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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 » Carpenterworm Moth - Hodges#2693 (Prionoxystus robiniae)
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Which Moth? - Prionoxystus robiniae
Copyright © 2012 Ken Cheeks

Which Moth? - Prionoxystus robiniae
North Augusta, Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
March 30, 2012
Size: ~ 2.5 inches long
Attracted to a porch light in the midlands of South Carolina. Large moth with robust body, and wings make buzzing sound during flight. Photographed near an oak-hickory forest. Pine, dogwood, and hackberry are also abundant.
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Contributed by Ken Cheeks on 31 March, 2012 - 7:18pm
Last updated 4 April, 2012 - 12:40pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.

The "black head" is really an area on the thorax where all the scales have been rubbed off. It's sometimes called "scalping", and it occurs as specimens get older and worn. A fresh specimen would have an evenly gray peppered thorax.
… Paul Dennehy, 4 April, 2012 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

 
aha
ive seen moths like that and i wondered about that, if it was just missing scales..,,..usually they are brown tho when scalped...
i love the woodworms..they are so neat!
… Edna Woodward, 5 April, 2012 - 11:13pm login or register to post comments

i can take it
to Cossoidea » Carpenter and Leopard Moths (Cossidae)but ill be darned if i can figure out which one! the dark head is messing with me
my guess is 2693– Prionoxystus robiniae but thats a guess. and by the way great moth
… Edna Woodward, 31 March, 2012 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for Suggestion!
I appreciate your time to help with the ID on this moth.
… Ken Cheeks, 1 April, 2012 - 7:22am login or register to post comments

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