Prionoxystus piger

Prionoxystus piger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Prionoxystus
Species: P. piger
Binomial name
Prionoxystus piger
(Grote, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Xyleutes piger Grote, [1866]
  • Prionoxystus baccharides Clarke, 1952

Prionoxystus piger, the baccharis carpenterworm moth, is a moth in the Cossidae family. It was described by Grote in 1865. It is found in Florida and Cuba.

Adults have been recorded on wing from February to April in Florida.[1]

The larvae bore in the main stem of Baccharis species.[2]

References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ Attraction of Male Prionoxystus piger (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) to Isomers of 3,5-Tetradecadien-1-ol Acetate


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