loosestrife borer

English
a loosestrife borer

Noun

loosestrife borer (plural loosestrife borers)

  1. 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.
    • 1967, Robert Jerome Anderson, The biology of the loosestrife borer, Papaipema lysimachiae Bird (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)‎:
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