loosestrife borer
English
a loosestrife borer
Noun
loosestrife borer (plural loosestrife borers)
- The moth Papaipema lysimachiae, whose larvae bore the stems and roots of Lysimachia quadrifolia (whorled loosestrife).
- 1914, The Canadian Entomologist, Volume 46, page 70,
- For the Loosestrife borer the following specific name is proposed:
- Papaipema lysimachiæ, n. sp.
- For the Loosestrife borer the following specific name is proposed:
- 1967, Robert Jerome Anderson, The biology of the loosestrife borer, Papaipema lysimachiae Bird (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
- 1914, The Canadian Entomologist, Volume 46, page 70,
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