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Species Papaipema aerata - Hodges#9468

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 aerata (Papaipema aerata - Hodges#9468)
Hodges Number
9468
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Papaipema aerata (Lyman, 1901)
Phylogenetic sequence # 932499
Remarks
No known records of this species for several decades. A specimen of Papaipema nelita online labeled as this species apparently created some confusion as to its status.
Print References
pp. 558-559. (1)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group