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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) 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

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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