Papaipema marginidens: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Genus
- Papaipema
- Species
- Papaipema marginidens
- Scientific Name
- Papaipema marginidens
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Papaipema marginidens
Papaipema marginidens, the brick-red borer moth, is a species of moth found in North America. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in eastern North America, from Pennsylvania and New York south to Georgia and North Carolina. It is now listed as endangered in the US state of Connecticut. The habitat consists of a mixture of open oak woodlands and barrens in rocky areas with herbaceous undergrowth- especially along streams.
The wingspan is about 42 mm.
The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Cicuta maculata.
...Papaipema marginidens in languages:
- English
- brick-red borer moth
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Papaipema aerata
- Papaipema angelica
- Papaipema appassionata
- Papaipema araliae
- Papaipema arctivorens
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- Papaipema baptisiae
- Papaipema beeriana
- Papaipema cataphracta
- Papaipema cerina
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- Papaipema circumlucens
- Papaipema dribi
- Papaipema duovata
- Papaipema duplicatus
- Papaipema eryngii
- Papaipema eupatorii
- Papaipema furcata
- Papaipema harrisii
- Papaipema impecuniosa
- Papaipema inquaesita
- Papaipema insulidens
- Papaipema leucostigma
- Papaipema limata
- Papaipema limpida
- Papaipema lysimachiae
- Papaipema marginidens
- Papaipema maritima
- Papaipema nebris
- Papaipema necopina
- Papaipema nelita
- Papaipema nepheleptena
- Papaipema polymniae
- Papaipema pterisii
- Papaipema rigida
- Papaipema rutila
- Papaipema sauzalitae
- Papaipema sciata
- Papaipema silphii
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- Papaipema sulphurata
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