Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands

Papaipema insulidens [Noctuidae]

JPG-Papaipema insulidens

Wingspan 3.9 cm. Forewing is falcate, orange and gray with checkered white reniform and median spots. This noctuid is common and widely distributed in wet conifer forests and meadows. Moths fly in fall. Caterpillars bore in stems of composites (Asteraceae), particularly in ragworts (Senecio).

Previous Species -- Aseptis binotata
Return to Listing of Noctuidae
Next Species -- Hydraecia medialis
NPWRC Home | Site Map | About Us | Staff | Search | Contact | Web Help | Copyright

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

Take Pride in America home page. FirstGov button U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/insects/macronw/143.htm
Page Contact Information: npwrc@usgs.gov
Page Last Modified: August 3, 2006