Papaipema arctivorens

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Northern burdock borer
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Papaipema
Species:
P. arctivorens
Binomial name
Papaipema arctivorens
Hampson, 1910 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Papaipema artivorens

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 forewings are light orange with rusty red shading and speckling. The hindwings are pale brown with a darker discal lunule and subterminal band. Adults are on wing from August to October in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Arctium , Cirsium , Dipsacus , and sometimes Verbena and Verbascum species. They bore in the rhizomes of their host plant.

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