Osmunda Borer Moth

Papaipema speciosissima

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae

Papaipema speciosissima, the osmunda borer or regal fern borer, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1868 and is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for Papaipema speciosissima is 9482.

Distribution

Osmunda Borer Moth — (c) Laura Gaudette, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Laura Gaudette · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 66Canada · 23

Sources and credits

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Osmunda Borer Moth

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