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Burdock Stem Borer Moth

Papaipema cataphracta

969 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 13, February 13, March 21, April 41, May 79, June 37, July 28, August 25, September 35, October 26, November 14, December 12.
United States1,158
Canada371
Ontario333
Michigan185
New York175
Pennsylvania69
Ohio67
Wisconsin63
West Virginia62
Connecticut53

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