Papaipema Speciosissima
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''Papaipema speciosissima'', the osmunda borer or regal fern borer, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family
Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
. It was described by
Augustus Radcliffe Grote Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who described over 1,000 species of butterflies and moths.Osborn, H. 1937. Fragments of Entomological History. Columbus, OH: Published by the autho ...
and
Coleman Townsend Robinson Coleman Townsend Robinson (12 January 1838 – 1 May 1872) was an American entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He wrote Grote, A.R., & Robinson, C.T. 1867–1868. Descriptions of American Lepidoptera – Nos 1–3. ''Transactions of th ...
in 1868 and is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Papaipema speciosissima'' is 9482.Pohl, G.R.; Patterson, B. & Pelham, J.P. (2016).
Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
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References

* Crabo, L.; Davis, M.; Hammond, P.; Mustelin, T. & Shepard, J. (2013). "Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on ''Chytolita'' Grote (Erebidae) and ''Hydraecia'' Guenée (Noctuidae)". ''ZooKeys''. 264: 85–123. * Lafontaine, D. & Troubridge, J. (2010). "Two new species of the ''Euxoa westermanni'' species-group from Canada (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae)". ''ZooKeys''. 39: 255–262. * Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ''ZooKeys''. vol. 40, 1–239.


Further reading

* Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press.


External links


Butterflies and Moths of North America

NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Papaipema speciosissima''
Papaipema Moths described in 1868 Moths of North America Taxa named by Augustus Radcliffe Grote Taxa named by Coleman Townsend Robinson {{Noctuinae-stub