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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) » Yellow Stoneroot Borer Moth - Hodges#9477 (Papaipema astuta)

Species Papaipema astuta - Yellow Stoneroot Borer Moth - Hodges#9477

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References
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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 astuta (Yellow Stoneroot Borer Moth - Hodges#9477)
Hodges Number
9477
Identification
Reniform/orbicular spots typically yellow, PM line straight
Range
Confirmed recent records ranging from New Jersey (Tony McBride) to Indiana, and southward to Tennessee and North Carolina
Food
Stoneroot (Collinsonia canadensis)
Remarks
This species and P. duplicatus both use stoneroot as a host. P. astuta is more common than duplicatus in New Jersey, as well as in the Midwest.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Contributed by Paul Dennehy on 14 February, 2018 - 9:53am
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 25 March, 2022 - 3:30pm

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