Scolecocampa liburna

Scolecocampa liburna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Scolecocampinae
Genus: Scolecocampa
Species: S. liburna
Binomial name
Scolecocampa liburna
(Geyer, 1837)
Synonyms

Scolecocampa ligni Guenée, 1852

The Dead-wood Borer, Scolecocampa liburna, is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. The species is found from southern Wisconsin and Michigan to central New England south to Florida and Texas.

The wingspan is 35–43 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to late July and again in late August in southern Ohio. There seems to be one generation in the north.. There are more generations southward.

The larvae tunnel in fallen branches and trunks of chestnut, hickory, oak, sycamore and other trees. Larvae have also been recorded from fallen dead tulip-trees.


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