Biology:Papaipema speciosissima

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Short description: Species of moth

Papaipema speciosissima
Papaipema speciosissima 02.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Papaipema
Species:
P. speciosissima
Binomial name
Papaipema speciosissima
(Grote & Robinson, 1868)

Papaipema speciosissima, the osmunda borer or regal fern borer, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae.[1][2] It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1868 and is found in North America.[2]

The MONA or Hodges number for Papaipema speciosissima is 9482.[3][4]

References

  • Crabo, L.; Davis, M.; Hammond, P.; Mustelin, T. & Shepard, J. (2013). "Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia Guenée (Noctuidae)". ZooKeys. 264: 85–123.
  • Lafontaine, D. & Troubridge, J. (2010). "Two new species of the Euxoa westermanni species-group from Canada (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae)". ZooKeys. 39: 255–262.
  • Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. vol. 40, 1–239.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13510848 entry