A Brick-red Borer Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (9/8/2012).
A Brick-red Borer Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (10/14/2020). Determined by Teá Kesting-Handly.
A Brick-red Borer Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (10/14/2020). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Preferred larval host is Dioscorea villosa. Larvae bore into rhizomes. (Quinter E.L., McBride A.E. (2025) The Moths of North America.)
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A Brick-red Borer Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (9/8/2012).
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A Brick-red Borer Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (10/14/2020). Determined by Teá Kesting-Handly.
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A Brick-red Borer Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (10/14/2020). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Source: Wikipedia
| Papaipema marginidens | |
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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. marginidens
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| Binomial name | |
| Papaipema marginidens (Guenée, 1852)
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Papaipema marginidens, the brick-red borer moth, is a species of moth found in North America. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in eastern North America, from Pennsylvania and New York south to Georgia and North Carolina.[1] It is now listed as endangered in the US state of Connecticut.[2] The habitat consists of a mixture of open oak woodlands and barrens in rocky areas with herbaceous undergrowth- especially along streams.
The wingspan is about 42 mm.
The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Cicuta maculata.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ BugGuide
- ^ "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Papaipema marginidens (Guenée, 1852)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 16 December 2017.