Species Papaipema beeriana - Blazing Star borer moth - Hodges#9508

9508

Papaipema beeriana Bird, 1923

Phylogenetic sequence # 932508

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 47 species of the genus Papaipema in America north of Mexico. (1)

Primarily a Midwestern species. (2)

Papaipema beeriana occurs in undisturbed prairies in close association with the host plant. (2)

The flight period is late August through early October. (2)

The larvae feed on Liatris spp. (blazing stars). (2)

Larva, larva, adult

Listed by United States Fish & Wildlife Region 9 listed the status as Sensitive, and stated,

"The Nature Conservancy’s Heritage Program ranks this species as G3. This ranking means Papaipema beeriana is rare and uncommon globally (Illinois Natural Heritage Database 1999). Papaipema beeriana is unranked by the Illinois Natural Heritage Program Papaipema beeriana has been extirpated in much of it’s historic range and rare throughout it’s current range. Reasons for this decline are loss of prairie habitat. The populations vary from several large to most being fairly small. Most of the populations are isolated from other populations." (2)