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]

Papaipema cerussata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Papaipema
Species:
P. cerussata
Binomial name
Papaipema cerussata
(Grote, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gortyna cerussata Grote, 1864

Host plants

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The larvae feed on Vernonia noveboracensis.

References

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  1. ^ Beadle, David; Leckie, Seabrooke. Moths of Northeastern North America (1st ed.). Houghton Mifflin. p. 454. ISBN 978-0-547-23848-7.
  2. ^ mothphotographersgroup