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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Dudgeoneidae » Cossulinae » Cossula » Pecan Carpenterworm Moth - Hodges#2674 (Cossula magnifica)

Species Cossula magnifica - Pecan Carpenterworm Moth - Hodges#2674

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Cossoidea (Carpenter and Clearwing Moths)
Family Dudgeoneidae
Subfamily Cossulinae
Genus Cossula
Species magnifica (Pecan Carpenterworm Moth - Hodges#2674)
Hodges Number
2674
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cossula magnifica (Strecker, 1876)
Size
Wingspan 32-45 mm
Identification
Forewing gray and white with small black streaks, distinctive brown patch at tip, bordered by dark brown line. At rest, rolls up like a Prominent Moth (Notodontidae).
Range
Southestern United States. North Carolina south to Florida, west to Mississippi, Texas.
Habitat
Deciduous forests and edges, presumably.
Season
March-June
Life Cycle
Caterpillars are borers in wood of pecan and hickory, Carya species as well as oaks, persimmon.
See Also
Aon noctuiformis


Prominent Moths often have similar rolled-up look.
Print References
Covell, p. 423, plate 7 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with collection map and photos of pinned adults.
Georgia Leps--scroll down page
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 10 June, 2005 - 11:27am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Maury Heiman
Last updated 15 May, 2012 - 4:00pm

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