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Thistle Stem Borer Moth

Papaipema arctivorens

1,430 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 32, February 33, March 52, April 102, May 196, June 92, July 69, August 167, September 183, October 54, November 34, December 30.
United States1,347
Canada907
Ontario824
Michigan338
New York266
Ohio153
Wisconsin93
Quebec77
Massachusetts55
Minnesota53

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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