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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) » Osmunda Borer - Hodges#9482 (Papaipema speciosissima)

Species Papaipema speciosissima - Osmunda Borer - Hodges#9482

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Papaipema speciosissima ( Osmunda Borer ) - Papaipema speciosissima Osmunda Borer - Papaipema speciosissima Osmunda Borer (Papaipema speciosissima) - Papaipema speciosissima Papaipema speciosissima osmunda borer - Papaipema speciosissima Papaipema speciosissima Papaipema speciosissima Papaipema speciosissima
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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 speciosissima (Osmunda Borer - Hodges#9482)
Hodges Number
9482
Other Common Names
Regal Fern Borer Moth
Size
wingspan about 44 mm
Print References
Lafontaine JD, Schmidt BC (2010) Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico.(PDF); page 79 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.
Moth Photographers Group - photograph of pinned adult and related species for comparison.
Michigan Natural Features Inventory – complete description of species
Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 10 February, 2010 - 8:20pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Fyn Kynd, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 24 October, 2017 - 12:18am

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