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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Carpenter and Leopard Moths (Cossidae) » Cossinae » Prionoxystus » Little Carpenterworm Moth - Hodges#2694 (Prionoxystus macmurtrei)
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big grey moth - Prionoxystus macmurtrei
Copyright © 2006 Isaac Neeley

big grey moth - Prionoxystus macmurtrei
New Market, Madison County, Alabama, USA
April 16, 2006
I found this large moth on the side of my house earlier tonight. It had been attracted by the outside light. Does anybody know what kind of moth this is?
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Contributed by Isaac Neeley on 16 April, 2006 - 9:11pm
Last updated 9 May, 2006 - 8:58pm

2694 -- Little Carpenterworm Moth -- Prionoxystus macmurtrei
"Little" is relative. With wingspans of up to 7.5mm this is not a little moth, but it is somewhat smaller than "The" Carpenterworm Moth that preceeds it in the Covell field guide.
… Bob Patterson, 16 April, 2006 - 11:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Little Carpenterworm Moth
image moved from moths page to new species page
… Robin McLeod, 9 May, 2006 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

 
mm or cm?
7.5 mm seems pretty small to me, but what do I know? :)
… Chuck Entz, 17 April, 2006 - 12:23am login or register to post comments

 
Oooops, cm.
... three inches, about the depth of my coffee cup. Tricky foreign language. I brake for kph signs.
… Bob Patterson, 17 April, 2006 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
The big Grey
i have recently found a moth in London Hackney that looks very simular to the one in the photo, its about 2-3 inche wing span and has a fury back. it has black lines on it's wings but not it's back... is it possiable that this american moth is now in England.... anyone know...
… Jaysson James, 30 July, 2007 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

 
Check Out This Page at the UKmoths Website for....
162 -- Goat Moth -- Cossus cossus
… Bob Patterson, 31 July, 2007 - 5:49pm login or register to post comments

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