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Species Acossus centerensis - Poplar Carpenterworm Moth - Hodges#2675

Poplar Carpenterworm Moth - Hodges#2675 (Acossus centerensis) - Acossus centerensis - male

Cossidae: Acossus centerensis - Acossus centerensis - male

Acossus centerensis Poplar Carpenterworm Moth - Acossus centerensis

Cossidae: Acossus centerensis - Acossus centerensis

Lépidoptère - Acossus centerensis - male

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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 Cossidae (Carpenter and Leopard Moths)

Subfamily Cossinae

Genus Acossus

Species centerensis (Poplar Carpenterworm Moth - Hodges#2675)

Hodges Number

2675

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acossus centerensis (Lintner, 1877)

Cossus centerensis Lintner, 1877

Phylogenetic sequence # 083525

First described in 1877 by Joseph Albert Lintner.

Explanation of Names

Named after a place in New York called (in 1877 at least) Center, where the first specimens were found

Numbers

Three Acossus species occur in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan:

♂ 40-50 mm.

♀ 50-64 mm.

Identification

Forewing basal half is dark and the hindwings are pale.

Range

New Jersey to North Dakota northward and west to British Columbia. Also occurs from Arizona to Colorado and west to Nevada.

Season

adults fly May to August

Food

Larval host: Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) * usda.gov USDA plant information

and sometimes Populus balsamifera (Balsam poplar) * usda.gov USDA plant information

Print References

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

The Canadian Entomologist, v.9, p.129 Lintner's original description of the species.

Moths of North Dakota

Works Cited

1.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 22 June, 2010 - 8:05am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 26 May, 2013 - 2:23am

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