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Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Noctuidae
932475 – 9482   Papaipema speciosissima (Grote & Robinson, 1868)
             Osmunda Borer

© Bob Patterson
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • speciosissima Grote & Robinson 1868 (Gortyna) - MONA 1983: 9482
  • regalis Wyatt & Beer 1927 (Papaipema)
  • References
    Papaipema speciosissima
    © Darryl Searcy
    Papaipema speciosissima
    © Carol Wolf
    Papaipema speciosissima
    © Carol Wolf
    Papaipema speciosissima
    © Gary Goss
    Papaipema speciosissima
    46mm – © Jim Vargo
    Papaipema speciosissima
    46mm – © Jim Vargo
    Papaipema speciosissima
    © Jim Wiker
    Papaipema speciosissima
    regalis – © Jim Wiker

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