Papaipema unimoda

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Meadow Rue Borer
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Papaipema
Species:
P. unimoda
Binomial name
Papaipema unimoda
(Smith, 1894) [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Hydroecia unimodaSmith, 1894
  • Hydroecia frigidaSmith, 1899
  • Gortyna thalictriLyman, 1905
  • Papaipema frigidaHampson, 1910
  • Papaipema terminalisStrand, 1916
  • Papaipema perobsoleta(Lyman, 1905)
  • Papaipema imperspicuaBird, 1908

The meadow rue borer (Papaipema unimoda) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the north-eastern United States and southern Canada east of the Rocky Mountains. [3]

The wingspan is 30–40 mm. Adults are on wing from August to October in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Thalictrum , Rudbeckia , Smilax , and Polemonium species. They bore in the roots and stems of their host plant.

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