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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) » Ash Tip Borer - Hodges#9495 (Papaipema furcata)

Species Papaipema furcata - Ash Tip Borer - Hodges#9495

Classification · Hodges Number · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References

Noctuidae: Papaipema - Papaipema furcata

Noctuidae: Papaipema furcata - Papaipema furcata

Ash Tip Borer - Hodges#9495 - Papaipema furcata

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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 furcata (Ash Tip Borer - Hodges#9495)

Hodges Number

9495

Numbers

locally common

Size

wingspan 33-49 mm

Identification

Adult: forewing pale yellow with brown lines and shading; median line widest; orbicular and claviform spots large, white, round, about equal in size, with another small spot between them; reniform spot divided into 6 or 7 white segments; hindwing pale yellow with no shading

[adapted from description by Charles Covell]

Range

Quebec and New Hampshire to Georgia, west to Louisiana, north to Manitoba

Habitat

deciduous woods and edges, suburban yards; adults are nocturnal and come to light

Season

adults fly from August to October

Food

larvae bore in twigs of ash (Fraxinus spp.) and Boxelder (Acer negundo)

Life Cycle

Eggs

Internet References

pinned adult image and photos of related species by Jim Wiker (Moth Photographers Group)

Moth Photographers Group

Butterflies and Moths of North America

CBIF

pinned adult image by John Glaser, plus foodplants and dates (Larry Line, Maryland)

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

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 22 September, 2006 - 11:53am
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor
Last updated 3 October, 2019 - 7:44am

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