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Species Papaipema circumlucens - Hop Stalk Borer Moth - Hodges#9491

Noctuidae: Papaipema circumlucens - Papaipema circumlucens

Indigo Stem Borer - Papaipema circumlucens

Hop Stalk Borer Moth - Hodges#9491 - Papaipema circumlucens

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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 circumlucens (Hop Stalk Borer Moth - Hodges#9491)

Hodges Number

9491

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Papaipema circumlucens (Smith, 1899)

Phylogenetic sequence #932477

Food

Caterpillars bore into stems of hop vines (Humulus spp.) & dogbane (Apocynum), forming galls

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults

BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens

Contributed by Ken Childs on 22 August, 2014 - 6:51pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 5 August, 2015 - 6:16pm

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