| Ash Tip 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. furcata |
| Binomial name | |
| Papaipema furcata | |
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The ash tip borer (Papaipema furcata) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Quebec and New Hampshire to Georgia, west to Louisiana and north to Manitoba. [3]
The wingspan is about 33–49 mm. Adults are on wing from August to October.
The larvae feed on Fraxinus species and Acer negundo . They bore into the twigs of their host plant.