The wingspan is about 34–39 mm. Adults have bronzy forewings with violet grey AM and ST areas. The inner median area is reddish brown. The white-edged reniform spot is relatively small and narrow.
papaipema, cerussata, ironweed, borer, moth, moth, family, noctuidae, found, eastern, north, america, where, been, recorded, from, georgia, illinois, indiana, kentucky, maine, maryland, michigan, jersey, york, north, carolina, ohio, pennsylvania, south, caroli. Papaipema cerussata the ironweed borer moth is a moth in the family Noctuidae 1 It is found in eastern North America where it has been recorded from Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Maine Maryland Michigan New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Virginia and West Virginia 2 Papaipema cerussataScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraSuperfamily NoctuoideaFamily NoctuidaeGenus PapaipemaSpecies P cerussataBinomial namePapaipema cerussata Grote 1864 SynonymsGortyna cerussata Grote 1864Appearance editThe wingspan is about 34 39 mm Adults have bronzy forewings with violet grey AM and ST areas The inner median area is reddish brown The white edged reniform spot is relatively small and narrow Host plants editThe larvae feed on Vernonia noveboracensis References edit Beadle David Leckie Seabrooke Moths of Northeastern North America 1st ed Houghton Mifflin p 454 ISBN 978 0 547 23848 7 mothphotographersgroup nbsp This Hadeninae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Papaipema cerussata amp oldid 1180264162, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
