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Brick-red Borer Moth - 9492 - Papaipema marginidens
Copyright © 2009 Aubrey Scott

Brick-red Borer Moth - 9492 - Papaipema marginidens
Pickens County, Georgia, USA
October 13, 2009
Size: length 26 mm.
Found at porch lights.

Perhaps Papaipema baptisiae - 9485 or Papaipema birdi - 9486 ?

I'd appreciate any comments on this ID.

*[Thanks to James Adams for the ID.]

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Contributed by Aubrey Scott on 15 October, 2009 - 2:15am
Last updated 16 October, 2009 - 3:44am

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… Chuck Entz, 16 October, 2009 - 3:15am login or register to post comments

Papaipema marginidens
Identified by James Adams to whom I sent the photos.

According to Adams, P. baptisiae and birdi "...both fly earlier and are not quite as reddish as yours."

Also, a quick Google search on this species turned up an informative USDA Forest Service Conservation Assessment article from 2005.
I don't know if there's any more current info on this moth.
… Aubrey Scott, 16 October, 2009 - 2:17am login or register to post comments

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