Papaipema cerussata, the ironweed borer moth, is a moth in the family Noctuidae.[1] It is found in eastern North America, where it has been recorded from Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.[2]
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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. cerussata
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| Papaipema cerussata (Grote, 1864)
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Host plants
editThe larvae feed on Vernonia noveboracensis.
References
edit- ^ Beadle, David; Leckie, Seabrooke. Moths of Northeastern North America (1st ed.). Houghton Mifflin. p. 454. ISBN 978-0-547-23848-7.
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
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