Papaipema baptisiae explained

Papaipema baptisiae, known generally as the indigo stem borer or wild indigo borer moth, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.

The MONA or Hodges number for Papaipema baptisiae is 9485.

Further reading

• Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. 2010. Lafontaine . J. Donald. Schmidt . B. Christian. ZooKeys. 40. 127–47. 10.3897/zookeys.40.414. free.
• Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico, III. 2015. Lafontaine . J. Donald. Schmidt . B. Christian. ZooKeys. 527. 227–236. 10.3897/zookeys.527.6151. 4668890. 26692790. free.
• Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. 2016. Pohl. Greg. Patterson. Bob. Pelham. Jonathan. 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287. free. 2019-09-25. 2023-05-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20230524084911/http://www.researchgate.net/publication/302570819. live.