Papaipema impecuniosa

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Papaipema impecuniosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Papaipema
Species:
P. impecuniosa
Binomial name
Papaipema impecuniosa
(Grote, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Gortyna impecuniosa Grote, 1881

Papaipema impecuniosa, commonly known as the aster borer moth or impecunious borer, is a species of moth in the family

Georgia, west to Illinois and north to Wisconsin and Ontario
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The larvae feed on Aster species and Helenium autumnale. They bore into the stems and roots of their host plant.[2]

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