Papaipema speciosissima Grote & Robinson, 1868 is a animal in the Noctuidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Papaipema speciosissima Grote & Robinson, 1868

Papaipema speciosissima Grote & Robinson, 1868

Papaipema speciosissima, the osmunda borer, is a North American noctuid moth first described in 1868.

Family
Genus
Papaipema
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Papaipema speciosissima Grote & Robinson, 1868

Papaipema speciosissima, commonly known as the osmunda borer or regal fern borer, is a species of cutworm or dart moth belonging to the family Noctuidae. This species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1868, and it is distributed in North America. Its MONA (also called Hodges) reference number is 9482.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Noctuidae › Papaipema

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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