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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Cossoidea » Carpenter and Leopard Moths (Cossidae)

Family Cossidae - Carpenter and Leopard Moths

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Size · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Twiggy - Cossula magnifica Inguromorpha basalis moth - Prionoxystus robiniae Givira theodori - Hodges # 2662 - Givira theodori Prionoxystus robiniae - male 2693 - Carpenterworm Moth - Prionoxystus robiniae - male Prionoxystus robiniae, female - Prionoxystus robiniae - female Large moth - Prionoxystus robiniae
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Cossoidea
Family Cossidae (Carpenter and Leopard Moths)
Other Common Names
Goat Moths (1)
Numbers
47 species in 14 genera in 4 subfamilies in North America listed at All-Leps
45 North American species in 11 genera (1)
670 species worlwide (1)
Size
Wingspan 20-70 mm (1)
Food
Larvae are wood-boring (2)
Remarks
Family COSSIDAE
Subfamily Cossinae
5 genera in North America: Acossus, Comadia, Fania, Prionoxystus, Toronia
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Subfamily Cossulinae
1 genus in North America: Cossula

Subfamily Hypoptinae
3 genera in North America: Givira, Hypopta, Inguromorpha
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Subfamily Zeuzerinae
5 genera in North America: Aramos, Hamilcara, Morpheis, Psychonoctua, Zuezera
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Internet References
pinned adult images of 13 species by Jim Vargo (Moth Photographers Group)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
2.A Field Guide to Insects
By Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Roger Tory Peterson
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 3 May, 2004 - 2:39pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Robin McLeod, Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 2 June, 2009 - 9:27pm

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