Papaipema speciosissima
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Papaipema |
| Species: | P. speciosissima
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| Binomial name | |
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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
[edit]- ^ "Papaipema speciosissima Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ a b "Papaipema speciosissima Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ Pohl, G.R.; Patterson, B. & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
- ^ "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
[edit]- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
External links
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