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Papaipema on Green-headed Coneflower - Papaipema cataphracta
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Papaipema on Green-headed Coneflower - Papaipema cataphracta
Ames - Tullamore, Story County, Iowa, USA
July 7, 2010
Found larva in stem of green headed coneflower, Rudbeckia laciniata

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Burdock Borer - Papaipema cataphracta Papaipema - Papaipema cataphracta Papaipema, head - Papaipema cataphracta Papaipema on Green-headed Coneflower - Papaipema cataphracta Papaipema, larva reared on carrot - Papaipema cataphracta Papaipema, spent pupa in carrot - Papaipema cataphracta Papaipema, spent pupa - Papaipema cataphracta
Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 15 November, 2012 - 8:52pm
Last updated 31 January, 2019 - 7:45pm

Moved
Moved from Borer Moths.
… MJ Hatfield, 11 February, 2013 - 9:01am

Moved
Moved from Borer Moths.
… MJ Hatfield, 16 November, 2012 - 11:55am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Fyn Kynd, 16 November, 2012 - 10:43am

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