Papaipema speciosissima | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Papaipema |
Species: | P. speciosissima
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Binomial name | |
Papaipema speciosissima (Grote & Robinson, 1868)
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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.[1][2] It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1868 and is found in North America.[2]
The MONA or Hodges number for Papaipema speciosissima is 9482.[3][4]