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Coneflower Borer Moth

Papaipema nelita

441 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 9, February 9, March 14, April 28, May 53, June 25, July 19, August 17, September 58, October 15, November 9, December 8.
United States439
Canada362
Ontario224
New York121
Quebec88
Michigan68
Massachusetts35
Wisconsin24
Illinois23
Vermont18

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Coneflower Borer Moth with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.