| Cup Plant Borer | |
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| Cup Plant Borer Moth (Papaipema polymniae), Cantley, Quebec, Canada | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Papaipema |
| Species: | P. polymniae |
| Binomial name | |
| Papaipema polymniae Bird, 1917 | |
The cup plant borer (Papaipema polymniae) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, including Virginia, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
The wingspan is about 40 mm.
The larvae feed on Polymnia uvedalis.