Papaipema cerina

Papaipema cerina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Papaipema
Species:	P. cerina
Binomial name
Papaipema cerina (Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
Gortyna cerinaGrote, 1874

Papaipema cerina, the golden borer moth, is a bright yellow moth of the family Noctuidae. Adults are on the wing from September through mid-October and can be found in patches throughout the Great Lakes region of North America. It has been recorded from Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Maine, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa and Ontario. ^[1] Their habitats include wetlands such as emergent marsh, southern wet meadow, wet prairie, wet-mesic sand prairie, prairie fen, southern hardwood swamp, mesic southern forest and dry-mesic southern forest. ^[2]

Hosts

Larvae feed on lilies and May apple. ^[3] Also bottlebrush grass ( Hystrix patula ) and dark green bullrush ( Scirpus atrovirens ). The larva bores into the shoot or roots of its host. The larvae start in grass and then generally switch to Lilium and related plants and Podophyllum . ^[2]

Status

Uncommon to rare.

References

1. "P. cerina". Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
2. Michigan Natural Features Inventory
3. Beadle, David; Leckie, Seabrooke (2012). Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America (1st ed.). New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 454. ISBN   978-0-547-23848-7.