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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) » Mayapple borer moth - Hodges#9484 (Papaipema rutila)

Species Papaipema rutila - Mayapple borer moth - Hodges#9484

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Papaipema rutila larva - Papaipema rutila

Papaipema rutila reared from Podophyllum peltatum - Papaipema rutila

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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 rutila (Mayapple borer moth - Hodges#9484)

Hodges Number

9484

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Papaipema rutila (Guenée, 1852)

Gortyna rutila Guenée, 1852

Synonyms

Papaipema merriccata Bird, 1907

Papaipema placida Bird, 1921

Papaipema merrickata McDunnough, 1938

Phylogenetic sequence # 932493

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) included 47 species of the genus Papaipema in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan 35-38 mm. (2), (3)

Guenée (1852) reported a wingspan of 35 mm.

Identification

Range

Eastern North America. (3)

Season

The flight period is August to November. (2), (3)

Print References

Guenée, 1852. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Spécies Général des Lépidoptères, 5 (Noctuidae 1): 123.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

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 .

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Conservation Assessment for the mayapple borer moth Papaipema rutila (Guenee) James Bess. 2005. USDA Forest Service, 1-25.

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 September, 2013 - 10:34pm
Last updated 7 October, 2014 - 12:37am

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