Papaipema cerina

Papaipema cerina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Papaipema
Species:
P. cerina
Binomial name
Papaipema cerina
(Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Gortyna cerina Grote, 1874

Papaipema cerina, the golden borer moth, is a bright yellow moth of the family Noctuidae. Adults are on the wing from September through mid-October and can be found in patches throughout the Great Lakes region of North America. It has been recorded from Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Maine, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa and Ontario.[1] Their habitats include wetlands such as emergent marsh, southern wet meadow, wet prairie, wet-mesic sand prairie, prairie fen, southern hardwood swamp, mesic southern forest and dry-mesic southern forest.[2]

  1. ^ "P. cerina". Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference MNFI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).