Papaipema speciosissima

Papaipema speciosissima
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Papaipema
Species:	P. speciosissima
Binomial name
Papaipema speciosissima (Grote & Robinson, 1868)

Papaipema speciosissima, the osmunda borer or regal fern borer, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. ^{[1] [2]} It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1868 and is found in North America. ^[2]

The MONA or Hodges number for Papaipema speciosissima is 9482. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. "Papaipema speciosissima Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
2. "Papaipema speciosissima Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
3. Pohl, G.R.; Patterson, B. & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
4. "Papaipema speciosissima, Osmunda Borer - Hodges 9482". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2018-01-29.

• Crabo, L.; Davis, M.; Hammond, P.; Mustelin, T. & Shepard, J. (2013). "Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia Guenée (Noctuidae)". ZooKeys. 264: 85–123.
• Lafontaine, D. & Troubridge, J. (2010). "Two new species of the Euxoa westermanni species-group from Canada (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae)". ZooKeys. 39: 255–262.
• Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. vol. 40, 1–239.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.

External links

• Butterflies and Moths of North America
• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Papaipema speciosissima