Papaipema leucostigma, the columbine borer, is a species of moth described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841 and found in eastern North America. It is listed as endangered in the US state of Connecticut.[2] The larvae feed on Aquilegia, common referred to as columbine.[3]
Papaipema leucostigma | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Papaipema |
Species: | P. leucostigma |
Binomial name | |
Papaipema leucostigma (Harris, 1841)[1] | |
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