipema) » Pitcher-plant Borer Moth  - Hodges#9493 (Papaipema appassionata)

Species Papaipema appassionata - Pitcher-plant Borer Moth - Hodges#9493

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Apameini
Genus Papaipema (Borer Moths)
Species appassionata (Pitcher-plant Borer Moth - Hodges#9493)
Hodges Number
9493
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Papaipema appassionata (Harvey, 1876)

original combination Gortyna appassionata Harvey, 1876; Can. Ent. 8 (8): 155

syn. Papaipema horni Strand, 1915; Arch. Naturgesch. 80 A (11) : 160


* phylogenetic sequence #932467
Food
Bore into the rhizomes of Pitcher Plants (Moths of North Carolina)
Life Cycle
Larva
Print References
Lafontaine J. D., and B. C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 79.(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Moths of North Carolina
Species page at BOLD barcoding Project
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
Contributed by Cindy Mead on 1 September, 2012 - 2:35pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor
Last updated 23 February, 2023 - 7:49am

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