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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) » Joe-Pye-Weed Borer - Hodges#9501 (Papaipema eupatorii)

Species Papaipema eupatorii - Joe-Pye-Weed Borer - Hodges#9501

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Internet References

Noctuidae: Papaipema eupatorii - Papaipema eupatorii

Joe-Pye-Weed Borer - Papaipema eupatorii

9501 – Papaipema eupatorii – Eupatorium Borer - Papaipema eupatorii

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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 eupatorii (Joe-Pye-Weed Borer - Hodges#9501)

Hodges Number

9501

Other Common Names

Eupatorium Borer

Size

wingspan 35-40 mm ?

Identification

forewing dark grayish-brown with sparse dusting of tiny pale flecks; reniform, orbicular, and claviform spots represented by vague dark smudges; PM line straight, untoothed, showing sharp contrast between dark median area and paler subterminal area

hindwing light gray with faint gray veins and terminal line

Range

eastern North America: Nova Scotia to Georgia, west to Illinois, north to Manitoba (but apparently missing from Ontario)

Habitat

damp meadows and riparian areas where food plant grows

Season

adults fly from August to October

Food

larvae bore into stems and roots of joe-pye-weed (Eupatorium spp.)

Remarks

The photo of a Coneflower Borer, previously misidentified as Joe-Pye-Weed Borer and mistakenly placed on this page, has been moved to the Papaipema nelita page.

See Also

may be mistaken for the all-dark form of a Coneflower Borer (Papaipema nelita) whose PM line has small "teeth" formed from wing veins projecting into the subterminal area.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

common name reference [Joe-Pye-Weed Borer] plus food plant and flight season (Ohio State U.)

distribution in Canada list of provinces (CBIF data, presented by U. of Alberta)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 February, 2005 - 3:31pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor
Last updated 21 September, 2023 - 7:43am

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