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

© Nolie Schneider
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Synonymy:
  • robiniae Peck 1818 (Cossus) - MONA 1983: 2693
  • ssp. a. robiniae Peck 1818 (Cossus) - MONA 1983: 2693
  • crepera Harris 1834 (Cossus)
  • crepera Packard 1864 (Xyleutes)
  • plagiatus Walker 1856 (Cossus)
  • querciperda Packard 1864 (Xyleutes)
  • quercus Ehrmann 1893 (Prionoxystus)
  • reticulatus Lintner 1878 (Cossus)
  • robinae Barnes & McDunnough 1911 (Prionxystus [sic])
  • ssp. b. zabolicus Strecker 1898 (Cossus)
  • ssp. c. mixtus Barnes & Benjamin 1923 (Prionoxystus)
  • flavotinctus Barnes & Benjamin 1923 (Prionoxystus)
  • subnigrus Barnes & Benjamin 1923 (Prionoxystus)
  • References
    Prionoxystus robiniae
    © Bob Patterson
    Prionoxystus robiniae
    © D. Lynn Scott
    Prionoxystus robiniae
    © Bob Patterson
    Prionoxystus robiniae
    © Carroll Rudy - f.
    Prionoxystus robiniae
    © John Himmelman
    Prionoxystus robiniae
    © Matthew Priebe
    Prionoxystus robiniae
    © Maury Heiman - m.
    Prionoxystus robiniae
    © Mark Dreiling
    Prionoxystus robiniae
    © Carol Wolf
    Prionoxystus robiniae
    CalPhotos – © Jerry Powell
    Prionoxystus robiniae
    CalPhotos – © Jerry Powell
    Prionoxystus robiniae
    - 50mm – © Jim Vargo
    Prionoxystus robiniae
    - 50mm – © Jim Vargo
    Prionoxystus robiniae
    © Machele White

    Prionoxystus robiniae
    © Carroll Rudy
    1st instar
    Prionoxystus robiniae
    © Carroll Rudy
    eggs
    Prionoxystus robiniae
    © Carl Barrentine


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