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Joe-Pye Weed Borer Moth

Papaipema eupatorii

509 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 11, February 12, March 18, April 36, May 69, June 33, July 24, August 22, September 45, October 31, November 12, December 11.
United States656
Canada448
Ontario291
New York181
Michigan132
Quebec130
Massachusetts125
Wisconsin34
Connecticut33
Illinois26

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusPapaipema

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