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Preferred larval hosts are Lysimachia quadrifolia and L. terrestris. Larvae bore into roots. (Quinter EL, McBride AE (2025) The Moths of North America.)
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Source: Wikipedia
| Loosestrife Borer | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Papaipema |
| Species: | P. lysimachiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Papaipema lysimachiae Bird, 1914
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The loosestrife borer (Papaipema lysimachiae) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from New Brunswick to Georgia, west to Illinois, north to Wisconsin and Ontario.
The wingspan is 28–35 mm. Adults are on wing from August to October.
The larvae bore the stems and roots of Lysimachia quadrifolia.