| Papaipema sciata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Papaipema |
| Species: | P. sciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Papaipema sciata Bird, 1908 | |
Papaipema sciata, or Culver's root borer moth, is a species of moth found in North America, where it has been recorded from Connecticut, Maine, New York, New Jersey, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Illinois, and Wisconsin. It is listed as a species of special concern and believed extirpated in the US state of Connecticut. [1] The species was first described by Henry Bird in 1908.
The wingspan is about 40 mm. [2]
The larvae feed on Veronicastrum virginicum . [3] They bore the roots of their host plant.