Northern burdock borer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Papaipema |
Species: | P. arctivorens |
Binomial name | |
Papaipema arctivorens Hampson, 1910 | |
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Papaipema arctivorens, the northern burdock borer, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Quebec to northern Georgia, west to Missouri and north to Minnesota and Ontario.
The wingspan is 27–39 mm.
The larvae feed on Arctium, Cirsium, Dipsacus, and sometimes Verbena and Verbascum species.
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Taxon identifiers | |
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Papaipema arctivorens |
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