Biology:Prionoxystus piger
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Prionoxystus |
| Species: | P. piger
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| Binomial name | |
| Prionoxystus piger (Grote, 1865)
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Prionoxystus piger, the baccharis carpenterworm moth, is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1865. It is found in Florida and Cuba.
Adults have been recorded on wing from February to April in Florida.[1]
The larvae bore in the main stem of Baccharis species.[2]
References
- ↑ "640028.00 – 2692 – Prionoxystus piger – Baccharis Carpenterworm Moth – (Grote, [1866)"]. Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=2692. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ↑ Attraction of Male Prionoxystus piger (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) to Isomers of 3,5-Tetradecadien-1-ol Acetate
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS.
Wikidata ☰ Q14710848 entry
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