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Preferred larval host is Veronicastrum virginicum. Larvae bore into roots. (Quinter E.L., McBride A.E. (2025) The Moths of North America.)
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| Papaipema sciata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Papaipema |
| Species: | P. sciata
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| Binomial name | |
| Papaipema sciata Bird, 1908
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Papaipema sciata, or Culver's root borer moth, is a species of moth found in North America, where it has been recorded from Connecticut, Maine, New York, New Jersey, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Illinois, and Wisconsin. It is listed as a species of special concern and believed extirpated in the US state of Connecticut.[1] The species was first described by Henry Bird in 1908.
The wingspan is about 40 mm.[2]
The larvae feed on Veronicastrum virginicum.[3] They bore the roots of their host plant.
References
[edit]- ^ "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
- ^ Michigan Natural Features Inventory
- ^ Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.