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Cossidae 53a0029 – 2693   Prionoxystus robiniae (Peck, 1818)              Carpenterworm

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: robiniae (Peck, 1818) (Cossus) - MONA 1983: 2693 ssp. a. robiniae (Peck, 1818) (Cossus) - MONA 1983: 2693  crepera (Harris, 1834) (Cossus) (synonym of ssp. robiniae)  crepera (Packard, 1864) (Xyleutes) (synonym of ssp. robiniae)  plagiatus (Walker, 1856) (Cossus) (synonym of ssp. robiniae)  querciperda (Packard, 1864) (Xyleutes) (synonym of ssp. robiniae)  quercus Ehrmann, 1893 (Prionoxystus) (synonym of ssp. robiniae)  reticulatus (Lintner, 1878) (Cossus) (synonym of ssp. robiniae)  robinae (Barnes & McDunnough, 1911) (Prionxystus [sic]) missp. (synonym of ssp. robiniae) ssp. b. zabolicus (Strecker, 1898) (Cossus) ssp. c. mixtus Barnes & Benjamin, 1923 (Prionoxystus)  flavotinctus Barnes & Benjamin, 1923 (Prionoxystus) (synonym of ssp. mixtus)  subnigrus Barnes & Benjamin, 1923 (Prionoxystus) (synonym of ssp. mixtus)

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 13.15m, 13.16f; p. 127. Book Review and ordering Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at Mass Moths Species page at Moths of North Dakota.

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