| 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 | |
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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. [3]
The wingspan is 27–39 mm.
The larvae feed on Arctium , Cirsium , Dipsacus , and sometimes Verbena and Verbascum species.