Papaipema speciosissima

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]

Papaipema speciosissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Papaipema
Species:
P. speciosissima
Binomial name
Papaipema speciosissima
(Grote & Robinson, 1868)

The MONA or Hodges number for Papaipema speciosissima is 9482.[3][4]

References
  1. "Papaipema speciosissima Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  2. "Papaipema speciosissima Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  3. Pohl, G.R.; Patterson, B. & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  4. "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 GuenĂ©e (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
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
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